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- Sat Sep 09, 2023 12:05 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Mystery Golden Orb found in Alaska
- Replies: 2
- Views: 418
Re: Mystery Golden Orb found in Alaska
I'm thinking the guesses choosing an egg-case of some sort were right...
- Thu Apr 21, 2022 12:07 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Campbell River and Dodd's Narrows April 2022
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2161
Re: Campbell River and Dodd's Narrows April 2022
Awesome octo pic!
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 10:12 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Shipwreck found
- Replies: 1
- Views: 833
Re: Shipwreck found
Us non-diver history buffs are drooling too!
- Sat Nov 06, 2021 10:00 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Kopachuck - anyone ever dove it or have a map for it ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2274
Re: Kopachuck - anyone ever dove it or have a map for it ?
Hey, you can always snorkel over the beds of sand dollars... They're pretty cool ;-)
The data viewer is at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/bathymetry/ - zoom in on a spot, turn off the checkboxes except for the DEM and BAG Color Shaded Releif options...
The data viewer is at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/bathymetry/ - zoom in on a spot, turn off the checkboxes except for the DEM and BAG Color Shaded Releif options...
- Wed Oct 27, 2021 11:26 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Kopachuck - anyone ever dove it or have a map for it ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2274
Re: Kopachuck - anyone ever dove it or have a map for it ?
I haven't ever dove there, but topographically speaking - not much there and pretty shallow. I have kayaked over it and watched the sand dollar beds go by a few feet down, caught a few flounder and a few dogfish nearby. Here's a shot of the bathymetry - Kopachuk park is the highlighted area on the p...
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:01 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Hypothetical Question (sorta): What do you do if you find a firearm while diving?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5132
Re: Hypothetical Question (sorta): What do you do if you find a firearm while diving?
The grip plate logo certainly IDs it as an FN Browning... Great find!
- Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:10 pm
- Forum: Dive Planning
- Topic: Fox Island Bridge tomorrow
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2211
Re: Fox Island Bridge tomorrow
Glad you had a good dive. My only experience there was more like shooting the rapids between the pillars in my kayak...
- Thu Feb 11, 2021 4:24 pm
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: Scubie Doo featured in UK dive magazine
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6413
Re: Scubie Doo featured in UK dive magazine
Epic! That is <censored> AWESOME, dude!!!
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:41 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Pacific Red Octopus - Rare Capture
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4888
Re: Pacific Red Octopus - Rare Capture
gorgeous critter, Jesse! How big was he?
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:58 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Hypothetical Question (sorta): What do you do if you find a firearm while diving?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5132
Re: Hypothetical Question (sorta): What do you do if you find a firearm while diving?
Well, your last couple of sentences are certainly valid... If it was me (which it wouldn't be since I don't dive now <sad face>), I would make note of the location as closely as possible, take some photos if you have a camera, and then try to safe it. If it's old and corroded and things aren't movin...
- Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:18 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: So this washed up on my beach today...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4976
Re: So this washed up on my beach today...
Very sad to see it dead, for sure.
Very surprised to see it anywhere in the Sound, let alone all the way down by Shelton! Never heard of one in here...
Very surprised to see it anywhere in the Sound, let alone all the way down by Shelton! Never heard of one in here...
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 1:02 pm
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: Sekiu
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4454
Re: Sekiu
Cool to know it's a public site (even though I'm not diving anymore, but a kayak - hmmmm
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- Sat Nov 07, 2020 9:56 am
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: Sekiu
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4454
Re: Sekiu
Great filming! What a lovely little beach - private landowner?
- Sun Oct 11, 2020 11:36 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Whales: Blue, Humpback, Gray
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2509
Re: Whales: Blue, Humpback, Gray
What a trip!
- Mon Jul 06, 2020 12:47 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Spring diving at Deception Pass
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3210
Re: Spring diving at Deception Pass
Those are some pretty epic snaps you got, Jess!
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 12:56 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Exploded 50cal
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2687
Re: Exploded 50cal
Probably split the chamber and burst the breech end of the barrel... Someone could've picked it out of the wreckage or it may have 'escaped' on its own if the whole thing blew apart...
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:13 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Spring diving at Deception Pass
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3210
Re: Spring diving at Deception Pass
See, I keep reading this as "Shark Diving at Deception Pass"... Great pics!
- Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:30 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Exploded 50cal
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2687
Re: Exploded 50cal
My guess is that this damage pattern would also have required damage to the gun itself. If the firing chamber remained intact, the brass casing would not have had any place to blow out like that.
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 9:55 am
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Divers face long-term health impact from COVID-19
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4275
Re: Divers face long-term health impact from COVID-19
From what I have seen, the experts are among the people discovering these earlier cases. They are learning about this particular virus right along with everyone else. They were basing their thoughts and theories based on what they knew at the time, and have been revising them all the time as new dat...
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:20 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Bottle Thread
- Replies: 275
- Views: 173272
Re: The Bottle Thread
Cool finds! The local bottle especially. One of the local drug stores or pharmacies might even be willing to barter supplies for it (bet you might even be able to get a whole roll of TP if you bargain hard)
- Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:44 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Bottle Thread
- Replies: 275
- Views: 173272
Re: The Bottle Thread
Hey, one more note on the antique ammo. Despite having spent a long time under the salt, those cartridges are in quite good condition. It’s possible that the primers and necks have remained sealed, given that they were lacquered for water tightness. Old explosives and propellants can become unstable...
- Sun Mar 22, 2020 1:52 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Bottle Thread
- Replies: 275
- Views: 173272
Re: The Bottle Thread
Hey, 60South! I love what a bored and knowledgeable group mind can do when it comes to finding info!!! No idea *when* they were submerged, but they are identified now. So, in the Pentax photography forum where I spend/waste a lot of time, I posted pics of your ammo. For the headstamps, I converted i...
- Sun Mar 22, 2020 1:34 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: whales and isolation
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3532
Re: whales and isolation
awesome that you can see these!
- Sat Mar 21, 2020 6:50 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Bottle Thread
- Replies: 275
- Views: 173272
Re: The Bottle Thread
Hmmm, interesting. Given the self-isolation in effect, it might be time for some detective work.
- Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:53 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Bottle Thread
- Replies: 275
- Views: 173272
Re: The Bottle Thread
Perhaps it’s off a British or Canuckian vessel and the stripper clip is .303 Lee-Enfield. Can one of the rounds be removed from the clip so you can look for the head stamp?