Ring found in attic

I received a call from SHow Low, about 4 hours away.  I don’ t normally care about the distance, since I do this more for fun than for the potential of profit.  So I took the assignment.

A man lost his ring in the attic.  He heard it hit the plywood, then go into the foam insulation.  Looked for 3 months but could not find it.  Hence the call to me.

I arrived and the first thing I did was remove my normal loop from my Equinoz 900.  It was too big for the space between the joists and would have too much interference.  I couldn’t « swing » it and keep it in the gaps, so I put on a smaller loop and worked it that way.

I had a few beeps, and decided to check them, even though they said they were (Nails or braces).  Sure enough,t hat was what they were.  Then, I got a solid beep, in between where nails should be.  I pulled back the insulation and viola.  the ring was sitting on the drywall for the ceiling below.  total time?  Well, 4 hours driving up, 10 minutes setting up and changing loops, and then 3 minutes to find the ring.  Hey, if it is there, it should not take long to find.  The owner was ecstatic and also impressed with the discriminati9on on the machine allowing me to ignore all the iron from the joists and focus on the ring.  We finalized the trasnaction and then I headed back 4 hours towards home.  ALthough actually I spend the night up there first,  as one can’t go to the mountains without spending some ime hiking and enjoying the beauty.

As easy hunt.  But only if you know what you are doing, trust your machine, and can use a small enough loop to get it where you need to go.  I almost though of using my pinpointer instead of the machine, and would have done that if after 15 minutes I had not found anything.  It doesn’t have the discrimination though, so I’m glad I had my Equinox.  Mission acconplished, and another smile for the wall.  🙂