Cave Diving Historical Items
It was Michael Poucher's and Kelly Jessop's idea to create an online cave diving site to record pictures of old cave diving related gear and...
This is a rebreather that Forrest Wilson built. Not sure of a date. Maybe someone has some history. Terry DeRouin donated this to the museum to go up...
I am looking for the old cave diving books from the 1980s. Currently, I am looking for El Cheapo Book of Home-brew Cave Diving Equipment by Thomas H...
Aluminum and plexiglass reel of Sheck Exley's. Bought at NSSCDS gear auction after his death and donated by Michael Poucher. Don't know where or when...
Pete Butt is shown here with his sidemount harness using a hinged backplate developed and marketed by Ron Simmons. Pete donated a second, unused...
Early Ikelite handheld dive light. Ikelite manufactured lights and cameras for the SCUBA industry. Courtesy Wayne Kinard
Before burn testers became fancy, this is how you checked the batteries in your old Farallon. You get 4 - 100 watt 12 volt flounder light...
Stainless steel downline reel used by the Rouse's on northeast shipwreck dives. Chris and Chrissy Rouse were a father and son wreck diving team in...
I carried this POS as a safety reel in the 70's. I should have left it somewhere, it is the worst reel I tried to use. I think it was for a speargun.
This light was made by the original Bob Johnson in Jacksonville, 1975. This was my second light, the first is in pieces somewhere. I broke the...
The items shpwn in these photos are at the NSS Headquarters in Huntsville Alabama. The 31,000 square foot building shown in the picture is located on...
Plexiglass light, I'm assuming it is homemade but could be Martz, or English or some other manufacturer.
Line arrows collected by Cindy Butler in various cave systems. As best I can determine, the arrows shown were put in by: TOP ROW: 1) Mike Madden in...
This is an Aqua Lung double hose regulator. This was the first style of regulator for SCUBA diving and was replaced by the single hose regulator.
This light called the Big Sun Stick has a home made pvc diving canister with a Snooperette II light head by Birns Oceanagraphics. The light was made...
Martz Underwater Lighting light head from the 1960's. Frank Martz was one of the first to begin building dive lights and they were highly sought...
Home made lights head using plexiglass, pvc and an aluminum reflector. Since commercial gear for cave diving was not available, most cave divers made...
Early homemade light. This particular lights uses a pyrex test tube to seal the halogen bulb.
English Engineering Plexiglas canister light with quick release tank mount. These quick disconnect fittings were typically mounted on the tanks so...
Aluminum reflector with metal cage to protect bulb. These were popular for a while, especially with the really wide relectors on test tube lights,...
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