Mammoth discovery: Six-foot tusk found on Essex beach

[Seahunter]

Archaeologists on an early morning walk along the Essex coast have found a six-foot-long mammoth tusk buried in the sand.

Volunteers and members of the Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network (Citizan) made the unexpected find on Thursday morning off Mersea Island in Essex.

The group were out on the day of the equinox spring tide - the lowest tide of the year - when one of the members spotted the tip of the tusk poking through the shingle.

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[Debi]

That had to be one big animal to haul around 6 foot of tusk!

 

[Lynne]

I watched a show about this legal ivory being excavated somewhere (can't remember , maybe South America ), from the mammoths. It's worth a fortune...it was on Destinstion Truth !