Lost Car Key @ Vet's

[undrwater]

Did 2 dives last night at Vet's. On the second dive I put the key in the pocket where I usually have for the last umteen dives. When I returned, the pocket was open, and the key was gone.

Most likely (based on the pocket design), the key fell out during the dive, so is somewhere out there being played with by an octo.

I don't have much hope that something so small will be found, but there's always the chance. Please PM me if you happen to see my car key while looking for Jan's fin! I was diving right out from the stairs.

Lesson learned: Key stays in my wetsuit near my body, or in someone else's car.

PS: Dive report to follow along with the drama of getting home!

Russell

 

[TrojanCatMan]

I use a marine grade hardware spring snap and latch it to a d-ring. I'm not sure if its the best thing but it works. Sorry to hear about the keys. I know if you put it under 7mm of blubber it wont go anywhere!

 

[drbill]

Yippee... now I know whose car door and house those keys I found work on. Not serious... I do hope someone finds and returns them.

I lost my GF's car keys once at Lover's Cove and my own once at Descanso Beach while diving. In the first case a snorkeler found them and left them on the steps. In the second I returned an d dove to look for them. Only by chance did I turn my head sideways while at the bottom and discover my keys resting under a rock outcropping. Never would hav e seen them otherwise. I feel your pain (there was NO extra set for my car... now I have four sets!).

 

[undrwater]

drbill: You give me hope! And thank you for your sympathy.

TrojanCatMan: Thank you too...and under 7mm of blubber it will go.

 

[SoCalAngel]

drbill: You give me hope! And thank you for your sympathy.

TrojanCatMan: Thank you too...and under 7mm of blubber it will go.

ok...I am a blond....forewarned...

I have lost three sets of car keys and locked the keys in my car at leas t 1/2 a dozen times when diving. My husband got upset after the 2nd loss and 4th lock-in (I didn't tell him about two of the lock-ins ) He has not only made 4 sets of keys, he has also made me have a door hide-a-key and an ingition keyhidden in the car. He has promised me a keyless pad entry car next Of course, since he has gone to all tha trouble (3 years back) I have not lost my keys once

 

[ItsBruce]

I use a marine grade screw shackle to hold my car key to a d-ring. I use a marine grade 1 inch ring-a-ding to hold a second key to my buddy's BCD. I don't trust pockets and believe in redundancy.

 

[undrwater]

I use a marine grade screw shackle to hold my car key to a d-ring. I use a marine grade 1 inch ring-a-ding to hold a second key to my buddy's BCD. I don't trust pockets and believe in redundancy.

Can you show me what you're talking about? Sounds really secure.

 

[ItsBruce]

Go to westmarine.com and search for "shackle." You are, however, best to visit your local West Marine and go to the sailboat rigging isles to find the right size for your D-rings and key.

 

[Ken Kurtis]

I lost my GF's car keys once at Lover's Cove . . .

I don't know which is more amazing: That Bill lost and found his car keys . . . or that he's got a girlfriend.



I can top the lost key story and I swear this is true:

On one of our charter trips out to Santa Barbara, one of our divers was on the back swimstep of the Cee Ray when we heard her scream and go "Damn!!!' We rushed to see what was wrong (fearing the worst, of course) and she looked up and said, "I just dropped my glass eye."

Turns out she'd lost her eye when she was younger and the prosthetic eye she had would occasionally shift uncomfortably when she dove. On this dive, she tried to adjust it on the swimstep and, as she removed it, she lost her grip and it fell through the grate of the step.

Of course, since my DMS are all schooled to respond to these problems with "Here I come to save the day!!" . . . one of my guys immediately said, "I'll go in and look for it."

We marked the spot, he suited up, and entered. As luck would have it, almost as soon as he got to the bottom, he saw the eye lying between two rocks. Triumphantly he returend to the boat and, to amazement of everyone, held the eye up for all to see and returned it to it's rightful owner.

When she asked him how on earth he found it, without missing a beat he said, "Well, it was staring right up at me . . ."

We all got a good laugh out of that, as did she, and once again, I swear this is 100% true.

- Ken

 

[CompuDude]

LOL good stories!

A friend of mine has the best solution I've seen yet: A padlock key case that attaches to the tow loops under the car. Looks sort of like one of those realtor's key cases they use on houses that are for sale, only beefier, and the padlock just hooks under the car. No danger of flooding, and considering how beefy the lock is, someone would have to be VERY determined to (a) get it off the bottom of the car, and then even more determined to somehow break open the box and get the key out. Genius!

But it was a prize she won somewhere and she has no idea how to get more. Anyone ever seen one? It's a pretty darn sure way to avoid flooded alarm remotes and lost car keys...

Edit: I don't see the exact same one that she has, but I'll bet many these would work just fine: http://www.realestatesupercenter.com/catalog/lock-boxes-and-key-box.htm