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dbshark94

dbshark94

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50 - 99
Hi!

I'm a fossil diver who's had alot of success in Florida rivers and the Gulf... (and a few pits around the Daytona area). The full set of mammoth teeth (about 25 lbs. per tooth) seen on my profile, come from about 500yds. off the south end of the public beach of Venice, FL. The rest of it is still down there somewhere... The bulk of my collection (about 95%) has been donated to the Gainesville museum after they assisted with an excavation we had on the Wekiva river in Seminole county, FL. In fact, if you've ever seen their traveling exhibit "Tusks", I'm responsible for donating the tusk they use as their showpiece (the one that's on all their advertising posters and T-shirts). Anyway, I teach full-time and hope to get in a few dives each year.
Hollaback if interested.

db
 
I'm currently in Iraq for a few more weeks, but will be coming home at the end of the month. I'd really like to try some fossil diving, but need a good mentor. I've been diving for about 17 yrs, was Navy search and rescue, but never did any black water dives. Currently living in Jacksonville. I would be very interested in doing some fossil diving when I get home at the end of June.

Thanks!
Mike
 
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Thanks for the welcomes!

Looking forward to getting back to Venice this summer. As for FL river diving... the last time I went back to my old Wekiva site I thought someone had marked it with a big radial tire. But as I wrapped my arms around it to yank it away, it uncurled. Turned out to be "Bertha's" tail. She's the 11 ft. gator (that no one had bothered warning me about) who's been living there for the last few decades...

I don't know if anyon'es ever seen a fully geared diver with 50 lbs of extra weight (stiff current and big bag of fossils), ever walk on water before, but from what the tourists said, I apparently did a pretty good job.

There is at least one fairly articulated mammoth remaining off the south end of the Venice Public Beach... way out where no one goes (not even Rhinehardt), but it would take a couple weeks of boat diving to find it and bring it up... maybe someday?
 
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