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FireCat:Why would you need a noise maker? What would be the benefit?
It is a perceived benefit, thereby it becomes a perceived need to have this new gear.
Our eyes open wide when we first see a Squirrel Fish or a Sea Cucumber. We tremble when we are first shown a Banded Coal Shrimp (one of those candy cane critters).
We associate this eye candy with our DiveMaster's noisemaker. At this point, Pavlov kicks in.
In our own feeble minds, we associate a couple of things with this audio stimuli:
a) If I shake the rattle, that means I will find cool stuff.
b) If I see cool stuff, I get to shake the rattle.
c) Whatever I find, everyone will want to see, because it must be cool stuff.
d) Chicks dig divemasters.
e) DiveMasters have rattles.
f) If I have a rattle, chicks will dig me.
If you really want to annoy people...
1) Shake the rattle but do not point at what you are gawking at.
2) Rattle when you find any Lobster.
3) If your DM uses a "quacker", eat bean burritos for lunch
Most of the folks I dive with will turn if I tap my face plate with my flashlight. Most DM's use the tap-tap on the tank of their reef skewers. My SO will not turn around even if I did pull the pin on a grenade. Everybody is different.