New Dive Site Teaser! Jim's Hill
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@richardlahan7068
@richardlahan7068 15 күн бұрын
Ashokan Farewell
@elwoodanderson4149
@elwoodanderson4149 29 күн бұрын
Cemetery nearby
@zwilkinson2
@zwilkinson2 Ай бұрын
hello thinking of going to metal detect the public beach is it legal to do so? I called but got no answer.
@zwilkinson2
@zwilkinson2 Ай бұрын
Also, I mean compressor diving with a blue nemo and an excalibur 2
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving 23 күн бұрын
When the water is lowered in the winter I have seen people metal detecting the beaches of the islands on Lake Murray.
@zwilkinson2
@zwilkinson2 22 күн бұрын
​@@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Yeah someone has that beach clean. I did manage to find an old junker ring. I had like 6 targets in 3 hours.
@zwilkinson2
@zwilkinson2 22 күн бұрын
​@@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving I didn't realize they lowered the reservoirs. I went to lake lure after and same thing except lake lure beach was the nastiest paid beach I've ever been to. Water clarity about 2 inches.
@shawncosmos5431
@shawncosmos5431 Ай бұрын
A person with great writing ability and imagination could put together a great horror novel. A Lake built and flooded over towns and cemeteries. Indian burial grounds. Lots of possibilities…
@freedomwanderer91
@freedomwanderer91 6 ай бұрын
Awesome!
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving 5 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@freedomwanderer91
@freedomwanderer91 6 ай бұрын
Thats awesome!
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving 6 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@laurah263
@laurah263 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for adding the pics of historical marker and crew and captions. Cool fish too, very nice
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving 6 ай бұрын
Definitely! Was an amazing dive!
@georgewolf5872
@georgewolf5872 10 ай бұрын
I served on her. George Wolf
@danielhershman7051
@danielhershman7051 11 ай бұрын
I'm here I'm Charleston do you still go out???
@danielhershman7051
@danielhershman7051 11 ай бұрын
F awesome video
@IDKBRAH123
@IDKBRAH123 Жыл бұрын
Idk why but im just sad to think about that bridge underwater and also do you know the exact town that got flooded
@retandom
@retandom Жыл бұрын
Amazing . Simply amazing.
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@shawncosmos5431
@shawncosmos5431 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video! Very cool!
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@SheebsVR
@SheebsVR Жыл бұрын
The skeleton is fake everyone
@sc1338
@sc1338 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting
@hothmandon
@hothmandon Жыл бұрын
Was this an area that was already prown to major flooding?
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
Not where the house was located. It was off the old river road.
@hothmandon
@hothmandon Жыл бұрын
I heard Francis Marion's farm is under this lake. Was this an area that was already prown to flooding?
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
I'll have to investigate about the farm as I'm not familiar with it. The Stone House was on a hill about 60-70 feet above the river that flowed thru now (Saluda river). It was not prone to flooding.
@Ro6entX
@Ro6entX Жыл бұрын
Given how long it’s been there, it’s in fairly good condition 👍
@worldsmosthated2006
@worldsmosthated2006 Жыл бұрын
I guess you kinda had to be there..... 😐
@tracymiles7542
@tracymiles7542 Жыл бұрын
What part of the lake is this located in? Is it the one near the dam?
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
This is a 1/4 mile due west of the Towers at the dam. It sits on a small old hill 125' down.
@cliffmillerslandlockedexpl5421
@cliffmillerslandlockedexpl5421 Жыл бұрын
Very cool!
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@courtneymagnuson3756
@courtneymagnuson3756 Жыл бұрын
Triggers me! Creepy! I’m waiting for a huge great white shark 🦈 coming at me..
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
That lake can get creepy and spooly!
@DFWRob
@DFWRob Жыл бұрын
Nice!!!
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@rfinestl.a.r8193
@rfinestl.a.r8193 Жыл бұрын
What's the real history? Was this an African American town that was flooded?🤔
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
No, there are no flooded towns under this lake. This is next to the dam. The items placed here were by divers so we could enjoy looking at stuff underwater.
@racheljellenik8842
@racheljellenik8842 8 ай бұрын
I thought this was lake Murray? You’re saying no towns were flooded in underneath it? There are…
@wanderingtmp
@wanderingtmp Жыл бұрын
So dark and murky down there. How much of the original structure is still there? It’s tough to see much in the video; is anything still intact? Do you have any other dive videos of the Girls Camp or the bridge? Would be very interesting to send down a submersible to research it all.
@xchiqui16ywillkano
@xchiqui16ywillkano Жыл бұрын
I want the water to go down one day
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
If they did drain the Lake back to just the Saluda river it would answer so many questions I have!
@EvansGoneFishing
@EvansGoneFishing Жыл бұрын
There are some big gators out there. have you ever run into any and if so how did they react?
@mrcloud234
@mrcloud234 Жыл бұрын
Hello, I am the kid in the blue shirt in the start of this video. My grandmother Debbie Fletcher is the one who took us on this Awesome trip and has since passed away. We had a great time swimming in the freezing water, dropping m&ms on the bubble so the divers could eat them and enjoying every one on the boat. the lodge is very very special to me and kept secret so divers don't break it, no clue if bill is still diving here but as far as I know Hes free to and that's fine by me, I have no say as to who can or can not dive. Thank you Bill for the dive we got to come on. I love Jocassee
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. Your Grandmother Debbie was a good friend and we miss her very much. Bill will probably do another dive on the Lodge in Debbie's memory. The Lodge is so deep that only a select few have the proper training to dive it. Bill pretty much has say in who dives it and he also keeps the location secret. I'm sure everyone who does dive it understands how special it is to your Family.
@captainjocassee
@captainjocassee 10 ай бұрын
Your Grandmother was so kind. We all miss her so much. I’m sorry she passed but her spirit is always alive and felt at Jocassee. I’m sure you know about her bench at Devils Fork❤
@KB-bh6gn
@KB-bh6gn Жыл бұрын
Why didn't they move the cemetery and the bodies before they flooded it?
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
The Families were given the option to have them moved. It was the 1920's, a different time and way of thinking. Most Families opted to leave their loved ones in their final resting place. In some cases they put a concrete slab over the grave to prevent washout of the grave. Other graves had no living next of kin and they were left as is. There is actually a book made from the compiled records of the Lake builders listing all the graves and their locations and if they were moved or left and the reason if left. Very interesting history!
@KB-bh6gn
@KB-bh6gn Жыл бұрын
@@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Thank you
@planetphatness
@planetphatness Жыл бұрын
I heard there's giant catfish the size of cars in Lake Murray
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
I hope we can find em! We could feed the whole neighborhood on a big boy like that! :)
@hamburgerdan1963
@hamburgerdan1963 Жыл бұрын
is there any old trucks, cars or wagons?
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
I have not found any old vehicles. I imagine if you get further up into the Lake , as in the Saluda River, at some of the more rural boat launch ramps you might find some dumped vehicles submerged in the water. I just don't make it up that far.
@michaelshealy6816
@michaelshealy6816 Жыл бұрын
Great video of this, thanks for posting this
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Appreciate it!
@michaelshealy6816
@michaelshealy6816 Жыл бұрын
Wow what an awesome video, hopefully I will get a chance to dive this one day soon.
@SCGATOR2001
@SCGATOR2001 Жыл бұрын
I lived on Lake Murray for several years and I worked for "that" power company at their Nuclear Plant. When I saw the title, I was sure the story would be about the WWII bombers that were under the lake. I had heard a little about the towns and graveyards under the lake but this was much better presentation than the other things I saw when I lived there. I visited Columbia over the summer but I did NOT get out to see Lake Murray. I spent many summer evenings out near the dam after dark just floating in my boat watching car traffic on the dam and aircraft going in to CAE. I used to pull my boat for the winter about now as even the fall afternoons with the leaves turning was absolutely gorgeous. But it was easy to find a nice sailing afternoon on the lake even into December.
@DFWRob
@DFWRob Жыл бұрын
Great job guys!
@ns4854
@ns4854 2 жыл бұрын
Whats the water temp at 135' right now?
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving 2 жыл бұрын
60 deg and its 74 deg near the surface.
@gailmatzke1474
@gailmatzke1474 2 жыл бұрын
Why is it under water
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving 2 жыл бұрын
In 1929 they flooded this area to make Lake Murray.
@chrisskinner6291
@chrisskinner6291 2 жыл бұрын
It's a if these towns under water was flooded 2 hide something
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving 2 жыл бұрын
You never know!! It did cover up a few Moonshine stills in the backwoods!
@chrisskinner6291
@chrisskinner6291 2 жыл бұрын
@@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving stills more like a secret society was hid but things can't hide 4 ever
@stacyphillips3741
@stacyphillips3741 2 жыл бұрын
Just came across your videos, so enthralled. My dad built in hallmark shores (Porth Point i believe called now) I believe around 1969, I was around 8-9. Have 7 yr older brother became marine biologist. At 14 parents moved to IN. I was sad! Once you’re on other lakes over country you realize why they called it Gods Country. I recall as kid ppl saying why would you move out to that graveyard? I’d be like what? As a kid I think I had best childhood ever on that lake. Not been able to come back to see in 40 yrs. I know many others have moved away also and would love to see their old areas. Our old rd was later named Mallard Point. Believe address 107. Reddish brick tucked back in cove. Back then a rock damn dirt road lead out to Hendrix’s home turn right to Porths home. My bestie west end circle lisa micols. Love to see that land area and also what did lie below all over that area. Much fun learned to ski and bro barefoot. Thx and appreciate your videos and effort.
@westvistarealty9996
@westvistarealty9996 2 жыл бұрын
How deep?
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving 2 жыл бұрын
It's on slope, bow starts in about 22' and the stern is in about 30'.
@richardmcwhirter9279
@richardmcwhirter9279 2 жыл бұрын
SALUTE ! DEO VINDICE
@murkydiver
@murkydiver 2 жыл бұрын
There are three boats scuttled in the Goat Island cove. The largest is a cabin cruiser. Actually several divers put a buoy on the wreck but some idiot tied off to it and pulled it up. It is directly in the center of the cove in 60 feet of water. Use a side scan and it is easy to find. It is a great dive, but best in the winter. I lost a nice pocket dive light in side the cabin there....finders keepers.
@diverd5416
@diverd5416 2 жыл бұрын
You dive a lot? I just moved to South Carolina an soon when I get situated I’d like to go diving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving 2 жыл бұрын
We do dive a lot. Come visit us at Scuba Johns Dive Shop in Lexington (Columbia) , SC . Welcome to South Carolina!
@diverd5416
@diverd5416 2 жыл бұрын
@@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving I will. An looking forward to it
@cpruiksma900
@cpruiksma900 2 жыл бұрын
Was that a child or a fake? I know there's a cemetery under Murray, and I see the angel statue, do you ever report findings to the police?
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving 2 жыл бұрын
It's completely fake. It's a small halloween decoration skeleton that was sunk by divers. It sits on a small bench and placed along a scuba "trail" which is a trail of things to see on the bottom as you Scuba Dive. I did find a real gun once that I reported to Police and they had one of their divers recover it and take it as evidence.
@Sharks_r_us
@Sharks_r_us Жыл бұрын
Dude you put in the boat at my neighborhood boat ramp do you live here
@claraford2541
@claraford2541 2 жыл бұрын
I wish they had moved this and preserved it before the flooding.
@TakeTheRide
@TakeTheRide 2 жыл бұрын
How deep were y'all?
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving 2 жыл бұрын
varied in the shots, but I'd say average was around 50'ish and maybe deepest was 100'.
@TakeTheRide
@TakeTheRide 2 жыл бұрын
@@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving thanks. Im good down and about 60 to 70 ft but I've had panic attacks on land, and it's not fun having one underwater. Luckily I have a lot of self control but still. I need to find a shallower places to dive under 70ft around here. I'm off Highway 11. I ran a scuba diving Park and camping park on Lake Travis for the last 7 years. I miss living on the lake and being able to just go down daily and blow bubbles laying on a platform next to my favorite 5 ft catfish, laying next to me. We fed the perch there so many hot dogs and vienna sausages that we started calling them perchana. Lol. had to quit feeding them for a while because they were drawing blood on our ears. Enjoyed your video. Thanks. Have you ever done the hydraulic plant up there, is it on lake toxaway? Any suggestions for a little bit shallower dive are welcomed. I rarely have a panic attack anymore but I'm just super careful. Dive safe. Man I miss doing all those air fills, and the camaraderie of the divers daily. Divers are just great people in general.
@JustinBera
@JustinBera 2 жыл бұрын
Have you ever considered running underwater metal detectors in the "yard" around the house? I'd be very interested to see what was left around the property before it was flooded.
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving 2 жыл бұрын
We've wanted to do this but there is a couple factors to consider. The bottom is a thick layer of silt. Once you start digging your visibility will quickly goto zero. So you would likely only get a short time to search before having to leave the area. The other issue is the house sits on top of a hill. All sides slope down to beyond recreational limits. So you would have to make it a tech/decompression dive if you explored away from the house. But we will give it a try and post a video!
@bzneeez
@bzneeez Жыл бұрын
@@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving So this building is on top of a hill? Wow, how much higher is it compared to the drop down ?
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving
@SouthCarolinaScubaDiving Жыл бұрын
@@bzneeez It is on top of a hill. the hill rises to 125' deep which is the base of the stone house. It's a 12 foot by 12 foot building that is technically 2 stories. The attic made up the 2nd story. The highest point of the house is around 115' deep, so it rises about 10' in height. The roof, windows, doors, and anything inside was removed before the lake was flooded in 1929.
@videoshomepage
@videoshomepage 2 жыл бұрын
You should go on a less cloudy day, joke.
@charlesg7926
@charlesg7926 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome dive, and that is one ugggly looking catfish haha 👀
@javionriley8739
@javionriley8739 2 жыл бұрын
That town under lake Murray was actually a maroon colony set up by black Americans run away slaves (such as the pollock , Sullivans, eschew who’s families currently live in Irmo such as the current black mayor who’s a pollock) along with native Americans.. just like lake Lanier in Georgia!! those white colonizers (Dutch immigrants) didn’t come until later on. That’s why majority of those 2300 graves at the bottom of lake Murray are black Americans specifically my dad side of the family!! This concept of white colonizers pushing black Americans out of there own towns just to build an infrastructure project such as dams/highways is nothing new!!!
@CarriaRoyale111
@CarriaRoyale111 Жыл бұрын
PREACH! And it’s funny how no one ever responds to the TRUTHFUL comments like these ones!!! Keep spreading knowledge!!!