Lost and found iPhone still works after nearly a week underwater

June 7 (UPI) -- A visitor to a Mississippi island found a lost iPhone in the water and was able to return it to its owner after discovering the device still worked after nearly a week underwater.

Erin Skaggs, of Gulfport, said she lost her phone in the water during a Memorial Day trip to Horn Island.

"I assumed it was a lost cause," Skaggs wrote in a Facebook post.

Skaggs said she got a new phone the next day.

Cody Lowe of Biloxi said in a Facebook post that he was visiting Horn Island on Sunday when he found an iPhone in the water. Lowe plugged the phone in and was surprised to find it still worked.

Lowe posted a photo of the phone's lock screen -- a picture of Skaggs and her husband -- and it was shared hundreds of times before coming to Skaggs' attention.

Skaggs said she was especially grateful for the phone's return because it contained many pictures that she feared were lost forever.

"Thank you Cody Lowe! Thank you to everyone who messaged me to tell me! And thanks Apple for making water proof phones," Skaggs wrote.