>>VIC MICOLUCCI: A RISE IN REPORTED UNPROVOKED, SHARK BITES AND ENCOUNTERS HAVE
BEACH LOVERS AND OFFICIALS
BECOMING MORE CAUTIOUS ALL
ACROSS THE NATION’S COASTS.
MORE SHARKS OR EVEN SWIMMING
CLOSER TO SHORE. WE’VE SEEN
THAT A LOT LOCALLY. BUT THESE
ENCOUNTERS, HOWEVER, HAVE
NEVER DISCOURAGED SOME
PROFESSIONAL SCUBA DIVERS,
INCLUDING ONE WHO LIVES JUST
UP THE COAST IN SAVANNAH,
GEORGIA. HE’S AN EXPERT AT
DISCOVERING SOME AMAZING FINES
AND TO MAYBE HE CAN GIVE US A
LITTLE BIT OF ADVICE RIGHT
THERE. GOOD MORNING TO YOU,
BILL. EVER LINE MORNING.
THANKS. TRYING DIVERSE THAT’S
A PRETTY COOL. PRETTY COOL JOB
DESCRIPTION, ISN’T IT?
>> YEAH. REALLY LOVE THAT. I
GET TO GO OUT EVERY DOWN THE
AND SCUBA DIVE FOR THESE
AMAZING A MEGALODON SHARK
TEETH. YOU KNOW, IT’S IT’S
REALLY WHAT I LOVE TO DO. I
GET TO DO IT EVERY DAY.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: YES, SO
YOU’VE BEEN DIVING IN
COLLECTING TEETH SINCE 1999.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR
EXPERIENCES.
>> WELL, WHAT I DO IS I GO
DOWN IN ABOUT 40 FEET OF NEAR
0 VISIBILITY IN THE
INTERCOASTAL WATERWAY. AND YOU
KIND OF FEEL AROUND WITH YOUR
HANDS AND YOU’RE DIGGING IN
YOUR IN A FOSSIL, BETSY, FEEL
DIFFERENT PHONES AND YOU KNOW,
THINGS THAT ARE DOWN THERE
MIXED IN WITH THESE ANCIENT WE
ALL BONES AND OTHER MAMMAL
BONES, YOU’LL FIND AGAIN
MEGADON SHARK TEETH THAT
SCIENTISTS BELIEVE ARE 3 TO
10 MILLION YEARS OLD.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ALL RIGHT. SO
THIS ISN’T JUST WALKING DOWN
THE BEACH. I MEAN, YOU’VE GOT
SCUBA GEAR. YOU’VE GOT ALL THE
SAFETY TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED.
>> RIGHT. FULL SCUBA DIVE
LIGHT, WHICH DOES LITTLE AND
>> ABOUT DRIVER. AND YOU KNOW
THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO
KNOW THE AREAS WHERE THE DOGS
NOT. SO YOU’RE BASED IN BUT
BUT DO YOU GO ALL AROUND ME?
HAVE YOU DONE STUFF IN
NORTHEAST FLORIDA, TOO?
>> HAVE YOU HAD NEAR NEAR THE
SAINT MARYS YOU? I TO SAVANNAH
IN THAT AREA. SUCH A LOT OF
FOSSIL BEDS. YOU FIND A LOT
ALSO IN NORTH ON EVEN
OFFSHORE. YOU FIND GOOD BET.
AND THERE WAS A FOSSIL THAT
ABOUT 40 MILES OFF SHORE.
THERE. BUT THE SAVANNAH, SOUTH
AREA, YOU KNOW, SOUTH SUDAN IS
A REALLY HARD YEAR AND THAT’S
NORMALLY RIDE. I CAN STAND IN
JACKSONVILLE. OKAY, COOL. SO,
BILL, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
THIS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU’RE
UNDER WATER. YOU’RE IN THE
ELEMENTS.
>> YOU ARE IN THE MARINE LIFE
TERRITORY. SO YOU’VE GOT
CRYING, YOU KNOW, SHARKS AND
FISH AND STINGRAYS, ALL KINDS
OF THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT’S
THAT LIKE? AND HOW DO YOU STAY
SAFE?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE
ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT IT. YOU
KNOW, I’VE BEEN DIVING FOR
THESE SINCE 19. I DO ABOUT A
YEAR. YOU KNOW, BUT YOU ALWAYS
THINK ABOUT IT IN. YOU’LL BE
DIGGING IN THE MINE AND YOU’LL
FEEL SOMETHING AND NOT KNOW
WHAT IT IS. AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN THE STINGRAY POPS OUT.
AND THE THING I ENCOUNTER
PROBLEMS MOST ARE YOU KNOW
THAT. SOME DANGEROUS.
SOMETIMES YOU’RE GOING ON AND
SOMETHING BIG BUMP SHOE AND
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS
BECAUSE YOU CAN’T SEE AND YOU
KIND OF FREEZE FOR A MINUTE.
WAIT TO SEE IF IT COMES BACK.
AND YOU KNOW, SO FAR NEVER YOU
KNOW, THAT IS PROBABLY SHORT.
BUT,
>> YOU KNOW, IT’S HARD TO TELL
EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. ALL RIGHT.
SO FOR PEOPLE THAT AREN’T
NECESSARILY AS DARING AS YOU
THAT ARE GOING TO BE DID
DIVING DOWN IN THE
INTERCOASTAL THAT ARE SMARTER
THAN ME BEING SMART. I’M
SORRY, CORRECTION RIGHT THERE.
WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND? BECAUSE
THERE ARE STILL SOME SHARK’S
TEETH TO BE FOUND IN CREEKS
AND STREAMS AND RIVERS DOWN
ALONG THE BEACH.
>> FOR THE DIVING PART OF
THAT, IT’S A REAL SPECIAL TO
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THAT YOU
HAVE TO BE A COMFORTABLE
DIVING AND 0 VISIBILITY AND
KIND OF KNOW WHERE TO GO THERE
ARE AREAS WHERE THEY YOU CAN
FIND MORE AND AND SOMETIMES
YOU CAN FIND LITTLE SHARK
TEETH ON THE BEACH. SO THERE’S
A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES. YOU
CAN GO WHAT I DO, THOSE I’D
I-40 TO 80 SEE THE WATER
ALMOST EVERY DAY. THAT STEVE I
FIND ARE ALL BY FEEL. I’M
LUCKY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE
IN THE PICTURE, WE HAVE SOME
REALLY PRISTINE TEETH TO BE
FOUND IN THIS AREA. AND, YOU
KNOW, SHARE WITH PEOPLE
COLLECTORS. WE HAVE A LOT OF
SERIOUS COLLECTORS THAT HAVE
HUNDREDS OF THE NEWS THAT
THEY’VE BOUGHT OVER THE YEARS
FROM DIFFERENT PLACES. AGAIN,
I’M LUCKY TO FIND A REALLY
ONES. YOU KNOW, THE THING IS,
YOU KNOW, KIDS ARE REAL,
REALLY, AND THAT. MEGALODON
SHARK TEETH SAY LIKE SHARKS
AND THEY’RE LIKE DINOSAURS AND
SAYS THE DINOSAUR WE’VE GOT A
LOT OF PEOPLE, PARENTS AND
GRANDPARENTS BUYING GIFTS.
YEAH, THEY’RE KIND OF HAD TO
DO IT OR TRY TO GET HIM IN THE
SCIENCE. I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR
WEB SITE BILL AND I SEE ALL
THESE DIFFERENT.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: AMAZING FINDS
THESE MASSIVE TEETH FOR SALE.
REALLY COOL STUFF RIGHT THERE.
MEGA TEETH DOT COM IS THE
WEBSITE. IF PEOPLE WANT TO GET
THEIR HANDS ON THESE CONNECT
WITH YOU, LEARN A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT YOUR STORY. THANK
YOU FOR COMING ON. COOL STUFF.
AND CERTAINLY SO MUCH FOR
HAVING ME. AND YOU KNOW, I
APPRECIATED. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A