Only twice in the years I have been metal detecting have I not found the ring I was searching for for someone that had asked me to find it. Last year a neighbor told me he had placed his wedding band in the cup holder of his folding beach chair and realized it was not there when he placed the chair in the trunk of his car at the end of a beautiful beach day.
I returned to the area where he was sitting and with him using my Ace 250 and me using my Excal we hunted for as much time as the on-coming darkness would allow without success. I spent many hours during the next several days searching for the jewel without success and could only conclude that someone had walked away with the fellows ring!
This AM marks the second occasion and I'm not too surprised as the ring was "lost" on Friday evening two days ago and I didn't get into the act until the whole area had been raked, walked on, parked on and in general made impossible to search with much chance for success. The lady and her husband had a tiff and in a fit of anger she had removed her wedding and engagement bands and tossed them out into a dark sandy parking lot behind a bar!! (Oh yes, did I mention alcohol played a part in all this?)
They found the wedding band with several small diamonds on the surface on Friday evening with the help of flashlights, but the engagement ring with its 11/2 karat diamond remains at large! She told me about the diamond after I had searched for 45 minutes or so and I assured her that the odds shifted significantly toward her ring taking a walk and never returning!
The parking area was pretty well packed stone with a light sand coating and all I recovered was a couple of pennies and several pounds of bottle caps even with the Ace 250 sensitivity reduced to allow any hunting at all.
I took her name etc in the off chance that a second go might produce something, but I truly believe the ring is long gone!!
CJ
I returned to the area where he was sitting and with him using my Ace 250 and me using my Excal we hunted for as much time as the on-coming darkness would allow without success. I spent many hours during the next several days searching for the jewel without success and could only conclude that someone had walked away with the fellows ring!
This AM marks the second occasion and I'm not too surprised as the ring was "lost" on Friday evening two days ago and I didn't get into the act until the whole area had been raked, walked on, parked on and in general made impossible to search with much chance for success. The lady and her husband had a tiff and in a fit of anger she had removed her wedding and engagement bands and tossed them out into a dark sandy parking lot behind a bar!! (Oh yes, did I mention alcohol played a part in all this?)
They found the wedding band with several small diamonds on the surface on Friday evening with the help of flashlights, but the engagement ring with its 11/2 karat diamond remains at large! She told me about the diamond after I had searched for 45 minutes or so and I assured her that the odds shifted significantly toward her ring taking a walk and never returning!
The parking area was pretty well packed stone with a light sand coating and all I recovered was a couple of pennies and several pounds of bottle caps even with the Ace 250 sensitivity reduced to allow any hunting at all.
I took her name etc in the off chance that a second go might produce something, but I truly believe the ring is long gone!!
CJ