05/17/09

05/16/09

05/15/09

Thurs. 5/14/09

One nice Meg tooth and a large piece of mammoth tooth. Nothing else too special.

The two smaller ones are in great condition.

This is a cool deformed tooth. The final few pics show the shape. The left side shows where the serrations end just before the bottom of the root. It is a really cool tooth and it will be in my collection for years to come.

Fri 05/01/09 and Sat 05/02/09

Saturday I came up empty but Friday found several nice teeth. The big one in the photo is 5-7/8" and the others measure between 3.5"-4.25".

Wed 4/29/09

I was diving in a spot that I have dove before and dug some nice teeth out from under a sunken boat. The current has dug a large hole under the boat and as I reached under the boat I felt some loose bones including some really nice megs. It kind of freaks me out though. The boat is in the middle of one of the places that I dive. You are going along at 45 feet and then you drop into a hole about 6 feet deeper. The hole is not very big but it is full of metal debris from the boat. Towards one end the hole slopes even deeper. As you crawl down that slope, you bump something above you which is the boat. The current has created a hole under the boat and it is big enough that you could crawl under it a bit. I always back away at that point because the last thing you want to do is get hung on something while under the boat or have it somehow shift while you are under it. Last night though I reached under the boat and found two of those megs immediately. I spent a few more minutes reaching under the boat without crawling under it and did not find anything else so I backed away and focused on digging in the hole itself where I found the rest. You could go further under the boat but I would not chance it. It was a great night because any time I get out during the week it is a bonus. To find something nice on a weeknight is even better.

Sun 04/26/09
Nothing too special today. After three fossil shows and three sets of company (always a good time) in the last two months, it was just good to get back in the water.

Sat 04/25/09

I found one real killer Meg tooth and some nice large whale teeth. Not a bad day.

Sun 03/15/09
These are the teeth I found today. The center photos show verts, ears and other bones that I found this weekend.

Sat 03/14/09
The water is warming and it is nice to get back into the water for longer dives. The photo on the right shows a 6.25" Meg and 3" Mako. The best finds of the weekend.

Sat 02/28/09
I found one nice tooth and a bunch of bones. Nothing too exciting though.

Thu 02/19/09
Made a quick dive after work but did not find anything interesting. The water is over 50 deg now so it is warming a bit.

Mon 02/16/09
I went out for a dive after work and hit some nice teeth. The nicest is the small 3" tooth and the largest is just over 5.5" but it has a chipped tip. I found a crock tooth for my jaw and it fits nicely. I probably will not get out until Saturday. It will be a long week.

Sun Feb 15
I did not do much on the first half of my dive then I started hitting them. the vis w/ my light was around 6-8in. which is pretty good. I saw three of the four nicer teeth. They range from 4-3/8" to 5-1/16" It was a good dive.

Sat Feb 14
I found this really nice 5.4" tooth about 15 min into my dive. I found the half right next to it. I spent the next1.5 hours digging and came up empty. Still a good dive though.

Fri Feb 13
I was told not to dive on Fri the 13thbut I went anyhow. I am glad I went. I found one killer 4.25" tooth and some other fun stuff.

Wed 02/11/09

Mon 02/09

One 4" meg and another broken one. I usually only make one dive per day when the water is in the high 40's. It feels really cold when you are not finding much.