July 14th, 2010 by Brad Lovell

I got a phone call from Kim in Coogee. Kim figured he may have lost his wedding ring while working in the garden. I told him I would be happy to come over with my metal detecting equipment and help. First thing I noticed when arriving at Kim’s house was the power lines directly above the garden. Even after turning the power settings to a minimum, the proximity of the electrical interference was too much for my trusty detector. I decided to try my underwater detector instead, this seems to be more stable around electrical interference. It too was very unstable, but more usable than the other detector. Thankfully Kim’s wedding ring did not put up too much of a fight, about 10 minutes later I found the ring sitting on top of the soil under a plant.

January 31st, 2010 by Brad Lovell

Today I received a phone call from Naomi who managed to lose both her wedding ring and engagement ring on a harbour side beach called Red Leaf at Double Bay. Trying to do the right thing, Naomi put both her rings in the pocket of her skirt before going for a swim. When she was leaving for the day, Naomi picked up her towel and skirt and began walking home. After walking only 10-20 meters Naomi remembered the rings in her skirt pocket, and decided to put them back on her finger. After reaching into the pocket, there we’re no rings to be found. When I arrived, Naomi and her friend showed me the area they had been sitting, which was actually a baren looking grass area. If the rings we’re there, we would have been able to see them with our eyes. So I went down to the sandy area where Naomi first realised the rings we’re missing. After about a half hour search, I found Naomi’s engagement ring hiding in the sand. But after searching the rest of the area, I was not able to find the wedding ring. I did a search in the grass area she had been sitting, but no luck there either. I decided to do one last search of the sand area, digging all signals including crackling and null tones that normally mean rubbish. One of these crackling signals turned out to be Naomi’s wedding ring. In the hundreds of rings I have found over the past couple of years, this is the first time this has happened. This is a learning experience for me, and will be embedded in my mind next time I am searching for a thin gold ladies ring. Either way, it felt good to return both rings to their rightful owner…

October 7th, 2009 by Brad Lovell

A couple of weeks back I received a call out to Centennial Park in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs. A gentleman who’s name has now slipped my mind (apologies), lost his wedding ring while playing touch football. The unfortunate part of this job was the gentleman did not feel the ring slip off his finger. He realised the ring was missing after he finished up. I drove out to Centennial Park and we squared off the perimeter where the touch football game had been played. This was going to be a long job, as their was  copious amounts of surface area to cover. About an hour had passed as I continued my grid search when I noticed a man pushing a pram approach the gentleman who had lost the ring. In the pram was a little baby girl who had fallen over a stick. When her father bent down to pick her up he noticed the ring appear from under the stick. I was still a good 2 hours away from grid searching that part of the field, so this little baby not only out hunted me, but saved me a lot of time

May 18th, 2009 by Brad Lovell

I spent Sunday afternoon searching for lost car keys at Rushcutters Bay Park. Ms Rowell had been walking her dogs through the park, and noticed her key was missing when she returned to her car. Unfortunately Ms Rowell did not have a spare key, and Volvo mentioned it would take at least 6 weeks to issue a new key from Sweden. We retraced the walk Ms Rowell and her dogs had taken the previous day, and I used the metal detector in area’s of grass which we’re thick enough to hide a large key. After a couple of hours searching, we gave up the hunt. It was more than possible someone had picked up the key. If anyone does happen to find a Volvo key at Rushcutters Bay Park, please contact me asap.

February 7th, 2009 by Brad Lovell

Andrew Happy To Have His Ring Back

Andrew lost his Platinum Wedding Ring at Shark Bay Beach in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. He felt the ring slide off his finger whilst swimming…so he had a fair idea where it could be. I arrived at Shark Bay with my Whites DFX detector which is not water proof. Unfortunately this means I can only go knee to waist deep in water. My first attempt to find Andrews wedding ring was unsuccessful, but I had not given up yet. I knew I would be purchasing a waterproof detector very soon. After purchasing the underwater Excalibur II detector, I headed back down to Shark Bay with my friend Matt. Matt is into Scuba Diving, and also has a fascination for metal detecting…so as you can imagine he makes the perfect partner for recovering under water items. While I was hunting for signals, Matt was scooping the sand with his snorkeling gear on. This proved to be a successful system, as we found Andrew’s lost Wedding Ring after about 30 minutes of hunting. A crowd of bikini clad women had gathered around, wanting to see and hold Andrews beautiful platinum wedding band. After a phone call to Andrew, he was on his way down to 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 :)