That’s amazing. I grew up next door to that, deer hunted all around it , but was too chicken to explore it. I did enjoy the other smaller one. Just playing around the entrance. Y’all did an amazing job finding that waterfall. My dad is 80 and remembers farming that land when he was a kid. Some folks used to make moonshine around those caves.
You are most welcome and I am glad you were able to watch! It is quite amazing to see the fossils and to think about how this used to all be an ancient ocean.
WOW this is so beautiful, thanks for sharing this video and guiding your friends! When I was a little girl my brave and claustrophobic parents took little-proto-geologist me on the Tuckaleechee Caverns and Forbidden Caverns tours in the Great Smokies! One of my prize possessions was given to me by one of the women who worked at Tuckaleechee, it was a little two inch-wide by four inch long stalagmite that she said had been broken off accidentally, and when she saw me going through their rocks for sale, babbling at my Dad about every one of them... she came over and gave it to me, was happy that I knew it was a stalagmite because it had the little puddle-pool in the top.... I never would've been a good spelunker, developed an auto-immune in the middle of college, but my love for geology and paleontology has never waned. Thank you so much for this wonderful video and your explanations. I did, however, manage to develop histoplasmosis lol because of my immune system and living on a farm in Ohio, so I managed that part at least! One last joke and I'll leave: I was in my mid-teens and Mom and Dad were reading their papers (they were raised in Tennessee, so had papers from Scott County mailed to them) and Mom's head suddenly popped up white as a sheet and said shuddering "Oh my gracious, Jim there's a FAULT down there, called the New Madrid fault and it made some tremors! We coulda been in that CAVE!" She's SO claustrophobic, but I wasn't told at the time. Extremely blessed to have had such kind and generous parents. I wish you and your family and crew all the best! Much love from Ohio, be safe
Thank you for watching along and commenting. I appreciate you sharing your experience. I used to think I was going to be afraid of caves and tight spaces but I have found I actually quite enjoy it now. Its a mental challenge for sure and it helps me clear my mind and focus on only what is in front of me at the moment.
There's another cave that's 3 miles away from there . One side of it goes back maybe 150 feet , but the other side goes for days . I found arrowheads on one side , and something on the other side that appeared to be bones .
@Crafted_Woodworks_ I'm not sure who owns the property but its nit hard to find . I'll try to remember to ask the people that live close by about parking in their yard . Y The place is bad ass and I found some bones in one place . I'll let you know what the deal is .
Thank you. This was an amazing project with some super awesome landowners. We were able to take them to see the waterfall too last year, one of my most favorite caving trips!
My goodness 😅 I'm so claustrophobic. Just watching this causes panic attacks. That fist size hole you was talking about got me. It's crazy. I wasn't claustrophobic till I went through something called fat mans misery in a Kentucky cave. 😂. That one moment ruined my small space life forever haha
Sharks, from when the world was flooded and they swam everywhere...... Think how bizarre to see shark teeth in a cave in MontEagle Mountain in east Tennessee
Yea it's crazy to think about for sure. We see lots of neat fossils in caves. I've got a video going live this Friday that shows some very interesting fossils that we are not sure what they belonged too!
I’m claustrophobic and this is my version of hell. More power to you to explore and thanks for the videos because otherwise I would never see these things 😊
Another fascinating video. From a novice, could you give more date ranges, if possible, on items like the shark fossils found in these caves. Thank you.
Yes, the petalodus shark lived about 290 million years ago! It was during the Permian period. "Petalodus is a small genus of Petalodontiformes, a intriguing group of extinct marine cartilaginous fish that flourished from the Carboniferous to the Permian period."
Oh yes, there are quite a number of caves over in this area! In Payne Cove, they turned the local hotspot cave into a Music Venue now called The Caverns!
Oh yes, very familiar. There are actually over 11,500 caves in the state of Tennessee. We do most of our caving around Marion, Grundy and Franklin counties.
Yes, my husband and I are both cavers for over 20 years, are LIFE members of the NSS and are both Fellows of the Society. We will be vending Landjoff Cave Gear in a few weeks at the NSS Convention in Sewanee. We live local to the area and even own a cave ourselves.
actually you are wrong. We did discover this section of the cave and the waterfall. Not on this trip but we did spend two years and over 20 trips into this cave surveying it and making a map for the landowner. You can see some of my husband's maps at this link on our blog. tagcaver.wixsite.com/undergroundearth/jason-hardy-cartography
@@SemiSemiSemiFULL-mq3lm that's because we surveyed and dome climbed it. I've spent hundreds of hours in this cave in over 20 trips. This was just a tourist trip on this video.
Tennessee has some of the coolest caves in America.
We sure do! And the most. We are nearing 12,000 known caves just in Tennessee alone.
More than any other state
Born and raised in eastern Tennessee. I can’t wait to see more of your videos. This video is incredible. Thank you
Awesome! Thank you!
I love my home state of Tennessee. Heaven on earth!
Me too. We live in such an amazing place!
Excellent. Thank you! Your channel will grow. I am sharing this to my friends.
That’s amazing. I grew up next door to that, deer hunted all around it , but was too chicken to explore it. I did enjoy the other smaller one. Just playing around the entrance. Y’all did an amazing job finding that waterfall. My dad is 80 and remembers farming that land when he was a kid. Some folks used to make moonshine around those caves.
Yep heard about that lodge moonshine !
Where is it?
@@wesleydavis8990 Pelham tn
I grew up in Grundy co.
Brings memories of younger days when I used to go caving , very awesome adventure to watch the group make memories ❤️
good ole tag clay mud, gotta love the shuuuuuuck !
I am terrified of caves but this one is very beautiful. Thank you for sharing it. And the shark fossils were so amazing!
You are most welcome and I am glad you were able to watch! It is quite amazing to see the fossils and to think about how this used to all be an ancient ocean.
WOW this is so beautiful, thanks for sharing this video and guiding your friends! When I was a little girl my brave and claustrophobic parents took little-proto-geologist me on the Tuckaleechee Caverns and Forbidden Caverns tours in the Great Smokies! One of my prize possessions was given to me by one of the women who worked at Tuckaleechee, it was a little two inch-wide by four inch long stalagmite that she said had been broken off accidentally, and when she saw me going through their rocks for sale, babbling at my Dad about every one of them... she came over and gave it to me, was happy that I knew it was a stalagmite because it had the little puddle-pool in the top....
I never would've been a good spelunker, developed an auto-immune in the middle of college, but my love for geology and paleontology has never waned. Thank you so much for this wonderful video and your explanations. I did, however, manage to develop histoplasmosis lol because of my immune system and living on a farm in Ohio, so I managed that part at least!
One last joke and I'll leave: I was in my mid-teens and Mom and Dad were reading their papers (they were raised in Tennessee, so had papers from Scott County mailed to them) and Mom's head suddenly popped up white as a sheet and said shuddering "Oh my gracious, Jim there's a FAULT down there, called the New Madrid fault and it made some tremors! We coulda been in that CAVE!" She's SO claustrophobic, but I wasn't told at the time. Extremely blessed to have had such kind and generous parents.
I wish you and your family and crew all the best! Much love from Ohio, be safe
Thank you for watching along and commenting. I appreciate you sharing your experience. I used to think I was going to be afraid of caves and tight spaces but I have found I actually quite enjoy it now. Its a mental challenge for sure and it helps me clear my mind and focus on only what is in front of me at the moment.
it really cool what you do .it step into other world .thanks great video
Thank you
holy... u guys are nuts. amazing footage.
There's another cave that's 3 miles away from there . One side of it goes back maybe 150 feet , but the other side goes for days . I found arrowheads on one side , and something on the other side that appeared to be bones .
Would you mind to send me where it is, me and my buddies were looking for a cool place to explore
@Crafted_Woodworks_ I'm not sure who owns the property but its nit hard to find . I'll try to remember to ask the people that live close by about parking in their yard .
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The place is bad ass and I found some bones in one place . I'll let you know what the deal is .
@@shannonlayne6577 thank you so much, could you just send me a pin?
Super cool video. Coworker pointed me in this direction as it's his uncle's property. Very awesome job!
Thank you. This was an amazing project with some super awesome landowners. We were able to take them to see the waterfall too last year, one of my most favorite caving trips!
My goodness 😅 I'm so claustrophobic. Just watching this causes panic attacks. That fist size hole you was talking about got me. It's crazy. I wasn't claustrophobic till I went through something called fat mans misery in a Kentucky cave. 😂. That one moment ruined my small space life forever haha
Thank you for sharing your adventures! So educational!
Thank you 😊
So pretty and such clear water
Very cool! 👍
Sharks, from when the world was flooded and they swam everywhere...... Think how bizarre to see shark teeth in a cave in MontEagle Mountain in east Tennessee
Yea it's crazy to think about for sure. We see lots of neat fossils in caves. I've got a video going live this Friday that shows some very interesting fossils that we are not sure what they belonged too!
That’s amazing!!!
Awesome!
I’m claustrophobic and this is my version of hell. More power to you to explore and thanks for the videos because otherwise I would never see these things 😊
Thank you, this is actually one of the reasons why I share my caving experiences as I know its not for everyone but some are still curious to see!
Another fascinating video. From a novice, could you give more date ranges, if possible, on items like the shark fossils found in these caves. Thank you.
Yes, the petalodus shark lived about 290 million years ago! It was during the Permian period. "Petalodus is a small genus of Petalodontiformes, a intriguing group of extinct marine cartilaginous fish that flourished from the Carboniferous to the Permian period."
@@tag_caver Thank you. That information warps my mind when I see such fossils above your heads.
@@h.j.d.2624 it is pretty crazy and amazing to think what was here before us!
how do you identify the kinds of fossils you see? is it just knowledge you’ve picked up from caving for a while?
Yes, been caving a long time
I have claustrophobia, this makes me nervous just watching.
I have lived here my whole life I'm almost 63 years young I love ❤ Tennessee 🇺🇸
I love it here too! More to see than I can in my lifetime here.
I love exploration and caves, but, crawling and squeezing around through this kind of muck is definitely not in the 'playbook!'
Sometimes you just gotta embrace the suck and you get rewarded!
You are in the digestive track of a dragon.
Is there lime stone ???? By that water ?? Tenessse has so much rich history !!
Yes, all of our caves here are formed in limestone
I live in east tn. But borned an went to school in pelham, memories of wonders cave when I was young ,an in Paynes cove I believe is a cave,
Oh yes, there are quite a number of caves over in this area! In Payne Cove, they turned the local hotspot cave into a Music Venue now called The Caverns!
@@tag_caver thank you
Thank you
That was "MONTEAGLE" Mountain.
Lots of cool formations. Where is this?
It is on private property in Tennessee (Grundy County)
@@tag_caver Thanks!
Where can I find this cave
It is on private property
@ could you tell me the coordinates of it or as close you know
Sparta Tn has a lot of caves
Oh yes, very familiar. There are actually over 11,500 caves in the state of Tennessee. We do most of our caving around Marion, Grundy and Franklin counties.
Have you been to white county blue springs cave
Yes, several times
Good times
Yall should bring a good UV light see if any stones change color or glow
We don't have many minerals that do that here, some of the calcite formations you can do this with though.
All that cave and it all began when a few drops of rain hit the ground above eons ago.
And still growing!
Pretty sloppy mess you guys dug thru, but well worth it.
For sure!
reminds me of a movie called "the descent"
😂😂😂
wow
“Rectum? “Hell, it killed him!”
😂
Megladon tooth.
No, not megalodon. Too small. They are petalodus shark.
any of you people belong to the nss...?
Yes, my husband and I are both cavers for over 20 years, are LIFE members of the NSS and are both Fellows of the Society. We will be vending Landjoff Cave Gear in a few weeks at the NSS Convention in Sewanee. We live local to the area and even own a cave ourselves.
Slime time! Another cave that makes you pay to see the waterfall.
people like this dont discover anything
actually you are wrong. We did discover this section of the cave and the waterfall. Not on this trip but we did spend two years and over 20 trips into this cave surveying it and making a map for the landowner.
You can see some of my husband's maps at this link on our blog.
tagcaver.wixsite.com/undergroundearth/jason-hardy-cartography
@@tag_caver when you knew the exact height upon discovery in the video is what was funny
@@SemiSemiSemiFULL-mq3lm that's because we surveyed and dome climbed it. I've spent hundreds of hours in this cave in over 20 trips. This was just a tourist trip on this video.
Awesome!
Congradulations. You are very close to my neighborhood Cass Cave.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Cave
We are down here in Tennessee!
@@tag_caver
You are very close to the height of Cass Cave waterfall. 139 ft.
@@albenia1935Ahh, gotcha!
Shark teeth in a cave in MontEagle Mountain in east Tennessee....... From when the world was flooded and they swam everywhere