What was found on a South Carolina beach is sparking many questions of where it might have come from.
Treasure hunter Missy Tracewell posted a picture on Facebook of a massive tooth possibly belonging to a megalodon from her recent trip to the Palmetto state. The large-sized, triangular shaped hard structure was found on Oct. 30 and is the biggest tooth Tracewell has ever found.
“It’s beautiful,” she told South Carolina's The State newspaper.
Megalodon actually means “big tooth” and was a species of shark that roamed the open seas during the Pliocene period roughly 2.6 million years ago. They were the largest shark to ever live at nearly 60 feet in length.
According to Fox News, “Teeth of the monster of the deep that have been found are typically larger than a human hand, researchers have said. In recent memory, megalodon teeth have been found in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Mexico.”
Tracewell is excited for her recent find and hopes more treasures will be discovered in the area.
"I pick it up, and I stand up, and I’m so shocked that I have it in my hand ... that I dropped it on the sand,” she told the paper.
“I’m screaming, and I’m just like a 5-year-old, jumping up and down and I was crying, ‘I cannot believe this. Oh my God I just found a megalodon tooth.’”
While many believe it did belong to a megalodon, Tracewell told The State that she had yet to share her find with an expert for confirmation -- leaving the mystery unsolved.