January 29th, 2009 by Brad Lovell

Peter lost his ring in the backyard whilst throwing a stick to his dogs. His ring flicked off his finger, into the direction of his garden and wire fence. I searched the entire garden area where Peter believed the ring to be. Unfortunately, I was unable to find the ring in the garden, so we decided to try the otherside of the wire fence, which was full of bushes scrubs and undergrowth. After a exhaustive 2 hour search, dusk had melted into darkness, so I decided to throw in the towel for the evening. But I wasn’t finished with Peters lost ring yet. 3 days later, I arrived back at Peters house. He was out at the time, but said it was fine for me to search again while he was out. I was a little worried about Peter’s dogs Monte and Toby. I will rephrase that, I was more worried about Toby his large German Shepard. But I came prepared with some doggy treats, which worked a charm. Toby and Monte we’re now my best friends, and I was being licked to death.. Now that the dogs we’re on my side, I was very motivated to find Peter’s lost ring, as I could see the dissapointment in his face the first night I my search was unsuccessful. The ring was obviously very important to Peter. Once again, after almost 2 hours of searching and digging, no luck. As hard as it was to admit, I had been defeated by this lost ring. I have a feeling Peters lost ring may have landed in the very thick scrubs that I could not cover with the metal detector. Luckily, Peters ring was insured…but insurance will not cover the sentimental value of Peters ring. There was no charge to Peter for my efforts. If I do not find the lost item, I do not accept any payment.