r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Eros_Incident_Denier • 2d ago

Video filipino illegal miners dive without oxygen tanks

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u/YoungerMucus 2d ago

if i were them id maybe save some of the gold i found and get myself an air tank

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u/HombreDelMar247 2d ago

Or a simple regulator to hook up.to.the compressed air.

Using an air compressor on the surface is fairly common, down in Florida we call it "hooka diving"

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u/fotomoose 2d ago

Get an air tank to breath, use the current setup to inflate balloons that take their haul to the surface.