Your oldest piece of dive gear that still functions

[happy-diver]

What about the Draeger Duomat I used in my first course à la 1976

Came across it through a guy associated with the instructor 25yrs later 25yrs ago

changed out the resin coated canvas diaphragm

The instructor is still making my wetsuits-drysuits today, right now, again, still
and other neoprene, rubber type things, easier for them to do, than me to do
etc

 

[andrespp]

Some homemade pieces of 2 kg leads from the fifties. A belt from Scubapro from 1972 (the belt loop itself is in bad condition, the stainless buckle still looks good). A Nemrod mask and fins from the early seventies.

 

[James79]

I really don't buy new.... but the oldest individual piece of gear I dive semi-regularly is a late 50's Healthways SCUBA double hose reg. It's got a couple mods for better breathing.... but it's still one of my favorites.

 

[Nemrod]

Not my oldest gear, that would be my gifted USD Pico Mistral but this USD Calypso J was purchased by me with lawnmower money in about 1966 and it still works. I use if for cleaning my sisters pool last time. It is okay for that but the tiny exhaust valve is just dangerous to use for actual in the ocean diving:



The SeaVue gage and Princeton Bottom Timer all still work.

 

[ibj40]

I bought a “state of the art” Dacor Digital Information Center with all the rest of the gear I bought when I got certified in 1986. It came in a console with an SPG.

The console has since deteriorated and I think I gave the SPG to a dive guide friend in Cozumel when I upgraded to a Suunto Eon.

The Dacor still works and I took it on a dive a few years ago to make sure it didn’t leak.

The picture of the console is not mine.

 

[DavidFL]

Royal Aquamaster I bought new in 1969, although the can and the label are the only remaining original parts, thanks to the late Bryan Pennington and Vintage Double Hose

 

[34109411]

Found this in one of my gear boxes, it is my very first snorkel, Healthways. I believe is was purchased around 1970 or 1972, for one of my first family vacations to the Keys (Islamorada). Only modification is that I sealed the drain valve when the diaphragm rotted out. And I replaced the orange safety sticker.
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wow that's old or i am old ? i was born in 75

 

[jadairiii]

wow that's old or i am old ? i was born in 75

You're a mere child, I was born in 61.....my parents still had tails!

 

[rhwestfall]

First "gear" - My fins/mask/snorkel set purchased from Woolworths in Pompano Beach in '72 didn't last...

 

[34109411]

You're a mere child, I was born in 61.....my parents still had tails!