Keyfob Missing in Long Grass for Two Days at Doubtless Bay, Found.

Two days ago Gayle was showing some friends around the property.

In their travels she took her jacket off and tied it around her waist, the car fob safely inside the pocket…

When they returned to the house, Gayle realised the key fob was no longer in the jacket. Nor was it in the car, or to be seen on the nicely mown lawn – which meant it was somewhere along their route across the rough grass paddock, or one of several possible routes up and around a headland.

After retracing their steps with no luck, Gayle gave me a call.

I headed straight up as soon as I left work, and Gayle braved the rain to show me the route she thought they had walked.

A quick cursory sweep along the probable route yielded nothing other than an old beer can, tent peg and hinge spring, so I started the comprehensive search beginning at the area of highest probability.

Five minutes later, the detector gave a solid « this should be what you’re looking for » signal and I parted the grass to reveal the wayward keys.

Sitting end on, and tucked into the kikuyu thatch it would have been very difficult to spot by eye.

I held the keys up and Gayles face broke into a smile.