Shark Tooth Creek
A creek on a private family farm near Aliceville, about 300 miles from the sea, full of fossil shark teeth from the time Alabama lay under a shallow sea. The owners have run guided fossil hunts for decades, and the Alabama Museum of Natural History has brought groups here. Visitors on a guided hunt are practically guaranteed to find at least one tooth. Shark teeth may be kept: the ban on vertebrate fossils applies only on federal land.
Access
24114 Alabama Highway 14 East, between Eutaw and Aliceville: the sign and drive are on Highway 14, about 8 miles east of Aliceville. Open April to October, by appointment only: call 205-373-2605. The fee is paid in cash (about 20 to 25 dollars per person in recent reports: confirm when booking). Bring a quart freezer bag for your teeth.
Technique
Scoop gravel from the creek bed into a screen and wash the sand away: teeth stay in the screen. Expect to get wet.