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Cooper
River,
Charleston, S.C.
June 21st-24th, 2007
photos
by: Jerry Fortenberry and Rick Jacquot
Our dive
adventures are continuing in South Carolina this month. You have seen
the report from the Santa Fe River and the fossils we found there, the
Cooper produces a different type of material, some is similar, but overall,
it is a whole different world. First, the Cooper is diving in deep black
water with no visibility, where we enjoy great visibility at Ginnie
Springs and the Santa Fe. The Cooper is much deeper than the Santa Fe,
at around 50 feet in some places compared to a max of around 25 feet
in the Santa Fe.
I started
my weekend with Sandy, we headed south on Thursday morning. On the way
we stopped at the Inman Dive shop in South Carolina to get our tanks
filled. This is a cool shop, the owner has some great stuff on display
that he has found, including a Saber Cat skull from Florida.
Waiting to get
the air tanks filled at the Inman dive shop.
We arrived
in Goose Creek near Charleston that afternoon and waited for Jerry and
Tena to get there. The next day we were up early and headed to the boat
ramp, we loaded the equipment and headed to our first dive location.
Tena,
Jerry and Sandy.
On the way
we observed some cool wildlife and other neat stuff.
Tugboat
Jerry
employed one of his new toys to help us locate underwater gravel beds,
a drop camera with an on board monitor.
We
made several dives each day, a new member of the dive crew was with
us, it was his first trip to the Cooper River, he did quite well for
a first time diver at the river.
Brian
and his big Meg tooth.
Big
Meg tooth with Dugong rib bone.
Brian's 4.5" Megalodon tooth.
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