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A Martin Lewis fan has managed to find an eye-watering £82,000 in lost savings after following his easy advice. The BBC Sounds podcast star, and ITV regular, spoke out about his fan's success in his latest Money Saving Expert newsletter. Jodi explained how she was able to track down £82,000 in a lost pension pot after using the free Pension Tracing Service. She said: "Thanks to you promoting lost pensions on your TV show, we contacted the [free] Pension Tracing Service & discovered a lost pension pot worth £82,000. "Thank you Martin. We didn't know where to start looking as it was over 40 years ago & my husband could not remember who it was with as he had lost all paperwork." Signing off, a thankful Jodi concluded: "He was shocked to find out the amount." READ MORE Parents getting six payments and discounts worth £7,732 before end of May The amount of money hidden away in old investments and pensions is estimated to be more than £26.6 billion. Money Saving Expert, Mr Lewis' consumer website, said: "As a first step, look through old paperwork or contact the HR department at old employers to see if they can help find details of previous workplace pension schemes you might have been part of. "If that doesn't get you anywhere, try the simple, free tool from the Pension Tracing Service. It has details of more than 200,000 different pension schemes, and will help you find an up-to-date contact address for the scheme you're looking for." The government explained: "Use this service to find contact details to search for a lost pension. You can find contact details for your own workplace or personal pension scheme and someone else's scheme if you have their permission "This service will not tell you whether you have a pension, or what its value is. You need the name of an employer or a pension provider to use this service." It added: "You can also request contact details from the Pension Tracing Service by phone or by post. "They cannot tell you whether you have a pension, or what its value is."