About Us
I moved to Belize in 2006. I spent 10 years in San Pedro and over time became an avid free diver with a passion for spearfishing. At times buddies would drop spearguns, lose a fin or sunglasses but I always had the ability to retrace and find it at sea. One time I realized that my wedding band ws missing and retraced my path across the coral reef and found my ring sitting on the bottom about 2000 feet from where I started searching.
After many years of the hustle and bustle of the Cayes we decided to move to the mainland to enjoy the peace and quiet of the jungle. After visiting and camping at various locations, very quickly Big Rock became my favorite place to relax and enjoy nature. One day I jumped in to the water and lost a pair of sunglasses. The next day I decided to come back with my freediving mask. First dive with my mask and light and, voila, there they were.
Unfortunately over the years I've found Apple Watches, GoPro's, money, jewelry, knives and various other items. I've always tried to use information from the devices, if possible, to try to find the owner. Normally a smart watch is locked with a passcode so that's not possible. The worst is when I find a GoPro and it's loaded with smiling faces of vacation footage but no identifiable information. I've posted items I've found on social networks. I've searched the web for forums where people have mentioned what they've lost and where. Every time I am never able to find the owner.
So this is where I decided that there must be another option. How can people reach out to me to get their items back, especially the ones with memories and sentimental value? This is where www.MemoriesLost.bz came to fruition.
It's a beautiful thing to put a smile back on someone's face, to make the heartbreak of lost memories a lost memory in itself.
So why do we charge? Why not just do this for free? A recovery involves time off from my job, fuel for the truck and drives on some pretty rough roads. At $11+ per gallon of gas and the need to replace suspension parts/bushings a few times a year it adds up. Also, we only charge if your item is actually found. So there are some recovery trips where we are out of pocket with no income.
Hopefully you will never need us. But in the event you do lose a memory at Big Rock let us know and we'll do our best to help you.