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Nice photo-story, John! I found a mastodon tusk in a similar situation -- just under water. I remember the hopeful planning for the contingency that the skull was there. It wasn't. I was disappointed, yet relieved.

Some years ago, a diver found an 1880s steam locomotive on the bottom of the Suwannee River. It had fallen off a barge a century before. He spent thousands of dollars to hire a crane to lift the locomotive and to transport it. It now (at the time of the newspaper story) sits in his front yard. (Any of you North Florida collectors know where it is?)

I myself have never seen the locomotive, but I have often thought that I'm glad that I did not find it first!

Nice photo-story, John! I found a mastodon tusk in a similar situation -- just under water. I remember the hopeful planning for the contingency that the skull was there. It wasn't. I was disappointed, yet relieved....

Thanks, Harry. I think you understand...by the end of the first day the stress of the weather was beginning to bear. I was a bit relieved that the skull was not attached at that point. We got lucky with the severe weather the first night. Large storms passed just outside of the watershed and allowed us the 2nd day recovery. It is currently awaiting an increase in my prep confidence and knowlege while wrapped in plaster.

John