Lost wedding ring recovered near hiking trail east of Macon, Georgia using a metal detector.
RD was enjoying a beautiful afternoon hiking the trails of Brown’s Mound with his newlywed wife JD on a cool January day. RD can’t help but notice the new ring on his finger and his new life status – happily married to his beautiful bride. He also is struck this morning by how his ring felt a little looser as he twirls the ring on his finger. He can’t help but hear his bride’s words suggesting that maybe he should consider getting his ring resized. As they hike onward, they notice a great deal of leaves on the ground so careful footing is essential. A mile or so into the hike they reach one of the highest points in Middle Georgia, providing them with an unobstructed view of the wildlife area. Eventually they head back and halfway along the trek, RD notices something is wrong, something is missing, his wedding ring is no longer on his finger! He marks the location with a stack of large branches and visually searches the immediate area. Eventually he must give up the search that day, but RD is not one to give up hope. RD returns to the trail and conducts multiple searches. He notifies the local wildlife area officials and informs anyone he encounters of his lost ring account. RD even obtains a metal detector from a friend, but in all his searches his lost ring is not to be found.
At this point RD then takes a new track for his search. Armed with the information from an internet search for metal detecting services, RD contacts ring-finder Jim Fuss. I meet RD that same day and we walkthrough the trails and some likely spots the ring may have been lost. The next day, RD and I return to conduct a more thorough search. As we search approximately one mile of hiking trails, a very generous number of pull tabs, coins, metal food container remnants, and spent rifle cartridges are found, but the elusive wedding ring remains MIA. At this point RD needs to exit the day’s search for an appointment, and I decide to carefully search a section of the ridge trail containing a prolonged section of buried barbwire. After a 45-minute search of this area, my metal detector emits the tone for platinum amongst background of iron. Separating the pile of leaves and debris, the object of the quest is revealed like a bride on her wedding day. Jim immediately sends a picture to RD with a single word: “Victory!” I am extremely grateful that RD contacted me through ringfinders.com
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