Samson was at a bed & breakfast with family enjoying the private swim pond. He was out on a floating platform tossing a football, when his white gold wedding ring popped off his hand. He tried diving down, though it was too deep and the water was really cold. He went online and searched for help, coming upon theringfinders.com website. Being in rural northeast Iowa, there isn’t a lot of options for scuba divers that search for lost valuables. He called me “From the Minneapolis area” and we discussed the situation and set up a a day & time for the search. A couple days prior to the search, Samson gave me a call and said he had a couple divers in the area that wanted to give it a shot. They dove that next weekend and didn’t have any luck. Samson did get some important information from the divers, such as the temp, visibility, depth at the bottom and bottom contents. It’s freezing cold at 42 degrees, pitch dark, 20 feet deep and thick muck. I wasn’t looking forward to this dive, though I had to give it a shot for Samson & his wife. I brought a thick “farmer John” suit that we wear over our regular wetsuit, a hood and thick gloves for the dive. I had Samson paddle out to the spot in a kayak and drop a 35 pound anchor. I dove down and hooked a 25 foot rope on to the anchor so I could do 360 degree circles. This gives me the best chance at covering the area thoroughly. After a 2 hour search, moving the anchor a couple times and nearly losing feeling in my face from the cold :O) – I got that beautiful “gold” hit on my Excalibur metal detector.
Glad I could help you out Samson. Congrats to you & your wife on your first child!!!
Darrin
When I lost my ring, I was naturally worried about someone who would come “look” for it, kick rocks, take my money and reassure me its gone… Darrin was not that case by any means. Darrin was quick to respond, gave his honest opinion, busted his butt as if it was his own, and was great to work with through the entire process. Given the distance and conditions, he had every reason to refuse the search and pass it off to the next guy but he didn’t. I cannot thank Darrin enough for his help during this entire process.
If you are going to pay someone to look for your lost item, pay for the right guy and call Darrin.