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Random thoughts...

The longest shot "salvage" I've been on were for a guy's silver and porcelain bridgework. He did a high dive off a boathouse and shook them loose in about 15 feet of water. Vis was less than two feet (with lights). My partner found them after we had searched only 15 minutes.

I, too, enjoy "treasure hunting" inside Hell's Gate at PK. I think we've recovered ten or so anchors.

Metal detectors in almost ANY lake would be virtually useless for finding something like a silver necklace. It's not that the necklace is too small, but that the floors of popular anchorage sites are COVERED in aluminum cans and all sorts of other metallic junk. It would be one long "beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep"!

As for the part about the slurry on the bottom being from boat tank discharges.........ew. Just ew.
 
Random thoughts...

The longest shot "salvage" I've been on were for a guy's silver and porcelain bridgework. He did a high dive off a boathouse and shook them loose in about 15 feet of water. Vis was less than two feet (with lights). My partner found them after we had searched only 15 minutes.

I, too, enjoy "treasure hunting" inside Hell's Gate at PK. I think we've recovered ten or so anchors.

Metal detectors in almost ANY lake would be virtually useless for finding something like a silver necklace. It's not that the necklace is too small, but that the floors of popular anchorage sites are COVERED in aluminum cans and all sorts of other metallic junk. It would be one long "beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep"!

As for the part about the slurry on the bottom being from boat tank discharges.........ew. Just ew.

Hey Guba if you ever need a buddy to go to PK to treasure hunt with, count me in. I plan to buy a boat next year, but till then I'm up for renting (hard to get off during the week because I'm an hourly consultant).

--Trey
 
Once you touch the bottom in Devil's Cove it is braille diving. I did a clean up dive there a couple years ago and was able to fill one of the bags every 5 minutes. Guba is right about the metal detector, close to useless (there are also a lot of steel cables along the bottom of the cove, great places to search for anchors).

I would have to look at the topo's LCRA has, but I doubt Devil's cove has 60' of water right now.

If I were going to make the attempt, first, get the topo from LCRA. Second, dive heads down with the baddest light you have. Third (and most importantly) get the money to cover expenses up front because your chances are not good. Fourth, do it on a week day so you don't get run over by the weekend party crowd.
 

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