metal detector hire Tag
Lost wedding ring has been found at Rockingham, Perth
Paul called me this morning asking if i could help find his lost gold wedding ring that he had dropped on the beach the night before.
I quickly jumped in the car with my metal detector and headed down to Rockingham beach which is about an hour’s drive from home.
I met Paul at the “drop zone” which he was confident was only a few square metres in total. The area was thick with beer caps and assorted junk as it was close to a storm water drain.
I managed to thin out all the beer caps and pulltabs and moved onto a nice solid tone that told me it was only a few inches deep……rattling around in the bottom of my hand scoop was Paul’s chunky gold ring which he eyeballed before I did !
Paul is one happy camper and very relieved to get his ring back on his finger.
Nice meeting you and thanks for contacting me.
Lost ring has been found at Rottnest Island, Perth
I received a call a few days ago from Jodie asking for help to try and get John’s lost wedding ring.
John lost it in about half a metre of water at a location called Parker Point, which is a nice sheltered bay out on Rottnest Island.
I quickly checked my work schedule and decided to head out on Friday as the weather outlook wasn’t looking too good for next week plus school holidays are just around the corner.
I grabbed the 7:15am ferry and was at the island by 8:00am with my gear and hired bike.
Parker Point is about a 5km bike ride which isn’t much I know but the hire bike which had seen better days plus carrying a metal detector and long steel scoop under one arm made for a tough ride.
I got to Parker Point about 9am and headed down the steep stairs to the beach area. Fortunately, Jodie had sent me a Google map of the area that the ring was thought to have been lost. I was reasonably confident that the ring would be found but it is never 100%.
The progress was slow due to the abundant beer caps and soft drink pull tabs. Every one of these annoying targets has to be dug if you are chasing gold. Beneath the shallow sand floor were patches of limestone bedrock which made scooping very difficult. The only way was to fan away the sand and try to eyeball the target. Well after about 4 hours of digging beer caps, pull tabs, sinkers and a few coins, I got a nice signal that sounded a little different to all of the beer caps that plagued the area. I sunk my scoop into the sand and wrestled it through the shells and small rocks and quickly brought it to the surface. After most of the material had washed through the scoop, I quickly spotted a shiny ring that I was praying wasn’t a new silver or stainless steel ring. Sure enough, it was Jodie and John’s ring and I was very relieved to see those words engraved on the inner band.
Jodie and John can now enjoy their holidays just that little bit more and with good memories of Rottnest Island.
Thanks for contacting me and giving me the opportunity the track down your ring….it was hard work but I always enjoy the challenge.
Tony.
Here is a video and picture of the ring.
Lost Class Ring in small suburban park..found
On Feb 9th I received an email from Pat needing my services to find a lost class ring of his daughter Eileen, in a little suburban park. Playing fetch with the family dog the ring flew off her finger into the open grass. Eileen devastated losing her new class ring, searched for hours with her family, but no ring was found. So, Feb 11th the 1st day of my search, wind-chill in the 20’s. Pat’s wife Antoniette graciously made hot coco for my wife and I, and snacks for my kids who were with us at the time. Thinking this would be a quick find, (I should know better) it was not.
The following weekend Feb 18th was my 2nd search, I arrived early in the morning to put in a good grid search. I had to find it today knowing that there were snow storms predicted for the next two days. I was doing about a 30ft x 30ft grid pattern, and on my third grid as I was bending down to pick up my small orange cone that I use, I noticed a silver sparkle a foot from the cone (fist pump!). Yup, there it was Eileen’s beautiful class ring with a blue stone. This would mark the third time finding a piece of jewelry for someone without passing my detector over it. “Game of Inches” as Mr. Chris Turner would say. “Making the call” I think is the most rewarding for the Detectorist to the customer. So, I called Pat with the good news that Eileen’s ring was found, he was astatic.
I want to thank Pat and Antoniette for their kindness to my wife and kids on that cold Feb. day, my search wouldn’t have lasted as long as it did without the hot coco. Eileen, I am so happy to have found your ring for you.
Best,
Dan
Lost gold wedding ring found at Perth beach
Jeremy called me this afternoon as his gold wedding ring had been lost at the beach yesterday. He had put it to one side before venturing into the water but as he was packing up all of his beach belongings, the ring was accidentally left behind in the sand somewhere ?
I headed down this afternoon as I wanted to get to the area before the local kids with metal detectors hit the spot.
Jeremy had marked the area where he had set up a beach tent with his family so the location we were searching was no bigger then 100 square metres, surely the ring would be found ! I’ve done “easy” hunts before and have gone away unsuccessful so until the item is found then it is still “lost”.
Well the beer caps were plentiful (Corona seems to be very popular down here) on this section of beach but after about 10 minutes, I got a nice signal with my White’s detector. I scraped away just a couple of inches of sand and there lay Jeremy’s very nice gold wedding ring.
Thanks for the nice finders reward and I’m glad you got in contact with TheRingFinders.
Regards,
Tony.
Lost white gold ring “bubbles” has been found in Perth park
Vicky called me a couple of days ago asking for help to find her white gold ring that she thought was lost at her local park and playground. The ring was a wide band with a nice “bubble” design stamped onto the outside of the ring. Quite a few people had searched the area but unfortunately the ring was no where to be seen. They had also put a notice up in case anyone had picked up the ring.
I spent about 30 minutes detecting the thicker grassed areas, whilst eyeballing the flatter ground but was only rewarded with 5 cent coins. There was a small sand play area that I also hunted but it was clear of signals so I moved back towards the grassed areas but still no luck. In the mean time, Vicky’s Mum continued to look for the ring by scouting the ground.
Because the area was generally flattened grass, the ring should be easy to spot by eye but this was assuming that no one else had pocketed the gold ring.
I decided that I would check the sandpit again so I ran the search coil closer to the stone wall this time and quickly got a nice solid beep from the machine…..expecting another 5 cent coin, I was thrilled to see the glint of a silver/white gold ring with the “bubbles” etched into the ring.
I casually wandered back to where Vicky’s Mum was still scouring the grass and informed her “I just don’t think you will find it there…..because…..of this” and I opened my hand to reveal the ring in the palm of my hand. I really enjoy that part !!!
Thanks for contacting me and it was great to have another successful hunt.
All the best,
Tony.
Lost diamond ring has been found, South Beach, Perth
Ki contacted me recently via TheRingFinders as she had lost a very sentimental ring that had belonged to her Mum. Ki was kind enough to include a quick story of how the ring was lost as well as some nice photo’s. Here is what she wrote……
“The story behind the ring is that it was my mother’s engagement ring. Sadly mum passed away 15 years ago, when I was 13 years old. Dad’s been looking after the rings until about 2 years ago when he passed them onto me. I was too scared to wear them for the first 6 months and just kept them in a safe place.
After work on Tues went down to the beach for just a quick jump in the ocean, meant to take her rings off but forgot. Figured I would be careful and not swim around too much… Didn’t count on the dog knocking them off!
Pandora (the dog), loves to swim, but also always wants to be picked up in the water. She’s a flat coat retriever so it’s a bit of an effort. When she launched herself off me the ring got scraped off and went straight to the bottom. I was looking and looking, about 6 other people were helping, stayed in till sunset so it was probably about an hour, and then Tim went back the next day for another 2 hours.
Found you by googling ‘Underwater Metal Detectors’…
Had no idea there was such a service as yours. We thought we were going to have to figure out how to do it ourselves.
But then you came and managed to find it so quickly. I still can’t believe I have it back. I am so incredibly grateful. Makes her ring even more special!
Thank you thank you thank you!!!”
Thank you Ki for contacting me…it was great to see that ring back on your finger !
All the best for the future,
Tony.
