I've wanted to dive for bottles for about fifty years now, but experienced horrendous ear and sinus pain that I couldn't clear while free-diving to as little as 10 feet down. Land dumps that weren't extensively dug were already getting difficult to find back then (1971) in Washington State. Among other prospects, I figured that Lake Goodwin had good potential because a 1910 plat map showed saloons on it shoreline. (Goodwin has also produced some BIG Largemouth bass.) Many years later, I heard that divers did indeed do quite well recovering antique bottles there.Im a novice collector with some bottles from an early1900’s logging camp but now I get my bottles SCUBA diving.
It's a great hobby have fun digging looking around for old bottles.Im a novice collector with some bottles from an early1900’s logging camp but now I get my bottles SCUBA diving.
Good to here from you. Can you dive with ear issues? Ever have a reverse block? How many cold water dives in past year? I'm usually solo and using a DPV when I go for bottles and the bottle fields are deep (110 - 135). But there are some shallow sites possible with a buddy but no bottle fields that I know of.I've wanted to dive for bottles for about fifty years now, but experienced horrendous ear and sinus pain that I couldn't clear while free-diving to as little as 10 feet down. Land dumps that weren't extensively dug were already getting difficult to find back then (1971) in Washington State. Among other prospects, I figured that Lake Goodwin had good potential because a 1910 plat map showed saloons on it shoreline. (Goodwin has also produced some BIG Largemouth bass.) Many years later, I heard that divers did indeed do quite well recovering antique bottles there.
I've been thinking about investing in an underwater camera just to check out some prospects that I know about in WA. Do you have a dive partner or a surface tender that accompanies you? Or do you dive alone?
No, I can't dive with that much pain! So I don't have any dives in the past year, let alone cold water ones!Good to here from you. Can you dive with ear issues? Ever have a reverse block? How many cold water dives in past year? I'm usually solo and using a DPV when I go for bottles and the bottle fields are deep (110 - 135). But there are some shallow sites possible with a buddy but no bottle fields that I know of.