Time to Start the Next Fossil Jar

It's a new year, and time to take stock of the fossil collection, and get ready for 2012.  Here is a picture with this years jar of sharks teeth, and a couple of the display cases that we have.  The smaller teeth on the right side of the right hand case are the "best" of 2011.  Alas, we did not find the huge tooth that we've been looking for for the last 25 years.  Click to see full screen.

The case on the left is also a mixture of years, Cow Shark teeth on the left, Sting Ray mouth plates in the center, and Black Drum's teeth on the right.

The jar contained 629 grams of mostly sharks teeth.  There were a few other things in there as well, crab claws, catfish spines, ray dermal plates, etc.  It's probably between 1000 and 1300 teeth.

So what are all these worth?  I dunno.  We just collect 'em put, put them in jars and cases, and give a few away.  It's something interesting to do on the walk.  However, I do have these data points.  At a rock shop in Santa Fe, New Mexico a few years ago, I saw a box of random Chesapeake Bay fossil teeth labeled $2@.  At the local flea market in St. Leonard, there's a jar of vin ordinaire teeth labeled $1 @.  Online, you can find nice Snaggletooth teeth for a few dollars up to $150, and big Mako and Megalodon teeth for upwards of $10 on up to $400.  We have jars and jars of teeth (mostly the small ones we call "jar fillers").  If I could get $1 @, our retirement would be secure...