Palladium ring lost in Portland Oregon

This last Saturday afternoon, I received a text message from Ross, saying his wife had dropped her wedding band off their deck into the backyard, and was hoping to enlist my services to find it. I was on the road from central Oregon, returning from an unfortunate failed search, so I told him I would contact him when I got home.

We later had a phone conversation and Ross explained that his wife, Julia, had been cooking out on the deck. She had her rings on a necklace. Somehow the necklace came apart and she saw the rings fall through the deck boards. They had rented a metal detector, and after cutting back much of the foliage, found one of the rings. Unfortunately, the palladium band that had belonged to her grandmother was still MIA.

I had to meet up and return a recovered ring on Sunday morning, but told him I would come out after that.

I arrived and met up with Ross, Julia was out. He showed me the deck, and the area below where the other ring was found. I searched the area, finding nothing but deck screws and debris.
I returned to the deck and dropped a couple of my ring simulations through the deck boards. I was able to find those with no problems. Being slightly frustrated, I used a flashlight to check between the deck boards, and a camera to look into the voids below the deck.

Julia had returned, so I interrogated her about the situation. She was certain she had seen the ring fall through the deck boards. With that information, I redoubled my efforts and expanded the search area. Many feet below the suspected loss area, I found a faint but promising signal on the Manticore. After moving away some brush, I saw the ring.  I was so excited to find it, I forgot to take any photos.
I climbed up the hill and met Ross at the door. Julia had left, but Ross was super excited to see the ring. We had a speaker phone conversation, and I could hear the emotion in her voice about finding the ring.

Its such a beautiful feeling to reunite an item that means so much, and thank you for your generosity.