Class ring is about it for me. I was dumb enough to jump into a lake
once wearing my pager (remember those?). It survived with a new battery
and plenty of time to air dry.

Dan

JimH wrote:

So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock?

For me....tools, hardware, a boat brush, a fishing rod/reel, cans of wax and
a set of keys.. I was successful retrieving most of the metal items (if
they were worth it) using a large magnet the marina office had, a large fish
net with extension pole (retrieved the keys with that) or a boat hook.

Never lost my cell phone or expensive sunglasses, although I did put a pair
of fairly decent sunglasses on the hardtop of a friends boat and forgot they
were there until we arrived at his dock. Those glasses were never to be
seen again.

How about you? ;-)

BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating related
and not OT....eh?

Dan Krueger wrote:
Class ring is about it for me. I was dumb enough to jump into a lake
once wearing my pager (remember those?). It survived with a new battery
and plenty of time to air dry.

Dan

JimH wrote:

So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock?

For me....tools, hardware, a boat brush, a fishing rod/reel, cans of
wax and a set of keys.. I was successful retrieving most of the metal
items (if they were worth it) using a large magnet the marina office
had, a large fish net with extension pole (retrieved the keys with
that) or a boat hook.

Never lost my cell phone or expensive sunglasses, although I did put a
pair of fairly decent sunglasses on the hardtop of a friends boat and
forgot they were there until we arrived at his dock. Those glasses
were never to be seen again.

How about you? ;-)

BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating
related and not OT....eh?

Lots of tools, screws and even a camera.

Be nice if the god Neptune would allow us to sacrifice some amount of
stuff at the beginning of the season, then let us be for the rest.

I envision some sort of ceremony where some percentage of the boats
value is tossed over the side with appropriate chants, drinking of wine,
and general hoopla. Then we would be safe for the rest of the season.

Wife dropped the cell phone in, but it wasn't worth diving for of
course.
Once after returning from vacation my dock neighbor approached with a
gummy expression on his face, Turns out he sneezed and blew his dentures
overboard the day before, put the dive gear on and found them, took
awhile though. no charge, but I found a bottle of Myer's rum laying on
my deck the next morning. UD

Good topic but we may as well add what people have "caught". I have
heard of the bales of drugs in the ocean and a duffle bag of cash ($80K)
even made the news a few years ago.

I caught a cheap 35 mm camera. It was in terrible shape. A friend of
mine fought a 24 oz hammer for a good 2 minutes on 6lb test on the
Mississippi once.

Dan

UglyDan®©™ wrote:

Wife dropped the cell phone in, but it wasn't worth diving for of
course.
Once after returning from vacation my dock neighbor approached with a
gummy expression on his face, Turns out he sneezed and blew his dentures
overboard the day before, put the dive gear on and found them, took
awhile though. no charge, but I found a bottle of Myer's rum laying on
my deck the next morning. UD

"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
ink.net...
Good topic but we may as well add what people have "caught". I have heard
of the bales of drugs in the ocean and a duffle bag of cash ($80K) even
made the news a few years ago.

I caught a cheap 35 mm camera. It was in terrible shape. A friend of
mine fought a 24 oz hammer for a good 2 minutes on 6lb test on the
Mississippi once.

Dan

UglyDan®©™ wrote:



Never caught anything to that extreme.

Great suggestion....let's go for it...

What have you dropped and what have you caught....

"JimH" wrote in message
...

"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
ink.net...
Good topic but we may as well add what people have "caught". I have
heard of the bales of drugs in the ocean and a duffle bag of cash ($80K)
even made the news a few years ago.

I caught a cheap 35 mm camera. It was in terrible shape. A friend of
mine fought a 24 oz hammer for a good 2 minutes on 6lb test on the
Mississippi once.

Dan

UglyDan®©T wrote:



Never caught anything to that extreme.

Great suggestion....let's go for it...

What have you dropped and what have you caught....

If you caught $80k in a duffle bag....would you report it to the news?

"P.Fritz" wrote in message
...

"JimH" wrote in message
...

"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
ink.net...
Good topic but we may as well add what people have "caught". I have
heard of the bales of drugs in the ocean and a duffle bag of cash
($80K)
even made the news a few years ago.

I caught a cheap 35 mm camera. It was in terrible shape. A friend of
mine fought a 24 oz hammer for a good 2 minutes on 6lb test on the
Mississippi once.

Dan

UglyDan®©T wrote:



Never caught anything to that extreme.

Great suggestion....let's go for it...

What have you dropped and what have you caught....

If you caught $80k in a duffle bag....would you report it to the news?







Some people are a little slow. About 20 years ago or so, the Budget Rent a
car people recovered an overdue car from SFO parking lot. The lady at
Budget removed the 2 suitcases in the car and after opening them, she turned
them in. $10,000,000 in cash and gold and platinum. The government took
them as drug booty and she got nothing.

P. Fritz,
What bag?
Paul


P.Fritz wrote:

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If you caught $80k in a duffle bag....would you report it to the news?

"Paul Schilter" ""paulschilter\"@comcast dot net" wrote in message
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P. Fritz,
What bag?
Paul

LMAO




P.Fritz wrote:

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If you caught $80k in a duffle bag....would you report it to the news?

Dan,
I did a 60' dive by Cozumel with my lighter in my pocket. Had to send
the lighter back to Colibri. :-(
Paul


Dan Krueger wrote:
Class ring is about it for me. I was dumb enough to jump into a lake
once wearing my pager (remember those?). It survived with a new battery
and plenty of time to air dry.

Dan

JimH wrote:

So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock?

For me....tools, hardware, a boat brush, a fishing rod/reel, cans of
wax and a set of keys.. I was successful retrieving most of the metal
items (if they were worth it) using a large magnet the marina office
had, a large fish net with extension pole (retrieved the keys with
that) or a boat hook.

Never lost my cell phone or expensive sunglasses, although I did put a
pair of fairly decent sunglasses on the hardtop of a friends boat and
forgot they were there until we arrived at his dock. Those glasses
were never to be seen again.

How about you? ;-)

BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating
related and not OT....eh?