anchor pic ideas/pictures needed.

[11x]

hello, i am going to the coopers river in july and i have been reading that some divers use some sort of pick to anchor them selfs in the current while they search for stuff. i have acess to a full machine shop and was thinking of taking a piece of round stock and turning it down to make a sort of pick with a handle and drilling and tapping the handel for a eye bolt to have a place to tie into. i was imagining using a 5-10 ft teather. the plan would be to anchor on the bottom and slowly crawel down stream searching for fossiles. when i hit the end of my teather i can swim up to it, pull it,swim 10ft further and anchor and repeat? what do you all think? do you have any ideas or pictures of similar devices? thanks

 

[Spimon]

What sort of river bed? Sand, mud, rocks? How fast is the current?
Maybe one of those dog tether spikes, or something similar. If you clip on down low right near where it enters the bed you might get a decent anchor.

JACK PYKE DOG TETHER CAMPING AWNING TENT GROUND SPIKE | eBay

 

[Silverback784]

11x I found this link awhile back but he has some excellent ideas on rigs for river diving. You may find what your looking for there.
River Diving Equipment

 

[ozzydamo]

hello, i am going to the coopers river in july and i have been reading that some divers use some sort of pick to anchor them selfs in the current while they search for stuff. i have acess to a full machine shop and was thinking of taking a piece of round stock and turning it down to make a sort of pick with a handle and drilling and tapping the handel for a eye bolt to have a place to tie into. i was imagining using a 5-10 ft teather. the plan would be to anchor on the bottom and slowly crawel down stream searching for fossiles. when i hit the end of my teather i can swim up to it, pull it,swim 10ft further and anchor and repeat? what do you all think? do you have any ideas or pictures of similar devices? thanks

could tye a line to one of these -
https://www.whitworths.com.au/main_...71&intAbsolutePage=&LinkedItem=273&search123=