ReplyCool stuff!!!!! I have a hard time finding seashells
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45 million year old Whale bone I found, with a 4 3/4 inch Megaladon sharks tooth. Found them in Central Florida spring in Caves at 30 feet.
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Cool stuff!!!!! I have a hard time finding seashells
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Cave diver, Huh?
I thought about that for about 5 minutes.
That is some SCARY crap.
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Nah, lonely been stuck a couple of times, Obviously I finally got outOriginally Posted by jpsmith1cm
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Actually my favorite thing in Diving is looking for pretty colors, My favorite are Gold and Silver.Cool stuff!!!!! I have a hard time finding seashells
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I have done some research and reading on that particular sport.
I am an open water diver.
At one point in time, early on, I was considering an overhead environment dive. There was an abandoned coal mine near my house that I wanted to check out beyond the limits of air.
After the research and application of some common sense, I thought better of it.
Every now and again, I hear the pull and think about at least taking a cavern course to see what it's all about.
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Hard to penetrate wrecks without the coarse.
Can be done at your own risk.
With the training comes confidence. Worst thing that can happen in coarse is you find out you do not like it. The instructor is there to keep you safe durring training.
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Now that my boys are getting a little older, I am thinking about pulling my gear back out of mothballs and seeing if I remember how to swim.
This thread might just be what I need.
The oldest boy is already interested in snorkeling and will catch the diving bug once he sees me do it.
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Twilli has dove many springs in FL. Twilli advanced open water PADI, Twilli gav consideration to becoming NACD.
Twilli dove the devil's eye and "ginnie springs" Twilli dove the grotto Twilli dove troy springs and Twilli dove the jug at ittatuknee (sp). Twilli made many dives and did case studies on divers that died in FL springs in 1970's
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And it's good to see Twilli made out as well.
People still die, biggest reason is panic. Good lesson for life (DO NOT PANIC)
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Your avitar picture does not look like a cave diving rig?
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Good find, stay away from the sturgeons! I have a buddy who did that for years, in north fl. Went to all the shows and now is pulling up dead head wood and milling that.
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I was not cave diving in the pic. I have several sets for different dive types. I was getting wet with a couple of Open Water divers.
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Twilli says aren't most caves cut off except to NACD members? Are you NACD? Twilli says panic and of course silting up a cave as well as improper equipment can have devastating results in a cave.
Twilli studied a case were some kids used a ski rope and (don't remember the cave) the rope floated up into a crack and became wedged and they silted and drown. Aren't most cave roped off now?
Twilli used to use a lot of air in some of those caves due to the high anxiety.
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Twilli advanced open water.
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Are you using a rebreather on your shallow dives? I really want tone of those especially since they are so much cheaper now.
You sure are cocky for a starving pilgrim.
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There are a few association that train and certify cave divers. My training is with INATD, when properly trained and by keeping a cool head it is not only fun but breath takenly beautiful.
Thinking there is only one certifing agency would be like saying there is only one school for HVAC.
Caves are no place for the untrained, or excitable types. It sounds like Twilli chose the proper avenue by staying out of the Caves.
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Do not have a rebreather, so expensive the last time I looked (Years ago).
On shallow dives I sometimes use Hooka, saves weight but limits mobility. Also has to be a "Open Water" area. But then it's not SCUBA, you have surface supplied air.
I am Nitrox certified as well, I would recommend that training to all divers. It is just a matter of adding oxygen to the compressed air. You feel much better after the dive and it allows you to stay down longer. Depth is restricted but for dives less than 100 feet it is great.
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Yea but it took one to find one
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