A few months ago a lady approached while I was metal detecting during a holiday, when she asked me if I lived in Perth, and if I did, if I would be able to come over to here house to look for ring which she lost while reversing out of her driveway. I told here I could come by in a few weeks, and a couple of days ago I did drop by for a quick search.
It turned out she put her ring on the bonnet of her car while she was moving tiles, and when she drove off, she forgot the ring was still on the car. So she thinks the ring fell off while she was reversing, and rolled into a nearby garden bed. She even tested it on a silver ring a few times, and each time it ended up in the garden bed.
So anyway, I did a proper search of the garden bed for about an hour, and it wasn't easy because she lost her ring over a year ago, and since then the rosemary had grown a fair bit. I found a lot of junk under the hedge, but not the ring. She still gave me $100 for my efforts (which I was not expecting), and said she would get someone to trim the hedge right back, and asked if I could come by again in a few weeks. So that's what I'll be doing. She said the ring cost her $22 000 and was covered entirely in diamonds!