Ring Lost While Raking Leaves, South Haven, MI
Bob was raking and burning leaves on his property about a week ago and his ring came up missing. I called Tom Cleary to help me and we arrived Monday morning. Bob showed us the most likely area where he may have lost the ring which included about 100ft on each side of the trail leading to the back of his property. About 20 minutes into the search I got a good hit next to a burn pile and there was the ring hiding under a leaf. We called Bob over and gave him the pinpointer to check this spot and he recovered his ring. The ring had a few ashes on it but it looks like it was dropped after the fire was out. Another fun day with a good result.
Rebekah sent me a text and stated she was playing with her dog in the backyard and by pushing him back between her legs she thinks her ring flew off. They went and rented a metal detector but did not find the ring. I met Kevin, her husband, at the door and he showed me where she was standing when she thinks the ring was lost. Kevin goes back into the house and on the second sweep I find the ring about 3 ft from where she had been standing. It was deep down in the lush green grass and very well hidden. I knocked on the door again showing Kevin the ring and he nearly crushed me with a bear hug. They have been married for 2 years and added to the family with the arrival of August. Smiles all around and what a way to brighten your day.
Jagadeesh and Paige have only been married for 6 months and he lost his wedding ring yesterday at Gull Meadow Farms. I met them and their nephew Felix at the site this morning before it was open so we could search for the ring. Searching for the ring took longer than expected. We found 2 junk rings, a stick earring and 2 quarters before the sweet sound of gold came up on the detector. Paige did the honor of digging for the ring and came up with the ring about 6 to 8 inches deep in the shelled corn. High fives and smiles for everyone.
I received a text from Steve saying his daughter had lost her ring in the corn pit on their family outing at this fun park. They had returned home and were sitting around the house when Enza burst out in tears. They were all wondering what happened to her when she said, « my ring is gone ». She had received the silver ring on her 10th birthday in July of this year. Steve and I arranged a time to meet on Monday afternoon which worked out well because the fun park is closed on Monday’s and we had the whole corn pit by ourselves with the owners permission. Steve met me there and Enza could not be there because she was in school. He showed me a couple of spots about 10 ft square where she had been playing and checking the first spot I found nothing. Second spot I got a faint signal right away and gave Steve the pinpointer to check that spot. He couldn’t find anything so I continued on but then came right back to recheck that spot. We started to dig down in the almost 2 ft deep of shelled corn to retrieve that target and finally had it out of the hole. I scanned the top of the corn pile we dug out and got a good hit. I told Steve to check that spot right there and he reached in and there was the ring. Somebody must have stepped on the ring because it was almost on the bottom. About 5 minutes and we had the ring. Steve said when he got home that Mom surprised Enza by holding out 2 hands and having her pick one, second try she got the big surprise. It never gets old doing this!! 
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Received a text from Christa stating she lost her wedding ring this morning in her front yard. Arrived early afternoon and she told me the story of they were having a birthday party for her 3 yr old son and she was playing with the kids in the front yard when she felt her ring fly off. Losing the ring kind of put a damper on the party. She was in the grass area to the left of the driveway and that is when her ring came off. She had searched that grass area and the driveway and the street but had no luck finding the ring. I set out searching that grass area and came up with no ring. I told her the ring is not in this grass area and I said, « did you search on the right side of the driveway in the grass area »? She walks over to that side of the driveway and in about 10 seconds she spots the ring in the grass about three feet from the driveway. She beat me to it. The birthday party is back on in full swing!
Julia and her husband Dave are vacationing in western Michigan this week from their home on the eastern part of the state. She was at the concession stand and took her ring off and put it in a side pocket on her purse. She then headed down the deck walkway to the beach where they sat on the beach. Hours later she looked in the pocket for her ring and it was not there-pocket was not fully closed. I met Dave at the beach and we started off down the walkway and then searched in the sand down the dune to where they were sitting on the beach. Searched about a 20 ft x 20 ft area where they were sitting with no luck. Headed back up the sandy dune toward the walkway again and searched that area more thoroughly finding a penny, a tent stake and a pull tab. I gave Dave the pinpointer and he was checking and finding all of the targets. Just about ready to give up but decided to search the edges of the deck walkway where the sand had blown up. The walkway has large gaps between the boards but the sand has blown up along the edges so I started to search that edge. With all the nails and bolts in the deck this was not an easy task. Toward the top of the walkway the deck turns into concrete but still has the wooden fence. Now the concrete has rebar in it and there are still nails and bolts in the fence. Just by chance I notice a slight change in the noise coming from the rebar and the nails and I had Dave check this one spot next to the fence.