May 15 2012

Fellowship of a Ring

Tonight, I received a call on my answering machine, begging me to help and to call her back.  Well, with much confusion I wondered “what kind of help”, “who was this person” and “should I call her back”.  About 10 minutes later, I get a frantic call from a lady spilling a story about her loosing her dearly departed mother’s ring.  Ah, now it make sense!

I receive occasional calls from folks due to my hobby of metal detecting.  I’ve been detecting for almost 15 year and in that time I have returned 10 to 12 lost pieces of jewelry.  Most cases the loss was in their yard but occasionally the location can be more exotic (those stories later).

Tonight’s adventure was a ring that was lost in a back yard while throwing a ball to her dog.  After arriving, I was directed to the back yard at which time I began all the normal questions…”Where were you standing”, “Demonstrate how you threw the ball”, “Did you hear it bounce or land”, etc…

After searching the grass in the direction of the throw without any luck, I began to wonder if it had landed in the bushes to the right or left.  Before going there, I decided to check the area closer to where our friend was standing.  It was a brick path with dirt and bushes on either side.  As I began to place my coil in the area to the right, low and behold there was the ring setting nice and pretty on a dirt patch under the arched growth of a plant.

Needless to say, the lady was very happy and gave me a great big hug.  When offered a reward, I declined and explained that this was my way of giving back to those that have given to me.

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By Donnie • Thoughts • 0 • Tags: Metal Detecting, Metal detector, Organizations, Outdoors, Recreation