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Lost and Found in the Lakes - Season 2 Episode 5 -
The Ring at the Jetty
The Ring at the Jetty
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00:00Lake District, England's largest national park.
00:04Absolute perfection. I don't actually think it gets better than this.
00:08Every year, over 18 million people flock to its spectacular landscape.
00:15But if any of them lose something precious here, finding it can be tough.
00:21I was absolutely distraught.
00:23Gave me a heart attack.
00:25It was a devastating day, wasn't it?
00:27It's gone.
00:27I thought, no.
00:29I hope there's a chance.
00:31So I brought together local detectorists and underwater explorers.
00:36It's like Avengers Assemble, isn't it?
00:38To scour a lake and fell for treasured lost possessions.
00:42No way!
00:45Sometimes our searches bring up surprises.
00:48It looks like it's been in a while.
00:51Other times...
00:52I've got a hair curler!
00:53What we pull up is just rubbish.
00:56That's not the same bike.
00:58Ready to be transformed into new treasures.
01:01Oh, that's beautiful.
01:03By some of the finest crafters from the region.
01:06Run away!
01:07But best of all...
01:08This is our guy.
01:10Does it get better than this?
01:11Is when we can reunite our finds...
01:14With the people who thought they were lost forever.
01:21This is really special.
01:23Good.
01:24Now get back to the lake and find more stuff.
01:26On today's episode...
01:37Get in!
01:38Find it!
01:39Get out!
01:41We search for a husband's treasured wedding ring accidentally dropped by his wife.
01:46I've lost something that means the world to us and it's hard, isn't it?
01:52Old bottles and jars...
01:54Look at that!
01:55...are reimagined once again.
01:57It's going to be a circus.
01:59You get a bit of a bad press these days, don't you, clowns?
02:02And a chance find in the lake.
02:06Can we find its owner?
02:08There's a mobile number at the bottom of the website.
02:12I'm so excited.
02:19First up, we're heading to the biggest body of water in the lakes.
02:23Windermere.
02:24On its western bank is Ray Castle, built in 1840 and now a popular tourist attraction.
02:35Five years ago, Chef Richard brought his family here for a day out.
02:40I've been coming to the lakes ever since I was a kid.
02:43And then, obviously, when I met Nat, I kind of introduced her...
02:46Dragged me to the...
02:47Yeah, into that world.
02:49You going that side?
02:50I'm trying to say sleeper there, don't do the side.
02:52Chef Richard and his wife, Natalie, were having a perfect day out with their children at the castle's jettie.
02:59The girls were swimming and then you wanted to go jump off the, um...
03:02The jettie.
03:04Oh, I missed it.
03:05I missed you jumping in that time, Rich.
03:07But sadly, this fun-filled family visit took a devastating turn.
03:13Nat said to me, oh, you know, give me your ring.
03:16Pass me ring to you so you don't lose it.
03:18Yeah, it was my fault.
03:19I put it on my thumb and then I opened my hand and it just slid off straight in the water.
03:25We both watched it...
03:27Slowly sink.
03:28Slowly sink to the bottom.
03:31In one agonising moment, Richard's wedding ring disappeared beneath the jetty without trace.
03:38But today, five years on, freedivers Angus, Rene and Mike are hoping to change that.
03:52You know, nothing's prettier than the lakes, guys.
03:55Armed with information from Richard, they're going to do their very best to try and find this treasured ring.
04:01It is white gold with a rose gold metal strip.
04:05It's got a diamond in the middle.
04:07Luckily, we actually do have video.
04:09This is five seconds before they lost the ring.
04:13We should be able to figure out where exactly on the jetty this happened.
04:17Well, we've got one, two, three, four, five, six posts.
04:21She's two posts back from where he is, realistically.
04:24Between seven and eight back.
04:25Yeah.
04:28Knowing where the ring went in is key when we're looking for such tiny treasure.
04:32We'll see you in there, Mike.
04:37This is slipping.
04:38You're all good, man.
04:40Yeah, yeah.
04:40But the team do have an added problem here.
04:45Several times a day, a busy tourist ferry docks and stirs up the water.
04:50We've got a lot of time before the ferry comes back.
04:53So although they have a target area, five years of churn could have buried the ring deeper and deeper.
05:01Just get in, find it, get out.
05:03Get in, find it, get out.
05:10The ring does mean a lot to us.
05:15When we got married, we did our vows and then you said to me, oh, I've looked inside.
05:19So I looked inside the ring and that's when I saw the inscription.
05:23My partner, my lover, my best friend.
05:25I just made it that extra bit special, really.
05:27Yeah.
05:32I do feel sad and I do miss it.
05:34It was a devastating day, wasn't it?
05:35Yeah, I've lost something that means the world to us and it's hard, isn't it?
05:40We're desperately hoping we can find the ring, but so far our search is hampered by a particular kind of rubbish.
05:54We've got a very large bottle of some kind that is absolutely full to the river.
06:03Evidence of eating and drinking on the lake?
06:06We've got a full fancy restaurant, like that's your appetizer, plate, spoon, treasures.
06:15We're just trying to clear up what we can and then we can hopefully cover a lot of the bottom.
06:20I'm really trying to concentrate on the ring.
06:23Try and find that.
06:24It's a cracking find because, normally is it a phone, it's got the book card and all the details as well.
06:46It might not be the ring, but someone might be missing this.
06:52For now, though, we're going to have to halt the search because the ferry's on its way.
06:5822 miles away over at the boat house, social media detective Mew is poised and ready to try and trace the owners of any of the lost possessions we stumble across.
07:15And the phone the freedivers found at Ray Castle holds real promise.
07:21Wow.
07:22OK.
07:23There's a lot of information in this phone.
07:27There are bank cards, there's a drive-in licence, there's even some money.
07:33Oh, gosh.
07:34This phone has been in the water for a while.
07:36It's completely fused to the case.
07:39Really struggling.
07:41Come on.
07:43I did it.
07:45Mew's keen to find out if the phone still works.
07:48It could hold clues or precious lost photos.
07:52Right.
07:53OK.
07:54Fingers crossed it turns on.
07:57While Mew waits for any sign of life, she's keen to investigate the wallet.
08:02The best part about the driver's licence is there's a picture of the person I'm looking for.
08:07I can see that he's called John, he's an older gentleman.
08:11I wonder what the story is, how he lost his phone.
08:13I'm searching for him online and he's got quite a common name.
08:19So, it might be tricky.
08:23Despite the wealth of information, the search for John is not as straightforward as Mew hoped.
08:29Social media didn't come up with any results.
08:32I reckon that phone's dead.
08:34So, let's see what else we have.
08:36There's his roadside assistant.
08:41There's a supermarket membership card.
08:43And we have a gym membership.
08:45That might be a really great clue.
08:51With the phone not charging, calling the gym could help Mew find John to return his cash and cards.
08:58Let's see how this goes.
09:00Will it get us closer to Mr John?
09:02Maybe?
09:03Let's see.
09:04Welcome to voicemail.
09:08The person you've called is not available.
09:13With no one answering, all Mew can do is drop the gym an email.
09:18See if they get in touch with us.
09:21Because I really want to get John's stuff back to him.
09:24On all of our searches in the lakes, the find we bring up more than most is definitely old bottles.
09:43You're looking at 1900 to 1920 now.
09:47There are so many in there, just thrown away.
09:50From the modern...
09:52Wine bottle.
09:53To the old...
09:54There's definitely some bottles here that have got a good amount of age.
09:57With fascinating local history.
09:59Look at that!
10:00And it's glassware like this we always try to reuse and rescue.
10:07Today I'm in Kendal, calling on Lucy, one of our incredible crafters.
10:12I'm hoping she can incorporate some of our more usual bottle finds into her amazing ceramic work.
10:18After you.
10:19It is so nice to be back in here.
10:21It's lovely to have you back.
10:23I've got all sorts of bits for you.
10:25OK.
10:25So...
10:26Is it gloves on?
10:27You never know what's going to be in there.
10:29OK.
10:29Oh, that's nice.
10:32Oh, Martian suns.
10:34Burrow.
10:35I think you're really going to like this one.
10:38OK.
10:39Oh, that's beautiful.
10:42It's a really nice shape.
10:44Look at that.
10:45That'll be 100 years old, won't it?
10:46Oh, yeah.
10:47Oh, yeah.
10:48Look at that.
10:50And this one?
10:51These are brilliant.
10:52What is it that you love about them?
10:54All the different shapes, the different colours, the different sizes, imagining their former
10:58lives.
10:59So, less glass, more random stuff.
11:03Oh, that's from a toilet system.
11:05That is actually cool, isn't it?
11:08These are beautiful, beautiful shapes.
11:11I love these.
11:12I can see where I'm going with these, for sure.
11:14Oh, I'm thinking things.
11:16I'm really enjoying these reactions.
11:17I'm going to make lovely little ceramic heads.
11:23They're going to be like a whole little crew of people, almost a circus.
11:28I like that you're already thinking there is an idea, because a lot of people will look
11:32at this and go, what the heck are you going to do with that?
11:33Yes.
11:33I'm going to leave you with this treasure.
11:36OK, thank you.
11:36I will get started.
11:38See you later.
11:39Thanks, Helen.
11:41Oh, no.
11:42Back on Windermere and the picturesque grounds of Ray Castle, the coast is clear again for
11:54our freedivers to get back on the hunt for Richard's lost diamond wedding ring.
11:58We were just chatting to the captain that's driving the boat, and he was saying that last
12:04year their signs got thrown in, so he's managed to get that out for us, which is good.
12:12We're always happy to do our bits while we're out and about.
12:16Clearing this and all the rubbish here has revealed the divers' next problem, and it's
12:21the lake bed itself.
12:27All that sediment, all the sticks, all the leaves, such a thick blanket going along the
12:32bottom.
12:34It feels like you're getting nowhere, and you're just searching and searching and searching
12:39away.
12:42Probably spent about three hours I did diving down, but the silt was being moved up, and
12:47we couldn't find it.
12:48That was it then.
12:50It's gone.
12:52It's a needle in the A-stack, really, of finding it.
12:58Right here, I'm getting quite a few signals.
13:01The thing is, it's like a lot of rocks, so I'm going to give it a go with my hands over
13:16time.
13:16It was just tapping so quick.
13:21It was devastating.
13:23And that's when the emotions came out.
13:28Huge guilt, like, because he entrusted me with the ring, and then I'd go and drop it.
13:33If we were to get that ring back, it would mean the world.
13:37I think it would be a bit emotional.
13:39It would be a bit emotional.
13:40There's something here, but I think we need the scoop to get it.
13:48This piece of kit is used to sieve the silt, helping Renee to separate out whatever the item
14:00is she's detected.
14:01This isn't even working, because there's too many rocks.
14:09You have to kind of, like, pull the rocks up.
14:12Reality is, is a ring could fall through the rocks and kind of get embedded underneath.
14:19I mean, right now, it's like we need to reset and then come back.
14:25None of the freedivers' tactics are working.
14:27They're going to need a new approach to have any chance of finding Richard's ring.
14:42Back at the boathouse, Mew is following up on the membership card she discovered in
14:47the phone wallet we found at the Castle Jetty.
14:50Hi.
14:51And the gym's manager has called back.
14:53Yeah, he's not currently an active member.
14:55But I've only got an email address for him.
14:59An email address is amazing.
15:00And I won't mind me sharing that, because that's his business email.
15:03Thank you so much.
15:05No problem at all.
15:06Have a lovely day.
15:07Take care.
15:07You too, bye.
15:08Bye-bye.
15:08Bye-bye.
15:09OK.
15:10We got a contact email for John, so I'm super excited.
15:14I think we're going to do it.
15:16A business email means Mew can now look John's company up.
15:19I'm going to go on his business website.
15:24It's him.
15:27It's literally him.
15:29And there's a mobile number at the bottom of the website.
15:33I'm so excited.
15:34And I'm going to give him a call now.
15:36Let's go.
15:37Hello?
15:45Hi, is this John?
15:47It is.
15:48We think we may have found something that belongs to you.
15:52Oh, what?
15:53Really?
15:53Yeah.
15:54Did you lose something in Windermere?
15:56Yeah, I lost my phone.
15:57Did you lose anything else?
15:59The phone was in a wallet, along with all my credit cards.
16:02And there's even some money.
16:05Really?
16:06Yep.
16:08You're not going to believe this.
16:10It found my phone in Windermere.
16:11Oh, my God!
16:14I was coming back to the ferry, and as I got on it,
16:17I only found this out afterwards,
16:19because I noticed my phone had gone.
16:21And I said to the attendant there,
16:23I said, did I drop a phone?
16:25And he said, oh, I thought I heard a splash.
16:27Oh, my gosh.
16:28But I tell you what, when that happened,
16:31I thought my life had ended,
16:33because I didn't have any money.
16:36I didn't have any credit cards.
16:37I couldn't ring anybody.
16:39So I'm still wondering what on earth to do.
16:42It's incredible how much we rely on the phone.
16:45It really is the worst feeling.
16:48Well, one of our freedivers found it with all your cards.
16:52Unfortunately, the phone hasn't quite powered on,
16:55but I think you'd be quite happy to get maybe everything else back.
17:00Yeah, that'd be cool.
17:01It'd be lovely to have it back.
17:02I think it's quite amazing we were able to find it.
17:05I think so, too.
17:06Thank you very much.
17:07Thank you so much, John.
17:09Bye-bye.
17:09Bye.
17:11Oh, my goodness.
17:14He was very surprised about getting his phone back to him.
17:18This is amazing.
17:20The best news.
17:22I am so pleased we managed to find John.
17:3025 miles away over in Kendal.
17:32This bottle, I think, would have been Victorian.
17:35I think this bottle would have been Victorian.
17:37Lucy, inspired by the age of some of the bottles I dropped off to her,
17:41has decided to create a Victorian circus.
17:43This one, I thought, what a weird bottle.
17:47What would you put in a bottle that rocks?
17:50So I did a little bit of searching on the internet.
17:53It's not a bottle.
17:54It's a bottle lid.
17:56Belgian apothecaries bottles.
17:59But I have a specific use for this one.
18:01It's going to be a clown.
18:03Brill cream will be Strongman.
18:05This is 1935 or so, and then they changed the packaging.
18:09Lavona hair tonic.
18:1125% alcohol.
18:13It's recommended to promote mass hair growth.
18:17That has to be the bearded lady.
18:21I'll just have the elephant as the centrepiece
18:24and then have my bottles around it,
18:27dressed with the different heads of the different characters.
18:31Growing up round here, I do remember the circus coming to the lakes
18:34and loved it.
18:35I thought it was great.
18:36And the clowns, they weren't scary.
18:38They get a bit of a bad press these days, don't they, clowns?
18:40Our finds will provide the base for Lucy's bottle-top circus performers.
18:47Oh, he still weighs a ton.
18:50Pretty gorgeous.
18:51Oh, lovely.
18:54I've got the ringmaster.
18:55And having had their first firing in the kiln...
18:58Then I've got my clown.
19:00New can now meet old for the first time.
19:03The Strongman to sit in the Brill cream.
19:06Maybe a single weight to go above his head.
19:09He needs a little bit of leopard skin or something,
19:12which is very en vogue again now, isn't it?
19:15That's the ringmaster.
19:18He's got his monocle and he's smoking his cigar.
19:21The clown will need some great big clown feet.
19:23So, the bearded lady, gorgeous bit of seaweed,
19:28really unusual beard.
19:31And the centrepiece, the elephant.
19:34And that's it, that's our little circus.
19:40After glazing and more firing in the kiln,
19:43Lucy's carnival can be assembled.
19:45He's got his monocle, he's got his cigar,
19:50he's got his twirly moustache.
19:52It just pops in there.
19:54The little acrobat.
19:56So, that was one of the smaller bottles.
19:59The special little apothecary's lid.
20:02Painted some little clown shoes.
20:04He's there.
20:06Sitting there at the front.
20:08So, the Strongman.
20:09And here's the Brill cream bottle.
20:12I loved it, cos it was shaped like a manly chest.
20:16There we have it.
20:18Job's done.
20:23Three of the figures from Lucy's Bottle Top Circus
20:26could fetch up to £650 at a gallery.
20:29A beautiful way to breathe life back into glassware
20:33just thrown away.
20:39Back at Windermere's Ray Castle.
20:41The freedivers are still desperately searching
20:45for Richard's precious wedding ring.
20:50They've struggled with the amount of leaves,
20:52branches and silt on the bottom of the lake.
20:55So, they've come up with a new plan.
20:58What I'm very tempted to do
20:59is put my fins on it, just fin.
21:01Why don't we do that?
21:03Yeah.
21:04I'm going to go get my fins.
21:06They're hoping this new way of clearing the bed
21:09will help find the ring.
21:10We're kicking our fins like this
21:20to try and force the water
21:22to push everything away.
21:25Like if you had sand on a table
21:26and you blew it,
21:27it would then push it all.
21:29That's the kind of technique
21:30that's happening at the bottom.
21:32Hopefully, because it's a heavy ring,
21:44with a spinning like this,
21:45it won't move,
21:46but it'll take everything off the top.
21:49So, when we come back over,
21:50you might even be able to see it.
21:52After a colossal effort...
21:58I'm quite out of breath.
21:59..they need to let the silt settle
22:01before taking their detectors back in.
22:04This technique has worked for us in the past.
22:06It has.
22:07But it's tiring.
22:14Right, let's see what we can find.
22:22Straight away, the finning seems to have worked.
22:39Ah!
22:41I thought I'd found it!
22:44What?
22:45I thought I'd found it!
22:46Put your hand there for that.
22:49But it looked so close
22:50to being the right thing.
22:51Oh!
22:53And it's not it.
22:58All the team can do
23:00is kick their fins
23:01and try again.
23:05My legs are going to be so tired after this.
23:0817 years ago,
23:22when Richard and Natalie got married,
23:24they could never have imagined
23:26losing their beloved wedding ring
23:27to the lake.
23:30Today, they're on the way to the boat house
23:32to find out how we got on
23:34with their search.
23:35I don't think they've found the ring.
23:37You do?
23:38It's been too long.
23:39It's been too long.
23:42It's five years ago now,
23:43so a lot could have happened.
23:44Yeah.
23:46But fingers crossed.
23:51Hello!
23:52Hi!
23:52Hi!
23:53Nice to meet you!
23:55Tell me about the ring.
23:57It was the ring that we got married in.
23:58You know, obviously,
23:59it meant a lot to both of us.
24:01And then we lost the ring.
24:03Ah, sorry, I lost the ring.
24:04You lost the ring.
24:06I think we'd probably given up hope
24:07of ever getting the ring back.
24:09Do you still feel the pressure
24:10even five years on?
24:11Do you feel bad?
24:13A little bit, yeah.
24:13Do you?
24:14I do, yeah, obviously.
24:15No, you don't need to.
24:16I do.
24:17It's the sentimental thing, isn't it?
24:19That we exchanged those rings
24:20and now you don't have that ring.
24:24The problem with that part of the water
24:27and that part of the lake,
24:28very, very busy.
24:30Obviously, every time the ferry's
24:31going backwards and forwards,
24:33it's churning up the water.
24:34Yeah, that's what I said, isn't it?
24:35Yeah, reasonably, yeah.
24:36That's why I was like,
24:36you're never going to find it.
24:37No.
24:37The team were in the water for hours.
24:41They were pulling up all kinds of bottles
24:44and rubbish and litter
24:45and they were finding all kinds of things.
24:47But the trouble is,
24:48a teeny tiny ring,
24:49they just disappear.
24:52It's so hard to find stuff in that water.
24:55You were right.
24:56Yeah.
25:00We tried.
25:04It's OK.
25:05We know where it is.
25:07Yeah.
25:07You know, you've got the measure of our guys.
25:10Like, they are...
25:11You think if anyone's going to find it,
25:12they're going to find it.
25:13They went back in the water.
25:14They thought,
25:15let's have a new approach.
25:16Let's use our fins,
25:18rake it all up,
25:19stir up,
25:19which is a risky tactic
25:21because then you stir up all the bottom
25:23so visibility gets really bad.
25:25But they wanted to take the risk
25:27and they really wanted to do everything,
25:28you know,
25:29that they could
25:29to kind of
25:30go all out.
25:32Yeah.
25:32And it's a really good job
25:36that they did.
25:37What?
25:39Are you really here?
25:41Aw.
25:43Is it really here?
25:44Oh, how are you?
25:46You have a lot.
25:47Look.
25:52Look.
25:53Look.
25:53Yeah.
25:54Look.
25:54Look.
25:58It's good for your love.
25:59There you go.
26:00Yes.
26:00Oh, my God.
26:01I can't believe you got it.
26:05It was actually Renee
26:07that found it.
26:13No way!
26:17Face.
26:19So the fitting worked, right?
26:21The fitting worked.
26:22Yes!
26:23How does it feel
26:28to have that
26:28look at his hand
26:29and it'd be better?
26:30It still fits.
26:31So, uh...
26:32It still fits
26:33after five years,
26:34so that's a good thing.
26:36That's amazing.
26:36That is literally unbelievable.
26:38I'm speechless.
26:40I'm all about wrath.
26:41I can't believe you've got it.
26:43That's literally amazing.
26:44Thank you so much.
26:45Thank you so much.
26:46Sure.
26:50I never thought
26:51this would be here.
26:51that the girls
26:52are going to be impressed.
26:53Yeah, oh, yeah.
26:54It would be a great story
26:55as well to pass down
26:56you'll eventually,
26:57you know,
26:57they can pass it down.
26:58Yeah.
26:59Brilliant.
26:59So, back to swimming
27:01and paddling in the lake?
27:02Yeah, maybe...
27:03Just not holding my wing
27:04next time, though.
27:04I'll keep it, yeah?
27:05I'll put that somewhere
27:06safe, like it.
27:07I'll keep it.
27:07I'll keep it.
27:08Yeah, brilliant.
27:09Thank you so much.
27:10Thank you so much.
27:10No, thank you.
27:12Well, I'll let you crack on.
27:13I'll let you go
27:13and call those girls.
27:14Take care.
27:15Bye.
27:15Bye.
27:16Bye.
27:18Yay.
27:19We got it back.
27:20Oh, look at them.
27:23Oh, those are so cute.
27:26That was a massive surprise.
27:27That was a huge surprise.
27:28That's generally...
27:29No, you were generally sure.
27:29I was that shot.
27:30I've probably not been
27:31that shot before.
27:31That was, uh...
27:33Yeah.
27:33My heart did just...
27:35Yeah.
27:35And then...
27:36Yeah, the tears came.
27:37Aw.
27:38Yeah.
27:40It looks a bit worse
27:41for wear now,
27:42but I think that tells the story.
27:44You think what's happened
27:45to that in the last...
27:46It's been...
27:46Five years.
27:47Fingers crossed now
27:48it stays with us.
27:50Next time,
27:58our detectivists
27:59are on a desperate search
28:00to find a treasured bracelet
28:01for a heartbroken family.
28:04A part of me
28:05is gone
28:06and I don't know
28:07if I'll ever get it back again.
28:10And an enamel badge
28:11takes our team
28:12on an intriguing search.
28:14This is the only one
28:15we've ever seen.
28:16This is really exciting.
28:17This is really exciting.
28:18This is really exciting.
28:19We'll see you next time.
28:20We'll see you next time.
28:20I'll see you next time.
28:22Bye-bye.
28:22Transcription by CastingWords
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