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LOST SILVER JEWELRY AND ANCIENT COIN IN THE PALISADES FIRE FOUND AND RETURNED

  • from Santa Monica (California, United States)
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Kavita called and asked if I could help her find her jewelry that was lost when her house burned down in the palisades fire. I met her at the property about a week later when the weather permitted. she showed me were there was a group of volunteers from a church group digging and sifting but were unable to locate her jewelry. I asked her a lot of questions about were the jewelry was located in the house before the fire. I was then able to determine were the jewelry should have ended up by observing witch direction the house fell as it burned. The walls had fallen outward in some areas so I had a good Idea were the jewelry in the closet probably fell.  I dug for about two  hours and found the majority of her silver bangle bracelets that were traditional gifts in her Indian culture. There were more than 10 of them along with a couple of rings and a few pairs of earings. Just before I called it a day I found an ancient  silver coin from India. Kavita was very happy to have here jewelry back especially after losing her house. she said she now had some closure.

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LOST STERLING SILVER FLATWARE SENTIMENTAL WATCH AND TOOTH FAIRY COINS IN THE PALISADES FIRE FOUND AND RETURENED

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Hillary called me after losing her house in the Palisades fire to see if I could help her find some family a heirlooms in the rubble. I met her a few days later and  began to dig and sift. It didn’t take long to find her sterling silver flatware. Then I moved on to search for her husbands watch. It was given to him by his mother for graduation. I found that about an hour later.  Then I began the search for Hillarys jewelry. I soon found a couple of silver necklaces.  One of the most sentimental things that I found at the end of my search was several special tooth fairy coins that they had given to their four daughters . what a nice family that I was lucky enough to help.

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LOST ENGAGEMENT RING IN THE PALISADES FIRE FOUND AND RETURNED.

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Sam called me to let me know that his house burnt to the ground in the Palisades fire. He told me that his house was 10,000 squares feet and did I think it was possible to find an engagement ring in the rubble. He told me that he had four friends sifting and searching for it the day before with no luck. I told him that I would meet him the next day, and give it a shot. When I arrived Sam showed me there was no access to the house from the street, because there was a 20 feet drop to the bottom, we had to climb down a neighbor’s hillside of debris and climb over two fences. This took about 50 minutes to get down there and drag all the equipment with us. Once I started to dig and rake I found Sam’s ring in les than 10 minutes, It seemed like a miracle but we did it. He was overwhelmed with emotion.

It took him 20 years to save to build his dream house with an ocean view, and the devastating  fire took it from him in an instant. This is a similar story to thousands of other fire victims, who suffered an unimaginable loss. My heart goes out to all of them and can only hope that I can bring some solace to these families.

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FAMILY HEIRLOOM RING LOST IN THE ALTADENA FIRE FOUND AND RETURNED

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I got a call from Jan this past week, she told me she had lost her home in the Altadena fire, and I had helped her friend Mark find jewelry, and coins after he lost his  house, to the same fire. She told that she had lost all of her worldly possessions in the fire, but desperately, wanted to find her mother’s wedding ring. I went to meet her, and followed her to her one room home which she rented inside a house owned by a friend, I moved some debris out of the way, and found her mother’s engagement ring within an hour  Even though the diamond had fallen out , she was so happy to have it back, she was just as excited when I found a key, that belonged to a very old China cabinet that was stored at her daughters house. she was very happy when I was able to find a button from  her late brothers military uniform. I did recover other jewelry as well, Jen told me that she finally had some closer after the terrible fire.

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.LOST DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RING & CLASS RING IN THE ALTADENA FIRE FOUND & RETURNED

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I got a call from Mark the other day to see if I could help him find his wife’s jewelry including her very sentimental diamond engagement ring and his high school class ring that they lost in the fire. We agreed to meet in a few days when he had permission to return to his home for the search, we drove up together on Saturday morning to look at the remains and figure out the a game plan, Mark’s wife was  kind enough to draw a map of the most likely the spots where her jewelry used to be. after an hour and a half of removing debris I started shoveling in to the sifting screen right away I started finding jewelry and coins, they must have been over 50 pieces of jewelry recovered  including marks high school gold class ring.   but still no engagement ring, I moved to another spot along the remains of the bedroom wall, after an hour I shoveled a big scoop of debris and ash and there it was as clear as day, shining up at us from the sifting screen, was his wife’s cherished diamond ring. He called his wife right away with the  good news.  By the end of the search I recovered at least 65 pieces of gold and silver  jewelry. and 150 silver and clad coins from Mark’s collection. We drove back to meet up with Mark’s wife and the look on her face, when she was reunited with her gold and diamond wedding ring, was priceless, she had tears of joy in her eyes, it was a pleasure to help a couple with  such a positive attitute and an unwavering will to persevere and survive after a tragedy. They had their health and their life to be thankful  for, and they look forward to their future together, they are truly a loving couple.

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