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I find lost divers all the time and am glad to give them back!
When you find an item while diving, do you try and locate the owner?
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earl
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How do you folks put your name on your gear?
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on my first dive off of Monterey, CA, I found a really nice UK flashlight. It had been there a while, I had to pry a snail off of it (he wasn't hurt) and rip off some seaweed, but it was still in working condition with battaries that lasted through a night dive the next weekend
MSilvia
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Depends on the gear... I use a yellow rubberized paint for neoprene, Magic marker for light colored plastic, etc...
A diver, in the '90s, found a wedding ring on a wreck, the Cassimir, from one of the victims of it's sinking some time in the '40s. He found the relatives of the original owner and returned it, but I don't remember if it was a wife or a child. How would you value this artifact? The story is true.
MSilvia
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Sure, I'd give it back... If I could positively identify the owner.
Spectre
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I found a brand new pistol grip dive light at the end of a night
dive. After surfacing and heading towards shore, I had a couple
minutes of moral dilemma as I saw a team of 6 divers walking
out in a typical search pattern.
Morals won, and the light was returned.
-Jeff
dive. After surfacing and heading towards shore, I had a couple
minutes of moral dilemma as I saw a team of 6 divers walking
out in a typical search pattern.
Morals won, and the light was returned.
-Jeff
ScubaBurt
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After reading all the posts about to return or not to return, I feel that 99.9999% of the divers we have met are honest to the core. I have left all my dive gear on a balcony, railings or hanging in a drying area and have only lost one tropical hood. We make a true effort to find owners for items we have found. I may just be a trusting soul but, divers go beyond to be honest. I intend to continue being one of those divers with honesty as one of my morals.
MSilvia
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Honesty is all any of us can ask. I don't think there are many here who would keep a piece of found equipment without at least making an effort. We may not all drop it in the LDS lost and found, but who wouldn't at least ask around?
SaltyWhale
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Once I found a set of denture underwater. It was in an area of loads of snorkelers. I couldn't find the owner but am sure he/she realised it was missing.
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