October 21st, 2009 by Brad Lovell

This story begins with a phone call from Nathan. Nathan is a commercial diver who was helping a gentleman by the name of Paul search for a ring lost in about 7 meters deep of murky water. Nathan had no luck locating the ring after a visual search, so asked if I could help him out with my Metal Detecting equipment. I was happy to help, and drove out to the location which was about 50 minutes North of Sydney. Turns out the lost ring was a world series Toronto Blue Jays baseball ring. Paul is a Baseball coach and spends half the year in Australia, and the other half year in North America. So we gear up, jump in the water and begin the search. As usual, there are constant signals coming from the metal detector and it is up to me to decide which ones are worth investigating. After a few laps up and down the area where Paul believed the Ring fell in the water, I was checking another signal with my Aqua Probe (vibrating pinpointing device)…just as I was pushing the device deeper into the sandy surface, I noticed a small glint of gold. I reach into the sand and pull out a very large chunky gold ring! I head back to the surface and ask Paul if this is the ring he lost? The smile on his face answered that question for me. After the job was finished, we went to a local pub for some beers to celebrate when Nathan broke some news to me. He mentioned that the river we were diving in is known for Bull Sharks, and he has already had an encounter with one there before.  Oh well, I am glad he mentioned this after and not before the job, or I would have been a nervous wreck in that murky water. Was great meeting Paul, Nathan and Casey and I am sure I will join Nathan for more under water salvage operations in the future