The Ring Finders
Metal Detecting Service Inc.

Russell had lost his big 18kt white gold wedding ring in one of the lakes surrounding a winery, located in the hills to the East of Perth. I knew the job was going to be difficult as these lake floors are composed of a highly mineralised clay. The mineralisation required the use of a PI detector. I just hoped mine would work as it doesn’t have a ground balance feature.
Russell and his wife Lisa, met me at the winery early this morning. Fortunately, they both had a good idea of where it was lost but it was still an area of about 400 square metres. Russell lost his ring after a wedding function….the details of which shall be kept a secret !

I strapped on my Goldquest PI (detuned to quieten down the mineralisation) and ventured into the lake. Sure enough, I was greeted by some strong background noises and about 4″ of soft, squishy clay underfoot. This was going to be a difficult hunt. Off came the dive boots as they sucked strongly into the clay, this called for barefeet ! I just hoped the local crustaceans would leave my white toes alone.

The water was quite clear until the clay was disturbed, the results were constant clouds of reddish water. I thought that walking was bad enough but digging into this stuff was a real headache. Extracting the scoop from the lake floor was most difficult….but I don’t give up easily so on I pressed.

After about 30 minutes, I received my first signal from the detector. It was quite a soft but sharp signal and stood out amongst the background chatter. I sunk my scoop into the bottom and then wrestled it out of the thick clay……the target was in my scoop hidden in about half a bucket of clay. After finally breaking up all the material in the scoop, there lay Russell’s honker of a 18kt white gold ring, gleaming in the early morning sun. The reaction from them was quite a sight, it’s the most rewarding part of these type of hunts.

So Russell’s wedding ring is back on his finger where it belongs…..and his lovely wife Lisa has him back in the “good books”, at least for today, I think she said !

As Chris mentions in his website, every ring has a story and Russell’s ring continues to have one as it surfaced from the bottom of the lake today.

Thanks Russell and Lisa for your generous reward, I’m glad my services were successful.

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Tony Shere
14th January 2010