Defuniak Springs

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Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop

Does it come with a c-card, certificate,and patch?

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It would have to, why else would anyone want it? :-D

The best part of that report was the Florida Lottery Commercial. He didn't try to find anyone too hard if no one on here wasn't asked.

It is my understanding that cave divers asked permission to dive it many years ago, but were refused. I guess that sort of information isn't passed down from mayor to mayor :-)

I spoke with a local about 5 years ago who was a cave diver. He "said" he had dove a couple of days in the lake to search for springs. He said that he found two places where the water was basically exiting through the sand, but he never found any significant depressions, cavern, and certainly not a cave. I think the mayor may be trying to lure some of the money being spent in Marianna over to DeFuniak.

Here's my post from when this came up three years ago:

Years ago I searched Lake Defuniak for cave. We scootered the entire lake, and found nothing. Bottom is not solid, I recall sticking my arm in up to my shoulder. Two things to consider:
1)We could have missed something, the visibility is not as clear as it appears from the surface.
2)We found cave and are keeping it a secret.

Serously, there's no cave there from what I saw.

Kevin

Thanks for the info. I didn't expect there was anything as I have never heard anyone mention it. Of course I have been pleasantly surprised by springs I have never heard about before.

We dove "marigold spring" many years ago and found no cave although the owner insisted it was there. It was very deep silt and poor viz, so maybe we missed it, but the flow was non detectable too. The mosquitoes were really thick. Marigold, as I understand it, was owned by the former owner of Crystal Spring and was planned to be a cave diving site, but Florida prohibited certain excavations the owner wanted to do.....

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Originally Posted by Kevin Leonhardt

Here's my post from when this came up three years ago:

Years ago I searched Lake Defuniak for cave. We scootered the entire lake, and found nothing. Bottom is not solid, I recall sticking my arm in up to my shoulder. Two things to consider:
1)We could have missed something, the visibility is not as clear as it appears from the surface.
2)We found cave and are keeping it a secret.

Serously, there's no cave there from what I saw.

Kevin

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"This is not the cave you're looking for. Move along."