Lost Heirloom Gold & Diamond Ring at Ulua Lagoon Ko Olina Resort…FOUND!!!
This ring find began this afternoon when I got a call from Anthony who is from San Francisco California and was on vacation. While Anthony and his girlfriend Abi were enjoying the cool waters of Ulua Lagoon Abi’s heirloom Gold and Diamond Ring she got from her Grandmother fell off in shallow water and disappeared. An immediate search with googles was hopeless as the ring was covered in the fine sand of the lagoon. Anthony found me on a Google search and I had just returned from a Chinese New Year lunch with my wife Wendy. I told Anthony to just relax on the beach and I would grab my detecting gear and head right down. Traffic was a breeze so I made it there in around 30 minutes. Anthony was waiting on the beach for me and Abi was in the water near where she had lost the ring. I started a grid search to the South of Abi and when I was in about thigh deep water I got a nice 12-13 tone on the Nox and in one scoop there was Abi’s heirloom ring in the scoop. They hadn’t told me about the diamond so I told Abi, “This can’t be your ring.” She immediately exclaimed when it came into view, That’s certainly it!” I could see a few tears of relief as we hugged. Elapsed time 45 seconds. They aren’t always this quick. Aloha to Abi & Anthony!
Steve called me asking if I could find a ring. Steve’s wife lost her new anniversary ring while doing some yard work at their home in Navarre. Their backyard has a lush landscape with a thick carpet of grass where a ring could easily fall in and be hard to locate. In addition there property bordered a forested area with fairly thick understory vegetation. They didn’t know where the ring was lost, so Steve and I recreated their activity as best he could remember. First I carefully searched the grass areas with no luck. Next was going into the shrub plantings, also no luck. Then I expanded the search area assuming the backyard was the most likely place to look since that’s where she was working, no luck strike 3. In desperation I decided to look in the forested area bordering their backyard. I started a north/south grid about 5’ wide. There were no targets in the understory, clean ground with no metal in it. So when I got a signal it screamed, the sound was unmistakable, the sound of gold! Somehow the ring had left her finger and traveled about 15’ into the woods. I never met Steve’s wife because she was working that day but Steve called her and she was overjoyed. Ring recovered, everyone smiling, no more worries, made my day!
