June 2nd, 2009 by Brad Lovell

On Monday morning I drove up the northern beaches to Newport, near Mona Vale. The day before I had received a phone call from Sky, who had lost her grandmother’s wedding ring. The wedding was on a necklace Sky had been wearing. After doing some gardening, Sky noticed her necklace had snapped, and was laying on the driveway. But unfortunately the wedding ring was no where to be seen. When Sky showed me the area the ring was lost, I thought this should be a quick job. But as it turned out, my equipment was rendered almost useless due to low hanging power lines above the area the ring was lost. I used my metal detector the best I could in a very unstable state…then decided to use my pinpointer as a last resort. After spending a good 3 hours searching for the ring, I decided to call it a day. My friend Matt has a handheld pinpointer which I believe would work in these conditions. I have not given up on Sky’s lost wedding ring yet.