Free lead, yes there’s a catch.

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Free lead, yes there’s a catch.

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Done diving for now, never say never. Most of my gear is sold, I stumbled across some old lead. Not sure if it still works, you are advised to get it checked by a professional shop before using it. All soft bags of lead, four 3 pounders, two 2 pounders and two 5 pounders. All free, you gotta come pick them up, I live in Bremerton. Shoot me an email if you want to drive here and pick it up. You gotta take it all not going to separate it giving it away as a lot.
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How much do you think it would cost to have that Lead serviced by a dive shop....? I'd like to use it on some of my technical Dives but I want to make sure that lead safe to go Deep ...
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Sorry Doc, this is rec lead not tech lead. My fault for not being specific. I’ve heard of people who bootleg jailbreak lead to go from rec to tech. But I can not publicly confirm or deny that it has been done.
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I knew a guy that keeps 2# of lead in his hood to keep come getting dizzy or light headed. He swears by it.
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What the heck would rec diving vs Tech diving care about the lead? It's bits of incompressible metal sewn up in cloth bags - nothing that would change with depth or time... Curiousity is killin' this cat!
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Tec lead uses VPM-B deco model and I am pretty sure are sewn in black fabric rather than all those fancy colors.
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Ya tech is the black art, I mean the black stuff. Besides it looks way cooler!!
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Tec lead is certified beyond 130ft. Rec lead isnt.

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bunch a smart alecks around here... I shoulda known ;) ;) ;)
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Well if I was over there in the area I would come get it take that lead train, it , educate it, and update it to Tech certification
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I work in S-dale, and could use a couple 2lbers. I can pick the rest up and distribute them out to others as long as they promised to get them recertified.
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Ok McG, you wanna da lead I givea you da lead. I work in da Brem town, I’ll drive it up to the Sdale ifa you stilla want.
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I got the lead out. . . . of my car, its gone.
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I got the lead out. . . . of my car, its gone.
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