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RE: More diving finds - 1/3/2006 7:47:18 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline ... near the end Attachment (1) (in reply to aussiebottlo) Post #: 21

RE: More diving finds - 1/3/2006 7:48:50 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline ... The End... Attachment (1) (in reply to aussiebottlo) Post #: 22

RE: More diving finds - 1/3/2006 7:50:06 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline ... oops, wrong picture... Attachment (1) (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 23

RE: More diving finds - 1/3/2006 7:51:22 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline I've been practicing!!! Wayne (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 24

RE: More diving finds - 1/3/2006 8:41:16 PM    capsoda Posts: 7924 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: online Hey Wayne, Your getting pretty good with camera and those or neat bottles and rare finds. Cool dude. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 25

RE: More diving finds - 1/3/2006 9:37:08 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Hey Warren, nice to hear from you... did you just wake up??? Only kidding... I tried what you had suggested, by standing back a bit farther and using the telephoto zoom... That worked out pretty well. I just have to keep practicing with it... maybe different lighting for the background or off to the sides or something that will help create a little shadow effect so the embossing stands out better. I have to work on the color aspects and the background as well... I really appreciate your input on this... Thanks Wayne (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 26

RE: More diving finds - 1/4/2006 7:26:12 AM    aussiebottlo   Posts: 48 Joined: 11/26/2005 From: NW Victoria Australia Status: offline Hi guys, Just back from diving. Got a few keepers will post some pics tomorrow bit tired tonight. It was hard work and and the shrimp were biting like you woulnd believe. Once again it was zero viz but at least the water was warm. Wayne it is amazing how the bottles seem to stick together, I got 2 torpedos today right side by side. (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 27

RE: More diving finds - 1/4/2006 11:13:33 PM    aussiebottlo   Posts: 48 Joined: 11/26/2005 From: NW Victoria Australia Status: offline Here are some of my keepers from yesterday. Left to right Avan Hoboken gin, Pickaxe brandy, Mildura Club Brand beer and Lager Bier Victoria Brewery. Attachment (1) (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 28

RE: More diving finds - 1/4/2006 11:18:08 PM    aussiebottlo   Posts: 48 Joined: 11/26/2005 From: NW Victoria Australia Status: offline and more from yesterday A plain torpedo, E Rowland (nice colour), Hora & Co Castor oil London, Leggos Tomato Sauce, Reads Dogs Head Inn London and a plain stone bottle. I got 2 torpedos but gave 1 to the property owner. Attachment (1) (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 29

RE: More diving finds - 1/4/2006 11:25:51 PM    Insulators Rule!   Posts: 289 Joined: 8/30/2004 From: Strathroy, Ontario, Canada Status: offline shrimp were biting? Im sorry, im from Canada, and that sounds weird to me..... do they hurt, or just an annoyance like a mosquitto? _____________________________ Kyle Collector of Insulators, Ontario marked bottles, railway memorabilia and signs of all sorts (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 30

RE: More diving finds - 1/4/2006 11:33:58 PM    aussiebottlo   Posts: 48 Joined: 11/26/2005 From: NW Victoria Australia Status: offline Kyle, they just nible away like a mosquito. because it was so warm I only had my short wetsuit on so plenty of bare skin to nibble on. (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 31

RE: More diving finds - 1/5/2006 2:35:12 AM    capsoda Posts: 7924 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: online Hey John, When it comes to shrimp I nibble back. Those are awsome finds, The wife loves the castor oil. Is that gin sealed. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 32

RE: More diving finds - 1/5/2006 3:21:19 AM    aussiebottlo   Posts: 48 Joined: 11/26/2005 From: NW Victoria Australia Status: offline Hi Warren, these are tiny shrimp take a lot to make a feed. It is a nice castor oil in great condition, the gin has a seal on the shoulder. (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 33

RE: More diving finds - 1/5/2006 2:00:08 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Hey "Aussumbottlo" John, what a terrific dive you had!!! Great looking bottles man... congratulations... man what a haul Hey, as far as the biting shrimp, you might want to try a set of full length, one piece "Lycra" diveskins... they come in various colors and a lot of divers around here where them under the complete wetsuit for another layer of warmth. It might be just what you need to cover up the rest of the exposed skin to keep the "fleas" and shrimp away... worth a try. Wayne (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 34

RE: More diving finds - 1/5/2006 2:32:23 PM    aussiebottlo   Posts: 48 Joined: 11/26/2005 From: NW Victoria Australia Status: offline Thanks Wayne, I have ordered what we call a sun suit and hope that will work but on the other hand I always yhought I wold look good in lycra lol. I have only covered a very small area of this site so will have a few more trips back. As we are 400klm from the nearest sea there are not a lot of divers to help so it will take me a while. John (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 35

RE: More diving finds - 1/5/2006 2:47:24 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Hey John... You're doing it the right way though... slow, taking your time, methodical. I was a police officer for nearly 17 years and did a lot of underwater recoveries and searches. I learned to take my time, using established search patterns and such. It has really helped me out in my bottle searches! I check areas that my diving buddy said he searched, and I find all kinds of things... but then again, I'm into rolling over tree trunks, moving stumps, small boulders and big pilings too! My theory is that if a bottle rolls around, it will come into contact with something, lay up next to it and then get covered over, unless it gets stuck right in the mud and gets covered up... Anyway, you sure produce a lot of nice stuff!! I wouldn't mind picking up something from Australia in trade for a nice Stoddar piece that I find... Keep in touch. Wayne (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 36

RE: More diving finds - 1/5/2006 3:05:18 PM    aussiebottlo   Posts: 48 Joined: 11/26/2005 From: NW Victoria Australia Status: offline Wayne, When I first approached the owner of this site he said to me that the site had been dived and that there was nothing left. It goes to show that slow and methodical is the way to. There are a lot of logs laying in the mud and thats where they are. The water is between 6 to 12 feet deep and river is about 30 feet wide at the moment with very low flow due to drought so I set up lines and anchor points to keep my bearings. John (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 37

RE: More diving finds - 1/5/2006 3:17:27 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Nice work John... That's the way to do it. I dig on one side of a log, piling or limb and then roll it into the dug out spot. Then I see all the bottles poking out from the exposed edge on the other side of the log... It stirs the bottom up a bit, but when it clears enough to see, it's an awesome site to behold!!! Good luck, stay safe and keep those photos coming! You're making us Yankee divers jealous Wayne (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 38

RE: More diving finds - 1/5/2006 5:06:57 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Hi Again John... I haven't been able to get out bottle diving for a couple of weeks now, so I am really having "the shakes" I took the camera out again and photographed an item I found underwater last year. It came out of the same site that I found the Stoddard Double Eagle 1/2 pint... take a look Wayne Attachment (1) (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 39

RE: More diving finds - 1/5/2006 5:09:47 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Old style Donald Duck coin bank! It has Walt Disney productions 22-WD-10 on te bottom. I haven't been able to find out much about it, and it has a small chip in the base, that I bet could be fixed up pretty easy... Wayne Attachment (1) (in reply to southern Maine diver) Post #: 40

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