Photo Album

These are photographs taken on 5 May 2002 on an expedition to the Orange River in the vicinity of Fort Myers, Florida. The purpose of the trip was to search for shark's teeth in the river bed.

We made this trip to obtain a shark's tooth necklace for Christine -- this is a must for every serious diver and water person. Ken (who does not do water) went along as this was a special occasion.

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Mark and others at the base camp. Mark had camped out on Friday and Saturday at the site

Some of the teeth retrieved on the previous day; these are carefully displayed to encourage the 'newbies'

Some teeth being fashioned into necklaces.

Mark is very motivating

A view of the base camp as people prepare to go out to the river

Johnny loads Christine's diving gear into a canoe for the paddle upriver to the search site

Christine dumps a load of gravel after looking through it for teeth

Loading up the screen with gravel from the river bottom.

. . . and some more

after the loose mud and sand is washed away the remainder is checked for Shark's teeth

Christine gets a Mako shark tooth

Christine is holding her belt which contains her finds of the day

. . .and here they are on a plate

Action shot -- Ken is really into this!

A view of the Orange River

Rusty is the focused custom designer of sharks tooth jewelry (don't ask about the leg!)

. . . but for the camera he will look up

Christine displays her new necklace. It is an extinct Mako shark tooth about 1 1/2 inches long. The tooth is probably between five and ten million years old.

Rusty poses with Ken and Christine, both of whom are wearing necklaces fashioned from the day's find. Christine's was considered the best of the day

Another view of the site, just before leaving