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Hello everyone, I have gotten really into meg diving this last year to the point where I am driving down to Venice from Orlando twice a month to dive for teeth. I have started to look into getting black water diving and I am not really sure where to start. Does anyone have any rivers that are good for black water diving? I have heard talk that people do it in the Peace river and the St. Marys and I didn't know if that is where most people go or if there are other rivers people dive that hold a good amount of teeth. I don't want to sound like the guy who is asking for your super secret spots but I'm just trying to find out where I should start to get into this. If anyone does black water diving and ever needs someone to go with I would be very interested in going with you and I would certainly throw in for gas money. I also have my own boat so we cold take it out also if that is an issue you have. Thank you for any information you can give me, Parker

This was a little project I worked on a while ago & thought I'd share; It's a growth series of a fossil Volute, Voluta (Aurinia or Schaphella,depending on which reference you use) mutabilis, from the upper Miocene St.Mary's Formation, found along the St.Mary's River at both Chancellor's Point & Windmill Point, Maryland. The juvenile showed a pronounced protoconch & columellar plicae that are not so distinct in the adults. Largest specimen is about 12cm(~4.5in), although I have seen others that are much,much larger. Would love to see other member's collections of different species at different growth stages. Hope you find this interesting fodder for discussion. (hope the images uploaded properly, too;seems the file attachment isn't working properly) Let me know what you think.... (scale is in mm)

This forum seemed like the perfect venue for sharing some microfossils from my collection. I'll start with this one: ; some small specimens of Epitonium sayana from the Upper Miocene St.Mary's Formation, found at Windmill Point in St.Mary's County,Maryland. Scale is in mm. These appear very polished & translucent, with delicate varices encirling the spire. Amazing what you can find in a couple of scoops of beach litter when all the big stuff has been picked over....