"I am mesmerized by the hours of walking in the surf, searching for a piece of walrus ivory, mammoth ivory, artifact or bone of some kind that is so common on some beaches, as this one has proven.  A while ago, I discovered a broken ivory harpoon point with a iron blade still in tact although severely rusted, then I discovered a leg bone of a Sandhill Crane in fossil condition, orange brown in color and in nice condition, a broken seal skull, a walrus tooth, and now a Killer Whale tooth, lost in the sand every time the waves washed over it, it then became buried again. Among the white quartz stones, the bubbles and the surf...I was fortunate to see it." 

"Resting peacefully in the sand, being polished in the surf, a 'Killer Whale' tooth, from a mature 'Bull' Orca has washed out from the waves in time for me to walk by and discover it"

"Another fine discovery of a beach combing venture, not bad even after so many hours searching for something, anything that might be neat to find.  This 'Orca' tooth is a nice addition to my collection as I continue on down the beach for something next!"

"Uncovered from the sand, and the beach ridge it had been deposited for approximately 1200 years, this 'Woolly Mammoth Ivory' 'Doll' has a history most interesting as it represents a figure of an 'old woman' with the suggestion of bearing no teeth as indicated."  "This example resides in the Taro Museum, on loan, Bali"

"Continuing uncovering of this 'Human Form' has resulted in a significant artifact discovery, it appears to be drifting in the sand from where it had been originally been deposited above in the crest of a beach ridge with abundant organic 'peat moss,' I search the area more extensively to find only a few chert flakes and nothing more." It appears that the majority of this beach ridge had been eroded into the Bering Sea along with other traces of this site."

"Following many miles and days searching beaches and eroded beach ridges, I came across this figure exposed from a wind blown sand deposit.  (Can you see it in the bottom right corner of the photo?) I lightly uncovered this artifact prior to this photograph, as I was not sure what it was...at first.  To my surprise, it was a Human figure sculpted from Woolly Mammoth Ivory by ancient Inuit groups north of Norton Sound, Alaska.  There were deposits of charcoal lying in another level adjacent to this find that proved to be an ancient camp site.  Nothing else significant found in this surface discovery."

"Woolly Mammoth Tusks, are from Pleistocene 'Ice Age' deposits and are organic fossils due to their frozen preservation for at least 10,000 years.  Searching the freshly eroded permafrost on rivers, cutbanks, gravel bars, and within the water itself will yield specimens and broken examples.  Woolly Mammoth ivory is the only remaining legal ivory in the world.  With the correct perceptions in government and the private sector, this ivory is abundant enough in Siberia, Alaska, and the Yukon Canada to 'substitute' all the major ivory producing species in the world."