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There are many threads on this since almost everyone has the damn "magnetic key" problem. I left mine on the windshield a few years ago in FL and spent like $250US to get a copy (I always have a spare with me in my pocket).I'm back into diving after many years away. Years ago I would go shore diving and my car key was just a flat piece of brass. I just clipped it to a D-ring and down I went.
Now my car key has an electronic chip inside and the key fob has a bunch of buttons. Those magnetic boxes aren't really big enough and are kind of obvious.
I'll be diving solo so I'm on my own to figure this out.
What are some of the ideas you shore divers out there have come up with?
Thanks.
My method while diving is-- Here in Nova Scotia I put it in a ziplock bag and hide it under a flat rock (one that I keep in the car). There are many rocks around, so no one would know it's there.
In the populated spots I dive in the U.S. I do the same thing, or I may stuff the ziplock into some weeds, or bury it in the ground/sand. But, I make sure no one in metro Connecticut is watching me (no offense CTRich). I do use the metallic key holder if the spare key fits in there, and put it in the wheel well.
There are different lock/alarm systems with new cars these days. I base my ideas on the "old" system where a metal key will unlock the door but will set off the alarm.
I would never take an electronic key on a dive--not in a drysuit (if I owned one), in one of the various "dry" boxes you can buy these days. Not a $300 key.