riverdiver
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Went out river diving today after two weeks straight of land detecting, figured all of the flooding in my area must have unearthed some goodies...five minutes into the dive and my hands, face and feet are numb! water temp of 45'F, six minutes in and my flag gets snagged on a tree branch and pops out of my salvage crate without me knowing. ten minutes later I check the crate and lo and behold there is no flag!
I pop to the surface and see the flag 100' downstream, I took off to get it and on the way found a large Case Gin in Amber, All of my others are Aqua or Dark Green. So losing the flag was good Karma. After getting the flag back to the crate and remounting it the hunt started in ernest. There were more broken embossed blobs and hutches than I have seen in years along with alot of busted black glass and stoneware. The next good find was a little Aqua bottle sticking out of the mud, after recovering it, it was embossed Florida Water, Lazell, Dalley & Co New York. It still had the cork and paper seal covering the cork. Ten minutes after surfacing the seal pealed off and the cork fell apart otherwise I would have an intact bottle with the contents! The rest of the finds were local deco sodas, doll parts and marbles and a busted med for guntherhess.
I pop to the surface and see the flag 100' downstream, I took off to get it and on the way found a large Case Gin in Amber, All of my others are Aqua or Dark Green. So losing the flag was good Karma. After getting the flag back to the crate and remounting it the hunt started in ernest. There were more broken embossed blobs and hutches than I have seen in years along with alot of busted black glass and stoneware. The next good find was a little Aqua bottle sticking out of the mud, after recovering it, it was embossed Florida Water, Lazell, Dalley & Co New York. It still had the cork and paper seal covering the cork. Ten minutes after surfacing the seal pealed off and the cork fell apart otherwise I would have an intact bottle with the contents! The rest of the finds were local deco sodas, doll parts and marbles and a busted med for guntherhess.
] . how do keep your head warm ?. brainfreeze without the slurpee . good looking gin bottle . it beats walking through the jungle in 85 weather using a machette to get along and come home with no bottles . hows your son doing on his diving? sam
