SHARKTOOTH HILL, BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA,
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2023
- #sharktooth #paleontology #explore
Sharktooth Hill is located in Bakersfield California. 15 million years ago the Central Valley was an Inland Sea and now a great place to dig for many marine species. There are quarries to dig for fossils and shark teeth in this area. Be careful digging in the free zones as it can be very dangerous. The land you see in this video is private property but there are places all around to dig. Do not hesitate to ask any questions in the comments below. - Авто та транспорт
Thank you for the excellent video, it really brought back some fond memories. My father had a degree in geology and as a kid, we would stop at every geological place of interest on trips across the country. So many interesting places such as Sharktooth Hill, the Native American Indian artifact grounds near Buena Vista Lake , tar pits and abandoned mines were right here in my own backyard. I'd love to be able to visit Sharktooth Hill again and search for that elusive Megalodon tooth.
Wow. Amazing story. I hope you get to visit sharktooth hill again soon. Also check out North Carolina, they seem to be finding megalodons over there a lot.
Amazing video & adventure! So cool 🙌🏻👏🏻
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It's great that areas are set aside for hobbiests to explore & dig for fossils, on public and private lands, that keeps alot of potential destructive people in line, unfortunately money oriented fossil collectors still violate both the laws and private property owners rights.I live in the Eastern Sierra near Lone Pine due east of Bakersfield, In excursions out to the Death Valley area we've found huge clusters of shells and sharks teeth in the banks of ancient rivers & washes that were once huge bodies of water at todays altitudes of 6-7k, One area in specific on a mountainside i found a cluster or nest of about dozen eggs, all about 8-10" long & -5-6" in girth that looked to be nested in a gray matrix likely petrified mud , the piece was probably weighed 10 pounds or so & was long separated from whatever matrix it originally came from & now sitting on a gentle sloped surface of heavily patina'd desert pavement. perfectly sand blasted on all sides like as a ventifact There were quite a few broken eggs and pieces of them which until i found the cluster i had no idea what they were Down the slope about thousand foot or more in elevation were many large Razor Clam shells, i presumed fresh water shells as Death Valley and adjacient valleys were massive deep lakes and the area looked to be a remnants of a flat shallow area like a bay with a beach terrace just above it, there many clams in clusters & some isolated single shells, some were close to foot long. 50 years ago i spent a year in Florida diving in small slow moving rivers & streams, finding many pleistoscene bones, horse, mammoth and giant sloth & Camel and some huge 4-6" Meglodon Teeth, that was such a thrill swimming with manatees in the springs & rivers near the coast and finding such great fossils all the while watching out for Alligators & Snakes.. I kept one beautiful Meglodon Tooth. Today i think those places are probably picked out by collectors and sellers, andhunting that sort of thing is illegal in most areas, People sell those fossils on ebay and many UA-cam videos from Florida showing people their finds, Just like the popularity of native artifacts taken by grave robbers and looters everywhere, It is a shame especially in the desert southwest some places look like mine fields with so many holes dug in caves and cliff dwellings, walls tumbled down by treasure hunters either climbing over them or thinking there is stuff hidden in the walls.Really sad and pathetic that they have no respect for our ancestors.
Wow. This is incredible story. I’m with you 100% ❤
It looks like the high tension power cables are landmark how far are you driving in?
Make a video showing how to get there, man
❤ I wish I could for this one but it’s private property. If you look up shark tooth hill near Bakersfield you will find some places. Also look up Ernst quarry. Hope this helps
Go to Hart Park. There is a disc golf course called Sharktooth Mountain Course. Go to hole #6. Walk toward the basket, and take the first small trail you see to the left. Walk exactly 100-feet and stop. Dig a little on the hillside just to your right and you'll find a tooth in about 5-minutes.
I go to Sharktooth hill regularly. Is this property of Ernst quarries? Me and my father have grown sharktooth hunting into a hobby we both love and share.
It’s close by but not Ernst quarries. Private property
How did so many teeth end up in one place? Shark dentist