Yea I'm thinking Red Brick, Artificial Reef Or as you said Aquarium
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Yea I'm thinking Red Brick, Artificial Reef Or as you said Aquarium
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Yep, I dove large tanks for years. I know, and have dove, aquarium habitats of the largest caliber in the US. I know one when I see one, and explaining small nuances is futile. And Nat-Geo - yep, I worked extensively with them filming in tanks as well.
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I don't know if you are a diver or not but I have been one for 37 years. Divers DO NOT have tunnel vision. We have to stay alert and know EVERYTHING around us as to stay safe. Fishing line, danger, logs, danger, lots of different salt water fish, danger. We don't go after just one thing and not know our surroundings. I tend to agree with Scrappy. STAGED in an aquarium.
And I am not a once a month diver, I dive 2 to three times a day 4 - 6 days a week. Although strictly in fresh water now, I dove for three years in Okinawa Japan. I got stung or bit by something in Okinawa that made my hand numb for about 15 minutes. You watch for EVERYTHING in the ocean. Don't need shark or sea snakes or anything sneaking up on you or you might disturb.
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Well, if that gold bar could sting and make that Divers' hand numb, it would...cause he clearly missed it. Your point is that even a 37 year old veteran can lose track of his surroundings and get stung/bitten, thanks for the support.
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Actually no. That happened the very first year I dove in Okinawa right after being certified. I have been a fresh water diver since 1981. I didn't lose track of my surroundings, I tried to turn over a piece of corral and I stuck my hand behind it without looking.
You don't do that in the ocean!
I will not say for sure where this was taken or if it was missed or after the camera was turned off it was taken. We will never know. Only the diver and the camera man knows. Absolutely no use to speculate because we were not there. No professional diver should have tunnel vision though. That would be deadly in the ocean.
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I agree. I dove Okinawa 86-89 and did 247 day and night logged dives there. Found a couple of the famous blue ring octopus while "shelling". Seen numerous stone fish, stinging plants and corals and several varieties of deadly cones. Sea snakes and sea urchins all over. Experienced divers pay attention to where they touch or grab so they don't pay a painful price.
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I'm going to need GPS coordinates
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Holy moly... looks like a bar to me.
I also see something glimmering above the bar.
I also see something glimmering above the bar.
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I was in Asheville last weekend... uh, I don't know what "aquarium" that's located in, further, I've never seen fake bars in aquariums, some of these experts might have a better clue. I've disclosed an info I've run across.
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I have fully analyzed this vid ... enlarged paused... zoomed in on stills... but up the DPI... etc.
Tis legit IMO...
AND... It looks like a 400 ounce ingot.
What amazes me is... this person was less than 2 feet from it and never saw it... NOR did the editing team... OR did they
... heh
Tis legit IMO...
AND... It looks like a 400 ounce ingot.
What amazes me is... this person was less than 2 feet from it and never saw it... NOR did the editing team... OR did they
... heh
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No mate, he saw it, infact I would bet he has seen 1000 times before that was even shot. Pure eye candy, tank bait, click bait even. I would bet no other Youtube vid about an Octa ever had so many clicks. LOL
I have fully analyzed this vid ... enlarged paused... zoomed in on stills... but up the DPI... etc.
Tis legit IMO...
AND... It looks like a 400 ounce ingot.
What amazes me is... this person was less than 2 feet from it and never saw it... NOR did the editing team... OR did they
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I think that like others have pointed out this was a man made habitat and that the effigie was placed in the tank for what ever reason.
I am sure you dive, right or know divers. When your under you always keep an eye out, I started my diving years in the Army, and even then beit training or real world there was always a purpose, and many of times under I had things catch my eye that was not part of the task at hand. I would wager to say that nearly every diver has a higher natural level of curiosity than most people.
This past mothers day my wife went under to MD at a lake in Germany, a place that was nailed with flooding not too long ago. This lake used to have tons of Jon boats just left on teh shore by the fisherman who use them. Flood warnings came after the Rhein breached the banks (sounds about normal), major RV site lost everything, boats just gone and not found, RVs washing away, cars it was just wild.
So my wife comes up to unload her finds bag and go back down; she says hey I found a bunch of Jon boats and row boats down there. She said do you think those people where not smart enough to even look and assumed it washed away. We reported it to a mate of mine who Commands the local THW (Emergency Disaster Agency in Germany) in that area, he said they had always suspected it but with no proof there is no exploration funding for private property. He said it was only a matter of time before some went down and found boats or other property so funding could then be cut to recover, in turn justify their job and make the local government look good like it is a clean up act and getting people their stuff back.
Point is, no matter why you go down you normally see or find something else that catches your eye; 100% plant. Had that not of been a plant then it would have been cut in editing because they would figure viewers would not watch a scientific doc if the beaker can not even spot a gold bar. No octa is that captivating, not even to the biggest nerd. The biggest nerd would have found that and thought of more funding for exploration on a government grant. LOL
Just my thoughts though, but still a scream at the TV scene totally.
I am sure you dive, right or know divers. When your under you always keep an eye out, I started my diving years in the Army, and even then beit training or real world there was always a purpose, and many of times under I had things catch my eye that was not part of the task at hand. I would wager to say that nearly every diver has a higher natural level of curiosity than most people.
This past mothers day my wife went under to MD at a lake in Germany, a place that was nailed with flooding not too long ago. This lake used to have tons of Jon boats just left on teh shore by the fisherman who use them. Flood warnings came after the Rhein breached the banks (sounds about normal), major RV site lost everything, boats just gone and not found, RVs washing away, cars it was just wild.
So my wife comes up to unload her finds bag and go back down; she says hey I found a bunch of Jon boats and row boats down there. She said do you think those people where not smart enough to even look and assumed it washed away. We reported it to a mate of mine who Commands the local THW (Emergency Disaster Agency in Germany) in that area, he said they had always suspected it but with no proof there is no exploration funding for private property. He said it was only a matter of time before some went down and found boats or other property so funding could then be cut to recover, in turn justify their job and make the local government look good like it is a clean up act and getting people their stuff back.
Point is, no matter why you go down you normally see or find something else that catches your eye; 100% plant. Had that not of been a plant then it would have been cut in editing because they would figure viewers would not watch a scientific doc if the beaker can not even spot a gold bar. No octa is that captivating, not even to the biggest nerd. The biggest nerd would have found that and thought of more funding for exploration on a government grant. LOL
Just my thoughts though, but still a scream at the TV scene totally.
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lol... yeah I have dove once or twice... heh
And... guess what... I have also seen gold before.
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And... guess what... I have also seen gold before.
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I agree with the staged aquarium scene.
There is a diver AND a camera man, so both would have had to miss that.
There is a version of this on Youtube that is the full version, not the edited version.
They went to a set of coordinates and dove, so they know the location.
Looking at the location, it would be difficult to understand why there would be a shipwreck there, it is calm, protected waters...
Perhaps the Canadian sense of humor.
There is a version of this on Youtube that is the full version, not the edited version.
They went to a set of coordinates and dove, so they know the location.
Looking at the location, it would be difficult to understand why there would be a shipwreck there, it is calm, protected waters...
Perhaps the Canadian sense of humor.
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Well isn't that special !
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It seems to me the guy is looking right at it, and his left hand, blue glove, holding a light,
and he's bracing on a rock, perhaps because of wave surge.
Besides, how could you miss such an object? The gold is still gleaming, hardly illuminated much by the dive light...!
He's thinking....so much for those stupid octopuses, I'm grabbin' the gold...!
Thanks for the post!
and he's bracing on a rock, perhaps because of wave surge.
Besides, how could you miss such an object? The gold is still gleaming, hardly illuminated much by the dive light...!
He's thinking....so much for those stupid octopuses, I'm grabbin' the gold...!
Thanks for the post!
