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Cabellero42

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  1. Here are some ideas for the diving related gear / swag, what do you think? Diving Related Gear: Air Cards Abalone bar Aluminum Lobster Gauge Key chain scuba tank Mini Scuba Tank o-ring kit Soft Brass o-ring tools Tank Valve Covers DIN / Yoke BCD Fin holder Hose clips Hose protectors Tank Bangers Goody bag / mesh drawstring bags Mini dry box Fish ID card Underwater notebook Compass Mask strap cover Swivel / carabineer MISC BCD clips / accessories Whistle Mask straps Fin straps Snorkel keeper Chem sticks / lights Weight belt clips Ankle weights Soft belt / BCD weights Tank Pressure Checker
  2. Take a look at this thread, we have pics of the cache container we made to use for our scuba cache. We orginally wanted to use 6" or 8" abs / pvc but it was difficult to find the necessary parts. The container has approx. 5" of concrete in the bottom. Underwater scuba accessible only cache
  3. Here are some pics of the cache container and weight. We are still not sure what we will use as camouflage if any due to the impact paint, etc.. can have on the underwater environment. Hopefully over time the marine life will turn the container / block into a home. Cache Container
  4. We have started to build the cache container. This is 4” ABS with an end cap on one side and a threaded end cap on the other. The tube is approx. 12” long with about 5”s of concrete in the caped end. The threaded cap is tethered to the main tube with 60lb fishing line and a swivel to allow the cap to rotate freely. There is also a shackle ring mounted to the end cap which will be used for tethering to a concrete block. Once all the concrete is dried I’ll get some pictures posted. The cache will not be water tight and accessible only underwater. This is for the safety of the divers so they don’t have a bounce profile and end up getting bent. The depth should be between 35 & 45ft. We plan on using a diving float and lift bag to get the cache down to its new home. We estimate the concrete block we are making will weigh between 50-60lbs with an eyelet on the end of the block. If anyone is willing to donate some gold coins I’ll make sure that they get placed in the cache. So far some of the ideas for the contents of the cache are the following: Gold Coins Matchsafes Gold jewelry Plastic gift cards Plastic Calling cards Travel Bugs (not sure how corrosive they are) GeoCoins (not sure how corrosive they are) Diving related gear (Dive lights, glow sticks, air cards, oring kits, etc) We are still working out the logistics for the various waypoints to the cache and the heading’s required for underwater navigation using only a compass. For those divers out there do you trust your kick cycle estimates in order to determine distance underwater or do you prefer the line / grid approach?
  5. My friend and I are planning to do an underwater scuba accessible only cache. Since the terrain will be at least a 5 and who knows about the difficulty, we want to stock the cache with some great items to find / trade. This cache will be a saltwater / underwater cache located in So. California’s Pacific Ocean. We need ideas for the contents of the cache as well as ways to tether items to the cache so they don’t float away. Since this cache will be underwater and continuously exposed to the elements were are looking for items that meet the following characteristics: Will not cause any harm to marine life Will not endanger a swimmer / diver Will withstand the exposure to water for a long period of time Must not be corrosive Should be neutral and or negatively buoyant (should not float) Should not contain any sharp edges (necessary to retrieve and put into a BCD or goody bag with out damage of puncture or tear.) Should not be larger than a brick. Should weigh < 3lbs Any recommendations / suggestions are greatly appreciated. THX!
  6. I use a Palm TX with GSAK on the PC and free MobiPocket, free adobe reader and Cachemate on the PDA. I had downloaded the PDF format and loaded the latest free adobe reader application for the PDA. This was a nice free solution for going paperless but the view was only read only and would only allow minimal input. If you are a premium member on geocaching.com you have the ability to create pocket queries which will e-mail you a GPX, LOC and or Mobipocket eBook format. The eBook format will contain all the geocaches / waypoints you created in your query sorted from the HOME location you specify. The eBook format is limited compared to using Cachemate but for a down and dirty quick view of all your caches you can’t beet it. Either way you end up spending a little $$, either for the premium membership or for GSAK and Cachemate apps. Bellow is the information taken directly off of the website for Pocket Queries. “Pocket Queries are custom geocache queries you can have emailed to you on a daily or weekly basis. They are in a format you can bring along with you on cache hunts on your GPS and/or PDA. You can select a GPX or LOC text file and/or MobiPocket eBook format that works with supported software applications. Because of the detailed queries, each search can run only once per day. You have up to 5 pocket queries run every 24 hour period”
  7. I have no experience with a Magellan and bike mount but I do use my Garmin Etrex Vista with a bike mount on my mountain bike and a Yamaha Waverunner. I would say the personal water craft produced the most abuse on my Vista such as shock, vibration as well as submersion. I also had a similar problem with the batteries moving around and the unit shutting off so I taped both of the batteries together which resolved this issue. I’m sure if you are using a battery pack vs. individual batteries you should not have this issue. Another recommendation which “gdps” already pointed out is the use of the lanyard as a backup safety measure. Let me tell you after getting hit by a large swell in the pacific ocean with the Garmin Vista bike mounted to my waverunner’s handle bars and getting thrown off and flipping the waveruuner over just to see that my GPS was missing, caused a bit of panic. Luckily enough I was able to retrieve the gps and not donate to the sea, but this little rollover did crack the bike mount. After all this being said “USE A LANYARD” for backup. On the Etrex’s you need to replace the back / battery cover with the bike mount kit in order for the kit to work properly. Overall I continue to use the bike mount and do not have any issues with my vista, although every time the little bugger got submerged the batteries had to be removed and dried off or they would rust and cause contact failures.
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