This Earring hunt began when I got a text from Carolyne saying, « I lost an earring in the Diamond Head area. Ring if you can help. » I asked if she had parking as this area was all condos with no street parking. She responded « Yes » The tide is high right now…It’s probably lost forever » I said, « No. Low tide is 6:30 » I’ll call you before I head over. When I arrived Carolyne directed me to the parking and escorted me to the beach entry. Her husband Mark was going to come down and walk me out to the area down the coast a bit. Carolyne had the other earring in a bag, so I scanned it on the Manticore and it was a 3-4 on the VDI. Mark took me to the search area and I told him it could take awhile so he didn’t have to stick around. I started the hunt and there were several iron pieces along the retaining wall I had to work through. The first possible target was a small chunk of Aluminum. The next target was a #10 on the VDI and to my surprise it was the stunning earring. Mark had started walking back to his condo when I yelled, « I got a gold earring with diamonds » and he came back quickly to confirm. He was in shock saying, « That’s it! » I found out it was actually lost two days prior so what a blessing it didn’t end up in the coral after at least 4 pounding high tides. The difference in the VDI had to be the earring Carolyne let me test was closed and the found earring was open. Good point to remember. When we got back to Carolyne she was obviously ecstatic after a successful recovery. A few hugs & handshakes and of course the smiles. Aloha to Carolyne & Mark!
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