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

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