August 19th, 2009 by Brad Lovell

iPhone Photo Does Ring No Justice

Around a month ago I received a phone call from Krystal, who found my website on google searching for a ring finder. She was calling on behalf of a work colleague who had lost his Platinum wedding ring. They we’re not sure where the ring was lost, but mentioned that it is most likely lost somewhere in the Car Yard they work at. I mentioned to Krystal that using a metal detector in a car yard would probably be a waist of time, as it is difficult to detect on concrete and around steel cars. Anyway, another month goes by and Krystal calls again. They would like me to come out to the car yard and check the grassed area where the sales guys remove the flags each night. No problems, I packed my gear and drove out to Jamisontown (near Penrith) west of Sydney. When I arrived, I met with Krystal, then Frank who was the gentleman who lost the ring. Frank was fairly confident the ring must have dropped somewhere in the grass area when he was packing up the flags one night. Unfortunately it was quite a large area to cover. I started my search along the fence line, which is where Frank reached over to grab the flags. Because the fence was metal, I was unable to move the metal detector too close without it spluttering. After searching the entire fence line, I decided to grab a stick and start sweeping the leaves and foliage away from the metal fence. Once this was done, I completed another search along the fence line hoping to cover everything I had swept away from the metal fence. After many rubbish signals, I finally found a Platinum ring hiding amongst a bunch of leaves. This was of course Frank’s wedding ring. The ring had been lost for a month and a half, so as one could imagine Frank was a very happy man to have it back! It was a pleasure meeting Krystal, Frank and the crew at Mazda Penrith. Always an honour to help out such nice and friendly people

June 2nd, 2009 by Brad Lovell

The weather has been horrible here in Sydney for the past 2 weeks, which has resulted in a reduction of call outs. This is both good and bad…bad for my business, but good for my hobby. It has given me the chance to go out on a recreational treasure hunt. Myself and Tony from Metal Detector Services managed to have a good hunt at Maroubra Beach. The beach had been ravaged by the storms, with much of the sand blown up against the beach wall. The removed layers of sand gave our metal detectors the opportunity to reach deeper areas than normal. This resulted in us finding many lost rings. Some that looked like they had been lost for a very long time. We must have pulled close to 20 rings out in total. I have attached a photo of the 11 rings I found on the second day of hunting. If you have lost a ring at Maroubra beach in the past, and you have a photo of it..please send it to me and I will see if myself or Tony have found it.