Can't return THIS ring!

[VBDave]

Since most of my co-workers know I'm a beach hunter, I get referrals from time to time when beachgoers lose stuff and call the PD. Today, I contacted a very distraught young lady who wanted me to find her engagement ring she lost in the water less than an hour ago. I told her she was in luck since I had my detector and was planning to hit the beach when my shift ended.

I asked for the normal info you'd need to start hunting. Here's what she said "We rented a jet ski for an hour, and when I got back my ring was gone from my finger. My fiance doesn't know yet. Please help me!"

Before I could stop laughing, she started crying uncontrollably. I tried to calm her down, at the same time telling her there was zero chance of her getting that ring back. She kept crying "But you don't understand, I HAVE to get it back!" After several more attempts at common sense, she was still crying, but she finally calmed down to where she was breathing well enough to explain "You don't understand; my fiance and I came to Va Beach yesterday and last night he proposed to me on the beach. I haven't had the ring for a whole day yet!

I couldn't think of anything to say. Praying for momentary wisdom, I came up with this: "Honey, I know it's hard to see at the moment, but this is a divine test to see whether your fiance is REALLY the guy you should be marrying. She asked what I meant. I said "Go ahead and tell him. If he doesn't kill you, marry him right away." She didn't laugh, but I was rolling on the floor, doing my best sound serious on the phone. Thank God it was a phone call and not a face to face conversation. Does this mean I'm one of those insensitive slobs that women complain about?

VBDave
"I'm here for a good time, not a long time..."

 

[gold-digger]

n/t

 

[OUTATIME]

I'd try to find out where she boarded the jetski at.
She probably lost it getting on or off the jetski, with any luck this will be in shallow water and not at a dock.

If this is a Jetski rental site, there might be lots of rings there!


HH
OUTATIME

 

[Mirco]

Since most of my co-workers know I'm a beach hunter, I get referrals from time to time when beachgoers lose stuff and call the PD. Today, I contacted a very distraught young lady who wanted me to find her engagement ring she lost in the water less than an hour ago. I told her she was in luck since I had my detector and was planning to hit the beach when my shift ended.

I asked for the normal info you'd need to start hunting. Here's what she said "We rented a jet ski for an hour, and when I got back my ring was gone from my finger. My fiance doesn't know yet. Please help me!"

Before I could stop laughing, she started crying uncontrollably. I tried to calm her down, at the same time telling her there was zero chance of her getting that ring back. She kept crying "But you don't understand, I HAVE to get it back!" After several more attempts at common sense, she was still crying, but she finally calmed down to where she was breathing well enough to explain "You don't understand; my fiance and I came to Va Beach yesterday and last night he proposed to me on the beach. I haven't had the ring for a whole day yet!

I couldn't think of anything to say. Praying for momentary wisdom, I came up with this: "Honey, I know it's hard to see at the moment, but this is a divine test to see whether your fiance is REALLY the guy you should be marrying. She asked what I meant. I said "Go ahead and tell him. If he doesn't kill you, marry him right away." She didn't laugh, but I was rolling on the floor, doing my best sound serious on the phone. Thank God it was a phone call and not a face to face conversation. Does this mean I'm one of those insensitive slobs that women complain about?

VBDave
"I'm here for a good time, not a long time..."

So, you cannot FIND it! Not RETURN. You have nothing to return so far. Invite her to jet ski with you for a couple of hours. To get a better idea of a possible landscape. It will help.

 

[Stacey in West Palm Beach]

n/t

 

[Maui Mike]

Hat's off to Dave. Because he must have super human will power to keep the laugh monster away while he was on the phone with her. shaka Mikey

 

[king-ghidorah]

U told her the truth at a time when she was upset so when she thinks about what u said it'll make sense to her.

 

[Bobbie]

I don't know about any of you guys, but holding on to handle bars on a Wave Runner for an hour used to make my fingers swell. She could have lost it where they rented the jet ski's and not out in the water.

 

[king-ghidorah]

I don't know about any of you guys, but holding on to handle bars on a Wave Runner for an hour used to make my fingers swell. She could have lost it where they rented the jet ski's and not out in the water.

good point!

 

[VaBeachRon]

She was behind the Belvedere Hotel at the Oceanfront. She had a hell of an arm and threw the football and her ring out neck deep. She was waist deep at low tide. I looked for that ring for her until my batteries went dead. Her fiance did not have insurance on the ring and she had it a whopping 2 weeks when she lost it. Sometimes I look out in the water and just picture that platinum hunk of ice just laying there going "Yoo Hoo!! You Can't Find Me!!". It will wash up one of these days after a storm.

 

[mblemmy]

I had a similar incident back a few years ago. i was water hunting at clear water beach fl. and a older lady approached me she said she had lost her gold bracelet somewhere in the same area i was hunting. i asked her a few questions she said she had lost it the day before, and was riding on the back of a jet ski and the area in front of the motel i was hunting was the area she got on and off the jet ski. i basically told her that the chances were very slim that it came off in this area but i would try. she stayed a short distance behind me as i began to search. she started crying and telling me it had been a gift from her husband who had passed a few years before. i asked her if it were a thin or thick chain type or solid. she said it was solid with hinges. with that i knew my excal. would let out a big scream if the coil passed over it. after about 45 minutes or so she went on shore with her realitives. i hunted for approx. 3 more hours with no luck, i gave a wave to her and her realitives and moved on down to the hunt in front of the next resort. after around 2 hours with not much luck i decided to go back in front of the motel. they were still there under their sun unbrellas. I had'nt been back to the area for more than 2 or 3 minutes when bam!! a very loud low freq. signal. i knew it was it. i turned my self away from them as i sifted with my scoop. OMG in the bottom of the scoop was this gold bracelet solid with gold elephants and all kinds of beautiful rubies and other stones. i could see they were watching me. i nanchulantly placed the bracelet in my pouch and began hunting again as if nothing happened. i continued on down the beach away from where they were. where i got out of the water was to the older ladies back as i got close to them i removed the bracelet from my pouch. as i approached one of her relatives noticed me approaching. i motioned to her to ignore me. with her back to me as i approached from behind and as i got within arms reach she turned and right in front of her was her bracelet. she let out a scream with many tears of joy!! she began hugging me and shaking uncontrolably. she insisted on giving me a reward. she tried to give me what appeared to be a few hundred dollars i handed it back minus 40 dollars. she had one of her relaives take a picture of me and her holding the bracelet. i wish i had remembered to right down her name. it would have been nice to have a copy of the picture. But i can say out of the plus 30 years of hunting and the blessing of approx. 2 lbs total weight in gold jewelry, that is one of the most memorable moments for me not only to find such a nice piece but to be able to return it to its owner and witness the joy of her being reunited with it.

 

[John(Tx)]

Yup, you are one insensitive slob......but I love it.....That's what she gets for playing in the water with her ring on but I'm not complaining, these are the type of people that leave the goodies for us, may God bless them.....HH

 

[thinkin2]

the ring may have been lost where they started out. Chance is probably slim but it could have been worth a try, imo, if you had the time.
Jerry

 

[bdahunter]

They would pick up the tourists at the dock and cruise them out to snorkel from their catamaran, they made a very good living from it and retired in their fifties. Every year it was the same drill with the tourists who were honeymooning in Bermuda, the newlyweds refused to take their rings off while snorkelling even though Joan and Kirk pleaded with them to do so.
The conversation went something like this:
Joan - "Please give me your new wedding rings for safe keeping while you go snorkelling, most new rings don't fit very well and you are likely to lose your rings."
Newlyweds - "These rings will never leave our fingers!"
1 hour of snorkelling in Bermudaful waters
Newlyweds - "Oh My God, I've lost my ring, can everyone help us find it?"

You just can't tell some people enough to keep them from doing something stupid. I'm still looking for a platinum band in the waters of Horseshoe Bay 2 years ago, lost while throwing a football in waist deep water.

Cheers All,

BDA