Headstone in Little River??

The headstone Jim is refering to is in the area just before the chimney where the bottom is covered with the snail shells. Right where the line goes from L-R then back L and down the chimney. I think the depth there is about 45'-50' Your best bet see it is on exit stop in that spot and dig thru the shells.

Good Luck
Howard

Yesterday I relocated that marker. The recent flooding uncovered it. It was very nostalgic to rediscover it after all these years.

Vis at LR is about 20-25 feet.

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Originally Posted by Jim Wyatt

Yesterday I relocated that marker. The recent flooding uncovered it. It was very nostalgic to rediscover it after all these years.

Vis at LR is about 20-25 feet.

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Wow, that is eerie. I haven't seen that stone since the early '80s.

What was the story regarding the death? Was he a local cave diver? Where was the dam, etc..

Thanks.

Bill Kohler was a commercial diver and was working on a dam in South Carolina --they opened the flood gates while he was working. He was a cave diver and OWSI who trained one of my cave instructors as an open water diver, Bill Schenck.

Bill had the marker made and we carried it in using an inner tube that we could inflate using a fill fitting. There were no lift bags around in those days.

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Originally Posted by FW

Wow, that is eerie. I haven't seen that stone since the early '80s.

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Geology in action! :clapper

However, it's sad about the death. Up here in the DC metro area, we have our share of sadness, too, these days. :smt086

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Originally Posted by Squirrel Girl

Geology in action! :clapper

However, it's sad about the death. Up here in the DC metro area, we have our share of sadness, too, these days. :smt086

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That you do. (sigh)
My prayers to all.

Thanks Jim for the story behind the stone.
I'll have to take a peek for it the next time I am around the chimney.

Jeano

The stone is about 20 feet upstream of the beginning of the Gold line. It is mostly buried, I dug it out some during our exit but time did not allow us to stay long.

There is a white cookie with "JW" on it beside the marker. Hopefully no one will remove it.

I would like to see the marker pulled up and placed on a hard rock bottom. Any help will be much appreciated.

Jim, I'll be glad to help you. Let me know when you'd like to do it. A few of us plan to dive LR this Saturday.

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Originally Posted by Jim Wyatt

I would like to see the marker pulled up and placed on a hard rock bottom. Any help will be much appreciated.

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That *was* a hard rock bottom when they moved it to there.