I received a call from Brandon after his wife, Nicole, lost her beautiful Cartier bracelet while walking their dog. Apparently, their dog decided it was time for an adventure! Nicole chased him down a wooded ravine, across a creek, up a hillside around some huge oak trees, and eventually back home. Once the dog was safely inside, she realized her bracelet was missing!
I arrived the next day, and with Nicole and Brandon’s help, we retraced her approximately 100-yard chase through the woods. Nicole had a hunch she’d lost it near the big oak trees, so that’s where I concentrated my search.
The ground was covered with leaves, pine needles, and plenty of debris. I began working a grid pattern with my Minelab Manticore metal detector, slowly searching the hillside and ravine.
About an hour and 20 minutes into the search, I heard that familiar low tone I was hoping for. I looked down, and there it was — just a tiny piece of the bracelet sticking out from beneath the leaves! It appeared to have flown off her wrist like a Frisbee and buried itself in the leafy ground cover.
BINGO! We found it!
Nicole and Brandon were thrilled, and I couldn’t have asked for nicer people to work with. Their help retracing the route made all the difference.
Finding lost treasures is exciting, but returning them to their owners is the best part of all!
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