Any chance you could send a pic or scan the shell? Does it have a gray powdery color? Tell me more please. The area from Maryland inward was a sea many millions of years ago, many of the finest megeldon teeth and other marine fossils are common around there. Let em know,,,Michael _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.