With the river free of ice and the current running fast with the early Spring melt-water, we hit the water for the season's first dive. I'm always amazed by the changes in the underwater river topography, created by the fast currents of Spring. I was exploring an area I'd been to many times before, but the sands of last year had shifted, revealing a long buried 'Beehive' style crock, of the 'squat' variant. Unlike all the other pottery I've found while diving, this one was mint - no chips, cracks or missing parts - I was thrilled! How long had this crock lay hidden in those river sands? Others more knowledgeable than I estimated it was made sometime in the 1870's.