Cavers discover a 93' underground waterfall in Tennessee
Come along with us on this weeknight trip to see the 93-foot underground waterfall we discovered while surveying this cave in Tennessee. There are also numerous shark fossils worth seeing as well.
We began the survey (mapping) of this cave in May of 2021. While at the end of the known passage of this cave, we found a blowing lead that was about the size of my fist. That means the hole was pushing out lots of air! Over the next four trips into the cave, we dug open this blowing lead into a mud filled passage that eventually opened up into never before seen cave passage. We surveyed the cave for an additional 2500 feet before we discovered a huge dome with a 93-foot underground waterfall.
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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.
@baddestjoanna-michellesmit5578
Жыл бұрын
Yep heard about that lodge moonshine !
@wesleydavis8990
6 ай бұрын
Where is it?
@johnnyargo8509
6 ай бұрын
@@wesleydavis8990 Pelham tn
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 .
it really cool what you do .it step into other world .thanks great video
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
Excellent. Thank you! Your channel will grow. I am sharing this to my friends.
holy... u guys are nuts. amazing footage.
Brings memories of younger days when I used to go caving , very awesome adventure to watch the group make memories ❤️
Very cool! 👍
I grew up in southern Indiana cave country. In the 70s i geology teacher used to take us on cave trips. Due to health issues I’m not able to do anything more than a walk around the neighborhood. My brain still craves the adventure of exploring but my body isn’t able, watching videos like this one are very therapeutic for me, thank you so much for taking the time to make this awesome video! This cave is exactly the mix that I enjoyed, So much to see, a few tight spots but nothing too extreme ( I’m a touch claustrophobic), lots of mud, but plenty of water to wash it away! We explored Shiloh cave at least 20 times, On one trip the final passage on the quarry end had 3-4 inches of airspace! The quarry seemed like bath water after being in the cave for 2-3 hours!
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
Hi Major, I missed my calling as a geologist. I love rocks! I am sorry that you are not able to continue adventuring further out. I have been enjoying making my videos and sharing them so am always happy to hear when others are enjoying them as well. I have been caving for 20 years and Jason for 19 so we've built up quite the knowledge base about caving. We love to survey and when we are not surveying we are out having other fun. There is always something to do outdoors here in T.A.G. I did get a GoPro for Christmas so hopefully I can show some more in cave and rappel footage in my upcoming videos. Thank you for watching.
Thank you for sharing your adventures! So educational!
@tag_caver
3 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊
That’s amazing!!!
Awesome!
good ole tag clay mud, gotta love the shuuuuuuck !
I have claustrophobia, this makes me nervous just watching.
So pretty and such clear water
Super cool video. Coworker pointed me in this direction as it's his uncle's property. Very awesome job!
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
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!
I love exploration and caves, but, crawling and squeezing around through this kind of muck is definitely not in the 'playbook!'
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
Sometimes you just gotta embrace the suck and you get rewarded!
Good times
“Rectum? “Hell, it killed him!”
@tag_caver
14 күн бұрын
😂
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.
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
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."
@h.j.d.2624
Жыл бұрын
@@tag_caver Thank you. That information warps my mind when I see such fossils above your heads.
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
@@h.j.d.2624 it is pretty crazy and amazing to think what was here before us!
reminds me of a movie called "the descent"
@tag_caver
4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
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,
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
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!
@tonyjordanjammer
Жыл бұрын
@@tag_caver thank you
@tonyjordanjammer
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
Lots of cool formations. Where is this?
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
It is on private property in Tennessee (Grundy County)
@joewoodchuck3824
Жыл бұрын
@@tag_caver Thanks!
You are in the digestive track of a dragon.
how do you identify the kinds of fossils you see? is it just knowledge you’ve picked up from caving for a while?
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
Yes, been caving a long time
Yall should bring a good UV light see if any stones change color or glow
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
We don't have many minerals that do that here, some of the calcite formations you can do this with though.
Sparta Tn has a lot of caves
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
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.
Is there lime stone ???? By that water ?? Tenessse has so much rich history !!
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
Yes, all of our caves here are formed in limestone
Pretty sloppy mess you guys dug thru, but well worth it.
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
For sure!
Have you been to white county blue springs cave
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
Yes, several times
All that cave and it all began when a few drops of rain hit the ground above eons ago.
@tag_caver
11 ай бұрын
And still growing!
Megladon tooth.
@tag_caver
Жыл бұрын
No, not megalodon. Too small. They are petalodus shark.
any of you people belong to the nss...?
@tag_caver
Ай бұрын
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
@tag_caver
3 ай бұрын
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
3 ай бұрын
@@tag_caver when you knew the exact height upon discovery in the video is what was funny
@tag_caver
3 ай бұрын
@@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
@tag_caver
10 күн бұрын
We are down here in Tennessee!
@albenia1935
10 күн бұрын
@@tag_caver You are very close to the height of Cass Cave waterfall. 139 ft.
@TAGCaverShorts
10 күн бұрын
@@albenia1935Ahh, gotcha!