Diamond Stud Earring Found! Fredericksburg VA. By Rob Ellis
Lori Holding Her Earring
I highly recommend Rob Ellis if you need help finding lost treasurers!
Riding the lawn mower last week, I ran into a tree branch and instinctively felt for my diamond earring, only to find it was missing and only the back remained on my ear. I stopped instantly and my family helped me search multiple times. Of course, it wasn’t just any earring – but the ones my husband gave me nearly 16 years ago when we were expecting our first child.
We tried friends’ metal detectors and everything else we could think of for days. Thankfully, I stumbled on ringfinder.com (http://ringfinder.com/) and made a phone call. I was quickly connected with Rob Ellis who asked lots of questions to be sure he understood the incident and to assess his ability to help. Once he felt comfortable that this was within his ability to find, we arranged a time. He made the coordination easy! This morning, he came down promptly and reviewed the site to again assure his tools were appropriate for the job. He searched diligently and thoroughly, combing the area from multiple angles and with various tools. As time ticked by, he provided reassurance and re-reviewed the incident with me to ensure we weren’t missing anything. Finally, after I was ready to give up, he FOUND MY EARRING buried in the dirt under the grass. We both were so excited that we had tears of joy running down our faces. I am in disbelief and eternally grateful!
Rob is extremely personable and easy to work with. He is also amazingly talented. I highly recommend his services!
– Lori Govar,
Fredericksburg, Virginia
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From Rob: Lori, thank you for those kind words! As any detectorist can tell you, small earrings are very difficult to find. The small amount of gold and the shape requires the right equipment and experience. I started with a powerful discriminating detector which identified the matching earring when it touched the coil. I carefully searched the ground around the bush, rubbing the small coil in the grass. Eventually I switched to my high frequency Fisher Gold Bug 2 detector. Unfortunately, using the Gold Bug 2 required me to check every piece of tiny metal in a 10×10 foot area. Due to previous searching, the earring was squished about 1/2 inch into the moist earth. It took a long time on a 90-degree day, but I was delighted to return this elusive earring to Lori.
Freshly Dug One ct. Diamond Stud Earring on my Gold Bug 2
Rob Ellis: Metal Detector Expert… text/call ASAP, (703)-598-1435
Don’t give up. Many of my clients have bought, borrowed, or rented a metal detector before calling me. Just because someone has a tool, it doesn’t mean they know how to use it. I use state of the art equipment, and I have thousands of hours of experience searching on land and underwater. If you have tried using a detector without success, please text/call to see if I can help.
Kerry called during the day and left a message wondering if I would be able to help find his lost wedding ring on the beach in Wildwood NJ. I called him right back to go over some of the details about how he lost his ring. Kerry explained he was on the beach with his family, playing with the dogs, and when he looked at his hand he noticed his wedding ring missing. He was very detail oriented, recalling every move leading up to the beach episode. After going over every detail of the day, he distinctly remembered having it on at dinner, and was almost positive it came off while playing with the dogs on the beach. Well, then he mentioned that he had searched the entire area with a metal detector and had no luck. They had also walked back and fourth the entire distance many times. If you know this beach it’s quite a vast area, kinda like walking to another zip code or two. I hope that brought things into perspective a bit. It was getting dark so they threw in the towel for the day, and returned the next morning with rakes to rake the entire area with hopes the ring would pop up. With no luck, it was time for them to pack up and head back home. I asked him to mark the exact location on his cell phone, with the GPS feature on Google Maps, and send it to me with a picture of his ring, and I would head right there after work. I parked right by the boardwalk, grabbed my gear and headed out to the beach. I opened the location he sent and somehow it was right where I was standing on the beach just beyond the boardwalk. I figured I would follow the dog tracks, but with the wind blowing about 30 knots they were getting covered by the drifting sand. Kerry had mentioned that he was straight out, and roughly 50′ from the high tide line, which was a good thing. Once I got close to the water I was able to see the area they had been raking earlier that morning, without that mark I highly doubt I would have been able to find the spot. Another huge thing in their favor was that the area was flat wet sand from from the prior high tide, and even though it had been raked quite a bit, didn’t blow flat, with the screaming south east wind. I turned on my machine, made one path around the perimeter, and on my return path Bingo!!! My machine gave off the sweet sound of success. A nice solid low tone, which I knew immediately was Kerry’s ring. Once back at my truck, I called his relatives phone hoping they were in town, but they were not. Then I called Kerry with the good news, and arranged to meet him at a later date to return his ring. another great recovery in the books.
