ICSD New Shipwreck Challenge...

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We found your shipwreck. I think John shot some video of it that he will post later. My imagination was running wild on the way to the dive site envisioning wreck penetration!  : looks like that thing has been down there for a while. We talked to the home owner and he didn't know anything about it. We also tried to retrieve a socket for him, but the bottom was too silty.

My dive day it was a lesson in patience and persistence. I have been knowing by those that dive with me as somewhat of an OCD diver. I use all the same gear and follow the same routine. I have been swimming laps in the morning at the pool and practicing my free diving. So my mask and fins and snorkel were in my wife's vehicle. I raced home after work to grab them to go diving. Her vehicle was not there, she had to run to the cities for something. I then head back to the shop to scavenge some gear. The only fins that will fit with my rock boots are the split fins. I corrected that mistake many years ago! I grab one of the kids masks and head to the lake to meet John. We load the basic gear into the zodiac and head to the dive site. I assemble my gear and pressurized it and hear air leaking out! Turns out I blew an o-ring in my SPG. I tell John to go ahead. We have no tools or extra ports. I then take an inner tube bungee, my dive knife and shears, and proceed to MacGyver the situation. I cut a small O-ring & reassembled my gear and was good to go. I splashed in and I immediately had the feeling that I forgot my fins! Nope, they were there just didn't feel like it. They don't work very well for frog kicking either. Definitely the worst piece of dive gear that I have ever purchased.

We then searched a couple of different areas for something that we saw on the bottom finder last time we were diving. We were hoping to find another ship but it was just a big concrete buoy anchor. John was already back in the boat and we were going to head out. I had the tow sled with him and he gave me a ride back to the landing on that. We did manage to find a cool old metal frame lifeguard tower standing on the bottom in approximately 30 feet. I know it doesn't count for the challenge but it was still interesting to see. I'm sure John will post the coordinates later.