Amateur Fossil Hunter Stumbles Upon Seven-Foot Mammoth Tusk In A Mississippi Stream
The discovery marks the first time a Columbian mammoth tusk has ever been found in the state. James E. Starnes / MDEQEddie Templeton with the seven - foot mammoth tusk he discovered . In rural Madison County , Mississippi , amateur fossil hunter Eddie Templeton just made a gigantic discovery . As he was walking along a creek earlier this calendar month , looking for fossils and other artifacts , he trip upon a massive tusk ....