Small but interesting coral

Very cool piece! sure would be neat to that polished up!

If I lived down that way I would probably build a crude shelter and camp and collect for a month or so at a time!

Georgia section is best part and river is fronted by large timber co's and hunting plantations. No environmentals.
Florida section being bought up and regulators are taking the river over with their collecting rules.
Bet there is no more than 20 cabin/camp lots over the 20 mile coral zone.
Tried to join the hunt lease for the timber land but they were full w/waiting line.
Hotels in cool little town about 6 miles away.
Found a 200' X 200' on the river for 60K once. I tried to swap another lot but owner wanted cash.

Are all the lands in the coral zone spoken for? Meaning is there public access to coral rich spots or do you need to go on private property?

Are the larger hollow display type pieces in the same spot or are they in a different area (Florida)?

Could you buy off the river(s) and simply dig down 20 (whatever) feet anywhere in that area and get to coral?

The best place for hollow corals is Tampa area and the Withlacoochee River from Valdosta GA to where it flows into the Suwannee in Florida.
Riparian rights allows a boat to travel all these locations. Getting out of the boat is trespassing.
Georgia is all private land and the owners do not seem to care about exiting the boat and collecting as long as you stay on the river.
Collecting in Florida is much more complicated on water ways and around salt water.

My best interpretation:
Collecting on private property in Florida is fine unless you are in a water way. Florida has claims on most water ways.
Florida allows collecting in some areas like the Peace River. Outlawed collecting Tampa Bay coral on public beaches.
Outlawed collecting on state lands unless otherwise specified.
Rules vary depending on jurisdiction. Rules of wardens vary with warden.

A lot of the area I collect is Florida on one side and Georgia the other. In that case Florida is a subsidiary of Georgia ha.

Best and most hollows come from Georgia 3 miles upstream and 6 miles downstream of Clyattville-Nankin bridge in Georgia, hands down.

As far as digging down 'anywhere'-no. Coral occurs from Tampa to Valdosta. Boating down the rivers in those areas seems to have many sections devoid of coral.
Seems that way. Maybe digging deeper will yield coral. I think ancient topography dictated where the coral formed.

OMG! That is way awesome! I'm seeing a killer cab, too.

WOW!!! I wanna spend a week there! Missouri is so boring!

If you find that "splinter", please don't tumble it! It needs to go on a thin bladed trim saw and a couple of thin slices be taken off the end, then the remainder polished for a display. I would back the slices with the plastic steel, then cab them for a matching ring and pendant.

I'm gonna have to get an RV and spend the summer coraling...

Define "nice".

Bank holdings are minimal, stock assets on the other hand...

Don't do cold water. Too many years (decades) in warm water has sissified me.

Need to look into land purchase where the coral is.

Wondering how much anyone would notice the lobotomy necessary to become part time Georgia resident.

aye aye skipper

hope Denise won't be too jealous!

ETA: I'm used to being outranked around the homefront...