Two men were scuba diving in Peace River, located in Arcadia, Florida, when they made one massive discovery. They found a gigantic bone belonging to a now-extinct Columbian mammoth.
Derek Demeter and Henry Sadler were searching for fossils in the river when they came upon the huge 4-foot-long, 50-pound leg bone. In fact, the discovery was completely unexpected as they had initially planned on diving for shark teeth in the Floridian city of Venice, but the wind was so strong that they instead went to Arcadia’s Peace River.
And it certainly worked out for them as the mammoth bone was their greatest ever discovery as Sadler described, “You know the wind kicked us out of Venice, so we went there and had one of the most epic days I have ever had.”
UpdatedThu, Feb 18, 2021 at 11:55 am ET
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Two divers from Aquanutz Scuba Diving Charters discovered two intact Columbian mammoth tusks in the Gulf waters off the Venice coast. (Courtesy of Ryan Picou)
Blair Morrow and Ryan Picou carry a mammoth tusk uncovered in the Gulf of Mexico. (Blair Morrow)
Blair Morrow shows off a portion of the mammoth tusk she found in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Venice in November. (Courtesy of Blair Morrow)
A piece of a mammoth tusk found in the Gulf of Mexico. (Courtesy of Ryan Picou)
VENICE, FL Two scuba divers made the finds of a lifetime on separate diving trips: two intact Columbian mammoth tusks in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Venice.