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12-09-2007, 4:21 PM C-17A Joined on 01-30-2006 Posts 374 Man's 18Kt Wedding Ring Found and Returned! Greetings detectorists, I have to say Bobg is my hero.......(reference a previous story)..........and gave me the idea to try and repeat his feat. The story goes like this: A friend of mine here at school had his sister and brother in law up visiting about 6 weeks ago. While Tom and his brother in law were drinking some libations and smoking some cigars on his second floor balcony, the ring was dropped and it rolled off the porch into the flower beds/grass below. They tried that night and the next day to root around thru all the shrubbary, ivy vines and bushes -- but no luck. Fast forward to last week when I was sitting in the auditorium waiting for a lecture to start and my detecting/prospecting friend Scott sat near me to BS and I handed him my brand new Gold Prospectors magazine that just came in the mail. Well, while thumbing thru it, Scott spotted the full page ad for the White's MXT detector and held it up for me to see, since that's my machine. Tom sitting close by happened to see it too and commented something like, "I sure need one of those to find a lost wedding ring". Well, I had to ask what the story was............and he told me how it was lost but couldn't be found. I volunteered to stop by with Scott today to try and find it for him. Tom promised us drinks and cigars if we could find it.......nuff said. The flower beds were very challenging.......bushes, very heavily layered with ivy, and a LOT of roofing nails and copper wiring running in all directions for the exterior walkway and yard lights. I had to work the coil a deep into the plants as I could. After rooting around for about 25 minutes and even practice rolling some quarters off the balcony to watch their trajectory, we were ready to call it quits. All our hits were wires or nails or trash. I even tied a string on my own wedding band and placed it in several locations to try and get a "read" on how my detector should react. Not wanting to fail, I ran one last sweep along the wood retaining logs and got a faint hit like "VDI +14 5 cents/ring." I lifted up the dead plant stalks/leaves and sitting on top of the dirt was the 18Kt wedding ring! Yeah!! So, Scott & I felt pretty darn tall at that moment, and Tom was really tickeled too. Scott & I have a great cigars now to smoke at some point. So, another "save" where a very important piece of jewelry was found and returned to its rightful owner. After this, Scott & I went over to the local beach and detected around some.......found about 10 or 12 nickels/pennies/dimes and a very small sterling silver toe ring in a volleyball court. Hey, we'd already had our big "find" for the day! Happy detecting! Randy    Report

12-09-2007, 10:13 PM twig/al Joined on 01-24-2006 Gadsden, Alabama Posts 4,627 Re: Man's 18Kt Wedding Ring Found and Returned! C-17A, Great story with a happy ending!!! twig/al Alabama Prospecting Supply www.alabamaprospectingsupply.com Email: tom@alabamaprospectingsupply.com Southeast Treasure Hunters Forum www.southeasttreasurehunters.com    Report

12-10-2007, 6:14 AM C-17A Joined on 01-30-2006 Posts 374 Re: Man's 18Kt Wedding Ring Found and Returned! Twig, It was a Christmas gift of sorts to me.........to find & return a ring with emotional/sentimental value far beyond the metal itself! Can't wait for my next trip ot into the "unknown" world of detecting! Will try to find an old revolutionary war period area here near Newport, RI, to explore. One never knows what might have been lost. Randy    Report

12-10-2007, 7:46 AM russau Joined on 02-06-2006 st. louis missouri Posts 1,160 Re: Man's 18Kt Wedding Ring Found and Returned! done the right thing is 1ST rate in my books! SALUTE!!!!!    Report

12-10-2007, 10:00 AM Dixiedredger Joined on 11-18-2006 Charlotte, NC Posts 897 Re: Man's 18Kt Wedding Ring Found and Returned! I used to know a guy in Elijay Ga. who made extra cash by finding lost items for people. He even had Business cards and everything. Plus it got him lots of places to detect besides just flower beds. I've been doin' so much, with with so little, for so long.... I can do almost anything, with nothing!!!! WWW.dixieprospector.com    Report

12-10-2007, 4:26 PM Bobg Joined on 12-15-2006 Supply NC Posts 380 Re: Man's 18Kt Wedding Ring Found and Returned! C-17A, Ya done good!!! It's a good feeling to do something like that    Report

12-10-2007, 6:15 PM C-17A Joined on 01-30-2006 Posts 374 Re: Man's 18Kt Wedding Ring Found and Returned! Bobg, I am learning it's not about finding something at another's expense........it's about the adveture and the great unknown. it is amazing just how much gets "lost" over time for whatever reason..... What a great feeling to have helped someone else with my detector to recover a lost ring. Hope I get a lot more chances to help. Also, can't wait for my next outting, wherever that may be to search for lost treasure.... Thanks for your example! Randy    Report

12-10-2007, 11:02 PM twig/al Joined on 01-24-2006 Gadsden, Alabama Posts 4,627 Re: Man's 18Kt Wedding Ring Found and Returned! C-17A, That shows your heart is in the right place!!!! It is a great feeling to re-unite someone with something that was important to them, that they had lost and given up hope of ever seeing it again... twig/al Alabama Prospecting Supply www.alabamaprospectingsupply.com Email: tom@alabamaprospectingsupply.com Southeast Treasure Hunters Forum www.southeasttreasurehunters.com    Report

12-11-2007, 4:42 AM Herschel Joined on 01-30-2006 Monterey, Louisiana Posts 3,149 Re: Man's 18Kt Wedding Ring Found and Returned! Way to go Randy. The joy was in being able to help a desperate feller out of a jam with his wife. You done good! Herschel "Chief Instigator" Stop "Poly-Ticks" in Washington!! (definitian) Poly: many Ticks: blood suckin' insects    Report

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