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Old 11-21-2020, 12:47 PM   #9
renepotvin
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Re: treasure hunt, bobbing for led... no one believes me, well check it out

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Originally Posted by florfreediver View Post

Biggest haul was 400 lbs of the stuff in one morning. Sold some of the loot to fisherman on the rock and melted the rest down to make new sinkers.
We used an inner tube with a net in the middle and had to make multiple trips when tube sank after it could not sustain the load.
Yeah, the very first time we hauled lead with the inflatable boat, we barely managed to get the boat back to the trailer lol. It's a fun way to train for breathold. It feels like diving for pennies. A lot of fun at 5 and 51 years old.
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