Kicker: Sunken treasure

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Childhood pastimes sometimes grow up into full time work. Mary, you spoke to this man from Illinois, who puts his passion for scuba together with metal detection.

DEREK LANGOS: My name is Derek Langos and I'm a professional scuba diving recovery and lost item finder.

He finds all sorts of things in the lakes of Illinois and Missouri: Coins, rings, glasses, even a white gold Cartier ring. But there’s one particular item he finds a lot:

LANGOS: Yep, tons of Apple watches. I find them a lot just when I'm out freediving.

I guess even those fancy tech watches can’t do much when you drop them to the bottom of a lake. So Langos has some advice:

LANGOS: I would definitely get a better watch band for your Apple Watches, put your phone in a waterproof proof floating bag.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: The watch may be smart, but the bands aren’t.

BROWN: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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