Lost Silver Wedding Band Recovered In Raleigh, N.C. on 1/21/15
On 1/20/15 , I received a call from a lady who explained that her husband had lost his sterling silver wedding band while tossing some pine cones etc, into the woods behind their town house.. The ring had slipped off his finger while he was tossing them.. I agreed to meet them the next day on 1/21/15 around 12PM to do the recovery.. When I got their , they showed me where they lost the ring and I began my search.. When I began my search I first checked the area with my long range locator/electroscope to see if i could get a hit on the possible area the ring was in.. My electroscope did get a hit and I began my search again this time using my Garrett metal detector in the area of interest.. The first hit in the area turned out to be a copper tubing which read a 84-85 on my detectors readout.. The second hit read on my detector to be a 54-55 which was to low of a readout to be real silver so i did not go after it since I was looking a silver ring.. The final and third hit rang out loud and clear at a 88-89 readout which is what I tend see most silver rings hit on my detector.. Sure enough the ring was found.. They was happy to have the ring back and I was happy to be able to help..
How many people have been given a very special gift only to loose it shortly after receiving it? Jared got a unique gift from his mother for Christmas–a silver pendant– and lost it two days later while playing soccer! He is a good friend of mine and knows that I enjoy helping people find their lost rings and things. And the field where he lost his pendant is just across the street from where we live so I figured in my spare time I could begin a grid search of the 70X50 yard field. So early the next evening I set up my Whites DFX in Coin and Jewelry mode and started down the middle of the field. And as it was a very recent drop and the pendant being silver I figured it would give a loud signal and be just under the grass. Sure enough on my 5th pass down center field, there hidden in the grass was Jared’s pendant! So glad to help out and thanks Jared for the reward!
Friday, December 19, 2014
“The day was cold and dark and dreary”, I’ve always wanted to say these words from Longfellow’s poem, “Rainy Days” and today was fitting. Ray S. called me yesterday an said he lost his wedding band while taking out his garbage container. He had snow on his hands and when he shook them off his ring went flying off into the grass. Ray searched through the Oak leaf covered grass but could not find it. A friend had told him about THERINFINDERS so he looked us up and found one of my associates not home and then called me. I have made several trips to the East side of our state over the past 4 years. Ray told me the story and I told him I would be out the next morning, weather permitting. I started the 140 mile trip with wet streets and blowing snow but by the time I got to Ray’s house it was just dark and dreary. Getting my Fisher F75 out, I started a grid search using the area that Ray thought his ring should be. I started down the edge of the drive about 30 feet then back up and over 3 feet. After about 10 feet into my second leg I got a 56 on my detector scale and there it was, pushed down into the wet dirt, I pulled up his ring. Ray must have stepped on the ring while looking for it and the only way it would have been found is with a metal detector. Ray went into the house to show his wife, Alex, that he got his ring back. Alex ran out of the house and gave me a big hug and said thank you. It was a pleasure helping out Ray and Alex and brighten up that Dark and Dreary day.