Posted by Hal/ Eastern WA on April 12, 2014 at 10:54:31 from (97.115.168.117):
In Reply to: Lake Retrieval? posted by in-too-deep on April 11, 2014 at 10:18:53:
Or get set up to dive yourself. 40 feet is not bad at all, but I bet that water is COLD.
I would bet that there is technology available that uses some kind of a towed magnetometer that might be able to locate the iron. Just where to go to find that technology is something I don"t know about. I would start with the internet and see what I could find.
If you did locate something that has a strong magnetic signature, you would want to either dive yourself or have someone else go down and look at the find. A video would help you decide if you think what you found is in any way worth trying to retrieve.
That would be a tough question to answer. I would consider how long the machine has been submerged, how much damage it suffered when it hit bottom, how heavy it might be, the possible value if you got it out and got it working again, and probably how much time I had to devote to something like this. And there are probably many more factors to consider.
If it is a large, heavy machine, it will be very difficult to raise it, especially if it is deeply stuck in sediments. There might be ways a novice could devise to do this, but I bet that would take lots of time and money. If there is a marine salvage contractor in the area, I would sure try to pick their brains and definitely see how much it would cost for them to get the machine to dry land.
But first things first. You need to locate the machine before you can do anything else. If you already have a boat, you have part of the equipment needed to try to find the "treasure". With the electronic equipment you might find numerous promising locations. I would get a GPS and use that to record the locations and then dive when I could. It could be the start of an interesting hobby.
I wouldn"t plan on getting rich doing it though. Good luck!
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