What equipment have you lost?

[liuk3]

I bought a brand new Suunto Vyper2 computer for my wife. On dive #1 with it in Cozumel, she loses it off of her wrist. That's when I finally got a clue that she really doesn't want to dive...

 

[PullmanSCUBA]

I lost a weight pouch to my BC with weight in it. I was doing a Kayak dive and apparently my weight pouch did not get secured in my BC and I started my dive and noticed that I was swiming at an awckward angle and looked over at my BC pocket and saw that it was not there anymore. I looked for it but could not find it.

 

[CheddarChick]

Not one but 2 dive knives in the Coz airport..Becuz I was too stupid to remember to take them off the Regs we were carrying thru the airport.......

 

[Chris12day]

I lost an Olympus 720 camera, case, and strobe while assisting another diver...it floated away off the Mexican coast.

I lost a set a weights and pocket when required to hand to boat crew when boarding.

Found a very nice light and weight belt. Light belong to DM who had helped another diver having problems. The weight belt belong to the boat.

 

[TMHeimer]

1. A knife- out of holster during dive- don't know how. Now I use 2 straps on it and connect it to the holster with fishing line.
2. A shell collecting goodie bag.
3. The bezel off my console compass (on an oil rig 2 weeks ago- damn those rigs). Let's see if I can replace THAT $.75 piece of plastic without buying a new compass. That will happen after (U.S.) airlines go back to 2 free checked bags and serve food.

 

[DiverBeth]

1. A couple of snorkels. I don't dive with a snorkel anymore and that's probably why I haven't lost one in a couple of years.
2. A light somehow unclipped itself from my BCD.
3. An earring in Cozumel. Which I found when I turned and saw something shiny in the sand. When I got close I thought I found an earring but when I saw it looked like the ones I was wearing or thought I was wearing I checked my ears.

 

[ScubaSaipan]

I lost my wedding ring. To make it even worst, it was my new ring my wife got for me on our 25th anniversary.

 

[Lake Muroc Diver]

I lost a just replaced dive computer at Anacapa Island (California Channel islands).
The boat had/ has an exit gate with a large tab for the chain. It grabbed my console hose, stretched the retraction lanyard, yanked me sideways, and popped the computer out. $400 +.
I heard I was not the first or last to get caught on that gate obstruction.

 

[diveprof]

I lost an official GMT (Gator Management Tool) while dealing with a birdsnest reel. This is actually a 14" piece of AL with a blunt end on a small loop of line- seriously used for finding artifacts w/o damaging them, but also useful when slamming them upright into the open jaws of a gator to prevent shredding and tearing.......or so I tell new divers.

 

[carrielsal]

I lost a just replaced dive computer at Anacapa Island (California Channel islands).
The boat had/ has an exit gate with a large tab for the chain. It grabbed my console hose, stretched the retraction lanyard, yanked me sideways, and popped the computer out. $400 +.
I heard I was not the first or last to get caught on that gate obstruction.

I bought a brand new Suunto Vyper2 computer for my wife. On dive #1 with it in Cozumel, she loses it off of her wrist. That's when I finally got a clue that she really doesn't want to dive...

Wrist mount computers are the way to go. Take it out of the fancy strap it comes in and put the computer in a bungee mount using 2 separate pieces of bungee.