I've got a few pieces of vintage dive equipment from my Dad. How vintage? My dad got into scuba in the 50's.
What's left of it, as it's all rotted away as it was real rubber, is a tank, brass regulator thing, and a dive computer. (And an old book on scuba.)
The "Dive Computer" is a round case with a band on that you placed on your arm, that you put something called a watch inside, so it was waterproof, as you actually had to calculate dive times from tables, et cetera. Old school!
I don't know if he was fibbing to me, (He told a lot of lies, but they were great er.. stories!) but he claimed back then, they didn't have wet suits so they made them with hot rubber and long johns. Believe or not?! Okay. I don't either.
Anyway, is this gear worth anything from a vintage collector point?
Does anyone collect this? Museum. Can't post a picture, but if there's interest, I can email them to someone.
Thanks,
Doug
What's left of it, as it's all rotted away as it was real rubber, is a tank, brass regulator thing, and a dive computer. (And an old book on scuba.)
The "Dive Computer" is a round case with a band on that you placed on your arm, that you put something called a watch inside, so it was waterproof, as you actually had to calculate dive times from tables, et cetera. Old school!
I don't know if he was fibbing to me, (He told a lot of lies, but they were great er.. stories!) but he claimed back then, they didn't have wet suits so they made them with hot rubber and long johns. Believe or not?! Okay. I don't either.
Anyway, is this gear worth anything from a vintage collector point?
Does anyone collect this? Museum. Can't post a picture, but if there's interest, I can email them to someone.
Thanks,
Doug