I met Art McGee as a boy. My Dad was a Commercial Diver and we spent the day at his treasure Castle talking diving. When we got ready to leave he gave me a large fake treasure map that had little pictures of treasure diving history going around the outside. He autographed it for me too. My Dad was the first diver from Louisiana to contract with the English company Divcon and work in the Persian Gulf and North Sea using the recently developed Saturation diving. A lot of the early gear was made in my father’s garage and came from stuff he modified from hardware stores and Army surpluses. I live in Pensacola, so I am really surprised they have this at Vortex springs.
@kevinsmith3490 with the original 2 cylinder wobble pump, a diver could only go about 30 ft. but with the use of compressors, the Navy and other experienced divers have taken these hat to over 100 ft.
really cool :0
I met Art McGee as a boy. My Dad was a Commercial Diver and we spent the day at his treasure Castle talking diving. When we got ready to leave he gave me a large fake treasure map that had little pictures of treasure diving history going around the outside. He autographed it for me too. My Dad was the first diver from Louisiana to contract with the English company Divcon and work in the Persian Gulf and North Sea using the recently developed Saturation diving.
A lot of the early gear was made in my father’s garage and came from stuff he modified from hardware stores and Army surpluses.
I live in Pensacola, so I am really surprised they have this at Vortex springs.
@danditto6145 the treasure castle is still there, but it's now a monastery school. Thanks for sharing, that's some great history to have!
Where did you get your shorts/suit? WANT!
@@MattIvey those are Tru-Spec UDT shorts
How deep is it possible to dive to in this style of helmet ?
@kevinsmith3490 with the original 2 cylinder wobble pump, a diver could only go about 30 ft. but with the use of compressors, the Navy and other experienced divers have taken these hat to over 100 ft.