June 28th, 2009 by Brad Lovell

After spending many hours digging sludge out of a drain searching for Chen’s lost ring, my next job was a welcome relief. I received a phone call from Bernice who had lost a section of her 3 part ring whilst hanging clothes in her backyard. She managed to find two parts of the ring in the grass below, but the final part of the ring had remained elusive. I drove out to Gordon to meet Bernice, who then showed me the area of grass the other parts of her ring we’re recovered. As luck would have,  the second swing of my detector I received a nice signal. After checking the depth indicator on the metal detector, it indicated the signal was 2 inches deep. It is unusual for an item that had recently been lost to sink that far down. But I decided to inspect the signal anyway. Turns out the grass was quite thick, and Bernice’s ring had dropped right to the roots of the grass. Bernice watched me retrieve the ring, and mentioned she would never have found it that deep in the grass. Once again Bernice, it was nice meeting you and your little puppy Roxy! And thank you kindly for a reward even though it was a fast job.