14K St Anthony Pendant Lost In The Atlantic Ocean Water, Found With A Metal Detector At Short Sands Beach, York, Maine
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ I received a call from Joanne. Her son, Rob, had been enjoying the day at Short Sands Beach in York Beach, Maine , when disaster struck. After getting out of the ocean, Rob looked down and realized his 14k gold St. Anthony pendant was no longer on his necklace. It was lost somewhere in the rolling surf. 
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ Joanne asked if I could help. I immediately checked the tide charts and saw that the tide was currently coming in. When she told me the pendant was lost around 1:00 PM, I knew that meant it went missing at mid-tide. 
I explained to Joanne that our absolute best chance for a recovery would be to arrive at Short Sands at 7:00 PM. By then, the tide would be heading back out, hitting that exact same mid-tide level, allowing me to follow the water out as it receded. She told me Rob would meet us there. 
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ When Cheryl and I arrived at 7:00 PM, Rob was waiting. He brought us right down to the beach and pointed out the exact area where he had been swimming when he first noticed the pendant was gone.
I mapped out my strategy and told Rob I would grid search parallel to the shore, expanding the search area by an extra 25 feet to both the north and the south to guarantee we covered every square inch of the zone. 
Duty called for Rob, and he had to leave the beach shortly after to head back to Boston for work the next morning. 
Duty called for Rob, and he had to leave the beach shortly after to head back to Boston for work the next morning. Cheryl and I pushed on. I grid searched the area for more than two hours, finally calling it a night after 9:00 PM as darkness completely took over. 
I had covered the entire designated area, but the ocean only gave up coins and the usual pull tabs and small pieces of aluminum. No gold. 
I had covered the entire designated area, but the ocean only gave up coins and the usual pull tabs and small pieces of aluminum. No gold. 
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ On the drive back home to Saco, Maine, I called Rob to give him the update. I told him the pendant simply wasn’t in that specific grid. I asked him if he had actually felt or seen the pendant slip off his neck, and he said no. Then I asked a crucial question:
ยซย Had you been swimming earlier in the day?ย ยป 
ยซย Yes,ย ยป he replied. ยซย Three or four other times.ย ยป
Right then, a lightbulb went off. It all made perfect sense! The St. Anthony pendant hadn’t come off during his 1:00 PM swimโit had likely slipped off during one of his earlier swims, and he just hadn’t noticed it was missing until later in the day.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ Knowing he had most likely lost the pendant earlier in the day, my mind immediately went back to the tide charts. I saw that the morning low tide was set for 10:39 AM. My new plan was to get back to Short Sands Beach by 7:00 AM, matching the receding water and following it all the way down until low tide three and a half hours later. I was highly optimistic that the earlier swimming area would finally be exposed.
After a restless night with maybe three hours of sleepโbecause my mind just wouldn’t stop racing over that missing goldโI pulled back up to Short Sands Beach. 
I wasted no time getting to work, picking up the grid search from north to south, moving parallel to the shoreline once again. For the first hour and a half, the beach was stubborn. I was only digging up the usual suspects: coins and pull-tabs. By 8:30 AM, with two hours left until low tide, I knew I just had to keep grinding. 
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๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐! Just ten minutes later, everything changed. 
My detector screamed with a LOUD, LOW TONE, locking in at a solid 35 on my Target Identification Screen (TID)! 
It sounded absolutely beautiful, and my adrenaline instantly spiked.
It sounded absolutely beautiful, and my adrenaline instantly spiked. I scooped up a heavy load of sand, flipped it onto the wet, hard-packed surface, and pulled out my pinpointer. As I located the target and began brushing away the top layer of sand, there it wasโa bright, unmistakable glint of SHINY GOLD! 
I pulled it out, and holding it in my hand was Robโs St. Anthony pendant! My theory had been spot on. After two separate days and four and a half total hours of searching, the puzzle was solved. The pendant was resting about 40 to 50 feet further out toward the water than where Rob originally thought he lost it, proving he had dropped it during one of those earlier swims. 
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๐๐๐๐๐ I immediately captured a video of the recovery and sent it to Rob and Joanne. Within minutes, both of their phones were ringing off the hookโthey were absolutely ecstatic! 
Since Rob was already back at work in Boston and Joanne was also down in Massachusetts, Rob asked if I could hand the precious heirloom over to his girlfriendโs brother, Jay, who was still vacationing in York with his family. I told him, ยซย Absolutely!ย ยป
Meeting up with Jay and handing over the pendant felt incredible. Job done. But the real icing on the cake came a short time later when I received a text from Rob that truly says it all: 
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ยซย ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐ช๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ. ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง. ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ. ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฉ, ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐. ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐โ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ. ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช, ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ง. ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐๐จ. ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ, ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ. ๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ. ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ.ย ยป 
๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ Well, if a message like that doesn’t warm your heart, absolutely nothing will. It is exactly for reasons like this that we do what we do. The jewelry we recover holds deep family bonds and irreplaceable memories that a retail store can never replicate. These items represent family history. 
I truly have the best job in the world, and I love my job! 
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐, ๐๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐! ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ 
Remember: โ๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ.โ
