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Diving for antiques in MN - shamre - 04-07-2005
Does anyone know of any local lakes that they have dived and found old antique bottles, old bones, other misc treasures in? I am particularly interested in local twin cities lakes with hard sandy or rocky bottoms. I have dove theodore wirth which is suppossed to have old antique bottles in it. But all i found is mud.
There is a new dive season starting up and i hope to have a list of other local lakes that i can search for treasures at.
Is white bear lake good for this type of diving?
Re: Diving for antiques in MN - shamre - 04-07-2005
Has anyone dove any of these sites: white bear lake, apple river, basswood river, gunflint river, knife river, burntside lake, leech lake, cass lake, red lake, pike bay.
Re: Diving for antiques in MN - LKunze - 04-07-2005
I tried White Bear Lake 3 years ago and it sucked. It would probably be decent if you had a boat but from shore you have to swim forever to get out of the weeds and to deeper water. Also beware of heavy boat traffic in the summer.
Re: Diving for antiques in MN - shamre - 04-07-2005
Where did you shore dive white bear from?
Re: Diving for antiques in MN - vmi - 04-07-2005
shamre -
Not really antiques but some local "bounty"... You can check out Shady Oak lake (access is a little squirley - so email me if you are serious) in Hopkins. Â I've dove it many times and it's only a 20' dive but the fun is looking for money and watches under the big diving platform at the beach. Â since there is a high dive & springboard, all summer kids are loosing stuff when they splash in. Â watches, some $, jewlery, hair stuff and I even found swim bottoms (go figure on that one). Â The lake is 100% open now as I drove by about an hour ago.... / Pete
Re: Diving for antiques in MN - shamre - 04-07-2005
I would definately be interested. How far of a drive is it from the twin cities area? When would you want to dive there?