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Photo DIVE Log
People often ask me to show what I find from day to day
so I decided to start keeping a photo dive log of my finds. If anyone
has any questions e-mail me and I will try to answer them here. As always,
thanks for looking.
Bill
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03/07/10 Sunday I was diving a spot where I was not doing
too well near a mud bank. I saw a big chunk of
mud that was loose. I rolled it over and found one of the nicer teeth.
I foundthe rest nearby. I marked the spot and went back a couple of days
later and only found one very small tooth the whole dive. The nicer three
teeth are 4-1/8" 4-1/2" and 4-3/4". The smallest has pyrite
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| 03/05/10 - The visibility was pretty good yesterday (about
6 inches) and I found quite a few smaller teeth. The nicest find was the
3" Mako tooth in the center of the 2nd photo. 3" Makos are pretty
rare so that alone made it a good day. The Meg teeth were a little chipped
but still really nice. |
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| Feb 27-Mar 02 2010 - I got out a couple of times over the
weekend. I did not find anything too exciiting. These ranged from 3.5"
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| 10/24/10 - Got out for one dive in the cold. The first photo
is not well organized. In it are some nice Makos and a flawless 2"
Meg tooth in the bottom left corner. The leg bone if from a bison. I also
found three nice Megs. The two larger ones are 4-7/8" and the smaller
is just over 4". One of the larger teeth is flawless02 |
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02/22/10 - I spent a week up in PA visiting family. I had
a great time but it was COOLLDDD!!! I made it in early in the morning.
My head hit the pillow and my boat driver woke me to say that heavy rain
was coming and if I wanted to dive this was the time. I found three really
nice teeth 2.75 - 4.1 all close to perfect and SHARP. We got in and the
rain came 5 min later. Good timing.
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| 02/17/10 I found three nicer teeth. All have sharp tips.
The water was still cold at 48 degrees. |
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| 02/09/10 - I found a really nice whale tooth today. I hardly
ever find one with a sharp tip. I also found two nice whale mandibles,
some whale earbones and some broken Meg teeth. I dug so much that I wore
through a new pair of gloves. |
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| 02/05/10 - This was the best day in awhile.
The three small Megs are nice and the three Makos are all over 2.5".
The large Meg tooth is just over 4.75". It was good to find some
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| 02/04/10 - The small tooth I found today is pretty nice.
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02/02/10 - The weather has been very bad, but I have dove some. I can
not wait until it warms up and I can move around more. The big problem
is the thick winter gloves make it hard to dig. Today I got a couple of
teeth.
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01/23/10-01/30/10 Nicer teeth from the
week. All in all it was a good week. The largest tooth from the photo
is 4.25". Some of these teeth are very nice. |
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1/30/2010 & 1/31/2010 - Not much from these two dives. The tide
was moving very fast and the vis was absolute zero. When I found the tooth
on the left I thought I had a cool shaped tooth. |
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| 1/29/10 I stayed dry today which is good. The visibility
was terrible though and the current was running very fast. Still I found
the 5" tooth on the right. It was a good day considering no visibility
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| 1/28/10 - I am shocked that I found anything. Before I went
down my light would not work. At 40 feet down not one bit of light from
the surface can be seen. It is pitch black. Also a patch on my drysuit
gave and my suit let in a lot of water. I was very cold and almost came
up before I found anything. Finally I hit a good spot and started digging.
I found these two really nice teeth. The largest is 4.75" and the
smaller one is around 3.5". They are extra special because of the
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01/26/10- I found two killer teeth today. The
tip and serrations are really sharp. I also found several Makos and some
other Megs. |
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| 01/24/10- I found a nice whale tooth and some Makos. The
nicest Meg is over 4" and is very sharp. It was a good day. |
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| 01/23/10- I had good visibility today. The Mako in the second
photo is 2.75"+. There are some nicer Megs and Makos. It was a good
day. |
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| 01/22/10 - Just got the boat back and it was a great day
for a dive. I found three nice teeth one over 5", the water temp
was almost 50 deg and the visibility was around 6 in. The current is running
slow so the vis should get even better. |
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| 01/17/10 - I did very well today. The four teeth in the
second photo are nice. The largest was 3.5". I had to pull the boat
for repairs so I will not get to dive until Thursday. |
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| 01/16/10 - I did pretty well. The large tooth is just over
5" but the very tip is chipped. The smaller one in just about flawless.
The current was strong and the vis was bad so this is all I found. |
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| 01/14/10 - The current was pretty strong today and I had
trouble staying in one place. I did pretty good and found a 3.75"
Meg and a 2-1/8" hemi. I do not ever remember finding a larger hemi
so it was a really good dive. |
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| 01/13/10 - I wore a better hood and was not nearly as cold.
The water was 40 on the bottom. I found some really nice teeth. The largest
in the center photo is over 5.5" and the other Meg is 4.25".
The lower Mako is 2.25". The visibility was incredible. With my light
I could see over 2 feet. It was about as good as I have seen it here.
I would trade the vis for warmer water. I stayed down over an hour and
was pretty cold when I surfaced. |
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| 01/12/10 - Like most of the East coast we have had a cold
spell lately. This is the first day that I could get out that it has been
over 50 deg. All I can compare it to is laying in a snowbank for almost
an hour. You may be wearing a coat and hat but it still is really cold.
The temp was 39 on the surface and 38 on the bottom. It was the coolest
I have seen the water in over ten years of diving near Savannah. It reminded
me of my ice diving days in PA. I found quite a few teeth though. The
nicest were a 4" Meg and a 2.9" Mako. |
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| 12/31/09 - Today I got out and my light was dead. I had
to go down with no light. It was pitch black and I could not see any surface
light at all. The good thing is when there is no vis I am not distracted
looking around old bone beds that I picked over on past dives. I got into
what felt like a good spot and dug hard. I found two flawless teeth over
4.5". It reminded me that digging is the way to go even when the
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12/30/09 - I got out late and the current was very strong.
I dropped down and spent the entire dive trying to dig in and not be swept
away by the current. As it was I was only down about a half hour and was
dragged throughout the dive. From beginning to end I was dragged about
100 yards downriver. When I got on the boat my boat captain said he could
hardly see me when I came up. |
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12/23/09 - My last day of diving before Christmas was a
good one. The water is getting really cold. It was just below 50 today.
Still a good day. The Megs all had some chips and the largest was around
4". I also found a cool vert. that measures just over 2" across.
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| 12/22/09 - I did pretty well today. The visibility was better
and I found some nicer teeth. The lower Mako was pretty cool and the larger
tooth is 5.5". The smaller one is around 4" and looks really
nice. I will not know for sure until I clean the bourrelet cleaned off. |
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12/17/09 & 12/19/09 - This is it for two days of diving
in coolllddd water. The vis was really bad because of a lot of rain. The
worst thing about it is I found a decent tooth one of the days and put
it in my bag. Because of the low vis, or the thick gloves, or the cold
water, or just not paying attention it was not in my bag when I got to
the boat. One nice tooth in two days and I leave it on the bottom. |
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| 12/15/09 - Did pretty well. The vis was bad but I found
two really nice small teeth. |
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| 12/12/09 - The vis was pretty good but the water was cold.
Most of these teeth were partly exposed. In the summer I usually dig a
lot due to the low vis but in the colder water with thick gloves that
is hard to do so I tend to dive more where I can find something that I
can see. The tooth on the left is pretty much perfect, but the one on
the right is really amazing. the blade has some cool twists to it. |
| 12/10/09 - First dive in two weeks. The water is very cold
but it was good to be back. The largest tooth is 5". The nicer one
is 4.25". I also found the stingray barb. That reminds me what I
am in the water with. |
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| 11/25/09 - Happy Birthday to my Sister. I found a nice 4.5"
lower tooth and some cool Mako teeth and small megs. The water was really
clear. I had almost a foot of vis and saw many of these teeth. |
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| 11/24/09 - I found two really nice 5" teeth. One on
each dive. I found them both by digging. I also found some smaller chipped
teeth. |
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| 11/23/09 - I had a good day. The water was cool but clear.
The two nice teeth by the whale tooth are close to 4" and very nice. |
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| 11/22/09 - Another good day. I found the three nicer teeth
very close together in a 5 minute span. I spent another 20 minutes in
the area but did not find more. Sometimes I can find many teeth bunched
together. All in all another good day. |
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| 11/20/09 - I went to the same spot as yesterday on my first
dive. I found the smaller teeth there but not much more. I moved into
the mud and started digging on the second dive and found most of the larger
teeth by digging. It was a pretty good day. |
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11/19/09 - Today I was diving on a hard
bottom that I dive very often. Most of the time I just find small teeth
here that are uncovered. I decided to dive there because the current
has slowed and I finally have 6" of vis again so I wanted to go
where I did not have to dig. I was swimming along and this tooth was
laying right on the hard bottom. I could not believe it when I saw it
laying there because it was too big for the current to drag in and the
hard bottom does not usually change enough to fully expose something
like this. I just stared at it a it for a minute before picking it up.
It measures just under 6-1/2" (6.45"). It is
in great condition with the exception of a few small nicks in the blade.
I found a few other teeth worth showing but I have not even looked at
any of them today. I am still enjoying this one. |
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11/13/09 - Not a very good day. The finds
were not the problem.
I got to the boat and one of the tanks I had was empty.
That meant I could only do one dive. Then the boat would not start.
We had to drive to a boat shop and get new ends for the cable. We got
the boat started finally.
The tides were very strong and the vis was way down. The
fun really started when my dive was over. When the tide is strong my
boat captian drops me off where I want to dive and moves the boat down
river 50-100 yards. That way when I come up I can usually get back to
the boat. If not he can drop the anchor line and come get me. This time
I came up in front of but also to the side of the boat and was drifting
quickly. I could not get to the boat but the boat had no power so he
could not get the boat started. He untied the anchor line so the boat
would drift along with me and I could swim to it. It took me about 15
min. to get to the boat. By that time the wind had pushed the boat onto
the bank. The tide was going out so we were going to be on dry land
in a short time. We started working the cable, and got the boat started.
The anchor was stuck on a cable so we could not get it up. We finally
got the anchor to the boat and had to release the cable with pliers.
I was so tired from the swim and pulling the anchor up that I could
not have done another dive.
Still we got back OK, we had the parts to fix the boat
and I found two teeth in the dark so it was not all bad. The largest
tooth is over 5.5" but it does not have much enamel.
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| 11/08/09 - I tried a different spot in the river I am in.
The current was moderate and the vis was good so I let the current drag
me down the river. During the first dive I hit a spot with some bones.
I found some pretty nice meg teeth and a partial mammoth tooth. The nicest
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| I found these teeth in a cooler that I take out diving sometimes.
I must have put them in there after a dive recently. I am not sure when
I found them, but a couple are pretty nice. |
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| Another good day with great vis. I found quite a few teeth
and many were very nice. |
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11/03/09 - I tried the same spot as Sunday
and did a little better. The vis was still absolute zero on the first
dive and most of the second. I did get about 2 inches of vis near the
end of the second dive though. I dug a lot around the small area in
the large bone bed where I had pulled out a large number of teeth before
and that was where many of these came from. I am hoping the vis will
be better by next week when the current picks up. |
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11/01/09- I had a great time at the Albany
Show. Saw some old and new friends. Sitting at these shows looking at
all of the fossils all you can think is how much you want to get back
into the water.
I found a hole diving once a few years ago where I picked
a bunch of teeth out of a very small spot in a large bone bed. I found
a lot of teeth over a couple of months in the bone bed. I lost the spot
and could not find it again when I went back a few months later. I decided
to try to find that spot again and actually found it. I know I hit it
because there was a buried crab trap in the middle and there were thousands
of broken fossilized bone fragments everywhere but very few teeth. I
did miss some though and I got these three today. The current was picking
up and the visibility was awful. I had absolute zero vis the entire
first dive. The only way to see my gauges was to set them on my light
and then set the gauge on my mask so I could see the needle against
the background of the charged gauge. This is why I do not dive with
a digital dive computer. I can not usually read the numbers. I did find
a 5" tooth and had a lot of fun going back to that spot. |
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10/30 I went back to the same spot as yesterday
for a dive and again the vis was great. I would guess 6" again.
I only made one dive because I needed to get ready for the Albany Artifact
and Fossil Show tomorrow. I hated to leave because I know as the current
picks up I will wish for this kind of vis. I must have picked all the
good surface finds yesterday. I ended up spending my dive digging through
the mud. I found a really pretty gomph cap. Not too much in teeth though.
When I dig I run into a lot of horseshoe crabs that scurry
away when I bump them. This is the most common critter I run into Today
I ran across a bunch of them while digging. When digging through the
hard packed mud or clay sometimes I can only move my fingers an inch
or so at a time. I sometimes feel something slippery but can not feel
more than an inch of the shape until I dig around it. If I am lucky
it is a nice tooth. Sometimes it is 30 seconds or so before I know if
it is a whole tooth, chipped tooth or something else. The shell of the
horseshoe crab sometimes feel like enamel from a tooth so I think I
found something only to have my tooth move away. On more than one occasion
I have felt a shell and start to move on and backup to be sure only
to find that it was a really a tooth that I almost left behind. The
worst are the blue crabs because when the vis is zero they feel like
teeth but they pinch when you pick them up. |
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10/29/09- A few months ago I was diving
and my friend that was watching the boat moved between a couple of sandbars
to fish while I dove. We always assumed it was shallow between the bars.
When I cam up he said that it was very deep. It turns out the current
heads to shore and bounces off.. I dove the hole and cleaned up for
a week. After that week I did not find much. I went back today and the
vis was great. Most of these teeth were very close to each other. I
must have missed this section before. The big tooth in the first photo
is over 5". The visibility was great. I had about 6-8 inches with
my light. It does not sound like much but it is about as good as it
gets. |
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| 10/24/09 - I found a few teeth today. One was right at 5"
but a little chipped. The nicer one (center and right photos) was around
3.5 in. I also found some nicer Makos. |
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10/19/09 - I made one dive. The water
has cooled to the upper 60's. I did not find much but at the end of
the dive I found a bone bed that looked promising. I was low on air
and could not mark it so I hope I can find it again. The largest tooth
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| 10/17/09 - I found six fairly nice teeth today in two dives.
All have sharp serrations but none have a sharp tip. Still the ones on
the right are in good condition and all have really cool shape. |
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10/15/09 - The water is cooling. I had
74 degrees. Not bad but cooler. The teeth on the left are all about
4"-4.5". They are serrated but none of them are in top condition.
Still a pretty good dive. |
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10/13/09 - This is my first dive back
diving after the Orlando Fossil Show. I went back to the spot where
I found the dugong jaw bone. I found some teeth, the largest of which
has no enamel. The tooth on the right is the nicest and about 4.25". |
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10/03/09 Today I found a lower section of
Jaw (mandible) from a dugong. The posters at thefossilforum.com are
teaching me about these so I am learning as I go. Here
is the link to the discussion on thefossilforum . This will be my last
day of diving before the Orlando Fossil Fest on Oct 10 and 11.
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| 10/01/09 - The water was really clear. I found a bunch of
teeth today. Left: Megs and some larger Makos. Center: A really nice 3"
Mako Right: Makos, Smaller MEgs, Whale Teeth and some misc. fossils. |
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| 09/30/09 - Left the nicer finds of the day. A 3.25"
Mako next to a 5" Meg. Center a 3" Mako by the 3.25" Mako.
Right: All of the teeth from today. |
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09/28/09 I found some nice teeth but nothing really spectacular. |
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| 09/23/09 The teeth from today. The last two photos show
the nicer teeth. They have nice sharp tips and serrations. |
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| 09/19/09 - The nicest find of the day was a nearly complete
gomph Tooth. It is one of the nicest that I have found. |
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| 09/19/09 - The college that I teach for was on break part
of this week so I took advantage of the time off and went diving. Not
every day was good but it was great to get out on the water. It is really
cooling off. Today I found a large whale tooth core and two really nice
larger Meg teeth. |
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| 09/18/09 - I really cleaned up today. I found six nicer
teeth the best is in the last photo. |
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| 09/17/09 - I found one really nice Meg tooth. The serrations
are a little rough but still pretty nice. |
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| 09/16/09 - Not much today but I did find a cool Mako tooth. |
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| 09/15/09 - I did find one really nice smaller tooth. There
is a lot of pyrite in the bourrelet of ths one. |
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09/12/09 I found a good number of nicer teeth. The nicest
was the 5" tooth in the second and third photos. I could not believe
the visibility. When the current was running hard I had between 6-8
inches with my light which is VERY good. It is nice to be able to see
something for once.
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| 09/13/09 - The vis was really good again. The water was
noticeably cooler though. It is funny how a drop from 82 deg to 78 deg
can feel cooler but I was pretty cold when I got to the boat after my
second dive. All in all I guess four hours underwater in 78 degree water
can cool you down in a thin suit. I hate the thought of moving to a heavier
suit but that day is coming soon.
These were the four nicest teeth that I found Sunday. The largest tooth
was just over 6" and a really fat tooth.
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full of fossils. I cleaned it out in a week. The last two dives in the
spot I did not find anything. But it was fun while it lasted. These are
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| 08/13/09 - This tooth looks like it would fall apart in
your hands. It should break into four pieces by touching it. I have found
several that look like it. Except this one is VERY solid. There is no
movement at all in either side of the root or the blade. I put a lot of
pressure on it and it is not the least bit loose. I wonder if it was falling
apart before it was fossilized and was stabilized during fossilization? |
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The nicer teeth from today. The lower
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08/10/09
I found some nicer Megalodon teeth today. The bad news
is I might be too busy to dive for a week or two.
The large one is just over 5-3/4". All these have
sharp tips and are in great condition. The Mako tooth is around 2"
and has some awesome coloring.
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teeth. In the second photo shows two really nice whale teeth and two billfish
rostra. I also found a hemipristis, several Makos and some more Megalodon
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08/05/09
For Shark Week I thought I would share the teeth I found diving today.
The diving has been slow lately but today I found two 5.75" Megalodon
teeth and some really nice smaller ones. I even found a nice 2"
lower Mako tooth. The current is running slow so the visibility was
better than it has been in awhile. I had about 6" with my light.
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| 07/25/09 - I had off this week and did a lot of diving. I found these
six teeth all over 5". It is the best week I have had in a long time.
It will be tough not diving until next Friday. |
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This massive tooth measures 6.2" on the longer side
and 6.05" on the shorter side. It is almost exactly 5" wide.
There is a small chip on the left side but it is still a MASSIVE principal
tooth.
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These two measure over 5.75" each and are nearly flawless.
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These three are also from this week
and over 5.25" each. They are slightly flawed but awesome teeth.
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07/19/09 - Finally got out today. Found several nice teeth.
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Thurs. 5/14/09
One nice Meg tooth and a large piece of mammoth tooth.
Nothing else too special.
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Thurs 05/07/09
I went out tonight and did pretty well. The current was very strong
and I had absolutely no vis. I got back into a deep spot where the boat
I wrote about was. There were some pilings there and I dug around and
found some nice Megs.
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Here are the finds for the day. The larger one measures
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This is a cool deformed tooth. The final few pics
show the shape. The left side shows where the serrations end just before
the bottom of the root. It is a really cool tooth and it will be in
my collection for years to come. |
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Fri 05/01/09 and Sat 05/02/09
Saturday I came up empty but Friday found several nice
teeth. The big one in the photo is 5-7/8" and the others measure
between 3.5"-4.25".
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Wed 4/29/09
I was diving in a spot that I have dove before and
dug some nice teeth out from under a sunken boat. The current has
dug a large hole under the boat and as I reached under the boat I
felt some loose bones including some really nice megs. It kind of
freaks me out though. The boat is in the middle of one of the places
that I dive. You are going along at 45 feet and then you drop into
a hole about 6 feet deeper. The hole is not very big but it is full
of metal debris from the boat. Towards one end the hole slopes even
deeper. As you crawl down that slope, you bump something above you
which is the boat. The current has created a hole under the boat and
it is big enough that you could crawl under it a bit. I always back
away at that point because the last thing you want to do is get hung
on something while under the boat or have it somehow shift while you
are under it. Last night though I reached under the boat and found
two of those megs immediately. I spent a few more minutes reaching
under the boat without crawling under it and did not find anything
else so I backed away and focused on digging in the hole itself where
I found the rest. You could go further under the boat but I would
not chance it. It was a great night because any time I get out during
the week it is a bonus. To find something nice on a weeknight is even
better.
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Sun 04/26/09
Nothing too special today. After three fossil shows and three
sets of company (always a good time) in the last two months, it was
just good to get back in the water.
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Sat 04/25/09
I found one real killer Meg tooth and some nice large whale
teeth. Not a bad day.
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Sun 03/15/09
These are the teeth I found today. The center photos show verts, ears
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Sat 03/14/09
The water is warming and it is nice to get back into the
water for longer dives. The photo on the right shows a 6.25"
Meg and 3" Mako. The best finds of the weekend.
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Sat 02/28/09
I found one nice tooth and a bunch of bones. Nothing too
exciting though.
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Thu 02/19/09
Made a quick dive after work but did not find anything interesting.
The water is over 50 deg now so it is warming a bit.
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Mon 02/16/09
I went out for a dive after work and hit some nice teeth. The nicest
is the small 3" tooth and the largest is just over 5.5" but
it has a chipped tip. I found a crock tooth for my jaw and it fits nicely.
I probably will not get out until Saturday. It will be a long week. |
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Sat Feb 14
I found this really nice 5.4" tooth about 15 min into my dive.
I found the half right next to it. I spent the next1.5 hours digging
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Fri Feb 13
I was told not to dive on Fri the 13thbut I went anyhow. I am glad I
went. I found one killer 4.25" tooth and some other fun stuff. |
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Wed 02/11/09
My first good day in awhile. The water is in the low 50's today. Three
really nice Megs right around 4". The best part is my first 3"
Mako of the year. A really nice lower, just a hair over 3".!!!!
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Mon 02/09
One 4" meg and another broken one. I usually only
make one dive per day when the water is in the high 40's. It feels
really cold when you are not finding much.
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Sun 02/08/09
I came up empty my last four dives. Today I found three 3.75"-3.90"
megs before I came across the Mastodon tooth. I only find about two
of these each year so I was pretty excited. It has a bit of the root
and the cap is somewhat worn but it is still pretty nice.
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