TESTIMONIALS
FINDING ALL THINGS LOST AT SEA
Lucinda and Marty Lorkowski, with his "Recovered Diamond Encrusted Wedding Ring"
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 mostOn this night, Marty stayed up late to enjoy a few more beers.
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 "Clam Shells"...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 Propellers, Lost Items).
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 mostOn 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- tudded 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 "Clam Shells"...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 Propellers, Lost Items).
After being in a ZERO Visibility Lake for over a year, these Rings were returned to the Rightful
Owner.
"I read about Cory in the Newspaper, and called him, and we went to show him where I'd lost the Rings. I couldn't believed it when Cory called me a couple of weeks later, and told me that he'd found my smaller Ring. Then, a week later, he called me and told me he had "the OTHER ONE"! I told him "I think I'm going to faint". He told me to "Sit down, QUICKLY". "They'd BEEN LOST IN A LAKE FOR OVER A YEAR, and we searched for days, when it first happened, and finally gave up". (Debbie D., last name withheld on request).
Back around 1981
(DECADES of Finds),
Debbie Coleman, on Summer vacation in Maine, at a Family Lake Campground, was Heartbroken when her Necklace broke while horsing around with friends in the Swimming Area.
She'd found the Necklace, but lost the 3 Jewelry pieces that were on it.
"We looked and looked, and it was only waist deep, and the water was clear, but we couldn't find them.
ALL, were Cherished Family Keepsakes. One, a Gold Cross, one, a Gold "Good Journey" Horn, and one, an 18 Gold St. Anthony Medallion.
Devereau said..."These were VERY finely made pieces! Because they were found together in a 2" circle, I guessed that they were lost from 'one persons' broken Necklace."
Though, it COULD happen, it was unlikely that 3 different peoples Property landed in the Lake so close together. "The only logical explanation to why they would be so close together, was that they were lost by the same person, at the same time" (and PROBABLY, from the same Necklace).
Turns out, the theory was correct.
"I put up a Sign at the Campgrounds Snack Bar, reading..."Found: Gold Cross in Swimming Area". Leaving out the other 2 Items.
I figured that only the Rightful Owner would respond and be able to identify all 3 Items.
Sure enough, the very next day, a girl saw the Sign, and came forward and announced to the Owner of the Campground, that her Best Friend lost them (ALL 3 ITEMS)!
AND, SHE'D JUST LEFT THE CAMPGROUND...THE DAY BEFORE!
We contacted her on the phone, and the Items were returned.
"Cory did not have to do that. I am Soooo LUCKY!" was her response. (Devereau insists..."I GOT LUCKY TOO. I FOUND HER)!
"It was a good day". "For BOTH of us", Devereau added.
Says Devereau: "People lose stuff every day. I started a Service to help them. IT WORKS!"
People have told me for DECADES, that "(My) chances of finding something in ZERO Visibility, are "Slim to none"..."Zero to none"..."No way in hell"..."One in a million"..."Never gonna happen"..."When Pigs fly"..."You're dreamin"..."Impossible".
Well...I've been PROVING them wrong, for OVER 38 YEARS! MY "Techniques" WORK...CONSISTENTLY! And, I have the Clients to prove it. DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR LOST PROPERTY, UNTIL WE'VE SPOKEN. CALL FOR FREE CONSULTATION.