Popular Post Skate Posted May 1, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 1, 2022 Love me or hate me, I belong to The Ringfinders and I got a call last night to rescue a men's gold wedding band from the surf up in Santa Barbara. My customer had just applied sunscreen and waded out into the surf, brought his hands up and you can figure out the rest. Off came the ring. I had one chance to get out there early enough to hopefully locate it in the wet and not have to fight the shore break so I got left this morning at 4:30 and headed to the beach. He had mentioned that he thought he was near an area of rocks and guess what, there were large rocks everywhere so I stood there in the dawn and made a decision to search an area I thought made sense. This beach was hopping with iron, targets were everywhere but because of the oncoming tide I decided I would only did solid tones 62-86. After about my 5th pass in my grid I got a LOUD 72 and I mean LOUD. It was screaming "here I am, please dig me" and two scoops later I had the ring. When I met with the owner to return it he shared that even though it was a simple band it was made in the exact image of his father's wedding ring so it was more than just a ring for him. Some of the best moments I've ever had detecting have included giving things back to the original owner and this one was the same. To see a grown man crying for joy that he got his ring back is a feeling that can't be adequately described but it's good. I hope your weekend was at least half as good as mine because if it was, it was great. 23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPT_GhostLight Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Great story and great recovery job! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolofhardNox Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Awesome recovery. And good job on picking the right spot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 A nice deed I hope you're rewarded for sometime in the future. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Great write up with a happy ending, glad to see the save. Good luck on your next outing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Nice work Skate I think that was harder to find then a great big spur... strick 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Good on ya for doing that, Skate. ? That must be very rewarding. Thanks for representing all of us! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D. Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Stellar job!! Luck and timing were on your side! And FYI we don't hate you!!??? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuniagau Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 Love a good "return" story!!! Kudos and good Karma to you!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skate Posted May 3, 2022 Author Share Posted May 3, 2022 Thanks for all the kind words. Metal detecting is really the gift that keeps on giving. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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