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:usaflag:Lost Rings!!:detecting:

C

Cupajo

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I guess it's time to put new batteries in my Dual Field!

Yesterday I told an old timer I know that I search for lost jewekry in the water with an underwater metal detector.

He told me about losing his university ring in 1944 at a nearby beach and from his description I think there is a better than average chance that it is still there!!

I will give it a try tomorrow AM if all goes well!

Recovery of a ring lost 66 years would be a hoot and certainly worth a news article!

My door-bell rang early this PM and a young man at the door asked if I was the guy who had helped people to find lost rings.

I found out that yesterday he had lost his wedding band in the water in front of the cottage he was renting and had a fair recollection of its location.

Shortly, when the tide is right, I will head to the site and give 'er a go!

It's only a 1/4 mile from where I sit.

I'll keep Ya All posted!

CJ
 
I entered the water at 7PM with my Dual Field complete with new Lithium batteries and walked out against the small swells the 65 or so feet to where Mark was standing.

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He said as nearly as he could remember he was "just about here' when he felt the wedding band fall off his finger.

The first signal was strong, but small in size and I explained to him that it could be a fishing sinker or anything metal for that matter.

It turned out to be a small sinker!

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I asked him to step aside a few feet and right where he was standing there was a very strong signal from another small object which I suggested just might be his ring and then and there I dug up his ring!

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The digging was hard because of the stones, but #36 ended up in my sifter and made the whole family (Standing on the beach watching) very happy!!!

10 or 15 minutes of water time including the digging. (It would have gone faster if I wasn't dodging waves!)

CJ
 
Very nice indeed! I am trying to do that here where I live. I only have 5 finds under my belt that was returned and one that I could never find but the area was about 75x75 feet. One of them was posted by Whites.. http://whiteselectronics.com/component/story/title/v3lostring.html
That ring was lost in 1948, so only 4 years after your friend lost his.
 
You are very good at that Cupajo. I've seen your posts and I'm really impressed with not only your ability to make difficult finds but you're generosity. I'm really looking forward to rescuing my first lost ring for a happy owner. If I get a difficult request I may be tapping you for advice. Great job and PR for all of us.
HH
Scott
 
Thanks for your kind replies Fellow Hunters!

I just got in from cruising the swimming area where the friend lost his university ring in 1944.

The last time I hunted there was in the 80s and I was walking on stones and small boulders in waist deep water.

This AM the sand was so deep where he said to look that I couldn't even find the bottom!

I'll monitor the spot for future hunts and I hope I can find the old gents ring for him or his family should it work out that way.

After 21/2 hours of water hunting I brought home 2-quarters, 2-dimes, 2-nickles, and 4-pennies.

A couple of bottle caps, one fishing lure and a dozen fishing sinkers nearly all an ounce and smaller and a few odd bits of rusty iron along with a half dozen hair pins.!

GL&HH friends,

CJ
 
For the second day in a row I had someone come to my house and ask me to help them find a lost ring!

About a half hour ago I went back to the beach a few cottages down frrom the one where I found the ring yesterday to find a ring that had been the prized possession of an elderly lady that had died several weeks ago.

It was given to the future bride of her grandson and lost on the sandy beach shortly thereafter.

I fired up my Ace 250 and in 15 minutes or so recovered a quarter, two nickles and a zinc pennie, but no ring.

When I turned to hunt a parallel path with the sun at my back I saw a sparkle that can only come from a diamond and didn't even give the Ace a chance to do its thing!!
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I pointed it out to the father of the bride to be and the rest is history as they say.

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Granpa offered me a sizeable tip for my time and I asked if I could be paid with these photos instead!

What a day!!!

CJ
 
That can never get old. Great job again.
HH
scott
 
This AM I checked my E-Mail and found that a Friend of mine who had witnessed Fridays wedding ring recovery had sent me a note of approval!

My first!!

I thought y'all might like to see what an impact your recovering and returning a ring might have!

Hello CJ,

Congratulations, again, on your finding the lost wedding ring on Friday! It was wonderful for me to be there to see the joy, relief and wonder that you brought not only to the couple who had lost the ring but to all those around who had observed the drama around the couple's loss and the searching for the ring for the past days. I think that your finding the ring in the short time you did, after many folks searching with masks and snorkels and toes, was more wondrous and wonderful to the observing crowd than had you been curing lepers with a single word or touch. What a great gift you have given so many folks with your many ring finds! I was reminded of the ending of so many old Lone Ranger TV series in which folks asked "Who was that masked man" as the hero rode out of town as people talked of the experience of watching you find the ring.

My daughter, who had rented a cottage for the week a couple doors, up wants to know how it went for the search you mentioned you would be doing on Saturday for the lost ring from 1944? I know so many were interested and wishing you well.

It is a great gift you have given so many. You are a generous man of many talents!

All the best,

David
 
What you need to do is just camp at that spot and you'll be keeping busy 24/7! Good to hear you found another one for someone!
 
Congratulations of finding a ring that was lost so long ago. I would have to say that if that ring was still within detecting range you probably have a ton of other rings that were lost in more recent times at that location. Have you hunted that site for other lost rings?

Ray ECenFL
 
Thanks for your reply Ray.

Closer to shore the sand isn't as deep and I intend to spend some time looking into the depth of sand across the area (Hunting as I go naturally!).

An interesting note from the son of the gent who lost the ring in '44, his brother lost his wedding band near there too about 8 years ago!

Ya never know!!:thumbup:

CJ
 
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