Roy was body surfing at La Jolla Shores when a wave stripped his necklace with 3 silver pendants off over his head. He had worn this necklace since childhood, so, it had lots of sentimental significance. Several days later, he contacted me for help finding it. Since that beach is probably the most detected beach in San Diego, I told Roy there was a good possibility that it had already been found, but, I was more than willing to try. We met at 11pm so I could benefit by a very low tide a couple of hours later. We walked out into the search area as I got the information I needed. He defined the search area as being between two lifeguard stands. Wow, that’s a big area. This beach is very shallow, so, when the tide drops a foot, it can open up another 50 yards of wet sand. This was looking to be several football fields in size. We were just standing out in the middle discussing this when Roy wished me good luck and headed home to get some sleep before and early work day. I fired up my machine and walked maybe ten feet and got a banging 82 on my Equinox 900. One scoop and I had his necklace with pendants! One of most incredibly lucky finds I’ve ever had! This should have taken hours and hours to cover all this ground, if it was even still there. I called Roy back before he left and he was amazed that I had found it already (as was I). Roy will now sleep easier. A pleasure to meet you and thank you for the reward.
Mark thank you so much for your willingness to search for my necklace. This was a gift from my Mom and I’ve had it for over 20 years. I was devastated when it went missing. I had posted about it online, but didn’t know if I would ever be able to find it. When I contacted you Mark, you were immediately available and had a plan to help me get my necklace back. I was absolutely stunned when I got the voicemail that you had found it so quickly. I feel like the luckiest person in the world getting it back. Thanks for your work Mark, I will never forget that low tide night at La Jolla Shores with one of your luckiest finds. There aren’t enough words to express my gratitude.