I received a phone call from a distraught lady this morning with a story of loosing her diamond engagement ring in her yard. After receiving directions to her house I proceeded that way. The yard was about 100' by 150'.
She informed me that the ring was platinum with a single stone. I figured platinum would read low on the conductivity scale so I paid particular attention to the low numbers. Nicole the owner of the ring stayed with me every step of the hunt in 95 degree heat, when I would git an interesting signal and would move the grass around with my foot she would be down on her knees going through the geass with a fine tooth comb. After about an hour we took a break with a bottle of cold water and a sit in her home, the air condition felt good. We then renewed the hunt with Nicole at my side every step. About 15 minutes into this phase of the hunt Nicoles husband came outside to see if we had found the ring, and at that precise moment while Nicole was giving her husband a report of our progress I received a solid +14 reading on my V3 with a depth reading of 1", I pushed the grass back and there was the ring, as I picked the ring up Nicole let out a scream of delight and nearly broke my neck giving me a hug. I have found quite a few rings for prople but this one was a whopper, the diamond was at least a quarter of an inch across, I didnt ask how much the ring cost but I would bet it was over ten thousand. It is without a doubt the most stunning ring I have ever found. Nicole told me that she had looked for hours for the ring, had gotten sunburned and had been up til 3am with a flashlight looking for the ring and also used a black light in her search ( I didnt know diamonds would show up on a black light ) She also purchased a cheap metal detector which she could not figure out how to operate. The girl was desperate to find that ring. It felt good to make her day.
Jerry Murphy
She informed me that the ring was platinum with a single stone. I figured platinum would read low on the conductivity scale so I paid particular attention to the low numbers. Nicole the owner of the ring stayed with me every step of the hunt in 95 degree heat, when I would git an interesting signal and would move the grass around with my foot she would be down on her knees going through the geass with a fine tooth comb. After about an hour we took a break with a bottle of cold water and a sit in her home, the air condition felt good. We then renewed the hunt with Nicole at my side every step. About 15 minutes into this phase of the hunt Nicoles husband came outside to see if we had found the ring, and at that precise moment while Nicole was giving her husband a report of our progress I received a solid +14 reading on my V3 with a depth reading of 1", I pushed the grass back and there was the ring, as I picked the ring up Nicole let out a scream of delight and nearly broke my neck giving me a hug. I have found quite a few rings for prople but this one was a whopper, the diamond was at least a quarter of an inch across, I didnt ask how much the ring cost but I would bet it was over ten thousand. It is without a doubt the most stunning ring I have ever found. Nicole told me that she had looked for hours for the ring, had gotten sunburned and had been up til 3am with a flashlight looking for the ring and also used a black light in her search ( I didnt know diamonds would show up on a black light ) She also purchased a cheap metal detector which she could not figure out how to operate. The girl was desperate to find that ring. It felt good to make her day.
Jerry Murphy
