[Winnipesaukee Divers]

It’s pretty much a barren waste land… or so it would appear. There is very little junk, trash or treasure just laying on the bottom. Objects of value that we seek have settled into the bottom and therein lies the art of hunting for treasures. Most divers will not want to come in contact with the bottom for a number of good reasons; the mud, encountering sharp objects, encountering wildlife, the unknown or fear. A good treasure hunter just plows right into it and stirs it up with his hands searching. Of course the area is totally silted out and you’re doing this blind for the most part. Sometimes the objects are just sitting there in plain sight, but for the most part they are not as they appear. I can’t tell you how many times I have been fooled thinking something was trash, only to find it was in fact a real treasure.

The lake bottom is a very harsh environment. Due to lack of currants down there, there is a high concentration of acid; from acid rain and tannic acid from the leaves and such. Some things don’t last very long down there; paper breaks down very quickly as well as plastic (remember when environmentalist said “plastic milk jugs will last 400 years”, in the lake its closer to two years). Other things will last an eternity down there and those are the things I’m looking for. Modern day treasurers are great to find too.