If the phone is as waterproof as they claim then an easy way to find it would be at night. Call the phone and look for the light underwater. If the phone is face up it should be easy to spot the glow in the dark of night.

 

If the phone is face down, covered in silt or the battery is dead then my theory is shot.

 

 

On 3/21/2017 at 6:09 AM, TOXIC said:

You might be right but I had a buddy film a segment fot a TV shoe on deep bedding smallmouth and he used a gopro on the bottom in 5-7 feet of water and did get a signal in he phone app.  

 

I was waiting for someone to ask how he could use the phone app when the phone was on the bottom.  

Maybe he had made the antenna? The videos I've seen it will lose signal after about 6" deep.  Haha yeah that might be tricky to use a phone app without the phone to begin with. It might be equally as tough to find a buddy who's going to let you borrow their phone so you can take it out on the water and use it to try to recover the phone you dropped in already!

I am going out tomorrow morning with a buddy. Bringing a rope for him to pull me up if I get stuck, or just need help getting to the surface quickly. I picked up some swimming goggles and a bringing a net down with me. It's been down there since Saturday afternoon, so hopefully it's not too deep in the silt/ mud. It's a fairly small lake with very little current. Wish me luck! I don't have a wet suit, so I'm going to have to act quick when I get in the water. Any other ideas to think of before I head out of there tomorrow morning? I know exactly where I dropped it, so hopefully it will still be there tomorrow.

Thanks,

Stephen

6 hours ago, WIGuide said:

Maybe he had made the antenna? The videos I've seen it will lose signal after about 6" deep.  Haha yeah that might be tricky to use a phone app without the phone to begin with. It might be equally as tough to find a buddy who's going to let you borrow their phone so you can take it out on the water and use it to try to recover the phone you dropped in already!

I cant say about a iphone but like I said a guy I know dropped his in about 2ft of water / mud and his still vibrated. That is how he felt/found it as I called it. It was a old Casio flip phone. So I know some can pick up a signal deeper than 6" just not sure about a iphone. 

 

OP I suggest you and you buddy have a good plan of what he is to do and when to help you. A way for you to re enter the boat if you get cramped should be planned as 1 friend may not have the strength. Just take every precaution at this point its been there a while no rush now.   

As mentioned previously, have a plan (including a ladder into the boat) if you don't have a wet suit... and have dry clothes in the boat or car and have the car warmed up if it's cold out.  Be safe, good luck and I can't wait to see the pic after all this effort to recover!!

Bring a large quilt or comforter to wrap around you when you get out of the water, or a zippered sleeping bag.

 

Personally, I don't think it's worth it.  You get in trouble and your buddy might not be able to haul you back onto the boat, and end up in the drink trying.  Chalk it up to a life lesson, and move on.

 

None of us wants to read about a fisherman who died trying to retrieve a seven hundred dollar cell phone.  You hit that cold water and it could literally paralyze you in seconds.

2 hours ago, Fishing Rhino said:

Bring a large quilt or comforter to wrap around you when you get out of the water, or a zippered sleeping bag.

 

Personally, I don't think it's worth it.  You get in trouble and your buddy might not be able to haul you back onto the boat, and end up in the drink trying.  Chalk it up to a life lesson, and move on.

 

None of us wants to read about a fisherman who died trying to retrieve a seven hundred dollar cell phone.  You hit that cold water and it could literally paralyze you in seconds.

 

I'm with FR on this one, for all the reasons stated above. Even with a wetsuit, there's a reason hypothermia is dangerous and a major concern for what you're planning for this time of year. 

That phone is long gone. A phone wont drop straight down. The water will grab it and it will shimmy different ways. Odds are its not in the same place you dropped it. Batteries probably dead. 

Bring a friend, or two, and snorkel for it. Supposedly the iPhone 7 is waterproof so you may get lucky. Good Luck!!

I had to go to the AT&T store yesterday and asked about the 7 being waterproof and he quickly said "it's only water resistant, and rated for 3' for 30 minutes... we call it splash proof" 

 

I had assumed the recovery was to save the cost of a new purchase vs. insurance claim with the bad phone...  Are you guys thinking that the phone will still work???  Now that I think about it, if your phone backed up, your pic is in the cloud but if if hasn't then you pic may be lost forever. (or hopefully you texted or emailed the pic before you lost the phone)

 

I'm more curious than ever since I need to replace my phone pretty soon and looking at a 7 as a probable replacement.

15 hours ago, S. Sass said:

I cant say about a iphone but like I said a guy I know dropped his in about 2ft of water / mud and his still vibrated. That is how he felt/found it as I called it. It was a old Casio flip phone. So I know some can pick up a signal deeper than 6" just not sure about a iphone. 

I was not talking about the phone getting signal underwater. We were discussing using a gopro as an underwater camera and watching the live feed on a phone/tablet to locate the dropped phone. That feed is transmitted from the gopro to a phone/tablet through a wifi connection and that is the signal that doesn't like to travel through water. 

Awaiting for Status Report ....

 

Operation RecoveryIPHONE7: GO 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Burke said:

Awaiting for Status Report ....

 

Operation RecoveryIPHONE7: GO 

 

 

 

He dropped it in less than 10 feet of water so it's possible he found his phone.Let's hope his phone is not damaged so he get the picture of his PB bass. 

Starting to wonder where Stephen is...

7 minutes ago, flechero said:

Starting to wonder where Stephen is...

 

I googled news reports out of Tulsa, OK about a missing fisherman. Nothing current thankfully.

If u by chance have a GoPro with a waterproof houseing on it, what I would do is tie something to the GoPro and lower it down and find exactly where it is. Then I would get a sticky plate or something and try to stick it. Good luck man

Lucky your not in the far southern states and have to deal with all the prehistoric lizards.  Good luck with the find, the go pro idea sounds like a winner.  Once found mark it with an anchor or something easy to find.  Let us know how it goes.

2 hours ago, geo g said:

Lucky your not in the far southern states and have to deal with all the prehistoric lizards.  Good luck with the find, the go pro idea sounds like a winner.  Once found mark it with an anchor or something easy to find.  Let us know how it goes.

nah the alligators here are friendly, they just want to give you alittle kiss, kiss of death that is.

 

C'mon, Steve! Of all OP's to follow-up on, it's this one!

Hope he's OK ~

A-Jay

Phone was lost 6 days ago and has been underwater ever since. That thing is a goner, even if he does somehow still recover it. 

This thread has better life than the phone's batteries!

           r.i.p

        iphone 7

-March 19, 2017-

I sure hope Nessie didn't get a hold of him

http://www.newsok.com/news/breaking/coastguard-rescues-angler-diving-for-phone/?p1