Lost Grandfather’s Ring -FOUND!!!
Last weekend, I got a text late in the evening from Samuel’s Mom asking about whether or not I could help her son. He was out in the water at that very second searching frantically for his Grandfather’s ring that he had accidentally slung into the Gulf while skipping sand dollar pieces with his friends. I realized that this was an important one so I gave her a call and she patched in Samuel so I could ask him some questions. I went over some info and asked him some questions about water depth and how the ring had come off. Most importantly, I had him drop a Google Maps pin where he was on the beach and then where he thought it might have landed. I told him that I would reach out the next day when I got to the beach. We got our signals a bit crossed and when I called, he was still about 45 mins away. I told him that with his permission, I would go ahead and start searching. I thoroughly did the area where I thought it might be and even found another ring. Unfortunately, I knew that it wasn’t Samuel’s so I prepared to keep looking. About that time, one of Samuel’s friends walked up and said that she thought it was a bit farther west. I promptly relocated and began doing my grid search there. I spent a lot of time in that area and found all kind of things that were not what I was looking for. I spoke to Samuel’s friend again and she mentioned a sign that was a little back towards where I had been earlier. Samuel had also mentioned the sign. I decided to go out deeper and make that my center point. I started heading towards the beach and about the time I did, I saw what had to be Samuel jogging across the dune trail heading my way. Samuel’s friend told him that we hadn’t found it as he waded out. As he was walking out to me I got another good tone. I scooped it up and looked inside the scoop and told him that maybe he was good luck and held it out to him. He looked in the scoop and couldn’t see because of all the shells. He said, “is there something in here?” I told him to take another look and watched as he saw it. I love watching people go from concerned to absolutely thrilled in a split second. 😃. Congratulations Samuel! I’m so honored that you and your Mom trusted me to go find your Grandfather’s ring for you. 👍
Anita called and asked if I would be able to locate her sons wedding ring that was lost in her yard, while they were watching the fireworks last week. She explained that the yard was pretty big, and that they had already rented a metal detector, and had no luck finding the ring. I asked if she was positive the ring was lost in the yard, and she said yes, he was swatting a bug with his left hand and felt it fly off. I told her I was confident I would find it, and ill head right over if she wanted. When I got there she showed me where he was sitting, and how he swatted at the bug. I started looking in the direction he had swung, working my way down the slope, toward the water. After about 20′ or so I started getting discouraged, but continued about 15′ more. There were numerous signals in the area, but only a few that even remotely sounded like a large platinum ring. I walked back up to talk to Anita, and confirm what she had said prior. This time she mentioned the chair was facing the river, which was 90* from the way it was facing, and that meant the ring was to the left!! I told her that makes a huge difference, and we were not searching the right spot. About 8′ on the first pass and BOOM, there was the loud tone of a big ring. Sure enough, that was the ring. 
