Not all clients want their picture taken and some choose to keep details of how their jewelry or other treasures are lost. My client, Mr. A called me a few days ago and asked if I would look for some lost items in Georgia, even though I was in Nashville, TN. He said the lost items were an upper and lower gold grill, encrusted with several small, but very expensive diamonds. He added that they were lost six to eight months ago in heavy vegetation on a sloping hill alongside Interstate 75 in Georgia. His exact words were, “I don’t think you’ll find it.”
Challenge accepted. I made the 2.5 hour drive to the area and met Mr. A. He explained how the items were lost and pointed out and area of about 40’ down the sloping embankment by 60’ wide. He had previously cleared much of the thick brush with a weed trimmer that had a steel blade. A few weeks ago he had someone else with a metal detector check that 40’ by 60’ area that he had cleared, but the two piece grill was not found. I also started by running my detector over the cleared area and was convinced the grill was outside of the brush cleared area. This had to be the toughest terrain that I have ever detected. 20 degree slope, covered in bushes, vines, saplings that all had thorns and sap on them. Luckily after only an hour or so in the thick brush I got the tone I was hoping for. I found the bottom piece of the grill. About ten minutes later and about ten feet away I found the upper piece of the grill. Both pieces were outside of the brush-cleared area by about fifteen feet. Mr. A was very happy, and was still amazed that I found the grill after they were lost for so long. Mr. A did not want his picture taken and I forgot to take a selfie with it, but the memories I have of this recovery will last. Truly one of the more unusual searches I have done.
