History of diving the fossil beds?

[Ted55]

An old friend (fellow Canadian and longtime diver) and I were discussing diving in the Venice area. I told him I had been diving for meg teeth the last two winters. He informed me that he had spent a month diving in the Venice area about 30 years ago and had not heard of diving for sharks' teeth. His focus was diving the sink hole at Warm Mineral Springs.(something I had not heard of) Anyway, how long have people been diving for megs in Venice? Is someone credited with discovering the Boneyard? Is there a history somewhere online?
Thanks...
Ted55

 

[Meghunteral]

There is a book called the "The man who rode sharks" about a man named Bill Royal. The story makes it sound as though he was the first to scuba off the beach and find fossils. I think you can buy it off Amazon.