LawrencetheMDer
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- Primary Interest:
- Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
Around Spring Break I find a lot of electronics while water hunting and I thought I’d share a few examples. Last week I found a newer Samsung phone, an iphone (version 10 or newer) and an Apple watch (series 4). Usually the Samsung phones I find in the water are DEAD on arrival and often have a swollen belly (battery). This one was just dead, or at least I thought it was dead. When I found the iphone, as soon as I looked at it it came on. Wow, a live one; I remember saying to myself. The Apple watch was a real surprise since I never found one of those before now. I figured it was dead, too.
When I got home I decided to dry-out the Samsung phone for four days before trying to turn it on or to charge it. Since the iphone was already looking at me, I thought I’d try to discover the owner. The iphone was locked and, unfortunately, the owner did not provide an emergency contact. I could see text alerts highlighted on the screen but could do nothing to find the owner. I did find that the phone service was by AT&T so I dropped the phone off at an AT&T store – the response was not what I expected. The clerk was very shocked that I would return a found $1,000 iphone and had to ask twice where I found it [in 3 feet of water at a popular area beach while metal detecting]. In the water? Guess this is your good-deed for the day, the clerk stated. I said thanks and left the store for the post office. I did leave a note on the iphone for the owner that the phone was found by LawrencetheMDer and that he could learn more by coming to TreasureNet.com.
When I got home from metal detecting with the Apple watch; almost immediately, I placed the watch on my wife’s apple watch charger and it came alive! For about 3 seconds and then died. Sorry Apple watch; perhaps I should have dried you out too…
Back to the Samsung phone; I turned the phone on after 4 days of drying-out and it came alive!! The battery was very low and the phone powered off. I got a neighbor to charge the phone. As it turns out, not only was there an emergency contact number - but the phone wasn’t even locked! But the phone did have it’s service discontinued. I texted the emergency number with my phone as well as the Samsung phone’s number, figuring that the owner may have replaced the phone and kept the same number. Bing Go!
The Samsung owner lives in Connecticut. I found the phone in Florida. I was able to mail the phone to her today. Instead of asking for postage or the like I simply asked the owner to pay-it-forward and do a good deed for someone else.
Happy Hunting
When I got home I decided to dry-out the Samsung phone for four days before trying to turn it on or to charge it. Since the iphone was already looking at me, I thought I’d try to discover the owner. The iphone was locked and, unfortunately, the owner did not provide an emergency contact. I could see text alerts highlighted on the screen but could do nothing to find the owner. I did find that the phone service was by AT&T so I dropped the phone off at an AT&T store – the response was not what I expected. The clerk was very shocked that I would return a found $1,000 iphone and had to ask twice where I found it [in 3 feet of water at a popular area beach while metal detecting]. In the water? Guess this is your good-deed for the day, the clerk stated. I said thanks and left the store for the post office. I did leave a note on the iphone for the owner that the phone was found by LawrencetheMDer and that he could learn more by coming to TreasureNet.com.
When I got home from metal detecting with the Apple watch; almost immediately, I placed the watch on my wife’s apple watch charger and it came alive! For about 3 seconds and then died. Sorry Apple watch; perhaps I should have dried you out too…
Back to the Samsung phone; I turned the phone on after 4 days of drying-out and it came alive!! The battery was very low and the phone powered off. I got a neighbor to charge the phone. As it turns out, not only was there an emergency contact number - but the phone wasn’t even locked! But the phone did have it’s service discontinued. I texted the emergency number with my phone as well as the Samsung phone’s number, figuring that the owner may have replaced the phone and kept the same number. Bing Go!
The Samsung owner lives in Connecticut. I found the phone in Florida. I was able to mail the phone to her today. Instead of asking for postage or the like I simply asked the owner to pay-it-forward and do a good deed for someone else.
Happy Hunting
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