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No sea serpents, mobsters but Tahoe trash divers strike gold

Debris and garbage collected during the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup is reflected in a sign displayed in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Debris and garbage collected during the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup is displayed in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Colin West, founder and executive director of Clean Up the Lake, speaks with reporters at the end of the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Divers prepare to enter the water at the end of the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Debris and garbage collected during the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup is displayed in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Divers prepare to enter the water at the end of the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows scuba divers during the 72 Mile Clean Up during the winter of 2022, in Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows the group of divers on 72 Mile Clean Up Launch Day on May 14, 2021, at Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows an example of GPS located heavy lift trash items in the fall of 2021, in Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

In this photo provided by Clean Up The Lake, CUTL diver Colin West shows debris found in the lake from an initial dive in 2020, at Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Ludovic Fekete/Clean Up The Lake via AP)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows Surface Support on the 72 Mile Clean Up during the winter of 2022, in Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

Debris and garbage collected during the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup is reflected in a sign displayed in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Debris and garbage collected during the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup is displayed in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Colin West, founder and executive director of Clean Up the Lake, speaks with reporters at the end of the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Divers prepare to enter the water at the end of the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Debris and garbage collected during the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup is displayed in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Divers prepare to enter the water at the end of the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows scuba divers during the 72 Mile Clean Up during the winter of 2022, in Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows the group of divers on 72 Mile Clean Up Launch Day on May 14, 2021, at Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows an example of GPS located heavy lift trash items in the fall of 2021, in Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

In this photo provided by Clean Up The Lake, CUTL diver Colin West shows debris found in the lake from an initial dive in 2020, at Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Ludovic Fekete/Clean Up The Lake via AP)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows Surface Support on the 72 Mile Clean Up during the winter of 2022, in Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

Debris and garbage collected during the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup is reflected in a sign displayed in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Debris and garbage collected during the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup is displayed in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Colin West, founder and executive director of Clean Up the Lake, speaks with reporters at the end of the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Divers prepare to enter the water at the end of the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Debris and garbage collected during the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup is displayed in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Divers prepare to enter the water at the end of the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows scuba divers during the 72 Mile Clean Up during the winter of 2022, in Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows the group of divers on 72 Mile Clean Up Launch Day on May 14, 2021, at Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows an example of GPS located heavy lift trash items in the fall of 2021, in Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

In this photo provided by Clean Up The Lake, CUTL diver Colin West shows debris found in the lake from an initial dive in 2020, at Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Ludovic Fekete/Clean Up The Lake via AP)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows Surface Support on the 72 Mile Clean Up during the winter of 2022, in Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

Debris and garbage collected during the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup is reflected in a sign displayed in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in cement shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Debris and garbage collected during the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup is displayed in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in cement shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Colin West, founder and executive director of Clean Up the Lake, speaks with reporters at the end of the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in cement shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Divers prepare to enter the water at the end of the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in cement shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Debris and garbage collected during the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup is displayed in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in cement shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Divers prepare to enter the water at the end of the year-long Lake Tahoe cleanup in Stateline, Nev., Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in cement shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows the group of divers on 72 Mile Clean Up Launch Day on May 14, 2021, at Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in cement shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows an example of GPS located heavy lift trash items in the fall of 2021, in Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in cement shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows Surface Support on the 72 Mile Clean Up during the winter of 2022, in Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in cement shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

In this photo provided by Clean Up The Lake, CUTL diver Colin West shows debris found in the lake from an initial dive in 2020, at Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in cement shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Ludovic Fekete/Clean Up The Lake via AP)

This photo provided by Clean Up The Lake shows scuba divers during the 72 Mile Clean Up during the winter of 2022, in Lake Tahoe, Nev. They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in cement shoes or long-lost treasure chests. But scuba divers who spent the past year cleaning up Lake Tahoe's entire 72-mile (115-kilometer) shoreline have come away with what they hope will prove much more valuable: tons and tons of trash. (Clean Up The Lake via AP)

No sea serpents, mobsters but Tahoe trash divers strike gold