How a Manatee tour guide recovered $1,000 glasses lost underwater on Bradenton Beach

Troy Brown is a modern-day underwater treasure hunter.

As the owner of Nature Boy Troy’s Coastal Adventures, he often dives in search of submerged items.

“I’ve been in Florida since 1970 and scuba certified since I was 12 years old. I probably do about 150 tanks a year diving,” said Brown, who often is tasked with finding underwater lost items for people. “Troy Sorenson is my friend and he runs Dive Florida on Cortez Road. He has a service where he searches with an underwater metal detector for precious jewelry and wedding rings, things people lose when they come down. He sends me his overflow of people looking for other objects besides jewelry. I’ve found GoPro cameras, cell phones, glasses amongst other items.”

As a glasses wearer with a strong prescription, I often fear my glasses sinking into the water while I’m fishing. I wear Croakies or tie fishing line to keep them tight to my head.

One of the best purchases I’ve ever made was a pair of prescription polarized sunglasses to avoid the issues I ran into with contacts. Losing them would emotionally stress me. Not only is there a large monetary expense, but the time and inconvenience of potentially losing my eyesight for an extended time would be draining.

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