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- Aug 17, 2013
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- Detector(s) used
- Garrett ATX, AT Pro, ProPointer, and a weirdly good sense of direction
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
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I took a break from scooping in the wet sand and water with my PI the last couple days, early this morning I used my VLF in the dry sand.
I found my best phone ever, a Galaxy S4 that is basically brand new. The battery was dead, so I charged it up and found it needed a code to unlock it. I'm still trying to find the owner. I found out one thing, T-Mobile is worthless. I located the IMEI number under the battery, called T-Mobile and they can't track the owner by the IMEI number, they need the phone number. I told the representative that the phone was locked, so he walked me through a factory reset/restore procedure to get into the phone. After I rebooted the phone, he had me call #686#, and it showed no number was registered to the phone.
So after all that, the T-Mobile Rep said the phone number has been removed, the owner may have filed a insurance claim and transferred the number to a new phone. He told me I could drop it off at a T-Mobile store. I told him that I want to find the owner, so he gave me phone numbers for two different insurance companies that T-Mobile uses, and he said they may be able to locate the owner by the IMEI number.
So now, after wiping out all the owner's information and who knows what else was in the phone, I need to deal with insurance companies. So it appears the owner may have filed an insurance claimed for the phone.
Several months ago, I found a Verizon phone and they had no problem locating the owner with the IMEI number.
I also found some silver, dollar coin, and a ring.
Thanks for Looking ... HH
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I worked the crap out of this area below the last couple days ... Many targets were within feet of each other. Found lots of coins and junk jewelry, but no gold or silver.
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I took a break from scooping in the wet sand and water with my PI the last couple days, early this morning I used my VLF in the dry sand.
I found my best phone ever, a Galaxy S4 that is basically brand new. The battery was dead, so I charged it up and found it needed a code to unlock it. I'm still trying to find the owner. I found out one thing, T-Mobile is worthless. I located the IMEI number under the battery, called T-Mobile and they can't track the owner by the IMEI number, they need the phone number. I told the representative that the phone was locked, so he walked me through a factory reset/restore procedure to get into the phone. After I rebooted the phone, he had me call #686#, and it showed no number was registered to the phone.
So after all that, the T-Mobile Rep said the phone number has been removed, the owner may have filed a insurance claim and transferred the number to a new phone. He told me I could drop it off at a T-Mobile store. I told him that I want to find the owner, so he gave me phone numbers for two different insurance companies that T-Mobile uses, and he said they may be able to locate the owner by the IMEI number.
So now, after wiping out all the owner's information and who knows what else was in the phone, I need to deal with insurance companies. So it appears the owner may have filed an insurance claimed for the phone.
Several months ago, I found a Verizon phone and they had no problem locating the owner with the IMEI number.
I also found some silver, dollar coin, and a ring.
Thanks for Looking ... HH
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I worked the crap out of this area below the last couple days ... Many targets were within feet of each other. Found lots of coins and junk jewelry, but no gold or silver.
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It is unique; I would love to find a pendant just like that!
