jason_k
Senior Member
Today I got a hot lead from xringracing about a lost ring near me in Cleveland posted on Lostmystuff. I called the lady up and agreed to go search for her husbands lost wedding ring.
So, here is the story. He is up on Friday night out on the balcony of his apartment (3rd floor) and catches his finger on the sliding glass door. He flings his hand in pain and off goes the ring. They suspected that the ring flew off into the grass below but it was dark. This ring is very important to the couple who have only been married 6 months. They are Indian, and this ring has extreme cultural significance.
This afternoon, I get there and start gridding the area below the balcony expecting to get my machine to false when it comes across the ring. My F5 is very clear about if a target is sitting on top of the ground, which is where this ring would be. I gridded parallel to the building and begin my perpendicular gridding. Out of curiosity, I asked the guy if he checked both balconies below his. He said he did, but would go up and look down again from his balcony. Halfway through my perpendicular grid, he hollers down that the ring is on the second floor balcony right under his! So, I'm not sure if this counts as a find, but I did help encourage him to look again.
Within the next 30 minutes, we successfully recovered his ring with broken blind slats taped together with a usb cord "lasso" taped to the end because the tenant below him was not home.
This experience was really great. It was clear that the owner of the ring was relieved to get it back. Also to show his gratitude, he treated me to a AWESOME Indian meal at a local restaurant. It was the best Indian food I have ever had.
Even though my detector did not play a part in the recovery of the ring, it was extremely rewarding to help this fellow get his ring back. I'm tempted to count this as my 6th gold ring of the year... What do you think?
The pictures are the owner with his ring back, the owner pointing at the actual location of the ring on the 2nd floor, and the "system" we used to recover the ring.
Enjoy! GL&HH!!!
So, here is the story. He is up on Friday night out on the balcony of his apartment (3rd floor) and catches his finger on the sliding glass door. He flings his hand in pain and off goes the ring. They suspected that the ring flew off into the grass below but it was dark. This ring is very important to the couple who have only been married 6 months. They are Indian, and this ring has extreme cultural significance.
This afternoon, I get there and start gridding the area below the balcony expecting to get my machine to false when it comes across the ring. My F5 is very clear about if a target is sitting on top of the ground, which is where this ring would be. I gridded parallel to the building and begin my perpendicular gridding. Out of curiosity, I asked the guy if he checked both balconies below his. He said he did, but would go up and look down again from his balcony. Halfway through my perpendicular grid, he hollers down that the ring is on the second floor balcony right under his! So, I'm not sure if this counts as a find, but I did help encourage him to look again.
Within the next 30 minutes, we successfully recovered his ring with broken blind slats taped together with a usb cord "lasso" taped to the end because the tenant below him was not home.
This experience was really great. It was clear that the owner of the ring was relieved to get it back. Also to show his gratitude, he treated me to a AWESOME Indian meal at a local restaurant. It was the best Indian food I have ever had.
Even though my detector did not play a part in the recovery of the ring, it was extremely rewarding to help this fellow get his ring back. I'm tempted to count this as my 6th gold ring of the year... What do you think?
The pictures are the owner with his ring back, the owner pointing at the actual location of the ring on the 2nd floor, and the "system" we used to recover the ring.
Enjoy! GL&HH!!!