Mosman schoolboy Josh Shave finds Cartier Santos watch buried on Balmoral Beach, Sydney
Boy reunites elderly man with his lost $20,000 Cartier watch after finding it buried in sand at a popular beach
- Boy reunites precious watch with grateful owner
- Found buried in the sand at Mosman’s Balmoral Beach
- Josh Shave comes from a family of treasure hunters
A schoolboy recalls the incredible moment when he miraculously recovered a lost $20,000 watch buried in the sand at a popular beach.
An elderly man was devastated after losing his treasured 1975 Cartier Santos timepiece, which fell out of his pocket when he took the watch off for his daily swim in Balmoral Beach on Sydney’s lower north coast earlier this week.
The family contacted British expatriates Simon Shave and Meggan Brummer for help finding the watch as the Mosman couple recovered numerous lost treasures on the beach.
The couple’s 10-year-old son, Josh Shave, also decided to join the search and try his luck with his metal detector.
Armed with the detector and a rake, the father and son headed to Balmoral Beach on Tuesday afternoon.
Josh Shave (pictured with father Simon) found the 1975 Cartier timepiece buried in the sand at Balmoral Beach on Tuesday
The metal detector started vibrating within minutes and not long after that the watch was found 8 inches deep in the sand near the steps leading to the beach.
Josh knew right away that the watch would be his best find yet.
“I went downstairs with my dad and before he could sit down I immediately got my first signal on the detector,” the fifth-year student told 2GB breakfast host Ben Fordham.
“I think he expected us to stay much longer.”
Josh has had the metal detector for 18 months.
The grateful owner gave Josh an undisclosed amount of “pocket money” as a reward for his honesty.
“He was very happy,” Josh said.
Josh’s mother was over the moon about her son’s precious find, as a grateful owner and his family.
Josh and his parents also recover lost treasures on Mosman’s Balmoral Beach
“Dad bought the watch 40 years ago in France and it is one of his most prized possessions,” said the owner’s son. Mosman collective.
“Good things happen to good people, and this young boy who is so honest will not be forgotten.”
Mr. Shave and his family are avid snorkellers who have found dozens of lost treasures in Balmoral this summer alone, including telephones, several Apple watches and an expensive Fitbit.
Brummer reunited a relieved beachgoer with her wedding ring she’d found at the bottom of the ocean during her daily swim in January, just two weeks after her partner found a woman’s eternity ring she’d received as a Christmas present from her boyfriend.
“My biggest finds were an Apple Phone, a wallet and someone’s car keys – which I managed to return because the owner happened to still be in the Boathouse two hours later,” Ms Brummer recently told the Daily Mail Australia.
“It gives me absolute joy and satisfaction to find lost treasures and return them to their owners.”
In January, an elated woman named Paola (right) was grateful to be reunited with her beloved wedding ring retrieved from the bottom of the ocean by Josh’s mother Meggan Brummer (left).