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AADIVER
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Initially Posted - 04/06/2008 :  13:28:44  Show Profile  Visit AADIVER's Homepage
Actually, it wasn't cheap; the dive trip cost me 125 bucks! It's a number 8 Danforth, ideal for my 250 stern hook; hadn't been down long. Around 70 feet off Blue Caverns, Catalina Island. I always pack a lift bag with me for such opportunities. I wrapped the chain before ascending. I didn't fill the bag and shoot it up because it might have hit a diver on his way up. I simply carried it to the surface, dumping some air on the way. As to the green hue, my flash doesn't reach that far.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 04/06/2008 :  14:31:08  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Yeah, but you'd have probably spent that $125 anyway, right? Nice find!
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 04/07/2008 :  15:32:41  Show Profile
Interesting to see the chain wrapped. Must be why it was not retrieved.
Too bad about the anchor being that ugly green color.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 04/07/2008 :  16:41:16  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
I'm guessing Frank wrapped it like that before filling the lift bag.

I like the fish in the foreground.
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piseas
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Response Posted - 04/07/2008 :  17:03:50  Show Profile  Visit piseas's Homepage
Frank, so did you leave it there? What else have you found? I lost a hat on the way to Catalina, did you find one?
Steve A
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 04/07/2008 :  17:59:27  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I'm guessing Frank wrapped it like that before filling the lift bag.
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you're probably right. I've found two anchors in my diving life. First one I found had a chain wrapped around it - not too unlike this one - and we had to use a cutting torch to get it untangled.
The other one I found was off the Kona Coast of Hawaii in the cove where the Cpt Cook memorial is. The anchor I saw was one of Cpt Cook's - or so I'm told. It was about 10 feet long and certainly looked old enough to be Cpt Cook's. It is partially buried in the bottom. I was very excited about it until we got back to the dive boat and the other guys had a great laugh at my expense. Apparently this anchor is 'discovered' several hundred times a year and can be seen by anyone with a snorkel and mask and who can swim 20 ft off shore.
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DoubleD
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Response Posted - 04/07/2008 :  18:28:48  Show Profile  Visit DoubleD's Homepage
I have a garage full of anchors from diving at Panama City. They make great presents for my boating friends.
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