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                 I Search For  Treasures of the Heart
Lost Property Recovery Divers
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To reach me DIRECTLY, call 803-242-3571 or email me @ corydevereau@gmail.com
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WANTED: DIVERS! Retired Navy SEALs, Special Forces Divers, for Nationwide and worldwide Recovery Operations.  "Zero Gravity Environment". Unfortunately, Free Training for Non-Professionals is no longer available.

MUST be comfortable in ZERO VISIBILITY CONDITIONS.

Traveling on a "Tour", enables us to be able to "not charge a Client for Mileage to get there", making it even more affordable to recover your Lost Property. (The Mileage Charge is normally $.60 per mile. One way only).

UPDATE: 2021 Tour Recovered a Grandmothers Class Ring in N.H. for her Grandson Leo and a Diamond Wedding Ring for a Happy Police Officers Wife in N.J. (he's happy too!), in addition to a Silver Ring with 3 Dolphins in a Lake in N.H., owner unknown.

Additionally, we recovered a Gold Ring with Diamonds and a Gold Bracelet (Owners Unknown) some valuable Old Bottles worth hundreds of Dollars and cleaned up
LOTS of Trash, and a Wallet with a Drivers License from 1986, STILL LEGIBLE and much more!

NOTICE: All Clients (may be) REQUIRED TO WEAR A PROTECTIVE MASK while interacting with ALL Land and Sea Recovery Services Agents.

2022 Tour Has Been Cancelled Due to Unforseen Health Circumstances and Cancer Treatments.
                                                                  
Our Motto: Cerca Trova:         "Seek and You Shall Find" 



                                                                                September 1, 2018.
                                                               "South Carolina Living Magazine" Article.                                                   
My Special Thanks to all the people at "South Carolina Living Magazine" for their Professionalism and Quality Journalism, and their help in furthering my Quest to find the Rightful Owners of the Lost Property that I've found over the years.                                                          
(Of the many Articles that have been published about my Business over the last 4 decades, I've had too many Jobs to list them all. Certified Technician, Waiter at night. The above Article encompasses a few. Federal Contractor for about 20 years, Subcontractor, before that). Being a Guide wasn't really a "Job". It was just pure fun.                              For OVER 38 YEARS, I've offered my Service of "Lost Property Recovery"...Even in Zero Visibility Lakes, Rivers and the Oceans.
                                                               Keep reading, and find out why.
 
"If you've given up hope, you haven't called ME yet". If I do not think that I CAN recover your Lost Property, I WILL NOT TAKE YOUR CASE. And, Consultations are FREE.
Additionally..."IF I CANNOT, ABSOLUTELY, SAVE YOU MONEY, I will not take your Case". I DO NOT charge people $125-$150 per hour, and "randomly" search for your Lost Property
No matter WHERE I go, for $150 you get AT LEAST ONE DAY OF SEARCHING. (in areas close to my Home Base, usually TWO)!

Hello, My name is Cory Devereau. "I'm usually...the Guy you call, when everyone else has failed". (But, if you ALREADY KNOW about me, you call me FIRST).
 
Welcome to the Oldest, Longest Established, "HONEST + PROVEN", "Lost Property Recovery Service", Available to the Public, in the World. Founded in 1979!

Lost Diamond Rings, Watches, Keys, Earrings, Fishing Equipment, Lost Boats (**it happens). Whatever you lose..."My Job, is To Reunite You"...AND SAVE YOU MONEY. Decades of PROVEN Cases. I've PERSONALLY returned HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of DOLLARS worth of Rings, and other Personal Property, TO THE RIGHTFUL OWNERS. No matter what it's worth, when I find it, it's ALWAYS RETURNED TO THE RIGHTFUL OWNER.
 
Your Property, means nothing "to me" (I have BOXES full of Lost Rings, and other "Unclaimed Finds"). BUT...it means absolutely EVERYTHING, to YOU. And THAT...is why I started this Business. I KNOW HOW IT FEELS! (I lost my Wedding Ring at Stinson Beach, California over 45 years ago.
Read on.

But first, I would like to applaud a relatively new group of people connected to a Website called "Ringfinders". It's a Club basically, of amateur and professional treasure hunter/detectorists, that offer their Skills and Services to help people out.

They have Members in many States that may be able to help. Ringfinders Website is: "ringfinders.com". There is a "Directory" to help you find someone in your area.

A lot of these guys (AND girls!) have been having VERY good success in their Searches. I say: "YAY!" Keep up the good work!

If they have tried, but could not find your Lost Property, please call me. The TECHNIQUES that my Company use, ARE NOT the same as others. Most of them, I either invented or discovered. (I'm working on 3 unsolved Ringfinders Cases right now).

When we are underwater, we must meticulously, electronically scan EVERY single square inch of our Search Area. Miss that one square inch, the Search has a chance to fail.

Our TEAM is hand picked, and TRAINED with the skills necessary to do the job right. Our Techniques and Protocol, are the SOLE reason that our Recovery Rate is so high. OVER 90%!

Additionally, and sadly, I have interviewed over 100 people that say exactly the same thing: "Why do you give it back? I'd keep it!" (OVER! 100 people)! We have to face the fact that some people just suck, and it is EXTREMELY easy for an unscrupulous person to take advantage of someone and steal your Property.

I will probably say it again, but in ONE 90 DAY PERIOD I PERSONALLY RECOVERED AND RETURNED OVER 70 DIAMONDS to the Rightful Owners (in 8 Rings, some of the bigger ones are pictured below), about $96,000 worth. So, I think I've earned some "Bragging Rights". Or, I'm the luckiest Diver on the Planet.

         New Search Equipment Allows For DEEPER Searches. Over 300 feet!

                    Below, are some of the Items Recovered and the stories behind them.
Though I WAS NOT HIRED to find this Diamond Ring, IT WAS RETURNED TO IT'S "RIGHTFUL OWNER".. Actual Value (Retail) OVER $8,600. There was NO FEE.
It's actually "quite often", that I find "extra Jewelry", while searching a heavily used area. While searching for a Fed-Ex Pilot's Wedding Ring, in the water near a Sandbar, I FOUND 5 WEDDING RINGS. NONE OF THEM WERE HIS. (THEN...comes "the hard part". I try and find the Rightful Owners. "Rather than sell them for Scrap"). The reason I'm so often successful in my Searches, is because of the "Strict Protocol, Procedures, and Scientific Methods" that I Employ, on EACH and EVERY Case"...."They're CONSISTENT", and "THEY WORK"! Having Searched, AND BEEN SUCCESSFUL, after OVER 100 PEOPLE HAVE TRIED... "Say's it all". (I am NOT, the "Average Diver" you might hire to search for your lost Ring). I am a Specialist, and I work in "Zero Visibility".

 This Wedding Band at left was lost off a Dock and recovered 2 months later and returned to the Owner. I recommend that you HAVE YOUR JEWELRY ENGRAVED!
It was a great relief, as the couple had only been married for 3 months.
Engraving is not expensive, and it's worth the effort.

The Owner of this Medallion hired 5 Divers to search for it over the course of 4 or 5 Summers. Unsuccessful, they finally gave up.
Several YEARS LATER, I heard of the "Tale of the Lost Medallion", tracked the Owner down and convinced him to let me search for it.

After 3 DAYS OF SEARCHING THE WRONG BOAT SLIP, the Owner remembered that he'd moved his Houseboat TWICE and had me searching in THE WRONG LOCATION!

Regrouping, I found the Lost Medallion in LESS THAN AN HOUR.
There was NO EXTRA CHARGE.
 College National Championship Ring, lost while Fishing a small Pond, Jamel Gaines said: "I tossed some Bait to a friend, who was Fishing in another Boat, 15 feet away and the Ring slipped right off." One doesn't get many chances in life TO EARN a Ring like this (the "Super Bowl Ring of Colleges"), so naturally, it's a HUGE LOSS". Sure, you can "buy another one", but it'll never be the same as THE ORIGINAL. Much like "almost all" of the Lost Property I recover for Clients, the "Sentimental Value", far exceeds the "Cost to Replace".
One Diver, and Owner/Instructor of the local "Scuba Center", who is also a Trusted Associate of mine, looked for this Lost Ring, for over 3 1/2 hours, but could not locate it (Zero Visibility, Private Pond). Due to the "close proximity" Jamel could place me to the Rings "entry point", I located it in 38 minutes. For DECADES, I've PROVEN, that MY Underwater Search TECHNIQUES, WORK.
Over 30 years ago, I found a "United States Air Force Graduation Ring", while Diving in Lake Champlain, Vermont. I wore it, in hopes that someone might recognize it.

2 months later someone did, and remarked..."A friend of mine lost a Ring just like that, down by the Gas Dock on the Lake". I explained to him, that "That's where I found it", and we contacted him, and I returned it to him.

I'm hoping the same thing HAPPENS AGAIN, by "wearing THIS Ring". (Worked once). Currently Seeking Owner of this very Ornate Lost Ring (pictured).

(Seeking Owners, as well, of ALL the other Lost Rings, Necklaces, Bracelets, Earrings, and Medallions, that I currently have)...."If it was lost on the Eastern Seaboard, or within a few hundred miles Inland, I MAY ALREADY HAVE YOUR PROPERTY!"...CALL ME!





 
This very ornate Bracelet was found while looking for a lost Diamond Ring UNDERNEATH A PORCH in S.C.
Owner UNKNOWN.

Two small "Flip Flop" "Charms" made of Silver were also found nearby.
 Pictures of this Gold Graduation Watch, have been Published Nationally in hundreds of Newspapers, and despite contacting the College it represents...no Owner has come forward.
 
I've had this Watch for over 15 YEARS, and would LOVE to find the Owner! There is no doubt in my mind that it has Sentimental Value to the person who lost it.
"There is a Serial # on the back, but the College doesn't keep individual Records of Ownership, so, it's been kinda' hard to find the Rightful Owner"...
 
"They don't need the Serial # to claim the Watch"...They KNOW WHERE they lost it (because the Watchband was forcefully broken at the time of the loss), and that's enough.
 
Devereau notes: "With the exception of 1 or 2 Watches (and I've found dozens), all of them, had the Watchband attached by only one "pin", with the "other pin", bent, still inside the Band". "The Watches get caught on something, and are pulled hard enough to bend the pin". The wearer usually knows when it happens.

 If you own an APPLE WATCH...REPLACE THE WATCH BAND! NOW!!! It is the worst design ever! (I recommend a "Velcro" Band that "goes through" BOTH Watchband "PINS". If one Pin breaks, you still don't lose the watch)!

                                                                      UNCLAIMED DIAMOND RING!
Lost Diamond Ring, Found While Searching for Wedding Band. I FREQUENTLY find "other peoples" Lost Property while on Routine Searches for Clients Lost Property. I have no idea who owns these "extra finds", and am seeking the Rightful Owners. This Diamond Ring HAS INITIALS inside the Band. Similar to one found recently, it helps enormously, if it is Engraved inside the Band, and I recommend that if YOUR Ring is not "Engraved"...HAVE IT DONE!...Do NOT wait! While at this particular location, I also found 3 Wedding bands! NONE have Initials. If you, or someone you know, has lost their Ring, Necklace, Medallion, or other Property, please help me return it to them, by having them CONTACT ME DIRECTLY @ 803-242-3571

Newspaper excerpt: These Rings were lost in Lake Wylie, S.C., while several women were out for "a day on the Lake".

   When "Debbie" took off her rings to apply Sun Screen, she placed them on the lid of their Cooler, turned around to put on the Sun Screen, and heard her Mother-in-Law ask.."Does anyone else want a drink while I'm in here?" (the Cooler).

   She turned and asked where she'd put her Rings. (Well...the Cooler was on the edge of their Pontoon Boat, and when she opened the lid, she flipped the Rings into the Lake).
  Her reply was..."What Rings?"...(She'd opened the Cooler Lid without looking). The Boat was actually "nose in" to the beach of a small island...the water only 4 feet deep.

This beautiful 2.65 Carat Blue Diamond Ring, had been in the family for OVER 50 YEARS, when it was lost, along with 2 OTHER Diamond Rings.

   One of the "other" Rings, was the womans Wedding Ring (with approximately 19 diamonds), and her Grandmothers small Diamond Ring. These items were ALL "totally irreplaceable" ("With almost every single Client I've had", adds Devereau,..."the Sentimental Value was what hurt the most").

 
 (This Ring was originally appraised at OVER $32,000. Again, returned to the rightful owner. To give the Client a "better Deal" I had the Ring "re-appraised", and based my Recovery Fee on a "lower amount").
They looked for hours, on several different occasions, to no avail, and eventually gave up on ever finding them.
 Then, over a year later, she came across a Newspaper Article about "Land and Sea Recovery Services", contacted the owner of the company (Cory Devereau), and took him to the location of the lost Rings. "Two weeks later she had her Rings back"...(See Charlotte (N.C.) WBTV Channel 3 News Video of Return of Rings.

     When interviewed for a Newspaper Article, Devereau stated..."That's the reason I started this business (over 35 years ago)", says Devereau. "You just can't replace the feeling of loss, by buying another Ring, because it isn't the same as the one your loved one first put on your finger".

   "What started from "a dream" and "out of curiosity", "turned into a business".... "I found so many Rings"...(HUNDREDS!). "They meant nothing to me, but I couldn't help but imagine how the owners of the Rings felt when they lost them?"

   "I gave up wearing Rings after losing about the fourth one"....He adds.."Lost MY Wedding Ring at Stinson Beach, in California. Water there is COLD. Shrinks your fingers. I was a little more than knee deep, and was letting the outgoing wave brush through my hands. Felt it slip right off...and watched it get carried away." The Ring was an Antique, of European design. Even had the Family Hallmarks stamped into the inside of the band." "So, I know quite well "how it feels", he adds "Through the markings ("Hallmarks") on the inside of a Ring, or other piece of this type, you can actually "date" older Jewelry and trace it back to the maker."

"I mean, how do you replace a piece of Jewelry that was made 300 years ago?"

         Devereau says: "Call me"!


This, is a STONE AGE HAMMERHEAD, estimated tom be at least 10,000 years old! It was found while I was using  a

This, is a STONE AGE HAMMERHEAD, estimated to be at least 10,000 years old!

It was found during a routine sreach for a Lost Ring in a Lake in N.H.

It will be donated to the Smithsonian Institute. 

An excellent example of man's earliest use of TOOLS.


This Silver Necklace was found underneath an outside Deck to a Bar on Lake Wylie.

Owner unknown.

SEVEN Necklaces were found at this location!







Lost Ring Search (again) yields "extra" Rings, that I WAS NOT hired to find. I don't want them. As matter of fact, I don't want ANY of the "extra Jewelry" that I find (while on Routine Searchs for a Clients lost property). I would rather find the Rightful Owner than "Scrap it", and simply put, I usually double my money by being honest.  A "Jewelry Item", is worth only about 10%-30% (in "material") of it's "Actual Retail Cost". You are paid "by weight " for the Gold or Platinum. (If you sell at a "Pawn Shop" OR at one of those "We will buy your Gold" Shows, you will get LESS. Whereas, the "Owner" has to pay 100% of the "Cost to Replace", if he or she has to "buy a new one". That means that I can save my Clients AT LEAST 70% of the "Replacement Costs", and  THEY GET ORIGINAL BACK! To date (2020)..., only 2 Clients (in 38+ years) have had to actually pay the full 30% "Recovery Fee". Even on a Recovery Operation that involved a search where a 6 foot and 12 Alligator lived, in a Lagoon on Bald Head Island, off the Coast of N.C. And I'm often "Tipped". I would MUCH rather return items to the Original Owners, because the Sentimental Value means far more than the Intrinsic Value, BY FAR.

Another accidental find, this 14kt. Diamond Ring was found in Lake Wylie, S.C..

I am seeking the Rightful Owner so that I can return it.

The Items I Post are NOT for sale. 

This Ring HAS INITIALS INSIDE THE BAND.







Below, are more "Accidental Finds".

A 2 1/2 hour search yielded these Items near a Sandbar on a Lake in S.C. 

Man's Wedding Ring is UNCLAIMED.

This 4 Necklace Set was found while searching for a lost Wedding Ring. Owner unknown.


It has one Clasp, attached to 4 Necklaces and is Custom Made.

 

The Rightful Owner WILL be able to tell me what is on the other side of the Medallion (BELOW) and CLAIM IT!


List price of this item has been appraised at over $1,800.


It will be returned to the Rightful Owner FOR FREE, as it was found while working for another Client.


In cases like this ("Accidental Finds"), Lost Property is returned FOR FREE. 


I ask only that if it is within your financial means, that you make a Donation to our Organization, but IT IS NOT REQUIRED. 


                                                                                                   Testimonial
Lake Wylie's treasure hunter

Lake Wylie Diver Salvages Ring, Marriage
By Matt Garfield · The Herald
Published 06/25/07 - 12:00 AM
LAKE WYLIE -- The Lake Wylie Diver saved more than a marriage when he popped up to the surface with gold in his hand.
This time, Cory Devereau needed just 14 minutes to retrieve a wedding ring dropped into the lake by accident the night before. Waiting for him was Marty Lorkowski, the husband responsible for the mishap -- and the guy lucky to have survived it.

 "Had he not found that ring, I'm sure I would have killed my husband," joked his wife of six months, Lucinda.
"My life almost ended that day," Marty said.

 It's a familiar story for Devereau, the stepson of a U.S. Navy diver who has built something of a cottage industry out of retrieving precious items from the lake bottom.
As Marty partied with friends last Saturday night on a dock, the Diamond Ring slipped off his finger and plopped into the murky waters below. "I was fiddling around," he said.

 Lucinda had already gone to sleep on the couple's boat, a 27-foot Sundancer parked in a slip nearby at the Commodore Yacht Club. The Lorkowskis, both 32, live in Monroe, N.C., but spend most summer weekends at the lake.

On this night, Marty stayed up late to enjoy a few more beers.

 "They say that he dropped right away to his stomach,"
said Lucinda. "They thought he was being sick."

Actually, Marty reached in vain for the diamond-studded ring he and his wife custom-made a year ago. Friends brought flashlights and a 20-pound magnet. No luck.

Decades of finds
Marty's smartest move was calling Devereau the next morning.

Over decades of diving from New England throughout the Southeast, Devereau, 55, has found rings worth more than $30,000 (Returned to Owner), "American" Silver Coins dating back more than a century and even an old "1986 BMW 318i" submerged in 26 feet of water, catfish swimming inside (Car was stolen 13 years earlier).

(Devereau states: "My "oldest coin found", was a Greek, "Old Style", "Tetradrachm" symbolizing the Goddess Athena, and was minted for only about 31 years, I believe. But it was back in "454 B.C" THAT IT WAS IN CIRCULATION!! Over 2000 years old. Must have been someones souvenir, because there is no proof that the Ancient Romans traveled to North America).                                        

All he needs is a metal detector and a set of Underwater Headphones that beep when objects are near.

There on the lake floor, 12 feet beneath the dock, Devereau found the ring nestled among a bed of clam shells. He reappeared on the surface to a hero's welcome -- similar to the one he got one month ago when he retrieved ANOTHER Diamond Ring, for ANOTHER Client... ONLY 12 FEET FROM THE SAME SPOT!

The Lorkowskis paid Devereau $100 for his efforts. Said Lucinda: "He was worth every penny."

Devereau adds: "This Ring was among thousands of small, round "Clamshells"...in a "Zero Viz" Lake". ("Zero Visibility). Client saw it enter the water, and knew EXACTLY where he'd lost it. Took 14 minutes to find...because "MY TECHNIQUES WORK".             

"Oddly... I'd recovered ANOTHER Diamond Ring (for a Client) 12 FEET from where he'd lost HIS Ring 30 days earlier"!

 "They ( both Clients)...saved A LOT of money that day." "I mean THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS...simply by CALLING ME"! They EACH...PAID LESS...THAN 10% of the "Replacement Cost", because the Marina agreed to use "Land and Sea Recovery Services" exclusively for ALL of it's "Diver Needs" (Underwater Boat Inspections, Fouled Propellors, Lost Items).



                                                                             Cory Bond Devereau
                                 Has completed more than 5,000 dives in sites across the United States
                                              First tried SCUBA Diving when he was 11 years old.
In 1979, founded the "Saco River Salvage Company" in North Conway, NH that developed the reputation of being able to find and recover a wide range of valuables lost in surrounding lakes, rivers and the oceans.

  • Conducted underwater search & recovery work for:
  • Dept. of Agriculture
  • National Forest Service                                                         Weapons used in Crimes
  •  North Conway, NH Police Department, and various State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (East Coast)
  • Private Citizens following burglaries
  • Loon Preservation Society of New Hampshire
  • Featured Nationally and Internationally in, literally, thousands of Newspapers and Magazine Articles over the past 38+ years  Extensive experience in the use of metal detection equipment both on land and underwater
  • 100's of Valuable Pieces of Jewelry and other Property, Returned to Clients
  • Additional: Certified, Licensed Technician-Flammable and Explosive Liquids and Gasses. License #J3074
  •  Heavy and Light Equipment Operator, Track Hoe, Backhoe, Bobcat, Loader, Forklift
  •  Nitrox Certified
                    Below, are a few of the many articles published about my Company, that date back OVER 37 years.
1983 Article in New Hampshire

1985 Article in Northwest N.J.

Above: Old 1984 Article of the Original "Saco River Salvage Company" started in N. H. with partner David Blodgett.

MARINA SERVICES
Are you the owner or manager of a Marina? If so, you probably have a number of Boat Owners that have reported losing items off the edge of the Docks of your Marina. Or are you looking for Divers to perform routine Boat Maintenance?  Or do you need work done on your Docks and Piers?  Well, the team from Land & Sea Recovery Services can help in all of these cases and more.

 In most Cases, we are capable of performing searches for Lost Items at hours that prevent disrupting your customers. We can perform tasks such as:
  • In-water boat hull cleaning
  •  In-water engine component replacement
  • Retrieval of items lost from Boats or Docks
  • Dock maintenance
  •  Replacement or repair of cables and pipes on Docks
  • Clear fouled Propellers
  • Underwater videotape Boat inspections . . . even in  zero visibility conditions (using infrared Camera).
  • Underwater videotape Dock inspections...SEE the condition of your Dock before and after repairs made.
  • Underwater Plumbing Installations and Repairs

NOTE: We will pay a referral fee for anyone that you refer to Land & Sea Recovery Services and we are able to successfully recover their lost items. Not only will your customers be happy to recover their lost item(s) but you can earn some extra income being a "Field Research Agent" for Land & Sea Recovery Services.

To reach the Land & Sea Recovery Services team leader and discuss your specific needs, call Cory DIRECTLY @ (803) 242-3571, or Email: corydevereau@gmail.com. Consultations are free. I may even be able to help you recover your Lost Property by simple phone instructions.
                                           (For which there is ABSOLUTELY NO fee).


Call us at (803) 242-3571  email: corydevereau@gmail.com
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