March 1st, 2009 by Brad Lovell

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