Venice Florida 2024 Megalodon Tooth Scuba Trip Continues

[@jamesriverfossil]

Such an awesome way to find them!! Can't say I've ever gotten anything other than my feet wet searching for them!

[@blackriverfossils]

its tough to beat diving for megs in venice. one of my favorite places to go!

[@Rockin_in_Kentucky]

Awesome finds bro! That looks like a ton of fun!

[@blackriverfossils]

its the best. if you dive you gotta try it once.

[@leighanncronin6905]

Lived in Venice and visited Caspersen Beach often!

[@blackriverfossils]

i love it there. if i ever moved anywhere besides SC it would be to SW Florida.

[@ReturnoftheCollector]

Good dive buddy.

[@blackriverfossils]

thanks man

[@DarkNinjaShark]

I’m pretty sure the toe bone is from a horse species - great finds! Venice dives are some of my favorites to do!

[@blackriverfossils]

thanks for the id! i wish i could have done more but by the end of the week i was pretty sore.

[@DarkNinjaShark]

@@blackriverfossils No problem and totally understand! Next time you are down feel free to reach out, I’ve been going diving down there a lot recently (I live in Tampa). Just went today will be going again next Sunday. Would love to dive with you and fossil diva someday!

[@blackriverfossils]

@@DarkNinjaShark sounds good man! it'll probably be next year, depending on whether there are any big storms to churn up the bottom. this year there are many other bodies of water that need our attention. good luck on your dives!

[@DarkNinjaShark]

@@blackriverfossils understanable! I tried to do the Meg ledge off NC earlier this year but it got stormed out… hoping to do that someday! If you get a chance I’d love if you took a peek at my channel, it was inspired by your videos, figured I should film and share my own fossil adventures too. I don’t post as often as I should but I’m trying to get better about it - cheers 🤙🏻

[@blackriverfossils]

@@DarkNinjaShark i have heard that same story about being stormed out from so many people. how disappointing that must be! I've never done the meg ledge but I'm not nitrox certified so its not going to happen most likely. i watched your most recent venice video, good stuff congrats! I like how you can talk through your mask that's pretty cool. keep up the good work!

[@kj3n569]

Good viz that day, you were lucky. I've been out in summer where it's like diving in mud. My pb in Venice is a 5 5/8 upper, perfect except for a small chip in the enamel. Good luck!

[@blackriverfossils]

its been like that all summer from what I've seen on IG. best conditions in 20 years I can remember.

[@AStanton1976]

Yep, always take the anchor rope down. Think the dive operators always throw one out with the anchor. lol

[@blackriverfossils]

i don't want pity teeth but i guess that does happen sometimes. my theory with the anchor line is the captain navigates to GPS coordinates and drops the anchor right there, so you know you're usually gonna be on it at the bottom of the line. in black water rivers the anchor line is the only way to keep from being washed away from the boat by the current while you descend.

[@starwars_8036]

Nice finds. I'd be scared a shark would get me. Deep water scares me especially the ocean.

[@blackriverfossils]

the water wasn't too deep where we were diving - only about 30 feet. i actually did see a small shark on day 2. I dropped off the boat first and when i got close to the bottom i saw him swim away. i tried to get my camera out but he was FAST! maybe he would have hung around longer if he was a little bigger but i think he knew he wasn't the top of the food chain. it was the first time i ever saw one down there.

[@tctenagliaable]

Decent sized one at 2:05 bottom right of the screen

[@blackriverfossils]

i see it there now. DOH! nobody can find them all!

[@snow3017]

Mammoth and Florida for you are like peanut butter and jelly. From the thumbnail i was thinking you went on some crazy diet, little did I know it was just the weezling sporting a p0rn stash. Not a ton of stuff, but any day on the water is better than a day in the office!

[@blackriverfossils]

it was nice to dive with him again. now that he's grown up he doesn't come out as much. another guy on the boat found a mammoth tooth too but his was gigantic, the size I prefer my PB&J. It was truly better than a day at work!

[@moemuggy4971]

So strange that Florida was mainly a Meg nursery, and very few mature teeth are found here, but there were once behemoths with 7" teeth in South Carolina almost to the foot of the Appalachians. It's not uncommon to find juvenile teeth in SC. So it always makes me wonder why so few mature teeth are found in Florida. Like Florida was only a nursery, but SC & NC were both. Always struck me as odd.

[@yochriswya]

I went shark tooth hunting today at peace river in Fl.. I was wondering the same thing.. maybe I’m just not looking in the right spots ? Not too sure I’m new to this

[@moemuggy4971]

@@yochriswya The peace river is tough. Anywhere the public can access has been picked over for decades.

[@blackriverfossils]

i don't know the reason for sure, but megalodon were gigantic animals so they probably had a large range. florida was likely a better environment for juveniles to mature. I know I find way more whale fossils up here in the carolinas than in Florida so it could be as simple as there was just more for the big sharks to eat here.

[@esterpktricking8415]

2:05 There was a tooth on the bottom right.

[@blackriverfossils]

i should have swam slower I see it there now!