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Diver1111 · 08-28-2006, 07:30 PM

Hi All,

On Sunday 8/20 I went out to run SSS in my boat in the hopes that the rain would flatten things out-rainy days can be great to go fishing etc. because things are often alot calmer. For the most part that was the case. I worked for about 3 hours around a 2nd target location I was given, then headed home.

On Friday 8/25 I went out again all day with the specialist I brought in about two weeks prior. We used his boat and his commercial grade towfish SSS again (one amazing piece of high tech gear).This time we incorporated the first search area into the second target and surrounding area I was given, forming one large rectangle. We worked the entire block hard, getting very good images. Scanned territory was perhaps ¾ mile long if not more. At one point we hit 144 feet.

However, the rocky terrain continues to pose huge obstacles to finding much of anything, for several reasons, not the least of which is any "object of interest" being in an acoustic shadow. Worse yet, down in a crevice of other fissure in the rock. We did find good areas of Kansas-flat terrain with silt/mud bottom-good for what we are doing, but when we weren’t in those areas the stone on the lake bed was dramatic.

I regret to say that we did not definitively find what we were looking for. I will get the entire day’s scan on DVD and send F&G coordinates of things-of-interest to search with their ROV, but we saw nothing that spoke to us that I could say was encouraging at all.

For the time being that’s it. I will work the area in shallower water with my own SSS, perhaps diving where warranted. I don’t know how to take this further at this time. I have done everything I can. Thank you all for your support and encouragement-it really meant a lot to me-believe it.

And I will be at Forum Fest-how could I miss that? I have to meet you folks-sounds like a great crew.
Regards,
Diver1111

08-28-2006, 07:30 PM	#79
Diver1111 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Exeter NH Posts: 607 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,033 Times in 228 Posts	Search status Hi All, On Sunday 8/20 I went out to run SSS in my boat in the hopes that the rain would flatten things out-rainy days can be great to go fishing etc. because things are often alot calmer. For the most part that was the case. I worked for about 3 hours around a 2nd target location I was given, then headed home. On Friday 8/25 I went out again all day with the specialist I brought in about two weeks prior. We used his boat and his commercial grade towfish SSS again (one amazing piece of high tech gear).This time we incorporated the first search area into the second target and surrounding area I was given, forming one large rectangle. We worked the entire block hard, getting very good images. Scanned territory was perhaps ¾ mile long if not more. At one point we hit 144 feet. However, the rocky terrain continues to pose huge obstacles to finding much of anything, for several reasons, not the least of which is any "object of interest" being in an acoustic shadow. Worse yet, down in a crevice of other fissure in the rock. We did find good areas of Kansas-flat terrain with silt/mud bottom-good for what we are doing, but when we weren’t in those areas the stone on the lake bed was dramatic. I regret to say that we did not definitively find what we were looking for. I will get the entire day’s scan on DVD and send F&G coordinates of things-of-interest to search with their ROV, but we saw nothing that spoke to us that I could say was encouraging at all. For the time being that’s it. I will work the area in shallower water with my own SSS, perhaps diving where warranted. I don’t know how to take this further at this time. I have done everything I can. Thank you all for your support and encouragement-it really meant a lot to me-believe it. And I will be at Forum Fest-how could I miss that? I have to meet you folks-sounds like a great crew. Regards, Diver1111