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Requirements: Contact Me: Greatest Metal Detecting Success Story: iPhone Recovered from the Bottom of a Lake! My wife Janet's iPhone accidently dropped out of her pocket and into approximately 5 feet of lake water while getting onto our boat. With virtually zero visibility when the sediment was stirred up, the phone became buried 8-10 inches beneath thick clay sediment, weeds, and rocks. This wasn't just about replacing a phone. It contained years of family photos and her mother's voice recordings that she had saved. Here's the sequence of events to recover the phone. As soon as Janet realized her phone fell into the water, she immediately took off her boots and jumped into the freezing water. She felt around the bottom while holding her breath multiple times, but came up empty and was distraught. Then, I got into the cold water and felt around with my bare-feet through the sediment and rocks, trying to find the phone. We used a fishing net zip-tied onto a broom handle to extend the reach. After multiple scoops, all we got were buckets of muck, rocks, and seaweed. We gave up searching that day since it was getting dark and colder. In the morning, I resumed the search, and decided to use one of my underwater metal detectors. I finally got a signal in deeper water, but it was too close to one of the metal dock posts. So I was getting false signals. I removed the post to have the ability to scan without interference. Then, as I was scanning, I found the signal for the iPhone, which was buried in about 8 inches of sediment and in 5 feet of water. After persistent scooping with the net and removing all the rocks and seaweed, about 25-30 scoops, and retesting the location with the metal detector, unbelievably I finally scooped up the buried iPhone. We did not want to use rice to absorb the water in the iPhone, since rice particles and rice dust can become lodged in the charging port. So we rinsed it with distilled water and not spring water or purified drinking water. Spring water contains minerals from the rock that it permeated through, such as ions (cations and anions). Meaning if the spring water was obtained from springs that passed through limestone, it will contain calcium ions that could adhere onto the metal components of the iPhone. And, purified drinking water still contains elements at a low quantity. Next, we dried the phone with fans for 24 hours. Then came the most important moment, which was to see if it would take a charge. Once it was plugged in, the red bar came on, followed by the Apple symbol, and amazingly, it was charging! Now Janet's iPhone and all the photo memories are saved. We just couldn't believe that it works perfectly again! Underwater iPhone recovery mission complete! Recovery Missions
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