Jewellery Rescue Metal Detector Hire

Mike's good deeds.

Welcome to  Jewellery Rescue metal detector hire service Mike. Rockhampton is now supported by Jewellery Rescue Network Austraila.  I find you metal detecting attitude and skills in your following real life jewellery rescue to be of outstanding quality as of Brians in the same area.

Extract from Mike’s  story as told by him.

 Counte Pierre and I went on a short stroll at the beach this morning so he could get a feel for his new scoop. I was only on the sand for 2 minutes as a couple walking their dogs approached me with some queries.

 They wanted to know where I was from, and what I might charge for my services. The missus claimed she lost her diamond engagement ring in their back yard near the heels hoist. My ears lit up! “Do tell???” I exclaimed. She said her finger had shrank as she had lost some weight and she lost it while hanging out the laundry. They claimed they rang around and could not find anybody that offered this service and could not even find a local place to hire the equipment. I asked where they lived and it turned out to be right on my way back to town. I have always dreamed about finding somebody’s lost ring, but just never came across the opportunity. Today opportunity was knockin my door down! I verified that they were certain they knew almost exactly where it was, and there would not be any large metal obstructions right nearby to make the detecting difficult. I told them I was relatively confident that I could locate it if it had not been kicked up by mowing or something. It was nearly sunset and we had 30kms to go, so off we headed to have a go!
As soon as we pulled up in the drive it was already dark, but they claimed to have a back porch light. As soon as I headed through the garage the lady told me ” I have to come clean now…..there are actually THREE gold diamond rings out there somewhere, as I THREW them out there a couple months ago!” Personal business, and NOT mine, but I knew where she was coming from – $hit happens
She went into town for fish and chips as her husband and I set off to find the goodies. With the depth indicator I knew we would not have to dig anything that showed over a few inches deep(the grass was that deep already). In no time I hit a strong signal, but it pinpointed large, and sure enough, just under the grass surface was a can lid, then a few metres away, some alfoil, then eventually a 2c brownie, then a 50c. After less then 10 mins though I got a real nice tone, and right near the surface. The pro-pointer made it clear that it was a nice narrow, clean solid target.
I poked my fingers through the grass and at the very bottom, nearly in the soil – there it was! The first ring! Only it had no stone in it It looked like silver or white gold and you could tell it wasn’t directly hit, but slightly deformed and the setting had opened up and let go of the stone. Obviously a victim of the mower after all. BUT as I handed it to the hubby and asked if this was it, he replied ” I’m not sure?” What?? This was right in the path that she tossed them. I let him pocket the find while we kept looking for number 2 and 3. I was feeling pretty good having already found potentially 1/3 of the loot!
When she returned with food we called her over for a look. She too shrugged her shoulders and didn’t recognise the ring! I made about 2 more rows 10 metres long, a little bit to the right of the potential target zone. More trash and deep signal, but no winners.
Then I started to make a pass to the left of the target zone. I got a signal, but it wasn’t a ripper. Consistent enough though to justify a stoop with the pro-pointer. A great strong, narrow signal right on the surface. He held the torch overhead as I scratched through the grass with me fingers. Then, there it was……. a small two-banded gold ring with two small diamonds in it! He called the missus over for a look and she confirmed that was ONE of the rings! SCORE! This however was neither the wedding nor engagement ring. I stood back up and kept swinging. Less than a metre away I got another mediocre but consistent signal at 3-4 inches (the grass was 4 inches deep here). The pro-pointer nailed it, and a little finger digging exposed the WEDDING RING!! Boo yah! Two out of three! On the ground I could already hear another signal about a foot away with the pro-pointer. I went ahead and checked the detector and it was in the right range and made similar tone. 10 seconds poking through the grass unveiled the Engagement ring!!
He was amazed and said straight away that they would NEVER have found them without the right gear.
I was ten feet tall and bulletproof! Not only did I recover all three of her diamond rings, but found a nice silver ring to boot! All this in about 40 minutes in the dark.
Fish and chips were on the table so we sat down for a great meal and she kept looking down at her finger with all the rings on it. Turning them on her finger, you could see the joy in her eyes. I told them I HAD to at least photograph the goodies so they gladly obliged.

All was good, now I couldn’t wait to get back to town to tell Count Pierre of my big finish!
He was stoked as well and told me to hurry up and post the news! He also confirmed my big ring was 925. That explained the nice juicy tone it put off.
So a great day with a fellow detector, and the opportunity to help someone find a LOT of precious goodies!

People of Rockhampton your sitting pretty, to have these sort of  quality detectorists in your town ready to assist you if  you need a  Jewellery Rescue if a minor disaster strikes your friends or family.

Regards Tony Jewellery Rescue Australia Wide.

Comments (0) Jul 14 2011

 Poppa  in Hobart  Tasmania was helping around his sons garden and was up a small ladder  pruning some low lying  fruit tree branchs when his 50 year old wedding ring plus (now a little loose in his more senior years) fell from his finger and made  a metal clunk as it hit a rung of the ladder spearing off  and vanished into a garden of  approx 30cm miniature agapanthe type plants.  His  son and wife looked hard and long for the ring a tough task amongst so many plants.   Looking up the Internet they found and called our  company called Jewellery Rescue in google. As it turns out we have two part time good detectorists based in Hobart.  As this call came in on the weekend  Sarah was able to respond that afternoon and search for Poppies lost ring. First searched was in the garden bed itself and out came and assortment of old nails from amongst the plants but  no ring.  Next detector search  was the far side of the outer garden beds once again some more metal  junk.  Where was that  ring.? Well it turns out the ring was  found on the nearest path to the house underneath some cuttings that where slightly piled up.  The ring was found in approximately half and  hour after arriving there, and a very nice  square shaped  ring it is. No miss taking this is a mans ring, note the deep yellow colour that normally indicates a higher gold stamp  most likely 18K as it turned out to be.   The ring had to be there  some where but it is always great to recover it and make  sure we see those smiles on the owners faces and the  ring back on the finger it  came off once more.  At  Jewellery Rescue  we look forward to helping more people recover their  lost  Jewellery joining the  rest of Australia benefiting from our Jewellery Rescue services.

Comments (0) Jun 04 2011

A young family from Canberra where ready to return home spending another last hour or two on Cronalla beach before heading inland again.  It was here where Max’s wife had her Small diamond  D letter shaped pendant fall of it’s chain in to the sand.  They knew to within one meter of where it fell but visually searching proved hopeless and they had to start travelling home soon that day.  I arranged to meet Max and his family ASAP on the beach in approximatly an hours time to recover their wayward  pendant for them. Once I meet the family and  they showed  me the small search  area  the quality metal detector made short work of finding small the 10mm tall D Pendant in the loose sand for them. A small item but deeply meaning full to the family. We where all happy they will  be taking it home with them not left unsearched for on the beach.

Comments (0) Jun 04 2011

Ruth and her husband on their honeymoon were swimming in waist deep water beach side of Port Stephens when he felt his wedding band slip from his finger. 

3 day old wedding ring found

 As  they where divers they instantly froze on the spot as not to lose the location in the hope of spotting the ring underwater. But Heavy gold rings bury themselves instantly in about an inch of sand the second they hit the bottom as a rule.  They hired some diving  gear and went back to the beach that they accurately marked to their credit but visual searching  was in vain. It was starting to become apparent that newly weds where at  greater risk of losing their rings.   Well the way Jewellery Rescue works is we send the closest properly equiped detectorist, in this case  from Newcastle metal detector hire an hour away (the couple  where  more than happy to cover extra fuel costs incurred).  Andrew meet the couple and started metal detecting the  water where the ring came off Ruth said the dive shop thought the ring would be washed away.  The facts are gold simply settles deeper as the sand  moves unless their  are very strong currents. Andrew pulled  up  quite a few metal items and  just before dusk they found the ring in the water so tonight it wont be residing with the fishes.  There  now 4  day old weeding ring was restored to  them both clearly a happy couple  no photo reqired  here.

Comments (0) Jun 04 2011

It was 3pm - I arrived to metal detector hire search a 1.2km looped running track that Bianca jogs frequently.  The target was a beautiful 36 diamond 25 mm pendant that has a matching ring of equal distinctive qualities.   As it turned out, the emotional value of this ring far outweighed any dollar value countless times over.   A few days prior to my call from Bianca, she had discovered much to her dismay, the clasp of her strong pendant chain impossibly had opened snagged on her top, while jogging that day.  Her mother’s irreplaceable pendant was missing.  This isn’t just any pendant.  It was the one her mother gave to her and formed an emotional connection between them regardless of distance apart.  I heard how Bianca’s loving family diligently searched the path numerous times to try and recover it over several days as the path was frequented by many people on walks.  Bianca’s Husband wisely put up a few reward posters as many honest people still exist and look for clues as to the real owner.  I also added my own reward posters with my own phone number as I can shield people and lady owners from nuisance calls and preserve their privacy.   After Bianca and I surveyed the route she took around the jogging track in Chipping Norton, I started metal detecting as fast as I could go without missing items.  Many people frequented the path and hope of finding such a distinctive item was diminishing with time.  Night was falling, Bianca’s son stopped by to warn me that some drug users frequent the area at night.  I thanked him for his advice but stayed detecting and making sure the first leg of the path was completely search both sides before I left.  I informed Bianca via sms of a nil result.  I would have to return fresh the next day.  The following day was glorious and I started out in good spirits to finish off the 1.2km track, (both sides that are 2.2km of detecting).  I started where I left off the night before with the highest of level of focus I could muster a kilometre of search area to go.  I found over 250 metal junk items.  I detected no fewer than two swampy foot bridges until it was the 11th hour and I was on the last 50 metre leg of the path I could see the path end in sight yet  giving up wasn’t an option until last 1mm is searched.  Another signal,  like so many before but this time sitting on its edge, nearly invisible under a small sapling gum tree, a sight to behold when Bianca’s mother’s pendant flipped  face up into my hand sparkling brilliantly in the sun.  It was like holding a piece of the sun in my hand; I was so pleased it was found.  A weight lifted as I had fathomed its emotional importance to  Bianca, of whom I later found out, had been so worried and upset that she hadn’t eaten or slept properly since its loss which effects most people this way.  When I told her it was found over the phone she needed time to let her feelings to change from that of deep loss to restoration and beyond.  I gave the pendant to her son who was at home so he could reassure his mother it was indeed found and safe once more home where it belonged.  I was invited back later that day to a very warm smiling family.(Found  pendant on the  right hand side of  photo.)

Reunited jewellery

  In Hindu tradition when people save people from ordeals and bring peace of mind, Bianca whole heartedly called Jewellery Rescue and “myself , a god for the day”.  Well this was a compliment which touched me – that my efforts were appreciated so.  I even today let that positive compliment amongst others  good will power my search efforts in the most toughest detecting conditions  to support new search efforts  near or far.  But reality remains constant I can’t always overcome all adversities and recover all people’s jewellery no matter how hard we want, will it or search.  We care at Jewellery Rescue on all of our metal detector hire jobs that much we can guarantee.  My thanks to Bianca and her family her hospitality, the generous  reward has enabled me to do my brand of positive good in the  elsewhere.

Comments (0) Nov 14 2010

Dianne a bride to be didnt ever think she would need to hire Jewellery Rescue metal detector hire service to get married.  As it turns out she was  ready to leave the beach with her friends and stood up brushing the  sand from clothes when off came  her very nice  engagment ring. It was 14k  white gold, set with varing size diamonds to a peak visualy unique.  The sand  just  covered it up with out trace. Dianne said she  had at least 20 people sifting the sand with their hands to no avail for the ring after they saw her trying to  find it herself. She phoned her  brother who used the internet to find our company Jewellery Rescue.  I contacted Brian our local detectorist in the area who in this case was able to come  down to the beach straight away.  To  his credit he had found the ring in less the 60 seconds detecting time.  Also to
Dianna’s credit too as she marked the beach exactly where she lost the ring giving us a precise search area.  Dianna  also confessed in relief after  we recovered the ring she was very nervous to have to  tell her currently overseas fionce that she lost the ring he gave her. Well at least now she can tell him and have a positive outcome.   Other Guys and girls out there  please try to forgive each other for any lost rings out there it happens to both sexes all to often keeping in mind it dose take a bit of cooling off  when a hard earned $$$ ring is lost providing a detector hire dosnt recover it for you..

Comments (0) Oct 23 2010

Brisbane to Surfer’s Paradise to recover a lost wedding ring for the Australia wide Jewellery Rescue.  It was 6:15 on a Saturday evening. A call came in from a family holidaying  at Surfers  Paradise staying not too far  from Sea World. It was a  lovely autumn evening and they decided to have an evening meal on the beach at sunset.  During the sunset it was noticed the ring had  slipped off the wife’s finger where they where sitting. Due  to the cooler air our hands reduce size in the cold.  The  good news is they  knew  exactly where the ring came off and they then understandably spent two hours sieving the sand  with their fingers in the hope of  a quick recovery.   I really applaud their efforts and  wish they found the ring of their own accord.  However it is my every-day experience that you can be holding  a hand full of sand with the ring in it and unless you are carefull you wont feel it in your hand and might move it away from the drop zone.  Filtering the sand out between your fingers is the best way or use your hand like a rake moving  approx 30 mm of sand  depth at a time. 

The closest Jewellery Rescue Network member was  a real decent guy called Kim in South Brisbane  approximatly 1H 15 Mins away.  They had their grand-daughter over for the  evening enjoying dinner when I called.  Kim being really understanding and  knew what it was like to loose something, agreed to join the  family’s search as they said were not leaving the beach until it was found.  On Kim’s behalf, I asked the family for an extra $20 for fuel given the drive involved. They agreed  and understood  it might cost  extra if the  detectorist  is willing to travel further to search sites.  Sadly  the  petroleum companies  get the  money not us.

On arrival Kim  wasted no time and made short work of the beach search area approximatly 5 m square and the ring was found  within 3 minutes about 60 mms under the sand. The  family where very thankful that Kim came out, at very short notice (which isnt always possible). We thank the family for inviting  us to assist them with our  metal detector experience.  Kim  is  one of  the many good detectorists in many towns and cities across Australia who help  people find their lost  jewellery, by hooking them up  with skilled local detectorists.

Comments (0) May 21 2010

This rescue is set in Blayney NSW is a pretty town ringed by Orange and Cowra in the Bathurst Region.  In this search Jewellery rescue can only offer support and good practical advice to Tom who has lost  his wedding ring after a  pretty normal domestic disturbance involving  rings being thrown in the  heat of the moment.

   We are always looking for skilled metal detectorists, for services  in the Bathurst region today in fact any!!  Australian region big or small. Nothing better than the  satisfaction of returning  jewellery to make peoples days for them.  Contact Tony on 0457870000 to have a chat.

Brad a mate  from Metal detector Hire refered Tom to Jewellery Rescue for our large list of  maintained Australian contacts.

  Tom lost two rings in fact in  the front yard of the house one ring  slipped off the finger close by and  was quickly found sitting on top of the couch grass.  But the other wedding ring  vanished from view some where  in the lawn and or surrounding garden shrubbery. A reasonably small area  for a  metal detector search if we had a metal detectorist person living in that area.  I offered to drive to Blayney from Sydney (3 hours) to Help Tom. I estimated 3 tanks of petrol for the round trip which is starts making the search more expensive.   So instead  as a first option I gave Tom my best Jewellery finding tips to aid him in another visual  search of his front yard.  Some times it is reassuring to know you have back up support a phone call away in case the visual search comes up empty.  Well some hours later Toms  dedicated persistence paid off being on  his hands and  knees combing through the couch grass with his fingers he found his misplaced wedding  ring with much relief.  I think we all know how tough it is to  find things nestled into the grass roots of  some  lawns to Toms credit. 

Well Tom congratulations on your hard work and find I hope we have a  local metal detectorists to help out your community by the next time a piece of jewellery is lost in your region.  Tony  Jewellery Rescue.

Comments (0) Apr 11 2010

Ready for hire, Metal detector charged up always ready to go on a hire  service. It  was 11:30am on a cool winters morning, the phone  rang I was talking to a good man ( names with-held  privacy requested) that was telling  me  his tale of  loss. 

Magical Ring wanted to be found and reunited with its mate.

He was weekend gardening, spreading out a layer of sugar cane mulch on the garden for the spring time vegtables when he notice his wedding band was missing from his finger.  It  mischievously slipped off while working with the mulch and was hidden.  They first searched by hand , then  bought an inexpensive Chinese metal detector of  unknown quality and used it with no success sadly.  I think the message here is if your going to buy / hire get a good machine  I recommend www.minersden.com.au  if you want to DIY.   I  jumped into  the car and meet  with his wife at their house.   She was clearly shaken and upset with the loss and recent unsuccessful search attempts.  She showed me her matching wedding  band they had specially crafted in Ireland.  A beautiful  pair of  matching Celtic designed rings. I scanned her  gold ring as good metal detectors can discriminate against all other metals and find only the matching gold signature of the target jewellery.  So the metal detector hunt began. The lovely lady had no sooner sat down in a  garden chair to watch my search progress ., two sweeps  later with the E Trac detector and there was a  perfect matching gold ring signal coming from under the mulch near a small tree trunk.  Out with the pinpointer probe and the search was  over in less than 2  minutes. From under the suger cane mulch emerged the matching wedding band mate.  It was very clear I suggested to the  surprised  lady the magical Irish  ring wanted to be found fast  and returned to its mate with out delay. I am now wishing I took a  photo of the two rings together as they where meant to be.  I thank you very much for offering me an addiitonal  reward on this  job but in good conscience I couldn’t  accept the money as the ring did all the work quickly.

Comments (0) Aug 02 2009

Wedding Band Rescued

 Hire Jewellery Rescue with metal detector , Peter had all but given up on his wedding ring ever being found. Peter a plumber turned excellent  landscaper wanted to wear a wedding band now he wasn’t in the plumbing trade. However while  laying wood chip mulch he took his gardening gloves off during the day, losing his solid gold ring as well.  Peter and his lovely understanding wife met me in the gardens Peter was working in.  He pointed out all the aluminium and steel benches  surrounding the garden in question and asked if they would be a  hinderance to the metal detector.  I replied  my etrac metal detector would discriminate the aluminium and steel seats, however it wasn’t going to be easy as the metal detector would still respond to the mass of metal.  So the hunt  begins, Backing the power of the detector  right off I was able to search closer to the the metal seats. The etrac was able to metal  detect to with in 100mm of the seats  finding a variety of metal bobby pins etc,  I then turned to my pin pointer probe that beeps only in  very close proximity to metal items.  I used  it to search underneath the seats in and around the  steel legs pushing it through the wood chips.  Still not finding Peters wedding band.  Dusk turned to night we had to stop searching for that night no one wanted to give up the on the ring but we had to  let it go.     Peter and his wife didn’t expect to find it  and paid me my base service fee. I said I would like to look for the ring for no extra  cost on my own time on the weekend if they would have me  back on the weekend.   They agreed but didn’t get their hopes up too high, a wise  precaution.  My good friend  Brad  from  www.metaldetectorehire.com.au  and  his diving  friend  offered to come over later in the day to assist in the  search for the ring, we always want the best result for our customers and I looked forward to meeting up with him again.  So on Saturday morning when I was fresh and full of renewed inspiration I started  going CSI (crime scene investigation) in minute detail on this garden and surrounds. This  time working the  garden from a new direction as metal detectors can react differently to targets lying at different angles. Still pulling out every metal target in my path.  An  hour into the renewed  search,  a beep,  a  gold  beep, the slightest hint of a gold reading being masked by surrounding metal  influences.  So I changed sweep angles  again a stronger gold  signal  this time. Using the pin pointer to lightly sweep over  the wood chips,  into the sunlight flipped the solid  gold band that was hidden beneath.   A lovely and welcome sight.  It was my great pleasure to call Peter and his wife who were on their way to shop for a replacement ring as it turns out,  I gave them the good news.  They meet me in minutes and were ecstatic as the ring was returned to its rightful place on Peter’s finger.  I thank you  both for allowing me to  re-search the gardens.  Thank you very  much for the ample reward you gave me.  A new ring just wouldn’t be the same as the one you took your vows  with.  I wish you both all the best in the  future.

Comments (0) Jul 28 2009