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| This shell from the Mississippi produced many buttons. |
The SCUBA divers looked like they should be out on the ocean, not in the river channel, somewhere south
of Prairie du Chein, Wisconsin. They had all the equipment of deep sea divers, including black rubber wet suits, masks and weight belts. They would have looked good in a Jacques Cousteau film, except for the tennis shoes and knee pads.
Whatever they were doing, they looked interesting. As Dunderhead pulled nearer to their boat, I called out:
“Howdy! Are you guys salvage divers? What are you doing with all the diving gear?”
A thick-set, black-clad figure with thick sideburns hollered back.
“We’re diving for clams,” he replied. “We pick them up off the bottom, put them in this barrel and when we get a load, we sell them to a dealer in Prairie du Chien. (Click on Mississippi River Clammers to read the rest of the story.)
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