Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
12-02-2009, 09:27 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 8,612
Book: Farewell Old Mount
Hi All,
Doing some off-season research-with I might add some help from all of you on Winni.com-thank you.
Question: Looking for a copy of Mr. Blackstones' book "Farewell Old Mount".
I have...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-18-2009, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,925
Re: Nav course and another question
Sorry I can't help with your course question-have no idea who would set one up except for Winni Divers in W'Boro (call them), but it would be a useful training tool-say to follow a line of stones or...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-14-2009, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 8,010
Video tape of Pile Driver barge
My friend Leander Nichols had to edit his film down to about 10MB from about 980MB in order for me to post it and we lost some clarity. It's also not as green down there as it would appear-had same...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-08-2009, 08:58 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,741
Winni Divers-What point on the map?
Winni Divers,
What "point on the map" are you referencing?
Could you post the point on Winni.com for us?
That would be great.
Any help appreciated.
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-06-2009, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,741
Logging truck
Excellent post Winni Divers re: the logging truck.
- Can you give us a ballpark idea where it is?;
- Did you dive it from a boat or shore?;
- Approx. depth?;
- What's left of it? Is it toast?;...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-06-2009, 05:54 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 30,460
Photos
Wow RG-those pictures are amazing-thank you; Clear shots of the vessels-where did you find them?
They roughly match the length of the wreck on the shore I posted. I bet one of them is it.
Great...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-02-2009, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,565
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-02-2009, 07:04 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 30,460
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
10-01-2009, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,565
Response to Nadia
Nadia,
Yes this is a wreck set up for pile-driving work to create piers etc., and is a steam-powered, industrial barge approx. 90 feet long; It is on the chart NW of the Weirs channel. The...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
09-29-2009, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 30,460
Lees Mills wreck on shore
I took this photo while cruising through the Lees Mills area; Long, interesting wreck of what I guess would be a good sized steamer, or perhaps a barge-I just can't tell until I dive it and/or land...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
09-29-2009, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 12,565
Pile Driver barge photos
More pictures taken by my dive buddy Lea Nichols and I diving the barge off the Weirs; As I can't label each uploaded photo what we have here are shots of the winch spool(s), steam? piping, parts of...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
09-29-2009, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 12,521
Diamond Island photos
Compliments of my dive buddy Leander Nichols, I post pictures we took of a dive in the Scripps area off the N.W. side of the island. More to come at a later date.
As I see the name of each photo...
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Forum: History
09-23-2009, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 26,769
Clarks Landing etc.
Offmycloud,
I PM'd you. Please check your mail. I'd love to check it out.
I appreciate the areas folks think should be dived and welcome all suggestions. In the future expect more photographs,...
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Forum: History
09-22-2009, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 26,769
Clay pigeons
My go-to-guy for pigeon ID is Mike at:
[email protected]
I trust his email address is still good. He lives in CT..
Thanks everyone for your input on this and other history-related topics. I...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
09-20-2009, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 11,945
Diamond Island objects
As there is a fair amount of interest in Diamond Islands' Scripps-related history, I add the following, for what it's worth:
Decided to dive deeper off Diamond to see if I could find the RR track...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
09-20-2009, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 5,877
Lady coord. & Pile Driver coord's
Full shot of the Lady-of-the-Lake
The attached side-scan shot (crude because I was in a rush) will show you where you will land on her-clearly amidships:
43 35.295 / 071 23.234
Pile-Driver...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
09-20-2009, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,159
Alton
Not me diving there today. When I found the pocketbook though I also came home with a nice pair of vice-grips, a nice telescopic aluminum boat hook, and a small tool chest with some other decent...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
09-16-2009, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,873
Big Papi-response
Big Papi,
I responded to your inquiry a while ago via PM-didn't hear back. What can I do for you?
Reply to my hotmail account instead:
[email protected]
Diver1111
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
09-13-2009, 06:39 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,922
Paddle wheel
Yes RG it's been a good summer for finds-cool stuff, no? Outboards, steamboats...
Have not been in the CT River all summer except for June-neat things there too-wow-talk about history there-lots...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
09-13-2009, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,159
Pocketbook
As I recall it was on the bottom no more than 2 years; No rot or decay to speak of to the leather-just a little slime; Contents intact-papers etc. but delicate; Plastic cards etc. fine.
If it was...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
09-09-2009, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,159
What year I found the pocketbook
To answer your question:
I am confident but not positive it was October 2006 or 2007 (maybe even November of either of those years); I know it was an after-season, dry-suit, shore-dive, due to...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
09-08-2009, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,159
Diving Alton and the Pier area
I have dived there a few times-right around the pier and up and down the shore.
Found some old bottles but nothing else to write home about historically-speaking.
Also found large piles (4 feet...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
09-08-2009, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,079
Vintage outboard found
Sorry all I posted the nifty grinding wheel I found under "Wreck of the Dago"-you can see pictures there.
About 3 weeks ago I found an old outboard in about 35 feet of water near Mark Island.
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
09-07-2009, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,922
Paddle wheel find
In Lake Opechee about a week ago I found a paddle wheel in about 37 feet of water. I am confident it is not from a boat of any kind, but I could be wrong.
I found it randomly diving not running...
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Forum: Diving Winnipesaukee
09-07-2009, 09:14 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 9,012
Grinding Wheel find?
I post these pictures hoping someone can tell me how this grinding? wheel was used, exactly. What throws me is the 1/4" deep groove in the centerline on the face of it. If it is in fact a grinding...
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