Summerville Mammoth Tooth

I found a mammoth tooth at a land site in Summerville South Carolina just a few miles from my house. I seldom roam too far from home to collect but never in my life have I found mammoth teeth at land sites - only by scuba diving. The mammoth tooth was cracked all over so cleaning was a painstaking process. It took almost a week and a half to dry out, and I learned long ago never to clean fossils when wet because they can easily disintegrate. I carefully picked all the dirt away with a dental pick and toothbrush, then I pumped preservative into all the cracks to keep the fossil in one piece. I think it turned out really nice!

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