Dark Water Scuba Diving for Fossils in Florida

[PaleoCris]

Hello Tnet members!

I got out for some of my favorite kind of treasure hunting the other day, something you all probably do not see or hear much about. I was scuba diving for Pleistocene age terrestrial vertebrates! I found manatee teeth, partial horse teeth, tapir teeth, giant tortoise osteoderms (bony plates that protect the legs), some Eocene shark teeth and a bunch of other cool stuff.

Check it out if you get some time:



And if you don't want to watch a vid, here's a pic of some of my finds in my hand:



Thanks for looking!
-PaleoCris

 

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[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Great Finds! That black water always freaked me out when I lived in Florida, you never know what is looking back at ya.

 

[A2coins]

gotta find what Mel Fisher left behind lol great finds sounds like fun

 

[Hawks88]

Nice bunch of finds. Congrats

 

[PaleoCris]

Great Finds! That black water always freaked me out when I lived in Florida, you never know what is looking back at ya.

Yeah, it's definitely a little spooky down there at times. Worst part is when you run into something where the flashlight isn't aimed and you dont know what it is for a second.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Thank you for sharing!

 

[Blak bart]

Yeah, it's definitely a little spooky down there at times. Worst part is when you run into something where the flashlight isn't aimed and you dont know what it is for a second.

I know exactly what you mean. I hate being startled under water. Even when its not something thats dangerous. Its that moment when your heart rate jumps to 4 times its normal rate in less than a second.........I hate it when that happens. Congrats on some great finds !!

 

[Rookster]

Very nice finds.Congrats