Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska
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[size=large] Seems one of the guys that works for him had lost his wedding band out in a hay field while working yesterday. He had a friend that had a metal detector so they went to were he thought he had lost the ring but after a half hour, no luck. The owner of the farm told him he was going to called me because I relic hunt there and he knows I'm pretty good. I told him I would be there at 9:00 am. So this morning followed him onto a hey field to a spot where the man said he thought he had lost the ring while putting up a deer stand.
When he told me it was a man's wedding band, naturally I presumed it was gold and therefor should come in on a White's VDI between 30 and 50 or so (depending on size). I got out my White's DFX with a 10 inch DD coil. Of course I wouldn't need a shovel nor did I take headphones so that the farmer could hear the sounds the metal detector was making as I searched for the ring. The first signal was good sounding but the VDI number locked onto 7. Knowing this couldn't be a gold ring and more likely a small piece of foil, I passed it by and continued around the tree stand, only finding a fresh shotgun brass and a large brass zipper on the surface (I wasn't digging any targets that were in the ground). Circling around the rest of the tree stand I came back on the first signal which locked on at 7 again with a good tone. It also was on the surface but down in about 8 inches of matted hay. Deciding to leave no stone unturned, I got out my pin pointer and located it. Sure enough it was the man's lost wedding band, however, it was platinum, not gold. That's why the reading was so low. Around the band are deer tracks, as the guy is a big deer hunter. Time involved in the search and recovery of the ring, 3 minutes from the time I turned the machine on. The farmer called the man who had lost the ring on his cell phone and told him I'd found his ring in 3 minutes. The guy couldn't believe it and was elated and also mentioned how happy his wife was going to be that we had found the ring. The ring was hand made by a jeweler, the deer tracks being hand cut into the platinum ~ bet it cost a pretty penny.
Fortunately for me the ring was where the guy had thought he'd lost it. The farmer offered to pay for a tank of gas in my truck which I refused. I asked if while I was there if he wouldn't mind if I hunted that plowed up field. He said sure, thanked me and left with the ring to return it to the owner. So I hunted the field for about an hour and came away with a handful of bullets too ~ reward enough..
Thanks for looking. Vernon.
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When he told me it was a man's wedding band, naturally I presumed it was gold and therefor should come in on a White's VDI between 30 and 50 or so (depending on size). I got out my White's DFX with a 10 inch DD coil. Of course I wouldn't need a shovel nor did I take headphones so that the farmer could hear the sounds the metal detector was making as I searched for the ring. The first signal was good sounding but the VDI number locked onto 7. Knowing this couldn't be a gold ring and more likely a small piece of foil, I passed it by and continued around the tree stand, only finding a fresh shotgun brass and a large brass zipper on the surface (I wasn't digging any targets that were in the ground). Circling around the rest of the tree stand I came back on the first signal which locked on at 7 again with a good tone. It also was on the surface but down in about 8 inches of matted hay. Deciding to leave no stone unturned, I got out my pin pointer and located it. Sure enough it was the man's lost wedding band, however, it was platinum, not gold. That's why the reading was so low. Around the band are deer tracks, as the guy is a big deer hunter. Time involved in the search and recovery of the ring, 3 minutes from the time I turned the machine on. The farmer called the man who had lost the ring on his cell phone and told him I'd found his ring in 3 minutes. The guy couldn't believe it and was elated and also mentioned how happy his wife was going to be that we had found the ring. The ring was hand made by a jeweler, the deer tracks being hand cut into the platinum ~ bet it cost a pretty penny.
Fortunately for me the ring was where the guy had thought he'd lost it. The farmer offered to pay for a tank of gas in my truck which I refused. I asked if while I was there if he wouldn't mind if I hunted that plowed up field. He said sure, thanked me and left with the ring to return it to the owner. So I hunted the field for about an hour and came away with a handful of bullets too ~ reward enough..
Thanks for looking. Vernon.
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