Another Great Day Fossil Diving in South Carolina

Earlier this week, da fossz called me with bad news - the weather had been really nasty for him with long, heavy showers. Rain near him spells higher river levels and faster current. Luckily, I was able to make it to the river on the day it crested. I strapped on an additional 10 pounds of lead to bring my wetsuit-less total to over 40 pounds. I cratered when I hit the bottom, but once I was there I was in the zone. I worked a pattern on the hunt for more of the dugong, and I was soon rewarded with another really cool bone - a lower jaw with a tooth still intact. Another rib followed, and then I never saw another dugong bone the rest of the day. I know there is more there, but its buried deep in the sand. I'll be picking up pieces of this guy for years to come.

The next big find was a really wicked looking fish jaw. I have no idea what it is, but it had to be a nasty critter when he was alive. When I first saw it, it was jagged spikes sticking out of the fossil bearing Ashley formation at the bottom of the river. I carefully dug it out of the soft clay and took it back to the boat when I freed it from its resting place.

In the midst of these finds came many shark teeth, but almost all were damaged in some way. I did manage to find a big angustidens with a tip ding and a superhero calibre sand tiger.

The ripping currents quickly sapped my strength, but not before I was able to recover some more awesome fossils. Hopefully I'll be able to hunt some more later this week and find some more cool stuff.