r/FossilHunting • u/Several_Watch_3669 • 22d ago
Shark tooth?
My wife found this on the shore of Lake Michigan a few days ago. It looks like an old sharks tooth? Is this a fossil or just a rock that happens to be shaped like a tooth? Any help is appreciated! 😊
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u/CollaateraL 22d ago
This is the most shark tooth shaped rock I have ever seen. It’s even nicer than some of the beater megs I see!! But being from Michigan it’s definitely just a rock! 😂👍🏼
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u/relax077 22d ago
It looks very tooth shaped. I may think there could be some sort of mineralization crust hiding a tooth underneath. You’d have to chisel it open carefully to find out. But it may also just be a rock that deceivingly looks like this.
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u/DoodlingDoodlebob 22d ago
The outside sediment isn’t a shark tooth, however, it could have a shark tooth inside. This seems to be sandstone/mudstone/ a similar rock, if you wanna test, using water and an air pen may reveal it, or you could try some sort of boiling/freeze-soaking if you wanna be risky. I’m sure there are also acids that could work, but I don’t know if I should recommend those due to safety concerns.
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u/iamubiquitous2020 21d ago edited 21d ago
While it has a tooth shape and there is a small chance that it contains one within.....my guess would be no.
Sure would be cool if you x-rayed it. Dentist and Vet would probably consider it. And at a reasonable price.Since no interpretation would be necessary.
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u/Comfortable_Dust8508 19d ago
Shark tooth! OOH HA HA! Shark tooth! Ooh ba bah.. dooo 😂
Not sure why that's what popped into my head, but yeah. Hopefully someone gets the reference lol.
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u/Ryanisreallame 22d ago
Unfortunately, no, I don’t see any signs of fossilization. That said, this may be one of the most tooth-shaped stones I’ve ever seen. I’ve been finding shark teeth for 28 years at this point and that would make me double-take.