Ginnie - Insulation Room Whale Bone

[Manatee Diver]

I'm trying to find the Insulation Room Whale Bone, and I hoping it doesn't take a half a dozen dives to find it. So I've heard that if you go past the broom stick you went to far. Is that based on taking a left or right at the first Tee? Any other tips, it looks pretty black based on the pictures I saw from the restoration.

 

[mr_v]

So Insulation Room is on a small circuit, and how you find the bone depends on the direction you're taking. Are you swimming clockwise or couterclockwise?

Without knowing the direction, the best advice I can give you this: look at the walls very carefully. There is going to be a dark / untouched space on the wall with a visible light spot and a brick sticking out of it. If you go clockwise on the circuit, the spot/bone will be on your left-ish side. Btw, unless you've seen a bone in Ginnie - there are at least 2 more - it is hard to describe it. If you're looking or hoping for something looking like a dinosaur bone, you won't find it. It is literally a black brick looking thing.

0:29 in this video:


IIRC, the spare around the bone is much lighter now, and the "brick" stands out.

 

[Manatee Diver]

We were going to go right at the first Tee so I guess counterclockwise. But it sounds like to do the usual look for signs of lots of traffic.

 

[AeroSpartacus]

I just did that dive about a week or two ago. We went right at the tee. I wasn't in the lead (Chris was showing me around), but I remember it was kind of straight ahead while the line was making a left turn (so to the right of the line). From what I remember, like mentioned, there was a bit of a lighter area of the wall around the bone; it's stuck into the wall at I'd say maybe 3-4 feet from the floor?

It was before the back to back arrows halfway through the circuit (side note - the back to back arrows are hidden coming from that side - the line goes up and to the left and the arrows are right behind the lip of the ceiling).

 

[mr_v]

@Manatee Diver - are you there next week by any chance? I'll be doing that dive possibly on Sun or Mon.

 

[Manatee Diver]

@Manatee Diver - are you there next week by any chance? I'll be doing that dive possibly on Sun or Mon.

I am heading over tomorrow, but I will be in town next week Monday to Wednesday.

 

[Rilelen]

I somehow never knew there was a whale bone in there - probably too busy looking at the floor floofs. Anyway, great excuse to go pay them a visit soon!

 

[kensuf]

I somehow never knew there was a whale bone in there - probably too busy looking at the floor floofs. Anyway, great excuse to go pay them a visit soon!

There's some interesting history with that whale bone. Apparently someone tried to remove it but broke it into two pieces. Micheal Angelo Gagliardi wound up removing it and glued it back together before re-installing it with the help of Rich Courtney, Peter McCumber, Dave Sheard and others.

Underwater Cave Whale Bone Fossil Repaired

Damaged prehistoric whale bone fossil repaired by cave diving experts in an underwater Florida cave system

divingfl.com

 

[mr_v]

There's some interesting history with that whale bone. Apparently someone tried to remove it but broke it into two pieces. Micheal Angelo Gagliardi wound up removing it and glued it back together before re-installing it with the help of Rich Courtney, Peter McCumber, Dave Sheard and others.

Underwater Cave Whale Bone Fossil Repaired

Damaged prehistoric whale bone fossil repaired by cave diving experts in an underwater Florida cave system

divingfl.com

Fantastic article.

Did we ever find the clowns who tried to remove the bone? The article speculates that people might have bumped into the bone. In that location? How?

 

[flymolo]

I somehow never knew there was a whale bone in there - probably too busy looking at the floor floofs. Anyway, great excuse to go pay them a visit soon!

the floor floofs