Very amazing fossil ! Recently subbed your channel and have enjoyed your hunts . Pleistocene fossils are extremely rare in the area I live in . But back in the mid 80s I was fortunate to help some local Paleontologist from the University of Alabama and what used to be The Red Mountain Museum dig some Pleistocene fossils in a cave . It was a crazy site . We found thousands of small animal bones but what was really unusual was we dug out 8 complete articulated Giant Ground Sloth skeletons . They were of different stages of life from juvenile to aged . There were so many we had to decide to not open the hole up any larger . The Paleontologist figured that they all died in one cataclysmic event . It was fun to be able to be a part of such an unusual dig . It was located in Colbert County Alabama near the Tennessee River .
@@DigDiveDiscover No . They blocked the entrance of the cave to keep other people from coming in a digging . That was 25 years ago , not sure if it is still blocked off . It was a favorite cave to area spelunkers .
Rick that is such an awesome find! I am gobsmacked thst you found so much of this jaw in one place and one of the teeth is intact in the jawbone! So jealous but so happy for you. 🦣
😲 OMG! ❤ I love it. Your videos, is like WOW! What a great find. To be honest I was hopeful that you would not meet a gator, I was crossing my fingers each time you went back.
Those are some really cool finds. I hope to be able to get back down to Florida for some fishing and maybe some fossil finding this summer. Fingers crossed.
Holy moly, Batman! LOL, the tension was so palpable while I waited for you to fan-out those jaw sections, I caught myself rubbing sweaty palms on my shirt-tail! So glad I saw the dive video from Digging Science channel. What an awesome dive this was--can't wait to see the stabilizing and reconstruction phases. You got a new sub here!
Glad to have you as a sub! Thanks for the kind words I enjoy finding fossils and also enjoy sharing it with video. I definitely post an update when it's all put together.
Incredible! I don't know if you've explained on another video but how do you preserve fragile finds? Are you not worried about the alligators? Anyway, congratulations on such a stunning find.
Do you seal the bones to preserve and with what? I have some Meg and other teeth as well as a whale cochlea and I want to make sure they are preserved properly. Thanks!
I wish I could find mammoth remains too. Those are very cool finds. I can imagine the jaw bones, teeth, rib bone and everything else you found from the mammoth is worth a lot of money and priceless. That was also cool of you to find shark teeth, horse teeth, and even a giant sloth tooth. I know you said you’d be keeping everything you found since the museum wasn’t interested in it but I’m just saying.
@@DigDiveDiscover Thanks, Are you near Gainesville? I have a huge fossil and mineral collection there and hope to spend 3 months there next year to catalog it. Want to do some collecting too. I live in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico but lived in Gainesville for 22 years.
I don’t suppose you’d ever consider taking a fan out? Haha. I scuba dive, but have never went for fossils. You’re videos are awesome and I am more interested in this kind of diving with each one.
@@DigDiveDiscover I'm ready! Lol I need some good finds and a better video so bad lol the "extreme fossil hunting tour" last weekend didnt pan out so well hahahahaaaa
At first I thought the thumbnail were someones old/partially melted gumboots, its kind of crazy how even something as deceptively simple as a tooth with the help of selective pressures end up molded into something thats nearly unrecognizable.
so they just magically appear that high compared to how old the fossils are ? Do you chose old rivers?? How do all these fossils just appear ?? Dont you need to dig deep to find fossils that old?? Im so confused
The fossil layer in Florida can vary wildly. But 1st these fossil are ice age and not actually that old geologically speaking. They are 10 thousand to 1million years old. Megalodon teeth on the other hand are significantly older. But to your question the reason there are fossils in many Florida rivers is because the river has naturally dug and carved into the fossil layer. In some areas the river can be dozens of feet deeper than high ground. This is also why we find megalodon teeth next to mammoth teeth, the river cuts through all the layers and they get mixed together.
Great find. A friend of mine has been recovering most of the skeleton of a columbian mammoth in the Peace River as well. Check out the Tampa Bay Fossil Club web site on the internet. The club meets on the first Saturdays of the month at USF campus. If you are already member you may have run into me there.
@@DigDiveDiscover Dr. Bob, I'll be at the March TBFC meeting, and I'll be working on March 15th at the annual show. Dr. Bob and I have been friends for many years. Keep up the great fossil hunting. Your videos make science real to the general public, and I support them as an educational resource.
I found a mammoth tooth 40 years ago On a beach.
Nothing since. You guys are so lucky to have those spots available
Very amazing fossil ! Recently subbed your channel and have enjoyed your hunts . Pleistocene fossils are extremely rare in the area I live in . But back in the mid 80s I was fortunate to help some local Paleontologist from the University of Alabama and what used to be The Red Mountain Museum dig some Pleistocene fossils in a cave . It was a crazy site . We found thousands of small animal bones but what was really unusual was we dug out 8 complete articulated Giant Ground Sloth skeletons . They were of different stages of life from juvenile to aged . There were so many we had to decide to not open the hole up any larger . The Paleontologist figured that they all died in one cataclysmic event . It was fun to be able to be a part of such an unusual dig . It was located in Colbert County Alabama near the Tennessee River .
Wow thats incredible! Did they ever "open the pit" more to get it all?
@@DigDiveDiscover No . They blocked the entrance of the cave to keep other people from coming in a digging . That was 25 years ago , not sure if it is still blocked off . It was a favorite cave to area spelunkers .
Rick that is such an awesome find! I am gobsmacked thst you found so much of this jaw in one place and one of the teeth is intact in the jawbone! So jealous but so happy for you. 🦣
Can't believe how big that jaw is! Great find mate!
Thanks bud!
Truly one of the best videos I have ever seen, the fact that you recovered so many parts and are managing to piece them together is fascinating!
Love this video, please keep us posted with the table and more videos from that grave site ☺️
Thanks! Will do
My man! Thanks so much for taking me out. Couldn't have asked for a better day out there 💪
Glad you along for this discovery great day all around
😲 OMG! ❤ I love it. Your videos, is like WOW! What a great find. To be honest I was hopeful that you would not meet a gator, I was crossing my fingers each time you went back.
Those are some really cool finds. I hope to be able to get back down to Florida for some fishing and maybe some fossil finding this summer. Fingers crossed.
That is amazing, you should discover more of this stuff more often
Binging your stuff right now bro, can’t wait to dive with you again 🤘
Can't wait!
Amazing adventure and fantastic finds! Thanks for taking us along!
Wow what a fantastic find. Very happy for you major score 🤙
Super cool finds!!!!
Thanks!
Congrats on the find. It's awesome!
Insane finds that’s for bringing us all along
I love capturing it on film to look back on and I am glad some folks enjoy it too! Thanks
Holy moly, Batman! LOL, the tension was so palpable while I waited for you to fan-out those jaw sections, I caught myself rubbing sweaty palms on my shirt-tail! So glad I saw the dive video from Digging Science channel. What an awesome dive this was--can't wait to see the stabilizing and reconstruction phases. You got a new sub here!
Glad to have you as a sub! Thanks for the kind words I enjoy finding fossils and also enjoy sharing it with video. I definitely post an update when it's all put together.
Incredible! I don't know if you've explained on another video but how do you preserve fragile finds? Are you not worried about the alligators? Anyway, congratulations on such a stunning find.
I stabilize fragile fossil with Paleo Bond stabilizer. We do worry about gators, but we just have to manage.
Super killer finds! Congratulations
How exciting! Great find
How amazing!
The jawbones are they fossilized? Or are they actual bones?
Found you channel from paliocris and I'm loving it!!
Do you seal the bones to preserve and with what? I have some Meg and other teeth as well as a whale cochlea and I want to make sure they are preserved properly. Thanks!
Wow major score happy for you. Your hard work has payed off🤙
Thank you! It's alot of work but it is fun work
So cool ..great find...
Wow that’s amazing! Saw you on Digging Science 👍🏻
absolutely crazy!! Nice finds and a great vid
Thank you!
Woah what an amazing find. Did you ever end up going back? What’s the jaw look like now that it’s finished? Could we get an update?
Wow. My jaw dropped harder than your mammoth's. Nice finds.
Great video. Got me interested in keeping my dives in state.
That is so cool. Maybe you can find a tusk. Good luck.
Great video! Earned a sub!
Awesome find thanks for sharing :)
Holy moly, I found one of those off the Venice coast. TSA was very curious when I was going through security
Absolutely incredible
That's awesome, can't wait to see you dig the rest of it up!
Thank you!
I wish I could find mammoth remains too. Those are very cool finds. I can imagine the jaw bones, teeth, rib bone and everything else you found from the mammoth is worth a lot of money and priceless. That was also cool of you to find shark teeth, horse teeth, and even a giant sloth tooth. I know you said you’d be keeping everything you found since the museum wasn’t interested in it but I’m just saying.
Thats a beautiful find out in a river. Nice find!
Amazing find! I found some mastodon bone fragments and a whole foot bone in central Illinois. Congrats. Subbed from Missouri
Thank for the sub!
Are you going to treat them to stabilize the bone so it does not crumble? If so with what material will use to impregnate the bone?
I plan to use butvar for the hardener and starbond to make the repairs and mend the two halves.
@@DigDiveDiscover Thanks, Are you near Gainesville? I have a huge fossil and mineral collection there and hope to spend 3 months there next year to catalog it. Want to do some collecting too. I live in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico but lived in Gainesville for 22 years.
@@jefftrag1956 I'm not too far, I dive the Santa fe, steinhatchee and suwanee up that way. That would be fun!
Great find! I have always wanted to find a mammoth molar. My wife won’t let me go fossil hunting anymore. Too many alligators
I don’t suppose you’d ever consider taking a fan out? Haha. I scuba dive, but have never went for fossils. You’re videos are awesome and I am more interested in this kind of diving with each one.
DM on Instagram 🤘
Truly once in a life time. Congrats brother!!!
Hey bud thanks I hope so too. Lets hunt soon!
Dig Dive Discover any time man, just let me know.
That is so freaking cool!
Great find
Thank you
Too cool, u are a very Bless man
How often is any mammoth ivory found in your experience?
Thanks, fascinating find!
We find pices usually but I have only myself found 2 sections intact and they were only a foot or so long. Doesn't hold up well in the water
Subbed , so cool !
Thanks for the sub!
What book do you have on mammoth teeth? I would like to find a copy!
Blown away!
Nice video! Will you polish the teeth? Might make a nice contrast set against the bone.
Thanks! I was thinking of doing that, but decided to leave it exactly how it came out just in case one day I donate it to the museum.
killer finds!
thanks
I felt the amount of satisfaction just watching you take that thing out of the water.
This is all out in florida?
Yes, I dive other states sometimes, but this video is all FL.
Insane🤙
Thank you
Digging science sent me
What book is that?
Awesome video brother! #RealFriendsWatchTilTheEnd
Hahah thanks bud. Let's get on a hunt soon!
@@DigDiveDiscover I'm ready! Lol I need some good finds and a better video so bad lol the "extreme fossil hunting tour" last weekend didnt pan out so well hahahahaaaa
That is a sweet find. You deserved it. 👏
At first I thought the thumbnail were someones old/partially melted gumboots, its kind of crazy how even something as deceptively simple as a tooth with the help of selective pressures end up molded into something thats nearly unrecognizable.
so they just magically appear that high compared to how old the fossils are ? Do you chose old rivers?? How do all these fossils just appear ?? Dont you need to dig deep to find fossils that old?? Im so confused
The fossil layer in Florida can vary wildly. But 1st these fossil are ice age and not actually that old geologically speaking. They are 10 thousand to 1million years old. Megalodon teeth on the other hand are significantly older. But to your question the reason there are fossils in many Florida rivers is because the river has naturally dug and carved into the fossil layer. In some areas the river can be dozens of feet deeper than high ground. This is also why we find megalodon teeth next to mammoth teeth, the river cuts through all the layers and they get mixed together.
Well the earth is less than 10000 years old so not 100000s of years old!
Great find. A friend of mine has been recovering most of the skeleton of a columbian mammoth in the Peace River as well. Check out the Tampa Bay Fossil Club web site on the internet. The club meets on the first Saturdays of the month at USF campus. If you are already member you may have run into me there.
Yes I'm familiar with TBFC recently had Dr. Bob a long time dive buddy of mine on an epsiode. Who is digging the mammoth?
@@DigDiveDiscover
Dr. Bob,
I'll be at the March TBFC meeting, and I'll be working on March 15th at the annual show. Dr. Bob and I have been friends for many years. Keep up the great fossil hunting. Your videos make science real to the general public, and I support them as an educational resource.
I noticed you reply to only certain people.
Donated? Do u know how much money u can make on them??? What r those holes in the jawbone in front?
Million dollar question,what is its value?
Why are you not bothered about those crocs/ alligators ??!!!!
Hell yea
Donated? Do u know how much money u can make on them???
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Hope you find the rest !
Awesome find!!!
Thanks!!
Awesome find