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Recovery divers hunt mundane, weird, hilarious objects at bottom of Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier Recovery Divers works to attach a truck to a line to pull it from the lake after the driver accidentally sunk the vehicle. (Photo courtesy Mark Lanford.)

11062021 DIVERS 2.jpg — Lake Lanier Recovery Divers works to attach a truck to a line to pull it from the lake after the driver accidentally sunk the vehicle. (Photo courtesy Mark Lanford.)

While visitors drove to the lake in September to go boating, jet skiing or just have a good time in the warm sun, Richard Pickering and his recovery dive crew were suiting up to go under the 40-degree Fahrenheit water.