Show us your Side Image pics

[tim griffin]

What make of side scan unit are you using very impressive shots do you tow it or is it through hull mounted.
Ta Tim

[BruceB]

What size of screen are you using 10"? I think I need much bigger than the 5" I have to do justice to the system.........

[Diver]

Bruce:

Yes, I have the HDS 10.

Tim: Its an Lowrance HDS 10 with the structure scan module. Its a transom mounted transducer, not a towed fish.

Henrik

[Diver]

Latest trip, and so far, deepest scan with the LSS1.

German steamer, sank in 2ww, 100m long in 45m of water rests on its port side. You can clearly see the torpedo hole in the side. Huge!

Regards
Henrik

[BruceB]

Trips have got in the way but was out today and found two barges completely by accident, I was looking for something else!
Both look to be around 10-20m long.
Was an expensive day out though as my main GPS aerial failed halfway through the day and I did in the prop recovering onto the trailer, when I powered on it picked up a full car windscreen rubber of all things and wound rocks into the prop.

[BruceB]

Out looking for more of the aircraft near Oban today, din't find any more although I eliminated more areas from the search area.
Found two more ammunition barges though, one of which looks worth a dive!

[spartacus]

Absolutely fascinating Bruce.

We've tried to locate the SS Fram that was torpedoed during WW2 and split in half. Although we have GPS coordinates - it's still a 'needle in a haystack' without the sort of kit you have. This was for fishing - not diving. More details here - if you're ever on the east coast.

http://www.rod-macdonald.co.uk/index...ecks&Itemid=22

[BruceB]

The Fram is dived quite often by guys from Deeside I know. The marks they have ar good enough to shot the wreck so should be good enough for fishing.
I am sure they just came out one of the many books on wrecks in the area.

[BruceB]

New pic showing two of the above barges in one pic. Dived one during the week and it is a nice little steam lighter of around 20-25m length complete with the boiler fittings, engine and prop/rudder still there.
Even had a resident lobby that was just out of my reach in the small boiler room.......

[BogMonster]

Bruce, what sort of kit do you need to get images like that and how much does it cost? I'd love to have a poke around the sea bed here, I could probably spend a year without going outside Stanley harbour

[cjj216]

I want....er... i mean... i need one of these.
I wonder if my wife will believe me when i tell her they`re £20 from Comet!?

[markymarkP]

i have been looking at getting one, basic package is about 2k for what i have seen

[willk]

...so I will interrupt to say that this system is relatively cheap, nowhere near 2k (that's the basic towfish gear)

Lowrance have produced a black box and (I think) a transom transducer that interface with some of their existing plotters. BruceB (the miserable git) got sorted for less than £400 AFAIK.

[markymarkP]

then i want one!!!

i will check out Lowrance, and see how its kitted and so on

thanks

[BogMonster]

I want one too - what is the cheapest combination of gear that you can get decent results with?

Is it something that can be interfaced to my GPSmap 556s or is that dreaming?

[BruceB]

It only interfaces with Lowrance HDS units.
I paid around £900 for the plotter and the side scan unit as a package.
Recently I upgraded the head unit from 5" to 7" at a cost of around £200 by flogging the 5" on fleabay and paying the extra.
If you already had the HDS unit the additional kit required is around £450.
In the last few months within two miles of my house I have found 5 new wrecks and two aircraft and we are going to Loch Fyne after my holidays to see if we can find a tank and two landing craft near Inveraray.
Incidentaly for fishing we were searching fo aircraft last week and were picking up targets near the sea bed around 20m High by 10m Wide that were moving around hat puzzled us for a while. It was shoals of mackerel near the seabed. You could literally find the fish swimming around and drop a line right in the middle and catch loads.

[BogMonster]

Blast - I could have fitted a Lowrance but it is too late now

Ah well I have space in my console just need to wait for the PB to recover a bit

Have you got a model number or whatever for the side scan bits - is it available as a kit?

[markymarkP]

anyone have experience or opinion on these?

http://www.cactusnav.com/echopilot-w...al-p-5881.html

[Simon B]

Both! Not easy to set up or interpret, results poor. Lowrance or Humminbird are the only non-towfish credible side imaging units about at present.

[Xk59D]

really impressive guys-my hummingbird 757c is going back-AGAIN-for replacement.

is this something i can attach to this unit to do this or i should be able to upgrade given it's in for replacement if i pay the extra-so what do i need?

cheers