Re: Nubble Light, York, ME - Lost Equipment

JRE wrote:
> I did my 2nd annual New Year's Eve dive at Nubble light in York, ME.
> Water was a balmy 39F (up from last year's 34-ish), visibility was good,
> had a great dive...
>
> And then left my fins, weights, and mask on the middle of the three
> stone benches and drove back to my friends' house in NH. By the time I
> realized it and returned, all was gone (what else should I expect)? *Doh!*
snip
> If anyone happened to pick them up, please let me know. n2zon at
> optonline dot net.
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> Lost:
>
> Blue Mares Quattro fins, marked with my last name in black marker on the
> underside.
>
> Black weight belt with 2-10# hard weights stamped with my last name and
> two pouches with 2-5# yellow soft weights.
>
> Black old-style high-volume single-lens mask with a silicone strap and a
> plastic corrective lens attached on the left side.
>
> (I have local friends in NH and would also be happy to pay for shipping.)
>
> John Eells

John, did you try the York Police Department? It's possible that
someone turned the stuff in.

http://www.yorkpolice.org/

Or Sohier Park Welcome Center:

http://tinyurl.com/y96sdr

Dave C

Dave C wrote:

> JRE wrote:
<snip>
>>And then left my fins, weights, and mask on the middle of the three
>>stone benches and drove back to my friends' house in NH. By the time I
>>realized it and returned, all was gone (what else should I expect)? *Doh!*
<snip>
>>
>>(I have local friends in NH and would also be happy to pay for shipping.)
>>
>>John Eells
>
>
> John, did you try the York Police Department? It's possible that
> someone turned the stuff in.
>
> http://www.yorkpolice.org/
>
> Or Sohier Park Welcome Center:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/y96sdr
>
> Dave C
>

I did call YPD the same day, and gave them a description and contact
info. I'm pretty sure the Welcome Center is closed this time of year,
though. (There was fresh snow that day and no tracks to or from the
building by sunset.)

Though the fins are expensive and losing the weight belt is annoying,
and it would certainly be nice to get everything back, the thing that
pisses me off the most is losing the old mask. High-volume "window
pane" style masks are getting hard to find. (I have a very nice Mares
X-Vision that's OK, but still prefer the old style ones.)

John Eells

JRE wrote:
> Dave C wrote:
>
> > JRE wrote:
> <snip>
> >>And then left my fins, weights, and mask on the middle of the three
> >>stone benches and drove back to my friends' house in NH. By the time I
> >>realized it and returned, all was gone (what else should I expect)? *Doh!*
> <snip>
> >>
> >>(I have local friends in NH and would also be happy to pay for shipping.)
> >>
> >>John Eells
> >
> >
> > John, did you try the York Police Department? It's possible that
> > someone turned the stuff in.
> >
> > http://www.yorkpolice.org/
> >
> > Or Sohier Park Welcome Center:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/y96sdr
> >
> > Dave C
> >
>
> I did call YPD the same day, and gave them a description and contact
> info. I'm pretty sure the Welcome Center is closed this time of year,
> though. (There was fresh snow that day and no tracks to or from the
> building by sunset.)
>
> Though the fins are expensive and losing the weight belt is annoying,
> and it would certainly be nice to get everything back, the thing that
> pisses me off the most is losing the old mask. High-volume "window
> pane" style masks are getting hard to find. (I have a very nice Mares
> X-Vision that's OK, but still prefer the old style ones.)
>
> John Eells

I'd hate to lose some of my sentimental gear, too.

I'd try emailing dive shops within 100 miles and ask them to post your
description. They may have already heard about the gear being found.

I'll go out on a limb and say that most divers would try to get the
gear back to the original owner. Most.

Putting up a flier at the dive site might help, although it may not get
seen much until warm weather.

Set up a repeating search on eBay to see if yoiur mask pops up.

Good luck. I'll ask around, too.

Dave

On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:44:45 -0500, JRE <nothing@nowhere.com> wrote:

>Dave C wrote:
>
>> JRE wrote:
><snip>
>>>And then left my fins, weights, and mask on the middle of the three
>>>stone benches and drove back to my friends' house in NH. By the time I
>>>realized it and returned, all was gone (what else should I expect)? *Doh!*
><snip>
>>>
>>>(I have local friends in NH and would also be happy to pay for shipping.)
>>>
>>>John Eells
>>
>>
>> John, did you try the York Police Department? It's possible that
>> someone turned the stuff in.
>>
>> http://www.yorkpolice.org/
>>
>> Or Sohier Park Welcome Center:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/y96sdr
>>
>> Dave C
>>
>
>I did call YPD the same day, and gave them a description and contact
>info. I'm pretty sure the Welcome Center is closed this time of year,
>though. (There was fresh snow that day and no tracks to or from the
>building by sunset.)
>
>Though the fins are expensive and losing the weight belt is annoying,
>and it would certainly be nice to get everything back, the thing that
>pisses me off the most is losing the old mask. High-volume "window
>pane" style masks are getting hard to find. (I have a very nice Mares
>X-Vision that's OK, but still prefer the old style ones.)
>
>John Eells

Send me an e-mail with your address in it. I have an old Scuba Pro
hi-volume mask that I was going to put up for sale with an e-Bay agent
that I'll give ya. I would rather give it to an active diver than
screw with selling it.

Rick Simms

RSimms wrote:

<snip>
> Send me an e-mail with your address in it. I have an old Scuba Pro
> hi-volume mask that I was going to put up for sale with an e-Bay agent
> that I'll give ya. I would rather give it to an active diver than
> screw with selling it.
>
> Rick Simms

Hey, I tried to send you an e-mail after removing 'INVALID' from your
address, but it failed to get delivered:

Delivery attempt history for your mail:

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John Eells

On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:52:18 -0500, JRE <nothing@nowhere.com> wrote in
rec.scuba:
>
>Hey, I tried to send you an e-mail after removing 'INVALID' from your
>address, but it failed to get delivered:
>
I've been getting a lot of that in the last month or so. Or, the
recipient will get it 2 days to 3 weeks after I sent it.

On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:52:18 -0500, JRE <nothing@nowhere.com> wrote:

>RSimms wrote:
>
><snip>
>> Send me an e-mail with your address in it. I have an old Scuba Pro
>> hi-volume mask that I was going to put up for sale with an e-Bay agent
>> that I'll give ya. I would rather give it to an active diver than
>> screw with selling it.
>>
>> Rick Simms
>
>Hey, I tried to send you an e-mail after removing 'INVALID' from your
>address, but it failed to get delivered:
>
>Delivery attempt history for your mail:
>
>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 01:48:20 -0500 (EST)
>Temporary error returned by SMTP partner.
>smtp;421 Service not available
>
>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 09:46:53 -0500 (EST)
>Temporary error returned by SMTP partner.
>smtp;421 Service not available
>
>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 01:39:35 -0500 (EST)
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>
>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:35:28 -0500 (EST)
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>
>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:32:26 -0500 (EST)
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>
>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 18:32:18 -0500 (EST)
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>
>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:54:00 -0500 (EST)
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>
>John Eells

That address should have had a "NOT" in it rather than "INVALID".
Which would mean that Agent is still copying the wrong address. Crap!

Here ya go.

simms DOTrick AT insightbb.com

Rick Simms

On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:52:18 -0500, JRE <nothing@nowhere.com> wrote:


>
>Hey, I tried to send you an e-mail after removing 'INVALID' from your
>address, but it failed to get delivered:
>

Check yer e-mail this AM.

Rick Simms

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