Lost – 3 Pc Diamond Wedding Band Set, Corolla, OBX, NC – FOUND!!
Around 10:30 on Friday I got a text from a Karen. She said that she had lost her wedding and anniversary bands on the beach yesterday. I gave Karen a call and let her know that I would head out right away, but it would take about 30 minutes depending on the traffic in Duck.
When I arrived Karen took me to the beach where I met Chris her husband and they filled me in on the area that they thought they had lost the rings. It was an area about 20 by 10 yards away from the water, so I thought there would be a great chance that they were still there. After about 4 passes with the XP Deus II; no luck.
As I normally do, I started asking more questions about if they had gone to the water and the path, they had taken leaving. She had not gone to the water with the rings on, so I concentrated on the path to the steps which passed through the area of another group.
As I came near the group with seven or eight aluminum chairs, I got a great hit! It was the first ring. Karen began to cry. The second ring was nearby. But the gold one was still missing. I covered the entire area to the steps. On the way back, I prayed.
With nothing else to do and standing on ground that I had already covered, the neighbor group volunteered to move, and I agreed that it would be the next best step. As they were moving, I looked down. In the sand was the outline of the edge of a gold ring!!! Could it be? It was. I picked up the ring and shouted, “Stop moving, there’s no need to move!” When I did, I could hear Karen behind me and the left chuckling. She had her three rings back!
Hal called me about 4 in the afternoon to see if I could find his wife’s lost wedding ring. He and his family were staying near the Alabama beaches and decided to take their boat out to a secluded beach in Florida called Johnson Beach. Johnson Beach is part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore and the ring was lost on the intercostal side of the beach. Hal sent me a location and there wasn’t a way for me get to them by car without a 3 or 4 mile walk through the National Seashore which doesn’t allow metal detecting for archeology reasons. I tried calling the Park service for a permit but I think everyone was off work and I got a recording. I discussed this with Hal and he said he would come get me from a marina several miles away. By the time I got to where the ring was lost the sun was getting pretty low in the sky! his wife was afraid she would never see her ring again. the area to search wasn’t that big but the water was dark from recent rain. I ask lots of questions about what they were doing to try and pinpoint the location to start the search. His wife and daughter described at one point they were in the water doing cheers routines and animated with their arms the activity. It was the clue I was hoping for and asked about where they were. They identified and areas about 10 foot wide and I started the search. Within 10 minutes I got the unmistakable tone of a gold ring. Ring recovered, everyone happy and I didn’t get arrested by the Park police, a good day all around! 
without my waterproof headphones.
