This ring find began when I got a voicemail from Raquel who was on vacation from Atlanta, Georgia with her husband Bill. While sitting in shallow water at Shorebird Beach Waikiki her White Gold & Diamonds Engagement ring fell off and disappeared in the shore break sand. They and several others hunted with mask & snorkel for over two hours and couldn’t find the ring. Raquel “Googled” water metal detecting services and that’s how she found my number. My work day was nearly over so I called her and said I’d have my wife drop me off at the nearby Army Museum and hunt for her ring. Thankfully traffic was still light and I was able to get there in about 30 minutes after picking up my detecting gear. When I arrived Bill & Raquel showed me the area of concern and Bill even stood in the water as a marker so I could keep position as I hunted around beachgoers as the tide and surf was coming up too. I went out to the deep side of the grid and searched toward shore. There were a few targets but not the ring. Raquel assured me she was in very shallow water so I guessed the ring could have been pushed up the shoreline by a swell. Sure enough as I started gridding the wet sand I got a loud #9 on the Nox and in one scoop I had the target. Anyone that has hunted this beach knows how coarse and lumpy the sand is so I dumped my scoop in the higher up wet sand and as I glanced down there was Raquel’s stunning ring glistening in the sand. I bent down picked it up and exclaimed, “Got it”! Raquel was so relieved I could see a few tears welling up in her eyes. We hugged as I handed her back her ring. Oh the joy of a recovery! Aloha to Raquel & Bill!
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