Shark's Teeth

At Caspern Beach, just south of Venice, hunting for shark's teeth is big business.   Not only were we suprised by the black sand beach, but everyone here had scoops and sieves, buckets and floating baskets for their haul.  We felt unprepared with only our hands.   Developing our own technique in the shallow water waves,  we found some of the smallest shark's teeth that I have ever seen - and many smooth back shiny "faux" teeth, that I  later learned were indeed very old ones, unlike the Atlantic coast teeth with their sharp, well defined edges and borders of bone and tooth.