July 17th, 2009 by Brad Lovell

After receiving a phone call from Tom on Monday morning, I found myself driving to Macquarie Park, a suburb close to Ryde in Sydney. My mission…. to recover Tom’s lost gold wedding Ring. He had lost it on the Saturday night while partying at a friends house. He was visiting from Cairns, and was obviously desperate to find it before going home to his wife. Tom had been in the bushes behind the house searching for fire wood. He recalls hanging off a tree branch, slipping and falling down into the bushes. When Tom arrived back to the house he realised the ring was missing. Because it was night, he did not bother searching for the ring until the following day. Unfortunately Tom and his friends had no luck in locating the ring. When I arrived, I noticed this was going to be a tough job. The area was on a very steep slope, and was covered in dense bush and trees….making it impossible to swing the metal detector coil. I spent a good 2 hours searching for the ring, but unfortunately I was unable to find it. I am really baffled as to where the ring is. As difficult as the terrain was, I feel I covered the area thoroughly. Tom, I am sorry I was not able to recover your wedding ring It was a pleasure meeting you and your friends. I really do hope the ring turns up some day soon!