Coolest/Most Unique "Finds" While Diving?

[bakodiver391]

I found a coke bottle from a WW2 Japanese -held island. The bottle is about 7/8 normal size and has only a single Kanji symbol on the bottom. My historian buddy says the Japanese captured a bottling plant in Indonesia and bottled soy sauce there, so maybe that is the source. Cool history behind this little bottle.

 

[Wobbegong_th]

About 20yrs. ago, me & my (now) wife dived on a small island near Pattaya, Thailand. The spot was quite popular with group tours for snorkle & seawalking.

We dived at about 8-10m depth, passing under a group of 'splasher' on the surface. My wife found a Saiko Digital Watch on the sand, like it was just dropped a few moments ago. Not even particles on top.

So, we pick the watch, tried to get attention from those 'surface splasher' but no response. She just put it in her BCD pocket and kind of forgot about it in the next dive. So the watch went for 4 dives over that weekend. (first dive was when we found it, second that afternoon, third the next morning, fourth next afternoon - some of these dive was down to about 20m). Not until the following weekend when we clean out gear that we realized that we still have the watch.

My wife keep using that watch for almost 8 years afterward.

 

[Dan G]

Found this fishing weight on the deck on The Spiegel Grove, Key Largo a few years back.

 

[GF99/99]

Its all about the popular Cenotes where everyone jumps off into the water. Those simple smart watch bands like to pop off when people's arms hit the water.

All in one day:

 

[SouthernSharktoothDiver]

So, me and my cousin like to dive for sharks teeth and other fossils. His first time out, on the second dive of the day, in August of this year, he lost his goodie bag (actually my bag that I was lending him). He was really bummed out and we called it a day pretty disappointed.

Flash forward to our latest dive, two weeks ago today. Second dive of the day, we're freezing half to death, the current's ripping, and we're maybe 50 yards further downriver than normal, guess what I find? That same bag, teeth still in it and everything, even about four months later.

Would you believe that mooch of a cousin of mine actually wanted the teeth that were in it? (I'm being sarcastic, but I did let him have the teeth.)