Looking for the ghost town in Lake Lanier

[CAPTAIN SINBAD]

Hello:

I am planning a trip to dive the remains of a ghost town in Lake Lanier. I was told that there is a group of divers on here who occasionally do that dive. Is there anyone I can hook up with? Also ... I intend to do underwater photography so when would be the best seasonal visibility? Would colder months be better for this?

Please let me know what is the best way to do this dive

 

["seahawk"]

Looking for camera or video divers who want to

 

[DogHouseDiver]

I am interested....

 

[CAPTAIN SINBAD]

Im very interested. I can also assist DogHouseDiver with lighting. If you ever choose to do this let me know. If something down there actually is standing, I can possibly talk to my boss and do a TV news report on this.

 

["seahawk"]

There is no history available.

These are the lowerance HD scans of the site

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These are the lowerance HD scans of the site

 

[Mark Derail]

Lighting will be the biggest challenge - perhaps doing stitching using photoshop to combine multiple pieces into a larger image.
At that depth I imagine viz to be quite small.

Any known currents that would make a diver miss it going down? GPS don't work all that well UW. Would probably drop some diving weights at the end of a long nylon rope to better locate.

What's the history behind this? Flooded canyon for an electrical dam?

 

[Mark Derail]

You know, you can buy a used video camera + housing, mount it on a weighted platform, and make a relatively simple UAV that is dragged by your boat for propulsion.

I'm sure there is something on Instructables.com, I remember reading online one made using six-inch diameter tubing.

An iPhone would capture good video - the challenge is lighting. A platform with "arms" holding on to multiple UW flashlights...

Ideas...65 feet isn't that deep. Only 4 bar pressure.

 

[CAPTAIN SINBAD]

If you can get me there I can dive it and find some way of filming it. The scan that you post is very convincing. That is a man made structure. What kind of vis do you get in the lake?

 

[Mark Derail]

Seems to be multiple posts on the same subject, all in one day. Hidden treasure?

 

[DogHouseDiver]

Sinbad & Hawk,

Great images.....