What not to do with your GoPro!!!

Got a GoPro for my birthday from the inlaws!! 

They usually don't get me nothing....think I must be growing on them....like a fungus!! Maybe after being married to their daughter for almost six years, giving them their first grandkid (and another on the way!) they have decided I'm not SUCH a scumbag!!

 

I took it out for the first time yesterday...pushed the record button one too many times so only got 8 seconds of footage!!   

All I would have recorded anyway was sand, sand, sand and....you guessed it, more sand!!

Stupid Halibut....hate them...hate fishing for them...hate hunting for them...just kidding...kinda!! Don't ask where I was hunting cuz I was sworn to secrecy..all I can say is that if you wanted to kill sand it was WFO!!! 

My big find of the day...the GoPro! 

After I stood up in the shallows I took my mask off and realized my camera was not there!!! 

Either it fell off when I took the mask off or had slipped off when I was swimming in through the surf!!   

Spent a loooong time looking through the shallows and cursing...then walked back to the truck to tell my bro Andy what had happened.

It was almost dark by now...the sun had set about half an hour ago! 

He came back out to give me moral support...from the shore...with a beer in his hand! 

Put the mask back on and started swimming back and diving down along the path I had come in on....4 dives later: Success!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Celebrated the great find of the day with a few beers over at the Pub!!

 

 

Anyway...thinking of some velcro/strap set up to keep it attached to my mask strap...don't want to lose it again...think I used up all my good karma points finding it this time and doubt I will be so lucky next time!!

Thought I would share so any new Gopro owners don't go through the cursing/stressing/crapping of the pants search that I went through last night!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

good things happen to good people!

Too bad you pushed the record button once too many times, or we'd have gotten a look at your "Oh Shit, my camera's gone!" face and then the moment of rediscovery!   

I'm really glad you got your camera back, Jim.   

It was A one in A million chance that you found the camera Jim! The water was surgy when I was coming in!  ...We even had A small crowd of people cheer Jim on once he found it! The best part of the dive was the black and tan at the pub! Thanks bro!....See you tommarow!

Knock on wood, I haven't lost anything to the water yet.  Except my insides.. LOL

mmmm...black & tans.

wait, what was this thread about?

oh yeah,
Good on ya for the search-until-you-found-it Jim!
& good for Andy that he was on "safety duty" to make sure you kept looking!

mmmm...black & tans.

wait, what was this thread about?

oh yeah,
Good on ya for the search-until-you-found-it Jim!
& good for Andy that he was on "safety duty" to make sure you kept looking!

Yesssss...black and tans=good!! 

Andy really motivated me to get back out there and look again...I had pretty much given up and was ready to start breaking shit....really put my anger management skills to the test to not start throwing gear and kicking tires!!

 

He also got on the phone to see if the GoPro's floated...I can tell you that they definitely do NOT.

 

Thanks again bro!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Hahahah, I was on the phone with Andy and he was telling me how you just lost your new camera when he then said you finally found it.  He was laughing his ass off    Glad ya found it bro!  Hope to see some killer vids soon! 

Must be good Karma at work.  Sonny and I found Hobie Dave's lost Mirage Drive at Doran Beach a couple of hours after he dropped it, a few weeks ago and now you guys find the "lost" camera.  Who would think anything lost in the Ocean could be found? Amazing!

Martin

Think what your inlaws would have said if u didn't recover it- " no more presents for u!" Thx for the post, and keep em coming. After my trial ends, i'll be hunting for halibut too!

Peace, y'all

Think what your inlaws would have said if u didn't recover it- " no more presents for u!"

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking!!!

I was thinking I was gonna have to figure out a way to buy one so they wouldn't know that I had lost the gift!!

 

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Andy really motivated me to get back out there and look again...I had pretty much given up and was ready to start breaking shit....really put my anger management skills to the test to not start throwing gear and kicking tires!!

Dude, this EXACT same thing happened to me in Hawaii, but it was my wedding ring I lost...and found again in the surgy reef water! The ring slipped off due to sunscreen. I had given up but Laura kept saying "just put your mask on & keep looking"
You got off easy with your stress level Jim:smt044 It coulda been worse!

Think what your inlaws would have said if u didn't recover it- " no more presents for u!"

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking!!!

I was thinking I was gonna have to figure out a way to buy one so they wouldn't know that I had lost the gift!!

 
 

Would have gone more like (Anna) honey what is this large purchase?.........

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Holy crap, I'm glad that ya found your camera Jim. I didn't even see this post till now. Very entertaining, but also relieving  to know everything turned out ok my dear friend.

Hasta mañana mi hermano!

Wow I can't believe you found it Jim. Good karma.

-FF