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Got a call from “Mary”.   Tourists visiting Carmel, realized her ring was missing.    They narrowed it down to suspecting it might have fallen out of their vehicle as they began their walk through the tourist district of Carmel.  It was a long shot, since :  There’s only a teensy planter tree-strip box there along the sidewalk.   Not much use for a metal detector.  But we thought:  Maybe obscured in the pine needles there ?

Before turning on my machine to hunt, I noticed that the street sweeper had not passed by there for awhile .  Evidence of leaf and duff buildup on the street, so perhaps cars perpetually parked , that keep the street sweeper from reaching the curb in the recent past.  So on a hunch, I began studying the street curb/gutter area.  Twitching aside leaves and duff.   Nothing.  Then on my hands and knees to study under the car that was currently parked there.   And there it was !   Run over a time or two (needs a jeweler’s adjustment), but the stone still intact.  Didn’t even need my metal detector after all.  🙂

She shared with me the effort and workload her fiance had gone through to afford the ring, so … to them it had a lot of sentimental value.   Will be going out in today’s mail to southern CA for another happy reunion.   Glad I could help !

I got a call from a guy who’s teen daughter had dropped her phone (which was in a waterproof case & containing hundreds and hundreds of unbacked or “cloud”ed pictures of her young teen life) in the Salt River while tubing. She was devastated. He said it was in about 3-4 feet of water near the shore and they had pinned the appx. spot. I was unable to make it in a timely manner so I suggested to him that because of the bulk of the phone he go to Big 5 and buy a hundred dollar bounty hunter detector and not install the coil on the shaft which would give him 5-6 feet of search depth. I advised him to have someone else hold the control box above the surface. The next day he texted me saying they had found the phone- still on- and with 25% power left on it! He told me both he and daughter couldn’t wait to find more stuff with the detector. More detectorists born! I just had to share this. Bryan Mihalek, Member of The Ringfinders in Arizona.

I was out water detecting early last week, and as I was getting out of the water, I was stopped by a woman named Diane, she politely asked if I had found any Treasures yet, my response was, only coins. Diane proceeded to mentioned that her future daughter in law Jessica had lost her Sterling “Eden” fish ring a few weeks earlier in knee deep water. I asked where? she said rite here. Working the surf line, I found it within five minutes. Diane had moved back up the beach before I had found it.  I went on my way down the beach to try my luck before leaving.

As luck would have it, on my way out back to the truck, I once again talked with Diane, and told her I had found Jessica’s ring, she said no way, in dis belief. I exchanged info with her, and that I would contact Jessica that evening. I did just that, Jessica answered the phone, I told her I was a Ring Finder, that I had located her through Diane, She was very happy to hear I had it found it. We made arrangements to meet, and tell me her story as to how it was lost.  She had mentioned that her fiance Ryan bought it for her about six years earlier. It was a special order ring. They are hand made one at a time here on Cape Cod. She has a matching bracelet also.

Jessica was coming out of the water from a swim, when she was pulling her hair back when the ring got caught and pulled off of her thumb. I guess that’s why there was still hair stuck to it when I found it. It was about three weeks in the surf, luckily I went over it. Congratulations Jessica, on your return. Congratulations on your soon to be marriage. It was a pleasure to get it back to you. Sincerely Leighton

Eden Hand Made Ring with GOLD fish Eye