Cavers discover a 93' underground waterfall in Tennessee

Come along with us on this weeknight trip to see the 93-foot underground waterfall we discovered while surveying this cave in Tennessee. There are also numerous shark fossils worth seeing as well.
We began the survey (mapping) of this cave in May of 2021. While at the end of the known passage of this cave, we found a blowing lead that was about the size of my fist. That means the hole was pushing out lots of air! Over the next four trips into the cave, we dug open this blowing lead into a mud filled passage that eventually opened up into never before seen cave passage. We surveyed the cave for an additional 2500 feet before we discovered a huge dome with a 93-foot underground waterfall.

[@redbullbundy]

Tennessee has some of the coolest caves in America.

[@tag_caver]

We sure do! And the most. We are nearing 12,000 known caves just in Tennessee alone.

[@Eye2Sky4U]

I love my home state of Tennessee. Heaven on earth!

[@tag_caver]

Me too. We live in such an amazing place!

[@johnnyargo8509]

That’s amazing. I grew up next door to that, deer hunted all around it , but was too chicken to explore it. I did enjoy the other smaller one. Just playing around the entrance. Y’all did an amazing job finding that waterfall. My dad is 80 and remembers farming that land when he was a kid. Some folks used to make moonshine around those caves.

[@baddestjoanna-michellesmit5578]

Yep heard about that lodge moonshine !

[@wesleydavis8990]

Where is it?

[@johnnyargo8509]

@@wesleydavis8990 Pelham tn

[@garyparker7762]

Brings memories of younger days when I used to go caving , very awesome adventure to watch the group make memories ❤️

[@shannonlayne6577]

There's another cave that's 3 miles away from there . One side of it goes back maybe 150 feet , but the other side goes for days . I found arrowheads on one side , and something on the other side that appeared to be bones .

[@paulplatt5074]

Excellent. Thank you! Your channel will grow. I am sharing this to my friends.

[@danman9017]

it really cool what you do .it step into other world .thanks great video

[@tag_caver]

Thank you

[@rexbanner1560]

holy... u guys are nuts. amazing footage.

[@majorgeneral5935]

I grew up in southern Indiana cave country. In the 70s i geology teacher used to take us on cave trips. Due to health issues I’m not able to do anything more than a walk around the neighborhood. My brain still craves the adventure of exploring but my body isn’t able, watching videos like this one are very therapeutic for me, thank you so much for taking the time to make this awesome video! This cave is exactly the mix that I enjoyed, So much to see, a few tight spots but nothing too extreme ( I’m a touch claustrophobic), lots of mud, but plenty of water to wash it away! We explored Shiloh cave at least 20 times, On one trip the final passage on the quarry end had 3-4 inches of airspace! The quarry seemed like bath water after being in the cave for 2-3 hours!

[@tag_caver]

Hi Major, I missed my calling as a geologist. I love rocks! I am sorry that you are not able to continue adventuring further out. I have been enjoying making my videos and sharing them so am always happy to hear when others are enjoying them as well. I have been caving for 20 years and Jason for 19 so we've built up quite the knowledge base about caving. We love to survey and when we are not surveying we are out having other fun. There is always something to do outdoors here in T.A.G. I did get a GoPro for Christmas so hopefully I can show some more in cave and rappel footage in my upcoming videos. Thank you for watching.

[@montanausa329]

I’m claustrophobic and this is my version of hell. More power to you to explore and thanks for the videos because otherwise I would never see these things 😊

[@tag_caver]

Thank you, this is actually one of the reasons why I share my caving experiences as I know its not for everyone but some are still curious to see!

[@615AL]

Sharks, from when the world was flooded and they swam everywhere...... Think how bizarre to see shark teeth in a cave in MontEagle Mountain in east Tennessee

[@tag_caver]

Yea it's crazy to think about for sure. We see lots of neat fossils in caves. I've got a video going live this Friday that shows some very interesting fossils that we are not sure what they belonged too!

[@PaintedTurtle001]

Very cool! 👍

[@thepaintedoma]

Thank you for sharing your adventures! So educational!

[@tag_caver]

Thank you 😊

[@BeeCJ]

That’s amazing!!!

[@miguelgalvez9065]

Awesome!

[@PaulSnook-PewPew]

good ole tag clay mud, gotta love the shuuuuuuck !

[@stephaniemeadows6796]

So pretty and such clear water

[@derekcapron5718]

Super cool video. Coworker pointed me in this direction as it's his uncle's property. Very awesome job!

[@tag_caver]

Thank you. This was an amazing project with some super awesome landowners. We were able to take them to see the waterfall too last year, one of my most favorite caving trips!

[@mommabear5505]

I have claustrophobia, this makes me nervous just watching.

[@Titan52berg]

I love exploration and caves, but, crawling and squeezing around through this kind of muck is definitely not in the 'playbook!'

[@tag_caver]

Sometimes you just gotta embrace the suck and you get rewarded!

[@chrisstich5474]

Good times

[@h.j.d.2624]

Another fascinating video. From a novice, could you give more date ranges, if possible, on items like the shark fossils found in these caves. Thank you.

[@tag_caver]

Yes, the petalodus shark lived about 290 million years ago! It was during the Permian period. "Petalodus is a small genus of Petalodontiformes, a intriguing group of extinct marine cartilaginous fish that flourished from the Carboniferous to the Permian period."

[@h.j.d.2624]

@@tag_caver Thank you. That information warps my mind when I see such fossils above your heads.

[@tag_caver]

@@h.j.d.2624 it is pretty crazy and amazing to think what was here before us!

[@schizoidonmars9877]

how do you identify the kinds of fossils you see? is it just knowledge you’ve picked up from caving for a while?

[@tag_caver]

Yes, been caving a long time

[@tonyjordanjammer]

I live in east tn. But borned an went to school in pelham, memories of wonders cave when I was young ,an in Paynes cove I believe is a cave,

[@tag_caver]

Oh yes, there are quite a number of caves over in this area! In Payne Cove, they turned the local hotspot cave into a Music Venue now called The Caverns!

[@tonyjordanjammer]

@@tag_caver thank you

[@tonyjordanjammer]

Thank you

[@baddestjoanna-michellesmit5578]

Is there lime stone ???? By that water ?? Tenessse has so much rich history !!

[@tag_caver]

Yes, all of our caves here are formed in limestone

[@jasondavis1502]

You are in the digestive track of a dragon.

[@donnieboggs2806]

Yall should bring a good UV light see if any stones change color or glow

[@tag_caver]

We don't have many minerals that do that here, some of the calcite formations you can do this with though.

[@3422dave]

Sparta Tn has a lot of caves

[@tag_caver]

Oh yes, very familiar. There are actually over 11,500 caves in the state of Tennessee. We do most of our caving around Marion, Grundy and Franklin counties.

[@chrisdixon3003]

reminds me of a movie called "the descent"

[@tag_caver]

😂😂😂

[@booger71missouri16]

Pretty sloppy mess you guys dug thru, but well worth it.

[@tag_caver]

For sure!

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Lots of cool formations. Where is this?

[@tag_caver]

It is on private property in Tennessee (Grundy County)

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@tag_caver Thanks!

[@christopherrollins7910]

Have you been to white county blue springs cave

[@tag_caver]

Yes, several times

[@betornween]

All that cave and it all began when a few drops of rain hit the ground above eons ago.

[@tag_caver]

And still growing!

[@arnicus208]

“Rectum? “Hell, it killed him!”

[@tag_caver]

😂

[@lisaloy2011]

Megladon tooth.

[@tag_caver]

No, not megalodon. Too small. They are petalodus shark.

[@tomhodges6170]

any of you people belong to the nss...?

[@tag_caver]

Yes, my husband and I are both cavers for over 20 years, are LIFE members of the NSS and are both Fellows of the Society. We will be vending Landjoff Cave Gear in a few weeks at the NSS Convention in Sewanee. We live local to the area and even own a cave ourselves.

[@garybeasley4885]

Slime time! Another cave that makes you pay to see the waterfall.

[@SemiSemiSemiFULL-mq3lm]

people like this dont discover anything

[@tag_caver]

actually you are wrong. We did discover this section of the cave and the waterfall. Not on this trip but we did spend two years and over 20 trips into this cave surveying it and making a map for the landowner. You can see some of my husband's maps at this link on our blog. tagcaver.wixsite.com/undergroundearth/jason-hardy-cartography

[@SemiSemiSemiFULL-mq3lm]

@@tag_caver when you knew the exact height upon discovery in the video is what was funny

[@tag_caver]

@@SemiSemiSemiFULL-mq3lm that's because we surveyed and dome climbed it. I've spent hundreds of hours in this cave in over 20 trips. This was just a tourist trip on this video.

[@albenia1935]

Awesome! Congradulations. You are very close to my neighborhood Cass Cave. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Cave

[@tag_caver]

We are down here in Tennessee!

[@albenia1935]

@@tag_caver You are very close to the height of Cass Cave waterfall. 139 ft.

[@TAGCaverShorts]

​@@albenia1935Ahh, gotcha!

[@615AL]

Shark teeth in a cave in MontEagle Mountain in east Tennessee....... From when the world was flooded and they swam everywhere