Staged tank found in Madison blue

[ThaiCaveDiver]

I dive the Madison blue last Saturday and found a staged tank dropped at the line heading to Courtyard.

It has a 21/30 mixed gas according to its label, blended in Oct last year. The spg read 0, but can not confirm if it's really empty or not because the valve was stuck.

Hope it find its owner soon.

[rddvet]

Is that an anode stuck under the bands. If so its probably meant to be there a while


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[ghost]

If you see an anode, you should assume somebody meant to leave it there for a project. Please don’t remove life support gear unless you know the owner wants it out. It could derail a long exploration/survey dive if the team goes in expecting their bottle to still be there.

[rddvet]

Injust re-read your post and it sounds like you tried charging the reg to check if its full. I was taught to leave peoples stages alone. I?d say in the future leave peoples stages alone. Theres a well known name that pissed alot of people off by beingbthe cave police and checking peoples dropped stage. Dont be that person. If I was rolling back up to my stage and sonebody was charging the reg of my stage they?d get the international stmbol for buzz off (middle finger) and we?d have a discussion when they came back up from their dive.

If it aint your stage dont touch it.


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[Brent]

Ken Sallot and Bob Schulte are doing some survey work down in the Badlands and Crossunder area. They started before the floods earlier this year so it's possible that this bottle belongs to one of them.

On another note, rddvet is correct in saying, if the bottle does not belong to you, leave it alone. I can assure you, it's not lost!!

[ThaiCaveDiver]

Injust re-read your post and it sounds like you tried charging the reg to check if its full. I was taught to leave peoples stages alone. I?d say in the future leave peoples stages alone. Theres a well known name that pissed alot of people off by beingbthe cave police and checking peoples dropped stage. Dont be that person. If I was rolling back up to my stage and sonebody was charging the reg of my stage they?d get the international stmbol for buzz off (middle finger) and we?d have a discussion when they came back up from their dive.

If it aint your stage dont touch it.


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I sincerely did not mean to piss anyone. I was think differently at that time, but will be more careful from now and won't repeat it again. Thank you.

[rddvet]

I sincerely did not mean to piss anyone. I was think differently at that time, but will be more careful from now and won't repeat it again. Thank you.

Dont think you piased anybody off, its just considered by many to be a no-no. I personally would be annoyed if I busted someone doing it to mine.


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[ghost]

I’ll be honest I don’t mind people checking my project bottles as long as they remember to close the valve. It’s nice to get a heads up when a bottle is cooked instead of killing a big dive to find out. But to each his own

[kensuf]

It's ours. Please leave it alone. Thank you.

[ThaiCaveDiver]

It's ours. Please leave it alone. Thank you.

It's still there. I did not remove it, just only took the picture and tried to charge the reg. I apologize for my action if it offense you.