peace river...sw florida....

@tiggyann (614)

United States

January 31, 2007 7:24pm CST

I watched the most awesome show of Best places to find cash and treasures....and if you live in florida I have a treat for you! located on the peace river in arcadia florida. At this river you can find prehistoric Magalodon shark teeth....they can range in price. for a 7 inch tooth and excellent shape with all enamel can fetch you $20,000 dollars or more! I'm like omg! A new treasure adventure. it's pobally about 1 hour from my home and my husband and I are planning a trip there. Maybe I will get lucky! :) we are going to build our equiment and try our luck at this! :) hoping to find something for my collection. :) thought I would share! :) krissy

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@ondo1015 (1884)

• Philippines

2 Feb 07

Does it occur? Can you find it even for how many millionyears past?

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@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Mar 07

yes, it does occur and this river was dredged exposing long lost fossils, they are everywhere! :) krissy

@sikkboy98 (42)

• United States

2 Feb 07

Thats cool, i used to live near tampa and im coming back soon, i'll have to go find some, if they're not all gone!

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@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Mar 07

there is plenty still left! :) krissy

@albert2412 (1782)

• United States

1 Feb 07

I wish you a lot of luck! Please let us know if you find anything. Perhaps you will find arrowheads and other things, as well as shark teeth. Please remember that the river has probably changed course over the years and you may find things a little way from the river.

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@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Mar 07

yea, I know. I have heard of people pulling mamoth teeth from the river banks, half was exposed due to errosion. :) Yes, I have heard of people pulling arrowhead out of this river and many of florida rivers. It's possible to find these things as well as other artifacts. krissy

@sweetaspie52 (2359)

• United States

1 Feb 07

That sounds like a great adventure and I wish you all the luck

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@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Mar 07

awe thanks so much! krissy

@HighPriestess (739)

• Melbourne, Florida

1 Feb 07

I'll have to look that up. I live in the middle of the state, so hopefully it won't be too far from me. I can't recall where Arcadia is located. But I love taking little day or weekend trips, and this sounds like fun.

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@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Mar 07

oh, you will love this, maybe you too will get lucky! :) krissy

@jhrcsr (348)

• United States

1 Feb 07

Sounds like a lot of fun. These type of places are cropping up all over now...some to search for gemstones, some for special rocks, some for other things. There was a show on TLC that tells about going around hunting for such treasures. I can't remember the name of it, but it's a cool show. Good luck.

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@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Mar 07

yes, it's alot of fun! :) I watch all the treasure shows, probally watch the one you watch too! :) krissy

@Lydia1901 (16351)

• United States

24 Feb 07

Well, that is so good to know. I will keep that in mind for the next time when I am in Florida.

@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Mar 07

yes, would be a great adventure! :) krissy

@Signal20 (2281)

• United States

1 Feb 07

My parents used to have a house on the Peace River in Punta Gorda. Just watch out for the gators out there!!!! I've heard that before though, that's a good place to find those teeth there, can't remember where I'd heard it though.

@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Feb 07

yea, I know about the gators and I don't plan on doing this alone. I plan on doing it in groups with watchout people too to keep us all safe, and on shallow sandbars so we can keep an eye on them.

@Shaun72 (15959)

• Palatka, Florida

1 Feb 07

20,000 for a sharks tooth goodness. I need to go check this place out myself.I like on the northside of Florida about 20 minutes from St. Augustine.

@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Feb 07

yep that is what they say, but to find that size is rare and they say there are only about 35 found to this day, so I'm sure there are so much more out their since they said sharks lose 24,000 teeth throught their lifetime! :) krissy

@quatelmon (955)

• United States

1 Mar 07

Hehe...I love it when people in Florida claim that it's cold in the winter. :) It was snowing up here last week! My brother lives in Florida. I should tell him about it. Thank you!

@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Mar 07

well it's a differnet kind of cold, it's a wet cold that feels just as bad a snow. It's a damp cold, that feels like it's cutting through you when the wind blows. This is beacuse of the oceans on both sides. I have been in the snaow and this is better than a wet cold, I can handle that much better! :) krissy

@dutchess67 (917)

• United States

1 Feb 07

Hey Krissy! I've been to the Peace River a few times. That's a great area for so many things. We used to go up there for Mud races when I was a kid. (I grew up in LaBelle, FL) I watched that same show last night. I have my Tivo programed to record it.

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@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Feb 07

Yea, I record all these shows too on my DVR, it's like Tivo. :) So that way I can come back and watch them later. :) wow, it sounds like I'm going to have alot of fun then! :) Thanks! krissy

@randyequal (439)

• China

1 Feb 07

Oh, God. Hope you can make a good fortune from your trip with you hunsband. and theanks for this new method for making money, but I am not living in Florida. Anyway, thanks for the good suggestion.

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@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Mar 07

awe, thanks...I bet there are plenty of treasures to be found where you live, you just have to go and look for them! :) krissy

@korek222 (701)

• Poland

1 Feb 07

First of all - i wish you luck on this treasure hunting :) But yet it is almost impossible hat you will find anything valuable . Frst there is a slight chance there is anythign left and also there are tons of other treasure hunters hanging around there to find something :)

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@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Mar 07

well the reason there is so much in this river is because it was dredged and mined for phosphate, they dumped all the fossils back into the river, errosion has also took it's toll on this river...There is still plenty left! Tell the experts there is nothing left, they will laugh at you! krissy

@moonblade34 (15)

• United States

1 Feb 07

That sounds like so much fun! Hava grand time and good luck!

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@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Mar 07

thanks, I sure will! :) I will have a blast! :) krissy

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@mytwo_daughters (2663)

• United States

1 Feb 07

good luck krissy! god be with you and all of that. Let us know how it turns out!

@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Feb 07

yes, I most definatley will! :) this is exciting to me and almost like a new adventure in fossil hunting! :) I will be tracking rich spots with my GPS tracking system, so I can keep going there! :) and the best part of hunting fossil shark teeth, you don't need a fossil hunting permit for them! :) krissy

@Withoutwings (6992)

• United States

22 May 07

Hello - I have been there. I have found some big teeth - but nothing HUGE! I just saw something on the local news about the Peace River and guided digs. They really want you to donate any valuable teeth to the museums to preserve Florida history. I have probably 50 teeth of various sizes.

@GardenGerty (160663)

• United States

1 Feb 07

That sounds like so much fun. This is a good time of year to think about vacations as far as I am concerned. I am sick of snow. I am saving up my PayPal for something great. Luck to you in your treasure hunt.

@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Feb 07

always good time for sunshine! :) krissy

@kathy77 (7486)

• Australia

1 Feb 07

So sorry I do not live in Florida, or America but hopefully one day I will visit as I have many relatives there, oh dear what a lot of money for a shark tooth, thank you for your discussion and good luck.

@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Feb 07

You would love it here, so many things to do, so much treasure hunting! :) krissy

@sigma77 (5383)

• United States

1 Feb 07

What a marvelous expedition. I bet you come up with something of value. Sounds like a fun thing to do together. Happy hunting.

@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Feb 07

Thanks...I'm hoping the find something! :) Would be nice and awesome! :) we do all these activities together when we can, he has to work, so when he works, I still get to play! :) He's got a very excellent job that allows me to stay home and play! :) So I also take family members and friends sometimes when I go play....maybe they too will get lucky one day! :) krissy

@ironmanx (140)

• United States

1 Feb 07

What an adventure !!! We want to see picture's. That is fasinating !!! Something very Fun to do together !!! All the Best !!!******

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@tiggyann (614)

• United States

1 Feb 07

yea, I hoping to go there alot to to find me that awesome 7 incher, one day, it will be mine, rotflmao! :) I can hear the teeth clattering together, they are saying krissy, come find me, I'm yours, I belong to you! :) they are chanting...krissy...krissy...krissy! :) krissy