Many a diver has the dream of finding sunken treasure. Most of us think of the search involving a treasure galleon off than sank off the coast of Florida in a long-forgotten and unnamed storm. Yet, many a modern diver finds "treasure" in recovering golf balls from water hazards at golf courses or retrieving other items of value. In a previous blog, I mentioned diving the breakwater at Avalon which marks the upland boundary of the marine park. Many divers scour the nooks and crannies of the boulders searching for dive gear lost by the hundreds of divers per week that use the site. These divers describe the area as a "submerged dive gear swap meet" including high value items such as cameras and dive computers. Another friend of mine suggested we scour the bottom of Big Lake, Alaska and recover all the sunglasses lost by inebriated boaters. The Daily Mail story linked here describes the efforts of Dallas Vega who scours rivers finding all sorts of modern day treasure.
Modern Day Underwater Treasure Hunter
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