Lost Gold with Amethyst Stone Ring at Hunakai Beach…FOUND!!!
This ring find began when I got a text from Christina who lives in Honolulu. She said she woke up this morning and realized her ring was no longer on her finger and she never takes it off. The only thing she could think of was when she was at Hunakai Beach the day before she’s certain the ring must of come off in shallow water. I agreed to meet her boyfriend Hubert at the beach access and he could show me where to hunt. When I arrived Hubert pulled up a moment later and took me to an area under four palm trees where he and Christina were at the beach. He helped me grid the area and I began the hunt. This beach is trashy so every shallow target in the Nox’s gold range I dug. After completing the grid I didn’t find the ring. Hubert had to leave to pick someone up so I told him I would remain and expand the grid. I stood on the shoreline and watched the flow. I was sure the ring could be more to the right so I expanded that direction. No luck! I decided with little hope to extend the grid out to the left and while in waist deep water I got a nice 7-8 on the Nox. After two scoops there was Christina’s pretty amethyst gold ring in the scoop. You never know what the beach and waves can do. I texted her a pic to confirm the find and about an hour later it was back on her finger. Aloha to Christina & Hubert!
Phillip called me about midday asking if I would help him locate his wife’s engagement ring. It was lost in the water close to the shore line, ankle to calf deep and they had been searching for it by hand, snorkeling and they purchased a metal detector to no avail. It had been a couple days since lost and it was high tide at the time. He said because of emotional and sentimental reasons, the ring just had to be found. I said I would help and showed up late that same afternoon. This was my first visit and ring recovery at Fort Morgan so I wasn’t familiar with conditions and packed my equipment for all conditions. I searched an areas about 100 foot square with no Luck. There was only one target and when I dug it Phillip thought I had found it only to be disappointed when I pulled up a piece of wire. After performing a second search with no success I decided to first expand the search another 50 ft to the west. Now, remember the ring was lost at high tide and the beach had a gradual slope, for ever 1 foot drop of tide the horizontal distance was probably 15 or more feet. It’s was now low tide so I concentrated on the wet sand with no standing water. Within 10 minutes I got a good but weak signal, dug it and there it was. I felt it was lucky I came right out after called because the sand shifts about quickly around here and I’m afraid in another day or two it may have been buried to deep to detect. Phillip and the family were all smiles and grateful and now they can finish their vacation with no regrets. I am alway glad to help. 
Anita called and asked if I would be able to locate her sons wedding ring that was lost in her yard, while they were watching the fireworks last week. She explained that the yard was pretty big, and that they had already rented a metal detector, and had no luck finding the ring. I asked if she was positive the ring was lost in the yard, and she said yes, he was swatting a bug with his left hand and felt it fly off. I told her I was confident I would find it, and ill head right over if she wanted. When I got there she showed me where he was sitting, and how he swatted at the bug. I started looking in the direction he had swung, working my way down the slope, toward the water. After about 20′ or so I started getting discouraged, but continued about 15′ more. There were numerous signals in the area, but only a few that even remotely sounded like a large platinum ring. I walked back up to talk to Anita, and confirm what she had said prior. This time she mentioned the chair was facing the river, which was 90* from the way it was facing, and that meant the ring was to the left!! I told her that makes a huge difference, and we were not searching the right spot. About 8′ on the first pass and BOOM, there was the loud tone of a big ring. Sure enough, that was the ring. 
