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belizegial, my object is not be even suspected in having to do with any police involvement if he is busted.

Also, the reason wanted to know abut the scuba tank numbers is if I could find who bought or filled the tank I could notify that person what I know about their once owned property. Just like some one did for Reaper. I don't want to be a hero just trying to do a random act of kindness.

Are you in Belize?

If so and your guy "Rob" is also here then he is in violation of his bail since if he was arrested and charged in LA and out on bond he should not have left the country.

Regardless, if you are concerned that you may be handling or about to handle stolen goods report this to the local police.

Amanda, no I'm not in Belize. I'm in Pacific Palisades, LA County. I'm not concerned about that. I just wanted to know if I could identify the owner of scuba tank by it's stamped numbers or who has filled that tank. Is there a reporting system in place. Something like vin no. on cars.

Danny - I've been offline for a couple of days, and I didn't realise my PMs were full. As to your problem, there is no central register of tanks and you cannot tell from the number who owns it, even though that number is supposedly unique world-wide. I say "supposedly" purely because there has been a suggestion that the Chinese may have been manufacturing "forged" tanks with numbers duplicated from genuine manufacturers. I hope that suggestion is spurious!

There is a longer-term way of perhaps identifying the true owner of stolen gear. The most widely used discussion forum world-wide for scuba is www.scubaboard.com, and they have a sub-forum for reporting stolen gear. You could post details of the gear there and see if anyone responds.

Embossed into the thick metal on the shoulder just below the neck are many numbers and letters, giving the specification and usage of the tank (though you need special knowledge to interpret this correctly). The information presented is standard across manufacturers but the manner of presenting it isn't. The key information is the manufacturer's name and the number, both of which can be identified by a process of elimination. There are two or three principal manufacturers. The "number" is usually a letter followed by string of numbers (I can't remember how many and don't have a tank with me).

Sorry if this has missed your deadline.

Peter

Peter, thanks for that information. I'll just document the information and take pics, that's about all I can think of at this time.

Update, Rob called me this evening and asked "are we on for tomorrow morning" and I said "sure". I asked where he's at and he said Venice at sapuvala (sp) . I suggested we meet half way someplace like a von's supermarket. He wasn't too responsive to that but said ok. I intend to meet him at the Von's at Sunset and the Pch in the area where the web cam is focused at that location from the Taco Bell Gas station. I'm going to put him off until about 2 pm.

This is the web cam that I intend to make the transfer in view of should anyone be interested.

http://www.livinginthepalisades.com/coastcam/

Keep us posted.

Why?