Palmetto Fossil Excursions co-owner Skye Basak said land site hunters are lucky to find even one tooth of this length — 6.5 inches — in their lifetimesfor their son's baseball tournament, according to USA Today, when they decided to stop by South Carolina to hunt for fossils. Little did they know they would discover a tooth belonging to a former apex predator.
"I think it was an incredible find," she said."You're lucky to find a 6-inch . You're aiming for a unicorn to find the 6.5-inch."Megalodon teeth found on land are typically between 2 to 4 inches long, according to Basak. While it is common for divers find larger teeth in the water, she said land site hunters are lucky to find even one tooth of the size the Columbia family found in their lifetimes.