Saturday afternoon I received a phone call from Dennis of the RingFinders Of Maine. He had given my contact information to a gentleman with a lost ring in Unity Maine. I was contacted minutes later by Eric who had lost a ring in waste deep water while throwing a football. WE made arrangements to meet the next morning at the camp.
Once there, I got the rest of the story. Eric was attending a bachelor’s party and they were throwing a football in the water. To catch a high ball, he jumped and reached with his left hand. He caught the ball and felt something hit the top of his head. He asked his friend if he had thrown a rock as well. Approximately 5 minutes later, he noticed that his wedding ring was missing and figured immediately that that was what had hit him in the head.
I thought to myself, [not outloud so as not to jinx myself], this hunt is going to be easy.
After getting my metal detector and gear put together, I asked Eric to direct me to the spot he recalled being in. The bottom of the pond seemed to be a thin layer of mud, some vegetation and gravel type rocks. The first target wasn’t the VID number I was hoping for, yet I wanted to get it up to be sure. Retrieving the first target proved to be a challenge as the rocks were embedded in the mud and clay which made scooping a target difficult. AFter seven attempts, i finally got that first target that was a fishing lure!! I said out loud “I got it!”. Eric and his friends, exclaimed “You got it?!!!”. I had to say “no no, not the ring, just this darn fishing lure”
The second target was a penny. The third target had the perfect VID number of 43 which is what I was looking for. I managed to retrieve the target with the second attempt and it was the ring! I said out loud this time , “NOW I have the ring”.
Eric’s smile says it all !
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