Second Time Lucky, Lost Ring And Bracelet In Garden
February 6th, 2010 by Brad Lovell
A few months back I received a phone call from Sree, who may have lost his gold bracelet in the garden below his balcony. I went out to 
search for the bracelet without any success. Last week I received another call from Sree, this time his wife had lost a gold ring in the same garden. Being Hindu, Sree and his wife put their gold items in flowers, and after prayer they throw the flowers into the garden below their balcony. Sree explained this is a Hindu tradition. One would figure this would be an easy job for me, looking for gold in a small garden area. But as luck would have it, this garden is full of plants with long bladed leafs which makes metal detecting very difficult. On my second visit to search for the ring, I noticed the garden was still flattened from my last visit. I began detecting the area again, and got a strong signal about 5 minutes into the search. The signal turned out to be the gold ring. Since I had driven all the way to Homebush, (west of Sydney) I decided to keep searching for the gold bracelet I had no luck finding the previous time. About half an hour later, I received a very faint signal and was parting the blade leaves to one side. Just as I was about to pull out my pin pointer, Sree saw the bracelet hiding between the leaves and grabbed it. As you can imagine, Sree and his wife we’re very happy to have both their gold ring and bracelet back in possession 
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to lick her ear. Pauline realised the earring was no longer on her ear, and thought her puppy may have swallowed it. After a visit to the vet, and keeping an eye on her doggy droppings the earring was no where to be found. Gold stud earrings are normally difficult to find as there is not a lot of metal content in them. The metal detector has troubles detecting them. When I arrived at Pauline’s, I asked for the other earring so I could check if my detector would pick it up in Jewellery mode. Unfortunately there was no response from the detector. After a little tuning and changing the detector to gold prospecting mode I was able to get a signal from the remaining earring. I began hunting the area Pauline was when the earring came off. After 2 hours of searching and digging up scraps of metal, I was unable to locate the lost diamond earring. What went wrong with this recovery? We will never know for sure, but possible scenarios are puppy did indeed swallow the earring. Another thing that had me concerned was the lawn had been mowed after the earring was lost. Pauline, it was a pleasure meeting you and your puppies. I am very sorry I was unable to find your earring.
I received a phone call from Caroline on the weekend requesting my services. Caroline’s son had cut his finger, and was washing his hands under the garden tap. As he was flicking his hands in an attempt to dry off the water, his custom made ring fell off his finger. The ring was made from spare links taken from Caroline’s gold bracelet. This ring is obviously special, so Caroline and her son we’re desperate to get it back. So I drove up to the beautiful northern suburb of Sydney, Turramurra. I must admit, I sometimes dread garden jobs because trying to swing a metal detector between plants and thick scrub is almost impossible. But Caroline’s garden was very open, so covering the area was no hassle. I began my search, looking in the area close to where the ring would have fallen. After about 15-20 minutes of searching the obvious areas, it was time to search the lawn that ran parallel to the road. This was a fair distance from where the ring fell off, but you just never know where rings
This is a very interesting story. I received a phone call from Michelle on Friday night. Michelle had lost one of her beautiful white gold/diamond ear rings, which was a gift from her Fiancee. While Michelle had been talking on the phone, her big Labrador puppy was licking her ear, which caused the back of the ear ring to fall off. Michelle was unaware this had happened at the time…and went outside to do some gardening. Just as she lowered her head underneath the branch of a tree, she felt the earring drop from her ear. It then became clear to Michelle that her dog must have removed the backing, causing it to drop off. After inspecting some doggy poop, Michelle found the backing of the ear ring. So now all she needed to do was find the diamond side of the ear ring. After many unsuccessful attempts at finding the ear ring in the thick buffalo grass, Michelle decided to give me a call. I mentioned to Michelle that some times Metal Detectors are unable to detect small stud earrings. This has happened to me in the past. But because Michelle had her other ear ring, we could test it out. I brought both my metal detectors along just in case. As is turned out, the studs we’re too small for the metal detectors to recognise. Also, there we’re over hanging power lines where the earring had dropped which wasn’t helping the situation. I remembered a conversation I have had with my good friend Chris Turner from Vancouver. He mentioned a similar problem…his metal detectors we’re unable to pickup a signal on a small stud ear ring, so he ended up getting down on his hands and knees, and scraped the surface area with a screw driver. After scraping the area, he heard the ping of metal against metal…and that was how he found the ear ring. I decided to test this method…but unfortunately due to the thickness of the buffalo grass, this method did not seem to work. Since I had already driven out to Bexley (south of Sydney), I mentioned to Michelle I would search through the grass for a while just using my eyes and hands. About 10 minutes of searching the grass…I spotted the stud end of Michelle’s earring. I pulled it out from the grass roots, and there it was…that shining Diamond. I handed the diamond stud to Michelle, who was now a very VERY happy lady. After many hugs and kisses, Michelle handed me a generous reward. Lady luck was on my side for this job 
Caroline lost her stunning Diamond Ring in the backyard of her friends house. She had been for a swim, and placed her watch and other jewellery on the towel. When returning from her swim, Caroline lifted the towel causing her jewellery to drop in the grass area around the pool. She managed to find everything except her Diamond Ring. After many hours of searching, Caroline decided to hire a metal detector from Bunnings. The metal detector Bunnings rented out was a Minelab Excalibur machine, which is a brilliant metal detector…but just not the right detector for this particular job. The Excalibur is a machine which can detect up to, and over a foot in depth. So when Caroline and her friends tried searching with this detector, they we’re receiving signals all over the place. And to make matters worse, the fence surrounding the pool was made from metal, which was also making the detector go crazy. After having no luck with the rented metal detector, Caroline decided to give me a call. As always, I was more than happy to help. After a long yet scenic drive to Pitt Town, a suburb near Windsor in Sydney’s North West, I found the property where Caroline had lost her Diamond Ring. Caroline greeted me and showed me the area where her Jewellery had dropped. After asking a few hundred questions, I began my search. I started out by lowering the power setting of my Detector. I figured the ring should still be on the surface, so by reducing the power setting I would eliminate any deep targets. After tuning the detector, I set off scanning the area within the pool fence. This is where Caroline’s other jewellery had dropped, so one would assume the ring would be close by. But, as what always seems to be the case, the Ring was not in this area. So I tried the other side of the pool fence. Once again, no luck. It was time to try a different side. Once again, on the other side of the fence of where the rest of Caroline’s Jewellery had dropped. This time, I received a signal. The signal was very scratchy, and I almost ignored it. But as always when doing a search for someones lost ring, I investigate every little noise I hear. After holding down the pin point trigger, the display mentioned the target was 0.5 inches deep. I began to part the grass with my fingers, and there it was. A big beautiful Diamond ring sparkling in the green grass. This was a learning experience for me. Normally I have an idea if the target is a ring by the tone, and target number displayed on the detector’s screen. But in this particular case, the target was very broken, similar to a foil tone. This could have been because the ring was close to another target which the detector was trying to discriminate..such as a piece of iron. It definitely has nothing to do with the quality of the ring. Something I will definitely keep in mind for future jobs. As I walked towards Caroline with her ring in my hand I observed a look on her face I am now very familiar with. It is the look of excitement, relief and extreme happiness, all rolled into one. After a few jumps for joy, Caroline thanked me kindly for finding her lost ring. Caroline, if you happen to read this post, please feel free to send me a photo of your beautiful diamond ring. As always, my iPhone does not do a great job of capturing just how stunning this ring is 
I was unsuccessful in my search for Nicole’s lost Tiffany Diamond Earring. Nicole was unsure of the exact location she lost her earring, but is confident it fell off at either the South end of Manly Beach, or Shelly Beach. Nicole’s lost earring is made of Titanium, with an embedded diamond similar to the attached photo. If anyone happens to find Nicole’s lost earring, please contact me. Nicole is more than happy to pay a reward for its return.