I received a text from a young man and by the context I knew he was a bit frantic. He informed me that his one-week old cellphone fell as he looked down from a bridge over a creek. Despite his efforts, he decided to check our website and contacted me. I arranged to meet him at the location that same day.
Fortunately, the deepest part of the creek was only 3 feet. I thought it would not take long to recover the phone but after using an underwater detector and a pointer for 1.5 hours I elected to bring out another detector.
I was using a scoop to check targets. As each scoop was brought to the surface, and there were many, I could see the concern in the expression of the owner. Finally, I noticed a number of targets. Some, I knew were iron, but among them there was one that I felt was promising. I told the owner that I would not move until that one item no longer appeared on my detector. With one final scoop, there was his phone.
I wish I could have recorded the look on his face as I handed him the phone. He was very excited to say the least.
He knew how to handle a phone that had been submerged. Eight hours later he texted me from that very phone and stated, « It works! »
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