new to water hunting

[SilverDrvn]

Was thinking about diving with a metal detector! located an awesome lake to metal detect, everything on land is found, but in the late 1800's early 1900's this lake was used as a huge swimming resort with slides boat rentals swimming lessons, the whole shibang!!! this lake is relatively small, and about 20 feet deep in the area I would be detecting, how is the visability in a lake of this kind, and would the finds be to deep to detect! any information is greatly appreciated, thank you
Cody

 

[Photoflash]

Depending on the type of bottom, the depths could be just mere inches, or a couple of feet deep.

My experience has been where the bottom is sandy, the items are likely to be shallower in depth, but if the bottom is muck then you will probably have to work your way down through that.
Disturbing the muck will be much like diving totally blind, as the muck tends to be like chocolate pudding and stirs up quite a bit. Also, best to wear gloves, or at least be very cautious when sweeping with bare hands as there could be sharp objects in the muck and mud.
This is like a night dive with no light.

Sounds like a great place to dive with a lot of potential.

Keep us posted on your finds.