Our Recent Trips

Trophy Megalodon Teeth... 8 Million years old & OTHER prehistoric teeth/fossils a whopping 40-60 Million years old!!! Colonial Artifacts including 1700 Century Ginger Beer Bottles and Colonial pipes...we found them ALL diving the Cooper River, SC August 25-28, 2006!!


Our group of SingleDivers.com members had an exciting and rare diving excursion in Charleston, SC where we did 4 one hour dives...yes 4 full (1) hour dives looking for Megalodon Shark Teeth ranging from 4-6 inches across as well as other prehistoric teeth, fossils, pottery and exciting finds in the famous Cooper River. The Cooper River Diving Gods were generous to our divers, both seasoned and new, with finds ranging from Trophy Megs to 200 to 300 year old rum bottles and other Colonial artifacts untouched by human hands for over 200 years until this past weekend.

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The Cooper River, once part of the ocean is a hotbed of history and we experienced this unique diving opportunity with one of the most renown dive operators on the River. River diving is quite an art... many operators will dive the river every weekend where (due to tides) you can only get 2 or at best 3 dives in during the day. Off the Wall Diving Charters our dive operator picks only the weekends where the tides will let you get in 4 dives up to one hour each in and Monday we did 5 dives! In other words, twice the opportunity to find teeth for the same price as everyone else! And boy did we get our money's worth! (I'd hate to see what our divers would make on their finds off eBay if any of them could bear to part with them!)

And knowing the river like Bill (owner of OffTheWallDiving.com) does, he safely put us on the rich gravel beds full of teeth, guided us to the transition points where new teeth are being uncovered and shared with us new spots that he is continuosly exploring so that we too could find these rare precious artifacts, and LOTS of them! He even offered his guide services to our group which consisted of above water guide techniques and in water search and hunting techniques....truly unheard of in this diving venue, at no additional charge so our new divers could learn from the master! What a great dive operator and a great trip!


The weather in South Carolina was very pleasant in the low to mid 80's, in fact almost perfect...not too hot and not too cool! The water temps were in the mid 80's making this truly diving in comfort! Some of us flew into Charleston, SC which is where the Cooper River is located. Others drove from as far away as Maryland and all over North Carolina and South Carolina to make this trip. We started our adventure on Thurday, Aug 24th and met for dinner at 'Sticky Fingers', a GREAT BBQ place with 5 types of sauces. (We had to order extra food to just try them all!) After a fun but busy night we then met for breakfast every morning at 6am. Our first dive was at 8 am with subsequent dives at approx 10 am, 1 pm and 3:30pm. Our actual dive times were contingent on the tides and currents but we had plenty of surface interval for all kinds of boat fun, lunch served on the boat and more laughter consumed than gas in our tanks!. Friday after diving SD prepared it's traditional cookout of fresh grouper, hogfish, and venison tenderloin along with chicken and pork ALL marinated in a diffferent unique sauce designed for each type of meat. Selections included honey garlic glaze, ginger seasame and other selections you'll have to attend a trip to savor! Basically all our divers had to do was clean up, relax, eat and enjoy! On Saturday the 26th and Sunday Aug 27th we ate at other great local establishments including the Noisy Oyster and had a great time! For some Sunday the 27 was their last day of diving, but 4 divers remained and dove a 4th day on Monday. We actually got in 6 hours of bottom time so it was clearly an exceptional day. And we found LOTS of additonal artifacts to add to the trip haul! And what a haul it was!


For those who have never dove the Cooper River it's like doing a night dive in the middle of the day. Its not muck diving...simply night diving as you descend 20-40 feet to the bottom of the River. You'll drop in 'heavy' and as you descend to the bottom you'll see the water go from a red color to a dark tea color, but with your lights on you'll have as much visibility as your light will give you. And more than enough to see the 'teeth' in the gravel beds of the river bottom!

We had such a great time that we are already planning our next trip, so stay tuned for more details.

 

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