We Found 19 iPHONES Diving in Arizona’s Busiest River

#scuba #snorkel #diving #treasure #travel #entertainment #arizona #vanlife #freediving
In this video Julie and I took to the waterways in search of sunken treasures. We threw on our fins and snorkels and enlisted the help of scuba treasure hunter extraordinaire, Connie W. to show us the ropes on the Salt River outside of Phoenix, AZ. And you wont believe how many valuable treasures we found! iPhone 14s, brand new GoPros, and so much more!
Connie and her Salty Scuba Squad have been diving the Salt River for years, cleaning out trash and returning lost valuables to unfortunate tubers, kayakers, and paddle boarders. Check out her FaceBook if you’re in the area and looking for an adventure of your own, OR if you’ve lost an item on the Salt. Chances are, Connie can find it for you!
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We also learned how to freedive from PADI certified freediver and instructor Derek at Kracken Mare freediving. Check out his page if you’re interested in learning how to freedive. He teaches classes in the Phoenix area, and at times throughout the year, in Pensacola, FL.
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We got our paddle boards and life jackets generously donated to us for the trip by Riverbound Sports, so check them out if you’re ever in Phoenix!
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And finally, we rented our wetsuits from Sea2Sea Scuba in Phoenix, AZ. You can visit their website at sea2seascuba.com/ if you’re looking for snorkeling, scuba, or diving gear. They also organize dive trips to the Philippines, California and Mexico, and more. Check them out!
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[@dogcatmanvan]

Tell us about the best treasures you guys have found somewhere out there!

[@roannathephoenix8561]

Good job on the breathing techniques, Julie! Good job being persistent and getting treasures Ben. Thank you to the Salty Scuba Crew for having such a big part in keeping the waterways cleaner.

[@dogcatmanvan]

Thanks for watching!

[@jfxl1977]

Wow! It's incredible how much stuff is lost! I'm so glad folks like the Salty Scuba Squad are out there doing what they do! Rocky and Reli were ridiculously cute, as usual.

[@dogcatmanvan]

And they do it for free! Good people

[@pangeyi]

You two are so awesome ❤ going “out there” having fun and save the environment.

[@dogcatmanvan]

it should really be a summer trend that catches on haha a little bit of fun in the rivers, a little bit of good deed

[@morgananderson9647]

Julie & Ben- I enjoy your content so much! You too are so perfectly suited (wet) for each other! Also- Costco during this time of year, often has great deals on quality mask, fins, & snorkel sets. I am looking forward to seeing more content from you. All the best, M-

[@dogcatmanvan]

Haha I see what you did there! Thanks for the recommendation! We might have to upgrade our diving gear if we're able to do this in more locations!

[@susancrowther3649]

What an awesome adventure!! Don't feel bad Julie I have recorded my just my chest snorkeling for like 2 hours and didn't notice till we got back to the hotel 😂😂😂

[@dogcatmanvan]

Hahaha it's such a bummer! When you're living it and enjoying the moment it's hard to look down and check the gopro

[@phoenixgirl70]

@@dogcatmanvan Yes I can understand Ben being always aware of the camera because of his past jobs. I’m not sure what Julie did but I know she worked on houses but unless you work for a media /production company and you’re trying to float, and collect treasure/trash I totally understand her forgetting. After a while I’m sure it will become habit. 😁

[@cebruns]

It was awesome floating and diving the river with you two! Your videos are awesome - love the edits!

[@dogcatmanvan]

We had a blast! Thanks for being so patient with us and letting us tag along!

[@tracym5973]

Great video! That looked like a lot of fun.

[@dogcatmanvan]

a good mix of fun and public service:)

[@allegrosotto2126]

Wonderful work - and play 👍 and the dogs handled it really well!

[@dogcatmanvan]

Yeah we were a bit worried how Reli would do, but what a trooper. They had fun and they slept well after!

[@ifell3]

Awesome stuff!!!

[@dogcatmanvan]

Thank you! And thanks for commenting!

[@annaredar3763]

Great adventure , good clean up, Rocky’s got the balance going on

[@dogcatmanvan]

Yeah he only toppled us over two times!

[@tracy-wb-7]

Love this type of content! Great work!

[@32ndspecialist]

You guys are awesome for taking the time to clean up after careless river goers & helping to protect our environment! Not to mention helping to recover people's unsecured phones. Thanks for all you do.

[@Galluchh]

you guys are forever cool. love the direction that channel has been going in. hope you continue to be inspired and find new things to do! this video + the shoelessness awareness video kind of go hand in hand when it comes to unique and valuable content! cant wait to see whatever you choose to make next!

[@dogcatmanvan]

Thanks so much for the encouragement! The pivot has been hard on our views but we're not giving up:)

[@bennyhaa]

you guys are amazing, this makes me want to dive in my local river. Thanks guys!

[@dogcatmanvan]

Do it! Just be careful:)

[@sneakyjoooles]

Ben found his new calling as an iPhone diver

[@jbreezyfishing]

Big shout out to helping the fish stuck on the line. I love to see restoration projects like this. Every time I am at the salt river I always make it a point to leave an area looking better than I found it.

[@trudiswanson9855]

Wow, so cool. You guys conquered breath diving! IT'S A PHONE JOAN!! Great adventures, even with falling into the drink yourselves! Loved it. Keep adventuring! T.

[@dogcatmanvan]

It was a rush haha thanks for watching!

[@cflorat]

You are awesome! So happy for the new content, keep it up and be patient ✌️ I'm sure good things are coming your way ❤

[@dogcatmanvan]

Thanks so much for following along! Glad you're enjoying the new content!

[@christinachan9044]

Y'all are doing great work! One of my favorite channels that I try and watch all the ads for! Don't know how you don't have more subscribers? Do your cliché van tour already and blow up! That's how I found the original DCMV! 🐶😺👨🚌

[@dogcatmanvan]

The van tour is in the works haha thanks so much for watching the ads; you're keeping us alive!

[@grafja]

This was great. Nice to see Americans taking time to clean up public land.

[@dogcatmanvan]

Yeah and the hope is...perhaps...it would encourage other people to do the same, wherever they are!

[@SusanIsListening]

I love hanging out with you guys! Dinner (or breakfast) is on me tomorrow! Susan A

[@dogcatmanvan]

This is awesome! Thanks so much for your generosity Susan!

[@bchurchill3551]

So generous!

[@xtwayne]

Great episode 🌟

[@bchurchill3551]

Thanks for sharing the archeological (haha) adventure! Hike under some chairlifts at a ski resort in the summer. DBVB.

[@dogcatmanvan]

Ooo we might have to try that!

[@i_love_rescue_animals]

Really love you two together and the direction of your channel. The Salty Scuba Crew with their leader, Connie are awesome folks - cleaning up the river. Great job by you two (Ben and Julie) finding a lot of garbage and treasure as well. And finally, the dogs seemed to be having a great time - and both are super adorable. ❤

[@richardhart6289]

this is such an uplifting video, it deserves so much more views

[@dogcatmanvan]

Thanks so much for saying so!

[@stevenelsen9565]

Yay, great video guys!

[@dogcatmanvan]

You made it happen man; thanks again for the support and recommendation!

[@thetoesoc]

As a resident of Arizona, this video was truly amazing to watch. The salt river is very popular out here and notorious for float parties on the river. I used to go but after two years going to the river the trash unbelievable and made it unenjoyable to even float down the river. Thank you guys so much for doing this, a little goes a long way

[@enhunter82]

This looks like so much fun! Thanks for the video!

[@dogcatmanvan]

It was a great experience! Thanks for tuning in:)

[@LawnMowerKelly]

Dang, we just left Phoenix to head north. This looks like so much fun!

[@dogcatmanvan]

We went north as well as soon as we finished up in the river. Man is it hot in Phoenix haha

[@philltwose4088]

I’ve found a few UXO’s and the odd ship wreck but then again hydrographic surveying is my shizzle 🙃

[@dogcatmanvan]

But were there any iphones on the ship wreck....?

[@philltwose4088]

@@dogcatmanvan one of them apparently had a few hundred thousand quids (dollars to you 🙃) worth of luxury German cars on it but didn’t see any on our imaging 🙃

[@campusa8742]

Great video! I thoroughly enjoyed it! I live in the area and have not been out on the river in many many years because it has gotten so crazy with tubers. I go out occasionally to photograph the wild horses. But now I am tempted to go back out and look for treasure! Thanks again for your video it was really fun to watch.

[@dogcatmanvan]

Glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks for watching and let us know if you end up treasure hunting out there!

[@tjjones390]

Great video!

[@dogcatmanvan]

Glad you liked it! Thanks!

[@arielledeversterre7003]

Yes!!!! I absolutely love this now come to maui and do it here!!!!

[@dogcatmanvan]

Heyyyy:) One of these days we're really going to take you up on that! Thanks for watching!

[@DzinEye]

Hey guys... this was terrific. It really feels like you've hit on the perfect format for your new channel here. Don't get me wrong, we've loved all your productions for the most part (still a little queezy from the dog food one...ha ha) but you mentioned you were kind of searching for a new direction, and this just felt like a near perfect balance of your creativity, adventurousness and fun-loving style while taking us and the pooches along for the adventure. Sure throw in the super-goofy stuff here and there, but just saying...really liking the balance here. Keep it up!!!

[@dogcatmanvan]

Thanks so much for the encouragement; it's what keeps us going! We're glad you liked this one. Hopefully we can stick with this direction and gain some momentum!

[@lenariuss]

👏👏👏👏 good job guys! We always pick up trash when we are hiking. A little harder on salt river when flow is fast. Thank you for doing this!

[@Orionbeltsmith]

Looks like a fun way to do some good. Makes me wanna go do it!

[@dogcatmanvan]

With the right wetsuit, Im sure you could do it almost anywhere! Get out there!

[@denisecafferky2248]

That looked fun

[@phoenixgirl70]

Wow you two did extremely well! You can feel the pressure difference in the deep end of a pool so you guys did amazing with pretty fast training. It’s really sad to see how much stuff just the two of you found. Imagine if nobody cleaned the river! The bottom would be polluted in a carpet of junk. Sad people enjoy it without respecting it. But great job showing us cool things every week. I might be a week late but I’m trying to catch up!

[@dogcatmanvan]

Thanks for catching up and sticking with us haha yeah it was pretty mind blowing to see how much trash is still there with people consistently cleaning it. I cant imagine what it would look like without the salt scuba squad

[@Biffmin]

What a coincidence, I just so happened to lose 19 iphones in that exact spot

[@dogcatmanvan]

Either you're fibbing to me, or you're without a doubt the unluckiest person alive

[@gian_justin]

that's really cool! here im using my very old phone but people just lost their phone in the river which is really crazy how many out there

[@dogcatmanvan]

yeah it was a bit mindblowing to think just how common it is for people to lose something so expensive lol

[@EricBlackman]

Gotta tell you, completely missed that this was you guys from the thumbnail. Just watching it now and it's one of my favorites so far.

[@dogcatmanvan]

Haha so youre saying the braids and the goggles are good for disguises?

[@EricBlackman]

@@dogcatmanvan Apparently so. It's like Superman and Clark Kent.

[@DawnykaH]

👍

[@dogcatmanvan]

Thanks for watching!

[@audreymae5154]

ooooo i was there

[@dogcatmanvan]

Heyyyy a familiar face! Now if we ever become KZbin famous, you will also be KZbin famous, by default.

[@audreymae5154]

@@dogcatmanvant was so fun meeting you guys i hope you guys become famous

[@modii1017]

Gila= he-la not hating just helping. 😊

[@ToriStewart-iv8lh]

Did you happen to find a pair of Oakley's my husband lost a pair and we have been looking to see if anyone has found them ??

[@dogcatmanvan]

We didn't, but that doesn't mean the Salty Scuba Chick hasn't found a pair. You can always reach out to her via the Facebook page which is linked within the description

[@thisisatonofbs]

Gila isn't pronounced with a G sound, but an H. Both the monster and the river.

[@ResinAlchemist2024]

"He -La"

[@babaganoosh1969]

Never rise faster than your air bubbles....

[@petersakievich3880]

“Gila” is “Heela”! What kind of 8 year old were you?!?

[@dogcatmanvan]

A booger eater

[@petersakievich3880]

Glad you edited that part out!

[@AlecInstant]

Lost my phone and JBL, friend lost his car keys. $0 Walmart raft got cut open in 3 seconds of touching something

[@bijoumarie8817]

Idk if you were saying “Geela” for interactions, but it’s pronounced “Heela river” or “Heela-monster” just sayin :3

[@Mike-rg3oj]

Arizonans must be RICH

[@Aspen910]

I watch so many people every year lose phones and all that crap you guys found. I think some people are just oblivious to how bad they are at securing their stuff, and should just leave it in the car. Bring 550 cord, everything should be dummy tied to either yourself or your tube.

[@Swimdeep]

Well you two! Diving is challenging. I scuba but have never dove in a river-I’m all ocean. The dogs did well too.🤿🌿

[@dogcatmanvan]

Nice! Where have you dove? East Coast/West Coast, islands far far away?

[@Swimdeep]

@@dogcatmanvan Mexico mostly, the Caribe side; that’s where I got certified. Once on the Pacific side in PV, Grand Cayman, Bahamas. So, warm, clear water is my diving jam.

[@MrBammbalamm]

you're wearing a wet suit, they're buoyant, you need a weight belt to make you more neutrally buoyant