Lost White Gold Wedding Ring
June 8th, 2009 by Brad Lovell
This morning I drove out to Berkshire, near Richmond North/West of Sydney. My mission was to retrieve a wedding ring which was lost in the backyard of Meridith’s beautiful home. Meridith had actually felt both her rings fall off as she flicked her hand, but she was only able to find one of the lost rings. Meridith mentioned to me she was thinking of buying a metal detector on eBay to help find the ring before stumbling upon my website. It was a good thing she found me, as the area where the rings dropped was above reinforced concrete. The steel in the concrete was making the detector go crazy even at a low power level. Since I was having no luck stabilizing the detector above the concreted area, I decided to search to the edges of the concrete where grass could be hiding a ring. The first signal I received was Meridith’s beautiful white gold wedding ring. Meridith gave me a big hug and was happy to have her wedding ring back in possession. And considering the last two jobs I had been on where unsuccessful, my confidence was now back 
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I received a phone call from David this morning. He had this misfortune of losing his wedding ring for the second time. First time he recovered the ring himself, but this time he was having no luck. He was 95% sure he lost the ring in his back yard while pushing his kids on a swing. But he did not actually feel the moment the ring fell off his finger. I drove out to Roseville, just north of Chatswood on Sydney’s Upper North Shore. David was at work at the time, but his wife showed me the area the ring could have fallen. There was a lot of thick grass where David’s wedding ring could have been hiding. I began my usual grid pattern in the area David was pushing the swing. I then worked my way down to a wire fence. I was receiving lots of signals, but non of them was the ring. I decided to start searching the other side of the swing and work my way up towards the house. It wasn’t long after that I received a nice smooth sound from my detector. I checked the depth on the display..and it indicated 0.5 inchs deep. I thought cool, this could be Davids wedding ring. I lifted a large leaf which was covering the signal area…and there it was, David’s gold wedding band. It had fallen into an indentation in the grass. The photo attached is in the exact spot I found the ring. David’s wife was very pleased the ring was back in their possession 
This is another story where google maps saved the day. I received a message from Mike who lost his Platinum wedding band in the sand at Palm Beach. I was sleeping at the time of Mike’s message, and did not have the chance to respond until about 3 hours later. In that time, Mike had already gone to Tandy and purchased a Metal Detector. Unfortunately the new Metal Detector Mike just bought could not find the platinum ring. As most experienced metal detectorist’s will know, Platinum gives off a low deep signal..almost similar to foil or pull tabs from aluminium cans. Whether or not the Metal Detector from Tandy discriminates these signals I am not sure…but Mike had no luck. After talking on the phone, I mentioned to Mike the sooner I get there, the greater chance I have of recovering the ring. But Mike was not a Northern Beaches local, and was back home in the Eastern Suburbs os Sydney. He was unable to meet me back at Palm Beach due to work commitments, so I asked him to plot the location he lost the ring on google maps. This method had already worked for me once before, (
about 6/7inches deep. This ring had some weight to it, so it had sunk into the sand really fast. Also, it was in an area that had a lot of foot traffic, being an entry and exit to the beach, so it is quiet possible that peoples foot steps we’re burying the ring deeper and deeper. Mike was a VERY happy man when I called to tell him the great news 
Unfortunately due to family circumstances, I was baby sitting my sister’s kids on the other side of Sydney, and was unable to help search for Angus’s ring. I managed to contact Tony, another Metal Detecting hobbyist who has just started offering his service to the public. Tony is in the Liverpool area, but stopped what he was doing to drive all the way up to Palm Beach. Unfortunately by the time Tony arrived, Angus and his wife had to leave for a wedding. So Tony could only conduct a search based on what Angus has told him. I received a message from Tony later that night, saying he was unsuccessful at finding Angus’s wedding ring. But Tony had not given up, and was heading back to Palm Beach the following day to continue the search. I decided to help Tony with the search….so while Tony was scanning the wet sand, I was in the water trying to find the ring. After another 2 hour hunt, it was time for me to call it quits. Once a ring has fallen into the surf, there is usually very little chance of recovery 
I had another job the following day at Palm Beach. It was a quick recovery, so I decided to spend another hour or so looking for Angus’s lost wedding ring again. Once again, no luck…I feel very bad for Angus, but at the same time, I hope he feels better knowing he did all he could to recover it. And had 2 different people searching for it, on two different occasions. If anyone does happen to find a gold men’s wedding ring at Palm Beach…please contact me on bradl@bigpond.net.au so I can put you in contact with Angus.
I went for a treasure hunt a few nights ago with my friend Matt. We managed to dig up many different things including two sets of keys, a mobile phone, a Disney pendant, two lead weights, lots of coins including an old penny, and two rings. Matt is already working on finding the owner of the lost mobile phone and keys, so now it is my turn to find the lost owners of the two rings. One is a ladies silver ring (as pictured), and the other is a men’s gold wedding band. If you have lost a ring at Shelly beach near Manly, and they look like the the photo above..please contact me. If you are able to describe the engravings or prove the ring is yours, I will happily return it 
I received a phone call from Stewart who lost his silver wedding band playing Volley Ball at Maroubra Beach. Luckily for Stewart, he found me via Google on his iPhone. Within a couple of hours I was down at Maroubra Beach ready to find his lost ring. The Volley Ball Court had been dissasembled by the time I arrived, but you could still make out the area where it had been. Unfortunately Stewart was not aware of the exact moment the ring fell off his finger, but he was very confident it was while he was playing volley ball. As we we’re working out what perimeter to cover, a truck which carried the Volley Ball equipment had been driving over the sand, in the area Stewarts ring was lost… This made me a little nervous, as the ring could be pushed deeper into the sand…but I guess these are just the extra challenges we face doing this type of work. I had quite a large area to cover, but thankfully Maroubra beach was very clean…so not too many junk signals we’re found. After about 50 minutes of searching, I found Stewarts ring. Interestingly, the ring had already buried itself about 5.5 inches deep according to the Detectors Display. I guess people jumping around and kicking sand buries things very fast. It was a pleasure to reunite Stewart with his Wedding Band 
Shark Bay to collect his lost wedding ring. This was a great confidence booster for me, as this is the first time I have recovered a lost item underwater successfully. And to say Andrew was elated to have his wedding ring back would be a gross understatement. Andrew was incredibly appreciative of the work that had gone into recovering his lost ring, and handed me a very generous reward. I thank you kindly for this Andrew, and it is always a pleasure helping out a man of his word :)
I received an email from Jen stating she had lost a silver necklace with a wedding ring attached to it. And sadly, it was her mother’s wedding ring that had been lost. The wedding ring and necklace had been lost in the sand at Stanwell Park beach. Jen desperately attempted to find the lost valuables herself without any success. I mentioned I would be more than happy to look for the lost ring/necklace, but unfortunately Jen was unable to make it down to Stanwell Park, and show me the area where she thought her Ring & Bracelet we’re lost. I asked Jen to goto Google Maps, and plot on the map where she beleives she lost the items. She quickly emailed me the treasure map, and off I went down the south coast. The $100 Call Out Fee was not an issue for Jen, as she was desperate to retrieve her mother’s wedding ring. After studying the map that had been emailed to
Kevin lost his wedding ring at Wanda Beach, south of Sydney. The ring had dropped in the surf at about waist height. I was unable to find the ring after a two hour search. If anyone happens to find a wedding ring at Wanda Beach, please contact me with a photo of the ring, and I will pass your details onto Kevin. From memory Kevin’s ring was made from White Gold. I am sure he is willing to pay a generous reward for the recovery of his wedding band.
