Jewellery Rescue Metal Detector Hire

Paul  was called to a Jewellery Rescue  metal detector hire job in busy  Melbourne  by Allan who lost his gold wedding band gardening.  Mulching, planting a few plants etc during these activities he never notice it had  slipped of till that after noon. The  only place it could be was in the back  garden. 

Melton Metal detector Jewellery Rescue

Allan  borrowed his neighbours el cheapo detector to his credit and tried to find it himself. 

Paul find the Treasure again.

  It wasn’t to long before Allan had to give up with the amount of false readings  indicated by the detector.  Allan new he needed a better machine and called  Jewellery Rescue to hire machine and experienced detectorist as he knew it was the best way to  get his ring back,  smart man.  Paul arrived at  Allan’s home and yard and started detecting  where Allan had mulched and planted plants  all the places Allan started  checking.  2 hours later Paul’s experience kicked in and started  searching  the lawn  near where Alan had being working and with in minutes had found and returned  Allan’s wedding ring to him much to Allans relief.   He was more stressed than he was letting on he later admitted to us.  Dont  worry Allan we  know you where feeling the pinch just  glad we could  help.

Comments (0) Oct 31 2011

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

For  hire .  All hours metal detector hire  service. Its was 7pm Saturday evening when Tom phoned from Wamberal beach near Gosford. He told me his story of how he was wresting with his dog on the beach and some where in the excitment  his golden wedding band was pulled from his finger into the sand. Looking and feeling for it in the sand until night set in making any further search very difficult.  I think  Tom sounded a little surprised over the phone I was willing to drive to Wamberal  and search that night for the ring  he took his vows with.  I was glad Tom was willing to meet me about 9pm on a Saturday night a show me the search area on the beach as the tide was going out .   I feel it is important to search ASAP on a beach as the sand is always shifting . On some beaches they have beach sweeping machines contracted that can beat us to your jewellery buried in the sand. If that happens it is most likly lost forever.  The search began on a moonless night it was very dark on the beach,  the waves where pounding, the only light from near by houses illuminating the landmarks.  This did not  sway Tom’s unerring sense of direction and he soon located and defined the search area, the scene of the dog wrestling.   First of all I searched quickly closest area  to the sea  near a 3 foot vertical sand bank drop off, robbing the sea of  a possible new treasure. This was clear of any metal targets. Slowly I worked my way up the  beach, our  shadowy progress punctuated by the barking of a local neighborhood dog. The barking dog worked in our favour as the dog owners turned on outside flood lights to see what the noise was all about lighting our search area some what. The unusual minerals  in the sand was tripping the detector as metal targets. It is times like this cheap hire detectors will have you digging endlessly finding no metal targets, this can  be highly frustrating  for any one.  But to a reliable Etrac detector it indicated it was only minerals under foot, yet I slow down and always double check as minerals can mask targets. I don’t  like taking the slightest chance in missing precious memories through haste.

Lovely Gold Rounded ring.

 I worked my way up the beach systematically away from the ocean, I was getting worried as I was close to top  of the primary search area  with out any thing to show to for 45 minutes  work.  I was thinking the search  would have to extend down the beach over the area Tom and his wife walked before they noticed the rings was gone. A vast new search area with an ever dececreasing  chance of success…   On the 2nd last leg of the search sweep on the outer most edge of the detector coil was a metal signal not  gold. But quickly the reading changed as I centered over the target.  Toms ring then sounded like a golden Big Ben in the head phones loud and clear. With the quick use of  the pin pointer probe I had  hand full of sand and Toms wedding band in my hand.  It was solid and uniquely rounded inside and out on the band quite unusual must be very comfortable to wear.  Well Tom came over excepted the ring and in a spontaneous moment of happiness and relief bear hugging me  lol  I return gave him a couple of thumps on the back as the wave of success was like crossing the line in a State of Origin match I would imagine.   Tom held the ring in the head lamp light  I think the photo captures his feelings at that moment best of all, do you?   The  job  done, I was invited back to meet Tom’s family for a most welcome coffee before my return journey to Sydney. There I also meet  family dog good watch dog that started this lost ring story. Toms and his charming wife’s was happy, a little surprised and I think a little relieved the ring was back on Toms finger where she be wed him it 16 years ago.  I thank the family for the write up in face book and for the generous reward for coming out quickly and success.   However the story doesn’t quite end there as  I lost a digging tool possibly on Toms beach.  I put a reward out of $50 for my gator digging tool (fancy garden trowel) I lost some where on one of three beachs I visited that night.  So I in a total roll reversal  I experienced a new loss. I thank Tom for checking his beach for me but the trowel remains at large.  So the moral of this story is we all lose stuff and really appreciate its triumphant  if not unexpected  return  when  hope can be diminished.  I just hope my finder of the garden tool makes good use of  it   Tony from Jewellery Rescue.

Comments (0) Aug 27 2009

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