Man sends warning to all smartphone users after discovering 'fortune' in river
A man who took to a river to scan it for treasure has shared snaps of the items he found - and he issued a warning to all smartphone users.
A treasure hunter who struck gold in a murky river has sounded the alarm for all smartphone owners. The savvy metal detectorist took to social media to showcase his haul from the riverbed.
Posting on Reddit, he revealed a snapshot of his trove: coins, jewellery, vapes, 13 pairs of sunglasses, and five mobile phones.
He recounted: "Water was low but still very murky, vis[ibility] was maybe 6" with the sun directly overhead, so my carrot had to do most of the work.
"Found another ruined phone, but in a case with cash! The phone had another fortune with it, like the last phone I found with cash. Also found more ruined phones, a work light! ? Oh, and a gold ring! Found the ring behind a rapid using my ATgold."
One empathetic user reflected on the fate of the phone sealed in a ziplock bag, commenting: "I always feel bad for the folks who put so much effort into protecting their belongings, like the ziplock bag, but then still lose it anyway. A nice reminder for me to carry a buoyant bag on a river next time."
This spurred the detectorist to deliver a crucial tip to people taking their phones into precarious spots. He advised: "Everyone who reads this go put your email on your lock screen right now, if I find your phone I'll return it I've got the two phones in rice right now, the one in the bag and the one with the sandal thong case might work, the others are bricked. If they do work I'll try to return them.
"One time I returned a phone only for the girl's mum to accuse me of stealing it. Pretty sure the girl told her mum it was stolen instead of the truth, 'sorry mum I was getting hammered at the river and dropped it'. I was like, sure lady I stole your daughter's iPhone only to return it for absolutely no financial incentive."
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Reacting to his post, one user shared: "Just realised somebody may have found the other half of my diamond earrings. I thought it would be lost forever. It just hit me the setting was gold. Probably still lost to the ocean as I lost it like 20 feet out in Puerto Rico. Would be cool if somebody found it and gave it another life."
Another chimed in: "Feel bad for the guy who lost his ring. Other items can be replaced, a once in a lifetime ring cannot be."
