Nathanonline
Jr. Member
- Oct 31, 2015
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- Minelab Explorer II
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Let me just say that today was really rewarding helping someone else out, I wasn't really expecting that!
The last couple of weeks have been very slow for good detecting spots, so I have been watching the Lost and Found to see if I can help anyone out with missing items. Last night a man posted that they lost a wedding ring at the beach. I sent him an email asking if I could help them to look for it.
I got an email from the husband this morning. It was his wife's wedding ring. She is 6 months pregnant also. They went to the beach for the day and she changed into a bathing suit and put the ring in her pants pocket. When they left the beach she shook the sand off the pants and that's when they think the ring fell out. There was also a chance it fell out in the parking lot, which of course wouldn't be good. The husband and wife were only staying in the local area for a couple days and his wife was obviously really upset about losing it because the center diamond of the ring was from his or her mother (can't remember which). They were expecting someone to possibly help them in the morning (I couldn't get out to search until later) so I gave him my number and told him to call or text later if the other guy doesn't show up or if he doesn't find it.
So I got a call a little later and of course the other guy didn't show up. The beach was only about 10 minutes away and his wife was actually waiting at the beach for the guy who didn't show up. So I got to the beach and met the wife. We talked for a few minutes about where they were on the beach and I tried to get a sense of how far the ring might have traveled when she lost it. Once I got the info I told her I'd give it a try and I started to grid-detect the area. When I started searching, she hovered nearby and when I would find something she would look over at me hopefully to see if I had her ring. I explained to her that most people are surprised with how many metal items show up in the sand, especially on a small busy beach like this one. I let her know that I was going to recover every target I found regardless of the sound it made because it was a pretty small search area, and sometimes larger gold rings make a different tone etc. She realized it wouldn't do her much good to wait and see what every item was, and took her two kids off to another part of the beach while I continued searching.
So she went to the other part of the beach and I kept detecting. By now I'm only about 10 minutes into the search, I've pulled a quarter, a couple small trashy targets, and a penny... and then I get a nice loud tone. I'm thinking NO WAY is this thing still here and I managed to find it that fast. But it was a nice loud tone, and I could tell it wasn't as deep as the other targets I just dug. I didn't want to damage it just in case it was her ring, so I started taking a thin layer of sand away with the scoop until the signal was gone. I gently shook the sand out of the scoop and all I see is a beautiful white gold diamond wedding ring in the bottom of the scoop. I was in total shock that I found it, and my hands decided not to work when I went to pick it up I dropped it right back into the sand (it completely disappeared again, ha). I picked it up again and I had a nice rush of adrenaline there.
At this point, the woman is about 30 feet away on the beach with her kids and her back is turned the other direction. I started walking over to her, and I'm trying to keep my excitement down. About half way there she see's me and I can see on her face this guarded/hopeful look that I found her ring. As I start walking closer I hold it up in my hand and when she realizes it really is her ring she is instantly shocked, relieved, emotional and thankful. I imagine it probably felt like such a huge relief that it wasn't lost forever. She gave me a big hug and thanked me about a dozen times for finding it, and she told me that she cried constantly for the last 24 hours because she thought she had lost it for good. She started tearing up after having it in her hands for a few minutes, and I knew that as soon as I left she was going to call her husband up and share the good news. I got a follow up phone call from her husband who was very excited and thankful that I offered to look for it for them. Altogether, for me it was a memorable experience and I look forward to helping others find items when opportunities happen.
-Nate
The last couple of weeks have been very slow for good detecting spots, so I have been watching the Lost and Found to see if I can help anyone out with missing items. Last night a man posted that they lost a wedding ring at the beach. I sent him an email asking if I could help them to look for it.
I got an email from the husband this morning. It was his wife's wedding ring. She is 6 months pregnant also. They went to the beach for the day and she changed into a bathing suit and put the ring in her pants pocket. When they left the beach she shook the sand off the pants and that's when they think the ring fell out. There was also a chance it fell out in the parking lot, which of course wouldn't be good. The husband and wife were only staying in the local area for a couple days and his wife was obviously really upset about losing it because the center diamond of the ring was from his or her mother (can't remember which). They were expecting someone to possibly help them in the morning (I couldn't get out to search until later) so I gave him my number and told him to call or text later if the other guy doesn't show up or if he doesn't find it.
So I got a call a little later and of course the other guy didn't show up. The beach was only about 10 minutes away and his wife was actually waiting at the beach for the guy who didn't show up. So I got to the beach and met the wife. We talked for a few minutes about where they were on the beach and I tried to get a sense of how far the ring might have traveled when she lost it. Once I got the info I told her I'd give it a try and I started to grid-detect the area. When I started searching, she hovered nearby and when I would find something she would look over at me hopefully to see if I had her ring. I explained to her that most people are surprised with how many metal items show up in the sand, especially on a small busy beach like this one. I let her know that I was going to recover every target I found regardless of the sound it made because it was a pretty small search area, and sometimes larger gold rings make a different tone etc. She realized it wouldn't do her much good to wait and see what every item was, and took her two kids off to another part of the beach while I continued searching.
So she went to the other part of the beach and I kept detecting. By now I'm only about 10 minutes into the search, I've pulled a quarter, a couple small trashy targets, and a penny... and then I get a nice loud tone. I'm thinking NO WAY is this thing still here and I managed to find it that fast. But it was a nice loud tone, and I could tell it wasn't as deep as the other targets I just dug. I didn't want to damage it just in case it was her ring, so I started taking a thin layer of sand away with the scoop until the signal was gone. I gently shook the sand out of the scoop and all I see is a beautiful white gold diamond wedding ring in the bottom of the scoop. I was in total shock that I found it, and my hands decided not to work when I went to pick it up I dropped it right back into the sand (it completely disappeared again, ha). I picked it up again and I had a nice rush of adrenaline there.
At this point, the woman is about 30 feet away on the beach with her kids and her back is turned the other direction. I started walking over to her, and I'm trying to keep my excitement down. About half way there she see's me and I can see on her face this guarded/hopeful look that I found her ring. As I start walking closer I hold it up in my hand and when she realizes it really is her ring she is instantly shocked, relieved, emotional and thankful. I imagine it probably felt like such a huge relief that it wasn't lost forever. She gave me a big hug and thanked me about a dozen times for finding it, and she told me that she cried constantly for the last 24 hours because she thought she had lost it for good. She started tearing up after having it in her hands for a few minutes, and I knew that as soon as I left she was going to call her husband up and share the good news. I got a follow up phone call from her husband who was very excited and thankful that I offered to look for it for them. Altogether, for me it was a memorable experience and I look forward to helping others find items when opportunities happen.
-Nate
PEACE:RONB
