Hunting shipwrecks workshop

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The Black Laser Learning's Hunting Shipwrecks seminar on 5th March in Boston, USA, gives participants an opportunity to find out how to find shipwrecks. Sport divers and amateur underwater archaeologists alike will get an in-depth overview on how to successfully locate shipwrecks using side scan sonar, magnetometers as well as the Hummingbird sonar.

The workshop is part of the annual Boston Sea Rovers, taking place from 4th to 6th March 2011, the longest-running dive show in the US. This is Black Laser Learning's 2nd year giving this presentation. The workshop will start with sonar/magnetometer basics, then move through professional techniques.

Topics covered will include search planning, search patterns, echo sounders, sonar, magnetometers, metal detectors, and underwater tracking and target identification. Rich, visual imagery will also be part of the format.

In addition to explaining what the various instruments can do, Capone will instruct how best to use them, including towing techniques and positioning as well as how to coordinate with professionals to conduct effective search operations for shipwrecks and sunken aircraft.

Additionally, he will explain how he located the World War II German submarine U-215 for the Sea Hunters on George's Bank. Tips for using the Hummingbird Sonar will also be covered, and the presentation will finish with information on how to return to a target once it has been located.

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