I received a message from Bharti saying she had found me on theringfinders.com, asking if I could help find her husband’s wedding ring.
I messaged back asking for some details. She told me had fallen below the driver’s seat of their car. I told her that a metal detector would be of limited use, due to the confined space, and mixed metals in the vehicle construction. I let her know I had an endoscope camera I could use to look around under the seat, and gave some suggestions to aid their search.Bharti Told me they had received a’snake camera’ but had no luck with it. She thought maybe my expertise and experience might find the ring.
We agreed on a time to meet, and when I arrived, I met Bharti and her husband.
After removing all the floor mats, I looked under the seat with a bright LED flashlight. Finding nothing, I activated my endoscope and IPad and started probing around.
The rails, under the carpet, and vents found nothing, so I pushed the camera into some plastic trim pieces.Under the right side of the driver’s seat, I saw a slight glimmer of gold, and when I twisted the camera, the plastic flexed, and out popped the ring.
Expertise, experience, or luck? Don’t know, but a wedding ring reunited.
It was up there
It’s not luck, success is when preparedness and opportunity meet. Keep practicing as you will get more vehicle searches the more you post them. Don’t get discouraged as we can’t get them all some go too deep into the venting system or dash are and some we aren’t sure really got lost in the vehicle but give each one a shot with all you got! It’s absolutely crazy how a wedding ring can get buried literally into some of the smallest spaces in a car. People have no idea what we have come across. Glad to see more finders starting to realize our service has a broader scope beyond just metal detecting parks and beaches! Cheers, #SeattleRingHunter