Eddie Templeton (right) found a well-preserved mammoth tusk in a Mississippi creek.
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
- An amateur fossil hunter found a mammoth tusk in a Mississippi creek.
- Experts said it was the first mammoth tusk found in the state.
- Mammoth tusks can offer unique insight into their lives, including where they lived.
Amateur fossil hunter Eddie Templeton came across the discovery of a lifetime on the bank of a creek in rural Madison County, Mississippi.