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Southeast, South Carolina
Cooper River SC
Hobby-license dives
Riverbank, tidal Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Codd and soda bottles
Shark teethPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Why this spot
Plantation landings since the 1690s - the Southeast's relic river
Commercial hobby-license charters built entirely around bottle and fossil recovery (Dive The Cooper; Scuba Diving magazine).
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Blackwater0-10 ft vis, alligators, strong current - dive slack tide
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.