Incredibly the small waterproof camera still works and recorded the last moments it was used on September 1 before being claimed by the sea and washed away.
Now the camera’s German finders have taken to social media to try and reunite the footage with it’s rightful owner across the North Sea.
The time stamp on the footage shows the camera’s original owners – two children – walking on a beach searching rock pools with a bucket.
A young boy aged 10-12 old can be seen putting the camera down on the beach and then wandering off and playing with a bucket in rock pools with a young girl.
Then, around 15 minutes later a small wave comes and washes the waterproof camera into the sea where it rolls around picking up images of seaweed in the water.
The video – filmed on an SJCAM HD 1080P – is thought to have been shot at Thornwick Bay, Flamborough, East Yorkshire.
It was found on Hallig Studeroo – one of a chain of low-lying islands off the north-east German coast known as the Halligs by Roland Spreer.
Herr Spreer, 67, a retired seaman, found the camera during a routine clean-up of the coast while covering for his son Holger, 37, and his girlfriend Nele Wree, 34, – who are the island’s sole occupants.
The pair were on a mainland hospital at the time – giving birth to daughter Fenia, who is now two-and-a-half weeks old.
Holger Spreer said: “Roland was on the Hallig looking after our farm while we were on the mainland.
“He went out collecting stranded goods and rubbish from the shore.
“It’s something we regularly do when we’re on the island – the North Sea frequently washes up all sorts and we go out about two times a week.
“He did not know what it was – he thought it may have been an underwater camera used to record marine life.
“But I knew what it was so we opened it, looked at the storage card and looked at the footage – there were quite a few pictures saved on it.
“There were pictures of a family’s garden, children’s activities and family snaps.
“We took bits that we thought would help explain how the camera got into the sea because we really wanted to find the boy whose camera it is.”
So the couple shared the footage on social media and got in touch with a colleague from the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGZRS).
Their appeal eventually reached a contact from the RNLI in the UK who recognised the coastal strip and got in touch – identifying it as Flamborough.
The DGZRS also did some calculations based on sea conditions which established it had made a 900 km journey across the sea and had most likely come from Flamborough on the Yorkshire coast.
Commenting on the find the couple posted on Facebook: “This finding is something very special.
“You ask yourself so often, ‘where does that come from?’ or ‘how did it end up in the sea?’
“The hope is rising that we will find him together. 🙂
“Thank you to everyone who has supported us in various ways so far. 🙂
“It’s still exciting!;-)”
If you can help reunite the footage with its owners email [email protected].