Pleistocene Fossils discovered deep in a cave

[@paulplatt5074]

Found this by mistake, What a great cave. The canyon passages made this for me. SWEET! Yep! I'm a caver. Looked like NSS cavers to me. Experienced, trained, properly equipped. Great Job Folks! I hope to see more of this. I joined this channel after watching this post.

[@tag_caver]

Thank you. Yes we are NSS Life Members and NSS Fellows!

[@noelcollins1072]

Nice combination of skill, courage, and sense of adventure with teamwork making it safer for all of you. I enjoyed watching that, thanks.

[@tag_caver]

Thank you

[@jerryfrohn9894]

These are some of the most professional cavers I have seen ,I admire them greatly.love the video.

[@tag_caver]

Thank you. I have been caving for 19 years and my husband has been caving for 17. We are both life members of the National Speleological Society and also recognized as Fellows of the society.

[@paulplatt5074]

Hey. Back again for another comment. Sorry if this is too much. I want to Thank you for your response to my comments. I am happy to see you have gone to this platform. I myself, don't follow social media. Tic Tok, Instagram, and all those others seem to 'WOKE" and fake. I am happy to see you post on You Tube. I am a caver from North AL. I have caved mostly in TN. I hope your channel will grow and prosper. I have been caving for many years. Snail Shell, Pleasant Ridge, Blue Springs, Mill Hollow, are my favorites. Camps Gulf is another. TOO many to pick. HA! I hope this channel will grow. I am pleased to have found it. God Bless.

[@tag_caver]

Thank you. I have been meaning to get my KZbin going for a while now so am working hard to get some more content out there! Thank you for subscribing! I also have a blog, www.tagcaver.com but I do not post as much there.

[@markf4517]

Another Awesome video! Been loving your channel.

[@tag_caver]

Thank you!

[@chrissnyder3430]

I get panicked just watching y'all crawl in those tight spaces. Helluva damn good video! Thank you!

[@faerieSAALE]

Never in a Hundred Million Years would I ever explore caves like that. Glad you can and not be freaked out by it!

[@montyrayza7220]

I know right, same here, not a chance.

[@bgierat]

It’s incredible how walkable that cave is?!

[@bugoutadventures]

Great video! Thanks for sharing! Cool finding the Fossils

[@tag_caver]

Thank you

[@tennesseedigger8654]

Y'all are braver than I am, and I've been in combat. LMAO I had to subscribe to see more of your adventures.

[@Alexander-Kurtz]

Long time spelunker here, can I make a couple of suggestions?. 1) At 5:55 use a Rope Protection Cover. 2) At 7:24 the rigging setup looks extremely sketchy. Bolts would be more appropriate and safe. Safety first, safety always.

[@tag_caver]

Long time caver here as well, I've been caving for 20 years and my husband for 19. We are both very experienced and safe cavers. We are not "spelunkers" and this is not something "new" to us. 1) There is no rope pad needed here, that is soft, smooth rock, no rough edges that can harm the rope. We use PMI Pit Rope and it's made for stuff like this. 2) Thank you for your concern but this is acutally pretty darn safe, the drop is very short, which you cannot see all of in the video. There is no need to set bolts all over a cave when there is what is called "Natural Rigging" Natural rigging is always perfered over unnecessiarly putting bolts all in a cave. 3) SAFETY IS ALWAYS FIRST

[@Alexander-Kurtz]

@@tag_caver Thank you. I used "spelunking" because I am not from the US. Oversea's, we usually refer caving as spelunking or speleology. I get your points, I wasn't on location, quite difficult to assess the conditions from a video standpoint. I was merely concerned with safety protocols. As for the bolts, as a mountain climber, as you can can imagine, I am very fond of bolts.

[@tag_caver]

@@Alexander-Kurtz all good. Yes, things are done quite differently here in the US than overseas. We use SRT, single rope technique and use natural rigging whenever possible. We also like to rig in waterfalls for fun here (LOL)!

[@Alexander-Kurtz]

@@tag_caver Cool. I never intended on lecturing you, I am glad you took my advice as it was meant to be. Your videos are good, keep it coming. Be safe ;)

[@tag_caver]

@@Alexander-Kurtz Thank you

[@robertevans9354]

I was walking along one day and I saw a hole , and to my surprise I crawled into it . And boy was I shocked to see it opened up into a space large enough to park a train and 30 to 40 railcars along with it , with a river large and wide enough to float the entire thing on barges if there were any .so I started walking and walking for miles it seemed until I remembered batteries and which way to go to get out of there . Both of which I couldnt answer with any assurance that I was correct so I bent over and kissed the ground in front of me and prayed for directions . The Lord said this way not that way and ""Violia"" sunlight in the distance . I cried we laughed .

[@ogoriginalghost7340]

Wow … where is this ? How did you find it? Can u post a map of the inside and how long and deep it is? What a great find , TrueType unbelievable cave.

[@tag_caver]

Jackson County, Alabama. We've been caving for almost 20 years and have access to cave location data. The cave is 192 feet deep and is about 2,500 feet long.

[@butchbinion1560]

Thanks again that was fun. ✌🏻👊

[@angcali2032]

Awesome cave. Cool find.

[@trudyclay3478]

I hope that on your way out you pick up that trash the jug and take it with you help clean up after other people

[@moneypenny7613]

I love your videos, gives me a chance to explore like I use to do. I know I could never crawl through those tight spaces. I'm to clostrophobic ..

[@tag_caver]

Thank you.

[@hunterw3866]

Crazy how some animal died in there or got washed in and has been alone for thousands upon thousands of years.

[@stewartbrands]

So you got wet and muddy to see some channels water dissolved along time ago.

[@pannellclara]

at first i thought that was a scorpion but it’s a mud bug right?

[@tag_caver]

we call them cave crayfish, also known as crawldads, the albino ones only live in caves.

[@debbilermond1553]

Did you say Rugosa coral as in extinct horn coral? Pretty cool to see that so high up on the cave wall. You guys certainly had an awesome adventure in this cave. Great knots and equipment that you used for this caving adventure! The cave walls look so smooth compared to the A'a lava tubes in the Dark Divide in between Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Adams. Our lava really rips your clothing and boots/shoes! It's just plain brutal on your gear. I guess you have to worry more about things rusting?

[@tag_caver]

Yes, our rock is limestone, which is sedimentary. So we get lots of fossils and smooth walls, sometimes with lots of scalloping too.We have been caving for almost 20 years so have a lot of experience. We don't have to worry much about rusting as we use stainless steel equipment.

[@rogerscottcathey]

21:40 how'd that tree trunk get in there?

[@tag_caver]

This cave floods and takes in a lot of water so surface debris is washed in.

[@whimsygrove9971]

Wow those formations were INCREDIBLE! I loved the "brain," of the cave. 😄 I couldn't tell if there was water dripping into the center of the brain or if there was water bubbling up inside of it. Either way, super cool!

[@tag_caver]

Thank you. It has water that is dripping down onto it from the ceiling above. That is what is causing it to form as the drops are moving around making it look like a brain!

[@xanthiafantom]

That place looks like a freak rainstorm away from being a caving adventure gone wrong video on youtube.

[@tag_caver]

Our caves here are solutional, which means they are formed by water. We always check the weather before entering any caves. But yes, caves can be very dangerous if you are careless.

[@listenup872]

Absolutely amazes me how you cavers cant figure out exactly what you are crawling through. You are literally inside of an antediluvian tree of magnificent proportions.

[@tag_caver]

It's Limestone, this area was an ancient seabed.

[@FaithLikeAMustardSeed]

With as much stuff as there was washed into the cave, why do you assume the bones are so old?

[@tag_caver]

They have been identified by a paleontologist to confirm.

[@brianrichmond3777]

I've watched mountain climbing videos, Mount Everest and others, which are not as interesting as caving videos. Bravo for your exploration skills!

[@davidrussell8795]

Why has the youtube screen shrunk?

[@tag_caver]

What do you mean? I am not following. I'm seeing the video regular size.

[@nealbrogan2010]

Awesome video

[@russell7489]

Really shows caving and in a safe cave

[@manuelochoa1810]

Nice video guys i enjoy every minut e. You where down on cave

[@tag_caver]

Thank you! Please subscribe if you haven't already to keep up with some more of our caving adventures!

[@markbegley1564]

didn't you see that movie, "THE CAVE"? yr all MAD!!!

[@tag_caver]

LOL. Real life caving is nothing like the movies.

[@chrism3872]

Some nice poison ivy around the entrance shaft?

[@tag_caver]

There may have been some. Poison Ivy is found everywhere here.

[@ernesthercher5193]

Personally I rather have a root canal than do this. I really don’t like tight spaces.

[@tag_caver]

😂😂😂

[@josephkerley363]

Watching you and others, I am constantly amazed at the sheer beauty and size of the underworld. God's creation is awesome!

[@tag_caver]

It is quite amazing. Even after caving for as long as I have, 20 years, I am still seeing things that amaze me underground.

[@brianrichmond3777]

The Plasticine Age was during childhood.

[@tag_caver]

The Pleistocene (known as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from c. 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago. Not during my childhood, LOL...

[@xgaming4147]

Man the under water way carved by water looks hyptonic.

[@freekingawwsome]

Kewl video

[@Foxtrap731]

Great cave!

[@PaintedTurtle001]

This was nice. Where's this cave? This was so cool i watched it a 2nd time! 👍

[@tag_caver]

Thank you, it's in Alabama

[@recentparty8369]

Twins had also made it so ...

[@muhamadhaikalsyah5024]

Awesome this cave so beautyful

[@pannellclara]

How deep is the earths crust?

[@tag_caver]

The Earth's crust is about 25 miles deep. No caves go that deep. Here in the TAG region the deepest cave is around 1,000 feet deep.

[@markthomas3730]

where is this ?/ looks like Kentucky or Alabama to me...

[@tag_caver]

Alabama

[@gibbs677bg]

No-one mentioned the Elephant In the room at 17:22 :))))

[@tag_caver]

Oh we did... I just edited that part out, LOL!

[@powerstroke01]

Oh yeah 🤣🤣

[@tag_caver]

@@powerstroke01 🤣

[@chrissnyder3430]

And they try and tell us giants didn't exist!! Ha!

[@MrVeryfrost]

Why the cave wasn't explored by paleontologists?

[@tag_caver]

Because paleontologists don't explore caves here.

[@Katy-Did]

Great footage!!!..I want to have my kids watch your channel...any chance you can "blip" out the swearing /foul language? You are doing important work and I want to show your channel to kids so they can appreciate caves and what you guys are doing. Thanks for taking us along! Be safe!

[@tag_caver]

Thank you, yes, I can be more attentive to my language. Thank you for the feedback and I love to see kids get excited about caving so will definately keep that in mind when filming too.

[@Katy-Did]

@@tag_caver Thank you so much for being willing to bleep out the cuss words so the little ones can learn and watch you both explore these amazing caves! Believe me, I know how hard it is not to cuss--especially when you have an unexpected or painful moment! I too am working on that! Ha! But it is really easy to just mute the sound on those parts as your editing. Technology is amazing now. I love how you explain the formations, creatures, water lines, bones, etc... and take the time to stop and film them. I really appreciate the time you spend educating us about each cool thing your discover during your cave explorations: This fact alone, makes your channel very unique and very cool to watch. I am too handicap to do caving now, but I get to cave right along side you--thanks to your channel! BTW: your photos are so artistic! You can sell those! Amazing! Stay safe!

[@Shawn-yp9ic]

@@tag_caver thats too bad that you will change for the first person who comes along complaining. I like realist speech and "sentence enhancements" sprinkled in. People who attempt to dishonestly display a world to their children that doesn't exist don't get it and don't get their children. I didn't hear anyone "swearing" and so what if they did? Nothing I encountered fits the complainer's dishonest categorization of "foul" language. The only thing foul is someone thinking they can decide for others what is bad and what to censor, bleep, or change for everyone else. I have a much better idea for your self appointed word police. Download it and use an editing software and go thru it word by word listening closely for any words that your weirdness tells you are too horrible for you and YOU bleep them out to your hearts content! Why should anybody change or bleep for you? Your the one with the word fixation, most of us rational people know that words are just groups of letters to reference with and they cannot be "bad" or "good" they are only words and nothing else. That's what you should be telling your children instead of attempting to censor everything they hear. If you think censorship is "good" then censor it yourself but YOUR copy, not everybody else's.

[@tag_caver]

@@Shawn-yp9ic Thank you. I didn't really change much, I try to keep my videos as real as possible. You'll see there is still plenty of foul language and the occassional F bomb as well in my recent videos :)

[@robertlaird6746]

Did you leave some of your ropes down there or did you end up retrieving them?

[@tag_caver]

No, we did not leave the ropes. Cavers bring their own and rig each time.

[@huntersatterfield1820]

Cool video. Is this cave located in the U.S?

[@tag_caver]

Yes, Alabama

[@huntersatterfield1820]

@@tag_caver Wow, thats so cool. I’ve been to a few caves but nothing where i actually put gear on. I

[@tag_caver]

@@huntersatterfield1820 We have over 11,500 caves here in Tennessee alone! Another 4,000 plus nearby in Alabama!

[@burntofferings3770]

Plasticine ( Kids molding clay dough ) is different than Pleistocene the era. The cover gif says plasticine too.

[@tag_caver]

yes, I know. The autocorrect spelled it wrong on the video but it is correct in the description.

[@evieuretsky9997]

bet there is more than just that one bone, that is being chewed up by rats. Wonder if you notified someone to come check it up, who knows maybe its an animal that hasnt been found.

[@Newbroken]

This is very dangerous activity

[@tag_caver]

Actually, it is not and is very safe based off statistics. I've been caving 20 years and rarely do you hear of an accident. Now go out and drive a car and that is a very dangerous activity!

[@Newbroken]

@@tag_caver Nothing is dangerous if you are experienced and always know what you do. Not everyone can do caving!

[@Newbroken]

@@tag_caver You must be very professional

[@tag_caver]

@@Newbroken actually, caving can be very safe and young children 4 years old even go caving. All caves are different and have different skill levels so there are caves for anyone and yes they can be safe too!

[@JR-kk6ce]

That young lady had her foot ascended on when she walked to the site.

[@tag_caver]

It wasn't her ascender, It's what we call a chicken loop. You can attach your pack to it to drag your pack through the cave when you are crawling. It's just a piece of webbing.

[@JR-kk6ce]

@@tag_caver thanks for the reply.

[@dreamseer7]

At 22;27 sounds like someone sick down there? Anyway, this was a beautiful cave. Thanks for sharing. Do you ever keep any fossils or rocks you find? Where is this cave? 😁

[@tag_caver]

No, no one was sick. It was the person on rope making a grunting sound, but I can see why it sounds like that (barfing, lol)

[@tag_caver]

And no, we do not keep or take things from caves.

[@netaen]

How old are the beams seen in the movie? At 11 minutes into the video

[@tag_caver]

What beams?

[@lavapix]

Keep your videos simple and raw; I suspect your channel will grow quickly. I'm glad you don't film it vlogger-style. Interesting content.

[@tag_caver]

Thank you

[@Blueskies_23]

no monsters? dang.

[@tag_caver]

🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelhaiden6718]

Great exploring wish you would have taken the bones to a paleontologist the dead mouse will feed dozens lol

[@tag_caver]

Pictures is all they request. We have a few that look at the photos and identify what they are.

[@Brian-jz1pi]

Cavers motto.Take nothing but pictures.Leave nothing but footprints.

[@SIyMarbo]

17:20 o.O girl.. you got a dirty mind

[@tag_caver]

😂😂😂

[@montycobra7340]

Was that a human tibia bone you found?

[@tag_caver]

Not certain but it kinda looked like one

[@montycobra7340]

@@tag_caver certainly did! Seems archeologically relevant! Are you aware of any studies of the cave?

[@tag_caver]

@@montycobra7340 no, archaeologist don't typically do into caves around here.

[@montycobra7340]

@@tag_caver Well it seems like they should haha! Where is “around here”

[@tag_caver]

​@@montycobra7340This Cave is in Alabama

[@bitsofeverything8385]

I thought some prehistoric creature is attacking you, but you okay.

[@tag_caver]

Yes we are ok!

[@xgaming4147]

I ll subscribe to you bro . Good.

[@joaom2057]

plasticine or pleistocene?

[@tag_caver]

pleistocene, the title and description are correct, it was a typo (spellcheck error) on the title screen.. OOPS!

[@theariesexperiment4642]

Reminds me of Fraggle Rock.

[@tag_caver]

I loved Fraggle Rock!!!

[@theariesexperiment4642]

@@tag_caver Oh yes. Me too. Certain caves i see always take me back to that time as a child, eating Captain Crunch sitting Indian style in front of a TV with Fraggle Rock on a loop. lol. Love your vids and stay safe out there,.....or should I say,....in there. Lol. God Bless. 👍

[@jerrypeal653]

Nope !

[@TheRichmaldon1]

Looks magalithic

[@randomwindstorm2747]

Thanks but no thanks.

[@tag_caver]

It's ok. Caving isn't for everyone. 😁

[@freekingawwsome]

ɹǝʌɐƆ‾⅁Ɐ⊥@ @TAG_Caver