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Anybody here ever detect under the ice?

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mudpuppy

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Just wondering...It would probably work pretty good if a fellow had the right gear and located old raft anchors on inland lakes, heck, with a hookah rig and a portable spearing shack it would be pretty sweet!....if this weather keeps up, it may be the only alternative...just wondering if anybody has ever done this?
Mud.
 
Mud, I dove under the ice ONCE for search and rescue. NEVER again!! ANY gold that is there can wait for warmer weather as far as I am concerned!! LOL Not only would you need a shanty, you would need a rope or line to guide you back to the hole. AND you need support on top to keep the rope or line away from the sides of the hole so the ice doesn't cut it. NO thanks.

Lots of dangers there and the biggest one is making sure you can find your way back out of the water.
 
Hey Scubadee! I know this subject would pull you out! In fact, I was thinking of you as I wrote it...you know how you find those old raft anchors and work them for old glory?
So I thought, if a fellow could locate one, put a shanty on the ice right above it, and then just drop straight down and geezle around in the mud in ever increasing circles sifting through with a wire mesh basket...more like just harvesting the area and then giving it a final sweep before moving down to the next?

Congrats on the Boat Show...sorry I could not come over and meet you!:cry: thanks for all your help on the phone...:thumbup:
Mud
 
Well, almost. Four of us would break large sheets of ice off, push a sheet under the mass of ice and so on until we had an area free of ice to detect.
It has worked for many years. When we can not get into the ocean...it is break the ice and look for leftovers.
Coffee is always better after a cold day of detecting. Speaking of coffee, the worst cup I ever had was GREAT! 20 years in the Navy taught me to love the bean juice.
 
Mud I spent thee years in Puerto Rico. Got my scuba quals while I was stationed down there. There is absolutely no way that I would ever attempt to dive under the ice without a tender to help me back to the hole in the ice. One can lose track of where he has been while down and not be able to find your way back up and that Ice will not let you get your head out of the water if there is an emergency. I spent most of my Navy career in Submarines but there is no way in hades that I would dive alone under ice.
 
Cmon! Most raft anchors are maybe 15-20' deep...if its an old lake thats been swum in for a while...all sorts of loot around that spot! Certainly a bit of danger, but hey, almost everything we do has that in it to some degee! Cant be any higher danger than hunting an urban park,

Besides, its warmer under the ice than above it, a guy could really work an entire lake all winter long in peace and quiet!

Nobody running over you with a boat, no jet skis out, nobody knowing what you are doing except thinking you are fishing! Heck, you drop an anchor, caribiner yourself to the line, slide on down and start working an ever expanding circle, use enough weight and you dont even need fins! Once the mud stirs up, it will be complete and utter darkness though...

I guess a guy could also put a line of lightsticks up top under the ice to outline the hole, and maybe a few strings of them on the bottom for reference points......anyway, it would be an easy way to work a lake I would think... you would have to worry about your regulator icing up and whatnot...yes it would suck if something went awry....if you got unhooked from your main line for instance....but at least somebody else will have an adventure finding your carcass, as far as a death goes, it would be outside the conventional, and it would make a cool story for the widow to tell...so theres that.:thumbup:...:rofl:
Mud .
 
As long as it is not my wife telling the story...

I have to agree subs are much safer. But when things go wrong...
Remember the Thresher and Scorpion (1962 and 199:geek: and the 228 lost soles when the two subs sank.
Fair winds and following seas to you and all shipmate lost at sea.
 
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