Bud vase? and other dive finds.

[blobbottlebob]

It's been fun getting out diving and seeing my buddies. Nine tanks in. Lots of beers but nothing great yet (one near miss). Wonder if this was a bud vase? Nice art work on it especially considering it is very thin glass.

 

[blobbottlebob]

another one.

 

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Some of the whole beers.

 

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And a crier. Never found it before.

 

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And my first hutch. Kind of rare but not super valuable.

 

[blobbottlebob]

A little story from this year.
I give bottles away at work. What else can you do with all of the common stuff? So, there is a growing number of current and former customers who know that I am out there bottle diving. A gentleman was waiting for me on a Monday evening. He asked if I would ever consider going on a treasure hunt. I answered that this is pretty much what I always do. He asked if I ever go to a certain area lake. I answered that I was going there the very next day. Surprised, he inquired as to whether I would be willing to look for his St. Croix Mojo muskie rod and reel that he lost. I said sure.

I told him where to find me. He pulled up in his boat when I had 2,000 psi left. I was hoping to swim right up to the rod. I knew the area where he lost it and there is a relatively firm bottom. When I got there, I was in for a an unpleasant surprise. There were a ton of nasty weeds (milfoil) with a gigantic algae bloom that looked like huge green clouds hanging to the weeds. I searched hard, I searched methodically and couldn't find it. He drove me back to the dock. I promised 1/2 of my next tank before bottle diving. Again, I couldn't find it. (Which totally sucked).

I came back with a dive buddy. Either we found it on one tank together (or I was giving up). Luckily, I did indeed find it on that tank. The guy (Pete) was thrilled. I saw only about two inches of his pole under the horrid algae bloom. So, that was really a challenge.

 

[RICKJJ59W]

Cool rod recover story. The burning question is,did a Muskie pull it in?? []

Nice bottles to []

 

[blobbottlebob]

No Rick. Far less dramatic. The bail on the reel didn't open right, so when he cast it hard, the whole thing flung out of his hands. One of the first things he did was cast it after the recovery. Said it was as good as before he lost it. Oddly enough, there were zebra mussels growing on it already. (It was down about ten days).

 

[blobbottlebob]

Trying those beers bigger.

 

[blobbottlebob]

The bud vase? better.