Pretty cool story confirming how rugged and waterproof gopro's are:Mark Woods: Camera, lost then found, leads to interesting development
By Mark Woods Sat, Jul 16, 2016 @ 8:05 pm | updated Sat, Jul 16, 2016 @ 8:11 pm
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Jared Jeffs of St. Augustine combines two of his passions - the ocean and photography - in this shot of himself. Provided by Jared Jeffs
Provided by Jared Jeffs
Jared Jeffs of St. Augustine combines two of his passions - the ocean and photography - in this shot of himself.
Austin Carter (right) lost his GoPro while surfing more than two years ago. One of the photos on it was from a church mission trip to Grenada - with (from left) Bryce Peterson, Jonathan Reavis and Luke Davis. The lost GoPro recently was found by someone walking the beach in St. Augustine and given to Jared Jeffs, an amateur photographer. Instead of keeping it, Jeffs decided to try to find the camera's owner. He posted this image on Facebook and asked people to share it. An hour later, he had figured out that the camera belonged to Carter. He met Carter Thursday and returned the camera. Provided by Jared Jeffs
It’s sort of a modern-day version of a message in a bottle. A memory card in a camera, found on a beach in St. Augustine, more than two years after it was lost … somewhere.
When Jared Jeffs put the memory card in his computer and looked at the images — including some of four guys standing on the hilltop of a tropical island — he wasn’t sure what to make of them.
Did the camera, a GoPro in a waterproof case, somehow travel great distances? Who lost it? Where was the owner now?
“I didn’t really know what to think,” he said. “I just thought it was pretty surreal that I had this camera in my possession that who knows who owned it.”
As it turns out, the story isn’t quite as dramatic as a small camera making a big journey. But it’s still a pretty good story — partly because instead of keeping the camera, Jeffs was determined to find the owner.
