June 26th, 2010 by Brad Lovell

This is a story of 2 men, and a lost wedding ring. John Taylor is a Hawkesberry Barrister who spotted his friend Terry frantically searching the front yard. John stopped his car and asked Terry if he needed any help? Terry mentioned he had lost his wedding ring, a ring he had been wearing for 59 years. Terry had given up hope finding the ring, but John being the persistent and generous man he is decided to hire a metal detector from Kenards. They spent some time searching for the lost ring with the hire detector, but we’re overwhelmed with the constant signals the detector was picking up. John, still not giving up hope did some research on the Internet and found my website. After a quick phone call I told him I would be happy to help out. We organised a day and I drove out to Windor (about an hour plus drive north west of Sydney)… This is where I met Terry and Nancy, a lovely couple who had been married for almost 60 years. After meeting the couple in person, this made me want to find their lost wedding ring even more. Terry was not sure where the ring had dropped off his finger, as he had spent time in various places throughout his front and back yard. I asked Terry, if he had to guess a spot where he feels the ring might be, where would it be?? He mentioned a spot in the garden where he had been pulling out the roots of an old palm tree. I started detecting that particular area, and in about 1 minute I had pulled Terry’s wedding ring out of the dirt. Terry and his wife Nancy we’re rightfully happy to have the ring back in their possession. The local Windsor paper published an article on the story which John kindly mailed to me I love my job!

July 11th, 2009 by Brad Lovell

Earlier on in the week I drove out to Freemans Reach (Near Windsor North West of Sydney) to help Daniel find his wedding ring. Daniel lives on quite a large property where he and his wife breed race horses. The day Daniel lost his wedding ring, he had been performing various activities on different parts of the property. He actually had his wedding ring in his top pocket for safe keeping, but later that night he realised the ring was no longer in his pocket. To make a long story short, Daniel and I retraced his steps for that day..and I scanned the areas where the ring could have dropped. After many hours of searching, I was unable to locate Daniel’s lost wedding ring with my metal detector. As with all my unsuccessful jobs, I am hoping one day to receive a phone call from Daniel to tell me he found the ring.

March 8th, 2009 by Brad Lovell

Caroline lost her stunning Diamond Ring in the backyard of her friends house. She had been for a swim, and placed her watch and other jewellery on the towel. When returning from her swim, Caroline lifted the towel causing her jewellery to drop in the grass area around the pool. She managed to find everything except her Diamond Ring. After many hours of searching, Caroline decided to hire a metal detector from Bunnings. The metal detector Bunnings rented out was a Minelab Excalibur machine, which is a brilliant metal detector…but just not the right detector for this particular job. The Excalibur is a machine which can detect up to, and over a foot in depth. So when Caroline and her friends tried searching with this detector, they we’re receiving signals all over the place. And to make matters worse, the fence surrounding the pool was made from metal, which was also making the detector go crazy. After having no luck with the rented metal detector, Caroline decided to give me a call. As always, I was more than happy to help. After a long yet scenic drive to Pitt Town, a suburb near Windsor in Sydney’s North West, I found the property where Caroline had lost her Diamond Ring. Caroline greeted me and showed me the area where her Jewellery had dropped. After asking a few hundred questions, I began my search. I started out by lowering the power setting of my Detector. I figured the ring should still be on the surface, so by reducing the power setting I would eliminate any deep targets. After tuning the detector, I set off scanning the area within the pool fence. This is where Caroline’s other jewellery had dropped, so one would assume the ring would be close by. But, as what always seems to be the case, the Ring was not in this area. So I tried the other side of the pool fence. Once again, no luck. It was time to try a different side. Once again, on the other side of the fence of where the rest of Caroline’s Jewellery had dropped. This time, I received a signal. The signal was very scratchy, and I almost ignored it. But as always when doing a search for someones lost ring, I investigate every little noise I hear. After holding down the pin point trigger, the display mentioned the target was 0.5 inches deep. I began to part the grass with my fingers, and there it was. A big beautiful Diamond ring sparkling in the green grass. This was a learning experience for me. Normally I have an idea if the target is a ring by the tone, and target number displayed on the detector’s screen. But in this particular case, the target was very broken, similar to a foil tone. This could have been because the ring was close to another target which the detector was trying to discriminate..such as a piece of iron. It definitely has nothing to do with the quality of the ring. Something I will definitely keep in mind for future jobs. As I walked towards Caroline with her ring in my hand I observed a look on her face I am now very familiar with. It is the look of excitement, relief and extreme happiness, all rolled into one. After a few jumps for joy, Caroline thanked me kindly for finding her lost ring. Caroline, if you happen to read this post, please feel free to send me a photo of your beautiful diamond ring. As always, my iPhone does not do a great job of capturing just how stunning this ring is