Square Lake!

[DetectorGuy]

I dove at Square Lake today also. First I went to the Ramsey County Beach at White Bear Lake and tried diving there. The diving was terrible. The lake was super low and the area I would have used my metal detector on was dry sand. This would be a good opportunity for people with a non submersible detector to get out and find some stuff. The weeds started at 150' from shore (4' deep) and they were thick for another 150 yards out (8' deep) I found link from a conveyor chain and that was it for White Bear Lake. I have zero interest in going back in the foreseeable future.

After that mess I went to Square Lake to cheer me up. I got there about 3:30 in the afternoon and the place was like a ghost town. I saw a ton of hand sized sunfish, One Northern, and a large bass. This bass was about 2' off the end of my metal detector. I was using the 10" coil for a measuring gauge and the bass was over twice as long as my coil was wide... In the 5-6 pound range. I found 15 coins there, a "Church Key" (The brew that grew with the great northwest), A lot of nails, A lot of rusty tin, a few tent stakes, and this old weighted marker. Smith Diving must have used these back in the cowboy days for their treasure dive. It was a 1" round by 1 1/4" long aluminum weight that was zip-tied to a 3/4" by 3/4" by 3" long wood "float" This float was painted red on one end and the other end said "sand" on one side and "106" on the other. there is a blue stripe and remnants of white paint on it too. If this wasn't from Smith Divings treasure dives, does anyone else know what it was used for? When my air got low I came up to a little lightning at about 5:15PM

Does anyone know If we still need to pay the $5 daily fee to enter the park if it is this late in the season? I did but it seemed like a waste since the water was shut off, the buoys were pulled in, and the restrooms were locked up.