Treasure Hunting while inside a portable Shark Cage in shallow water

[Overkill Overkill]

Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

Hello all,

Has anyone considered the crazy idea of treasure hunting while scuba diving while in an enclosed shark cage? I know there seem to be obvious problems, such as mobility and metal interference. But with the talk of sharks being more prevalent these days, I wonder if anyone has tried such a repellant method.

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

What!

 

[syko]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

So does that mean you need a support ship that will move you into a new position every 2 minutes?

 

[gollum]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

OK,

Divers rarely have any problems with sharks. People on the surface can be mistaken for a sharks natural prey, but divers look completely different to sharks and divers can also usually see them coming. As long as I have been diving the Gulf of Mex. and West Coast, I have never been attacked.

Divers also need to know the warning signs of a shark getting upset (stiff swimming, pectoral fins aimed down, etc), because they are territorial.

Best-Mike

 

[FloridaTreasureFinder]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

I think I've got an idea. Do like they do in Africa. Build a floating, shark net cage, 30' x 30'. It can roll up & travel, then put it in the water, and swim & hunt "inside" the floating shark net cage! There may be a problem with the authorities and possible fish, dolphins, manatees' getting caught in the net. If possible, try to make a net that they can't get caught in. ?? If such a thing is possible??

You can weigh the bottom of the net down with tubes of sand, pvc pipe, ?? Hunt inside it in a grid pattern, then move the whole thing over about 30', and hunt some more!!

You may look a little weird, but maybe something like that can work??

I am looking forward to all responses to my idea!! lol.

Thank you, Susan, and my Salty dogs Kelly & Tinky

 

[richm]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

 

[FloridaTreasureFinder]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

I think I've got an idea. Do like they do in Africa. Build a floating, shark net cage, 30' x 30'. It can roll up & travel, then put it in the water, and swim & hunt "inside" the floating shark net cage! There may be a problem with the authorities and possible fish, dolphins, manatees' getting caught in the net. If possible, try to make a net that they can't get caught in. ?? If such a thing is possible??

You can weigh the bottom of the net down with tubes of sand, pvc pipe, ?? Hunt inside it in a grid pattern, then move the whole thing over about 30', and hunt some more!!

You may look a little weird, but maybe something like that can work??

I am looking forward to all responses to my idea!! lol.

Thank you, Susan, and my Salty dogs Kelly & Tinky

Lol, I am laughing at myself. In re-reading my post, I put "there may be a problem with authorities...". I did NOT mean that (heee, haaa, lol) authorities will get caught in the net!! hee hee. lol. I meant they may oppose a person dragging such a huge thing to the beach, then deploying said huge thing in the water!!

hee hee, lol..
skt

 

[Jason in TN]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

Would worry more about what is on the beach with two legs than what is in the water.

Jason

 

[Salvor6]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

If you're that worried about sharks you can wear a shark suit. There is also a new electronic device called a shark shield.

 

[XT18000]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

IF you was hunting right over a debris field of a 1750 Gold and Silver laden Spanish
Galleon you might have a sound idea but if that's not the case, shall I go on or be nice
and just leave it like this?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

You would be better off placing that cage around your vehicle on the way to the beach............

Your chances of getting killed by lightning are 30 times greater than dying of a shark attack.

It is estimated that a person's chance of getting attacked by a shark is 1 in 11.5 million, and a person's chance of getting killed by a shark is 1 in 264.1 million

True Risk of Attack: Considering that over 200 million people visit U.S. beaches every year, the number of shark attacks is relatively small. Of those millions of beach goers each year, about 40 are attacked by sharks, while over 30,000 need to be rescued from surfing incidents.

Risk of Beach Injuries and Fatalities
Drowning and other beach-related fatalities- 1 in 2 million
Drowning fatalities- 1 in 3.5 million
Shark attacks- 1 in 11.5 million
Shark attack fatalities- 0 in 264.1 million
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The Real Threat: Humans...humans kill more than 100 million sharks each year and are pushing many shark species to the brink of extinction.


Shark Attacks in the United States from 2004- 2008

State TotalAttacks Fatal Non-fatal

Florida 119 1 118

Hawaii 18 1 17

California 15 2 13

South Carolina 18 0 18

North Carolina 10 0 10

Texas 10 0 10

Oregon 5 0 5

Alabama 1 0 1

Total 196 4 192




Shark attack data obtained from the International Shark Attack File http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/ISAF/ISAF.htm

 

[guzz1]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

I quit Water hunting last year after an encounter with a hammerhead In waste deep water .. Knee deep at Low tide is about It for more . and I still find gold .. without the worry of sharks ... Guzz1

 

[Monty]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

I am 500 miles from any ocean. If a shark attacks me it will be a land shark like the one on the old SNL show. They come knocking on the door disguised as messengers and then eat you when you open the door! Monty

 

[txkickergirl]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

Well after I ran into my 3 little friends I realized that there were signs I should of been aware of, one being the nice cold stream that was flowing quickly through the gut I was hunting in, and two the hundreds of bait fish that was all around me. When they started popping in the water like popcorn, it was only seconds before the sharks were upon me. Since then if I am in the water and see mass amounts of bait fish, I stay a little closer to shore that day.

 

[fathead]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

Everyone should buy a copy of "Seven Chinese Brothers". Those guys know how to hunt the water (even if they are fishermen).



PS- Please do not spend much time looking for this book. You will be annoyed at my buffoonery.

Fathead

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

Well after I ran into my 3 little friends I realized that there were signs I should of been aware of, one being the nice cold stream that was flowing quickly through the gut I was hunting in, and two the hundreds of bait fish that was all around me. When they started popping in the water like popcorn, it was only seconds before the sharks were upon me. Since then if I am in the water and see mass amounts of bait fish, I stay a little closer to shore that day.

When you see schools of bait fish, it is time to be very aware, when you see bait fishing jumping, it is time to move close to shore.....

 

[davebien]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

Is the parking lot considered "close to shore" ?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

Odds..........


Odds of dying in a car accident: 1 in 18,585
Odds of being killed by lightning: 1 in 2,320,000
Odds of dying from a shark attack: 1 in 300,000,000
Odds of dying from being bitten by a dog: 1 in 700,000

I'm not going to lose any sleep over sharks, or stop hunting the ocean beaches because of fear of a shark attack......

Your more then 30 times more likely to be hit by lighting, then bit by a shark..............When I go hunting I am worried about being in a car accident, being bit by a shark does not concern me.......life is too short to worry about something with odds of 1 in 300 MILLION.....

 

[COTTON]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

Remember JAWS

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Re: Treasure Hunting while inside a 'portable' Shark Cage in shallow water

Been shot at by SAM 1 missiles while in B-52s over Viet Nam, been on Airforce KC135 plane between Guam and Okinawa, when an engine fell off, on another KC 135 when a window blew out and plane depressurized, mistakenly told by a doctor he suspected I had bladder cancer, drove litterly close to a million miles since I started driving, (drove 50,000+ miles a year when I was working on the road for close to 15 years) fell off several 2 story buildings, and a couple 3 story buildings while working construction and as a chimney sweep, and many other chances taken when I was young and stupid.......

Jaws least of my worries..........