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To: Mr. Silverback
I was just going to point that out to you, LOL!

It's a shame that the wrecks you can go to are probably all scavenged.

Where do you live? Just curious as to the type of diving you do.

Arioch7 out.

57 posted on 07/02/2005 5:46:39 PM PDT by Arioch7
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To: Arioch7
I live in Freeport, Illinois, and unfortunately I haven't logged any time in about eleven years. Kids and finances pulled me out of the water for a while, but I will be returning, and soon. It gets in your blood.

I was certified in Tawas City, MI, and my dives have been logged in Lakes Huron, Michigan, Champlain, and Placid, as well as the Au Sable River, a pristine quarry in upstate New York (with a bright orange Dodge Dart at the bottom) and several dives in Foote Dam Lake near Tawas. So far I've only dived three wrecks, all in Thunder Bay near Alpena Michigan. I also came across a ship's mast during a Champlain dive that turned out to be from HMS Preble, a British vessel taken as a prize during the Battle of Plattsburgh in the War of 1812.

59 posted on 07/02/2005 8:30:02 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Proud to be 100% heteronormative.)
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To: Arioch7

Oh, and one other thing: I'll take those "picked-over" wrecks in the shallows (you'd be surprised how much is left on these vessels, especially in Michigan waters where they've got laws against artifact removal) over one of the deep wrecks any day. I'm not ruling them out, but I also am very wary of narcosis...the idea of not being in my right mind inside a wreck 200 feet down is way, way scary.


60 posted on 07/02/2005 8:34:51 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Proud to be 100% heteronormative.)
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