A nine-year-old shark tooth hunting fanatic had a Christmas Day to remember when she found a rare 15-million-year-old fossil on a Maryland beach.
Molly Sampson was combing the beach for shark teeth with her older sister Natalie, 17, and mum Alicia Sampson on Maryland's Calvert Cliffs State Park when she made the incredible discovery of a five-inch tooth belonging to a megalodon shark which have been extinct for more than 3.6 million years, according to National Geographic.
Alicia said her husband Bruce is an avid shark tooth hunter and daughter Molly has followed in his footsteps with a collection of over 400 teeth.
