Lost Diamond Engagement Ring at Ewa Beach…..FOUND
Saturday, January 24, 2015
As I was doing some « Honey do list » items my daughter Korin handed me the phone and said, « Someone lost their ring Dad. » I answered the phone and Jenna explained to me that she lost her ring in the sand at Ewa Beach. I was far enough along on my chores so I told Jenna I could be there in about 45 minutes as the location is on the opposite side of the island from where I live. She said she would wait on the beach by the spot where she thought she lost her ring. I told her, « Don’t try finding the ring it might make it harder for me to find it. » I arrived with my Excalibur and I was met by Alex, Jenna’s fiance. Jenna explained that she put her ring in her shorts pocket and when she put them back on after sunbathing she realized the ring was gone. They showed me the general area and I started a box search in an East-West direction. With nothing but pull tabs and 55 cents in clad I asked if there was anywhere else she went. Jenna pointed to a picnic table 75 yards away and said they sat over there awhile and walked straight over and back. I made three passes towards the picnic table but the area was so littered with metal trash I was getting overloaded with targets. I decided to go back to the original box and try a North-South grid search. It paid off on about the fifth line I got what could only be a Gold Ring tone. I made a gentle scoop and the target was captured. When I looked into the scoop I couldn’t see anything. I dumped the residual and scanned the pile getting the same tone. This time I took less of a scoop and their was the tiny Size 3 White Gold Solitaire Diamond ring at the bottom of the scoop. « I might have your ring Jenna. » Excited she quickly came over to where I stood and I said, « If you can describe the ring in my hand it’s yours. » Startled and just getting it the day before she said it was silver colored and a single diamond. Is this it? As I showed it to her tears started streaming down her face and she said, « I really didn’t think you were going to find it. » It only took 30 minutes but to her it must have seemed like an eternity. A bit more challenging for me but the Excalibur performed well in deep sand on such a tiny ring. Aloha Jenna & Alex.
I received the call at about 3:30pm while detecting at Huntington Beach. It took me awhile to walk a half mile to my car, but I was able to me Alexis and Andrew at 5pm. We talked about the circumstances leading to the loss of the ring. I explained to them how my equipment works. Some people think metal detectors can find things several feet from the coil. Other people do not believe the work for such small items as rings. I knew it was possible to search the long walk back to the parking lot, but the best place to start would be where she picked up her blouse. Sometimes other persons move an item containing the ring or keys not knowing something was hidden inside. I set up an area to grid search about 40’x30′.. Making six passes parallel to the beach with out success, I setup my CTX 3030 to beach mode – all metal and began a cross grid. The next move would have been the long walk back to the parking area. (time consuming and the sun was setting). Three 30 foot passes to and from the water I got a nice 12-02 signal. Calling Alexis over to see the signal and hear the sound, I told her this is your ring and I scooped it. It was a beautiful ring. She dropped to her knees in tears of joy. Andrew also came over to thank me telling me that he had all but given up on ever seeing their ring again. It was a great day and I got another lesson of humility. It is a game of inches and it pays to cross check.
Jason called me Saturday evening from home in Corona, Calif. asking if I could help him. His friend had told him about TheRingFinders. He noticed his wedding ring missing after six hours of doing chores around his large property. Jason had spent a day and a half retracing all his activities in search of his wedding band. He lives on a large piece of property and had been doing a lot of work in almost every part of his yard. Almost everything he had been doing could have caused his ring to slip from his finger. He was taking down Christmas lighting decorations from his two story house, fences and trees. Dealing with hundreds of feet of cords coiling them up then putting them in storage boxes. He also took the Christmas tree from the house cutting off all the limbs to put them in large trash containers. On top of all that work he spend time cleaning his pool. All these activities were done without gloves and all these activities were the type of movements that would cause a ring to slip off a finger.
