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Thank you everyone for your comments and ideas. Frank, thank you for the heads up on nails. I was getting wrapped up in the idea of finding gold rings and that does not seems like much of reality based on the nails and pull tabs that I am hearing about. Something that needs to be taken into...

So I have been contemplating a metal detector and would like to have some input from divers and swampers about their thoughts. Currently, to purchase a land/water unit the price difference over just a land unit is considerable. So with the divers that use metal detectors what is your...

Sartek has made some nice attachments and lights. Andrew

In the past I have done about 30 min dive in 52 degrees and you start to feel the cold after that. Below that I was just to miserable. Then I dove Cozumel and this become all comes mute. 8) If you cannot afford new then find something used. Craig's list, Discount Scuba Seattle, (reduced)...

Trey, So what has been OCDA been up to? The NT1 seems like an interesting unit. Have you had the chance to test dive the unit? That is a monster of a machine with two LP120! I understand your decision to go with such a unit and it is an incredible tool. My best wishes on what...

Please check Dallas Craig's list. There are two sets listed- 108 and 112. Which PSCR are you going with? Have you seen the new GEM from KISS? Video- KISS GEM Action Video on Vimeo While this is being shown at this point as a recreational unit it has to potential to be used as a...

Vintagediver is being nice! Four floors with your gear and your wives! The wetsuit weighs more and everything is wet. Not to mention these are construction stairs and not some mambi pambi stairs but steps that make your legs burn... Drysuit is good, sidemount is better and if they ever put...

Take your time and enjoy the ride. Being a DM was an exciting part of my training background.

Please be careful with Scuba tanks- 5 PSI increase for every degree. If a tank is filled in cool dive shop and kept in a trunk the burst disk can blow. I have seen this on two occasions. Please be careful with soft silicone parts as they can discolor and change forms. I have had that...

For newer divers we tend to recommend that you dive the typical dive sites. This provides a known environment that is relatively safe for the new diver. There are a series of potential problems with lakes and divers. First is boats and jet skis. Next is pollution, fishing line, bacteria in...

I noticed this on WetPixel. Link- Defending the Vandenberg: the video :: Wetpixel.com Very cool little vid of playing chase. Reminds me of this video done in a blue hole. Link- Guillaume Nery underwater base jump at Dean’s Blue Hole :: Wetpixel.com Have a great weekend and...

Zinc, Thank you sir... Andrew

who is the maker of the blue and black drysuit? I have not seen that style before... Sorry for the distraction; we now return to the thread. Thanks, Andrew

This was the last place I thought I would end up on a decompression stop. But oh well it happens. The hike out is the worst part- yuck ola...

Frank sounds good to me. Have you ever considered a bag of regulator parts for scuba events? NUKE THEM FROM ORBIT- Ahhhh Aliens what a good movie.

I am unaware of any process to remove them or control them. Back east they have used screens to try and stop them around dams and water controlled sites. Also they do not seem to inhabit deeper water to my basic understanding of the organism. I am not sure about eating them as they are...

This could be a serious situation. Oklahoma has sued Arkansas over very high levels of nitrogen from chicken farmers waste that was being washed down the watershed into Lake Texoma. You add in the filter feeders of the zebra mussels and you could change the entire ecosystem. The high nitrates...

The average diver goes through two sets of gear in first few years. First is the gear is told about and then the second set that he researches and buys after he/she knows what he/she wants. K said it best. Do your research. Sit down and envision where you want to be diving in five years...

Frank, Did you know that they Hawaiian Super Ferries went bankrupt? Maybe we could pickup the boat cheap? :rofl3: I was thinking high speed, lots of room... awesome! Hope that you Mel are well. Regards, Andrew

Option for big Bertha If you use a single tank adapter you could attach a very small wing and offset the weight of the unit underwater. I am sure you would have to work out the dispalcement at the surface verses depth but it would be a potential option to reduce the weight you feel. If you are...