Search and recovery in silt?

[Terry]

Hello Adam,
I am surprised you got your gear back, w/o diving for it. What if there happened to be some lake water in your BC, likely, and what if over time, some of that bacteria in that lake water in your BC was gas producing, enough that it slowly pulled your gear from the muck, potentially aided by both Popo's and Detectors theory's. The only for sure way to test this is to drain any water from your BC, sterilize the inside of your BC, take her back out to the same spot, and turn her loose. I would use a GPS, and a strong anchor and a submerged float, to be able to recover your gear in the event that this test, is as successful as out current admistrations policy's on a whole bunch of topics. What do you say?