Hire Jewellery Rescue Metal Detector Hire

Michel from Altona Region, Melbourne Victoria saw our last story of us rescuing a fine gold bracelet  for a lady given to her by her mother.  As it turns out Michel’s Mother had passed away and the keepsake gold ring her mother gave her was dropped while digging in her back yard.  The  area was not  huge 8 x 8 meters approximately but definitely lost in there  somewhere.  Michel contacted me at Jewellery Rescue  about 12.30 pm so I told her I would call a couple of  our closest Jewellery Rescue members to her location and find out their availability to try and meet  with  her that evening.   Most of the best  skilled detectorists also have full time jobs and can only search out of business hours.   Seabrook is SW of Melbourne’s CBD   where a new  Jewellery Rescue metal detectorist called Aaron; who has never done a job for us (but came highly recommended).  Aaron  made an appointment with Michel for 7.00 am and  kept his appointment – which is a good start.

Customer thanks Jewellery Rescue

 It was about 7.15am 15 minutes later I received the text that Michels Mothers ring was found and safely back with the person it belonged to - Michel.  Aaron was handsomely rewarded for his first job with us  by Michel. I thanked Aaron and contacted  Michel by phone.  She was very happy with Aaron’s respectful, polite manner and was  also very happy with  the  outcome of  having  her mother’s  keepsake found by  skilled detectorist - especially as her mother’s funeral was later that  very same day….  Michel  our deepest condolences, it also means  a lot to us to be able return such  an irreplacable precious item and memory especially at such a vunerable time ..  I look forward to referring Aaron to future jobs in Melbourne’s SW region and beyond as he is also prepared to  travel to country Victoria.  How far?  Call us and see with your lost items.

Comments (0) May 21 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

Jewellery Rescue Customer  Joan writes

(Melbourne, Doncaster)

Dear Tony,

Firstly, I just want to say Thank you!

When I called you this morning from Melbourne you imediately said that you will try to help me find my mothers heirloom and that you have people all over Australia with professional equipment.  I instantly though that this gentleman, is experienced and understanding of the fact that my bracelet had a sentermental value to me as it was given to me from my mother that had passed away when I was young.

“No job is too small or too big for Jewellery Rescue”  It is just a bracelet!

You were so forthcoming in getting one of your people from Melbourne to call me. We then made arrangements to meet Ben, in a Park in Melbourne’s East at 7:00pm.  He had the relevant equipment to help me find the bracelet.

The outcome was that I found my mothers heirloom, the bracelet she gave me that reminded me of my mother!Again, Thank you Tony for all your help and Thank you to Ben for finding the bracelet and I can only recommend   you to anyone that needs to find Jewellery or there like to give you a call. You and your team are the Best!!

Regards,   Joanne
 

Ben and family team, highly skilled Jewellery Rescue Metal detectorist Account of events..

It all started when i got a call from JR ( Jewellery rescue ) saying he had a job for me for $100 this afternoon, a woman had lost a 22k gold ankle chain ( a gift from her mother that had past away ) while playing cricket in a park about 20min from my place, JR  gave me her pH number & after a bit of phone tag arranging a time & place to meet it was all teed up, so i packed my weapon of choice for the hunt – the two ACE250s fit the bill as it can pick up very small targets & can separate items very well in high trash. so off me, my wife & the kids went with the thrill of the hunt in our veins  , we met up at the arranged place & after i gained a description of the lost item we were off,
now i had a very low expectations of finding the chain as it was very small & we had a large area to detect but ya cant keep a good man down or good wife   so we went at it like a bull at a gate  .
we hunted for about 30min & the tally was 2x $1 & a bit of foil then just as i was about to do a turn in my grid pattern i spotted something out of the corner of my eye so i stepped into undetected territory & spotted on the gold colored grass a very small chain so i waved the coil over it & sure enough it was metal i picked it up & said the grand finallie of words in a hunt like this ” I FOUND IT ” the husband who was on the grass crawling around & the woman who was following my wife around very intently both came running & with much hart felt gratitude & teary eyes   the lost item was returned to the owner   .
then came the surprise a very large hug from the hubby   not what i expected  .
so a very happy ending to a very sad start  , i got $80 in the hand the customer had the chain returned & JR got $20 for organising the job, thank you very much JR for letting me be a part of the Jewellery rescue team.

Comments (0) Apr 11 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

It was 10.05am on a Tuesday morning I received a metal detector call from a referred customer for a metal detector hire job in Wollongong, Illawarra Dapto region..

Rescued 3.6K Sapphire

 This particular call was from a local farm. Hearing this my heart dropped, as many farm  jobs mean  covering a whole lot of ground reducing the chance of  recovery.. As it turned out Tracy took off her 3.6 karat sapphire ring to keep it clean while  rubbing some  cream on her child’s legs and arms after playing in some stinging plants. She placed the ring on the car parked on the grassy nature strip while using the first aid kit in the car. Ring forgotten now the stinging plant drama over, the car was moved  several meters away to mow the grass.  It wasn’t until later that night the ring was noticed missing and the search began. Shane  and his wife search hard and long into the night with the nagging fear the ride on lawn mower had shattered the huge near pure sapphire stone. The 18k gold ring /mounting was replaceable if it was mangled so they said..  Come morning the visual search continued.. Shane who had positive results using a metal detecting service before took charge of the situation and phoned for our Jewellery Rescue services.  At the time I quoted $120 due to the extra distance and time involved with my trip from Sydney.  A small extra price to pay given the princely value of the item.     Arriving about 11.40am meeting at their farm gate as arranged  Shane and  Tracy showed  me the search area where the car was parked. Firing up the detector on a clear sunny morning I started a grid pattern working my way down the hill towards the  infamous stinging plants. As pure luck would have it I was barely on the second sweep of the search pattern when the detector nearly jumped out of my hands the response was so pronounced to the found ring underneath the coil.  No mistaking that signal brushing aside a  tuft of grass was a huge sapphire ring totally undamaged  by the lawn mower as the weight of the  ring sat it low on to the ground out of the lawn mower blades way. I offered a discount on the job  as it was a quick search but ended with an insisted generous reward instead.  Thank you  both Shane and Tracy for your referrals and opportunity to find your  ring.

Comments (0) Mar 10 2010

It was 4.30 pm on Maroubra Beach after a detector hire near the Rubicks cube north end of the beach where I failed to help  find  Mr Lee’s car keys even after much searching and fruitless digging metal detector search.  I had a sheen of perspiration on my forehead from the last job and the bitter taste of failure even though I shouldn’t beat myself up as some jobs can be mission impossible before they start. Not that we are ever to know that before we start a search.   To take debatable positive action I took a beach found gold coin and threw it out to sea for luck.  Not that I am superstitious. Well it cant hurt right?  Unless you happen to be swimming  along and a coin hits you in the back of the head out of the blue. Just kidding – I was aiming out  to sea.  Then it was back to business once again. In my hand I had Mr Stephane’s excellent treasure map of where he and his family had visited the beach and  unintentionally lost his wedding band. The prefect treasure map was a satellite image of the beach copied  from google maps and pasted into a basic  Windows picture editor like  Paint (in windows xp) there was added red rectangles  precisely locating the search area to within 5 meters.  

Comments (0) Aug 29 2009

The afternoon started at 12.30pm when I was on my way to  search for Mr Stephane’s wedding  band which  slipped off his finger while  enjoying  a beach visit at the lovely Maroubra Beach. I arranged to meet  Stephane later that day.  As luck and good friends would have it, Brad - another skilled metal detector from www.metaldetectorhire.com.au  phoned to ask if I was available to cover a  metal detecting job for him. (Brad and I work well together to put customers needs ahead of our own. ) Brad told me of Mr Lee’s story – how the night before he coincidentally lost his hire car key on the same beach as Mr Stephane’s  while he was travelling from Melbourne to Brisbane stopping in Sydney to visit friends. 

Beach eats hire car key.

 I meet  Mr Lee on the north end of the beach next to the giant rubics cube sculpture.  I also noted  while crossing the beach the tell tale tracks of the beach sweeping machine from earlier that morning and started to become worried.  Mr Lee told me if the key wasn’t found he would be stranded in Sydney for at least two more  days  in a motel waiting for a spare  set of car keys to be posted up to Sydney to enable him to continue his  journey.  Mr  Lee also said he had to call the NMRA out to unlock the car to get kids clothes out for the night. This was disastrous  news to  my mind and made me very determined to break this run of bad luck for this family and to find those lost keys. I had car trouble travelling in  New Zealand so I know what it is like having rental car troubles. Ours was broken into with a smashed window we had to wait for the window  to be replaced.  But sometimes the hardest work and best intentions can’t cancel stop the run of bad luck.   I searched hard in vain digging every metal target and there was lots of metal rubbish for three and a half hours. The search covered all the  area the family  had walked over and  played on.  The keys had to be there… or were they?   Mr Lees ‘s Sydney friend had joined us on dusk and we all basically reached the same conclusion. We where starting to think, that the key had indeed been swept up and taken away to a rubbish tip as the key is large with a hire car tag and easy to be swept up in the machine.   Mr Lee thanked me for my hard work and search efforts and paid me the a key search. I just hope Mr Lee had travellers insurance which covers these sort of out of pocket expenses while travelling.  From here it  was a 700 meter walk down the  beach walk to my original search job finding the gold wedding  band for Mr Stephane. I am not  really a superstitious person but I threw a  small hand full of coins I found on the beach into the ocean to try buy some good karma for the next job. Hope it works.

Tony  Jewellery Rescue.

Comments (2) Aug 28 2009