I started metal detecting while living on the beachfront in 1971. After retiring from my 45 years as an electrician. I have concentrated my time and experience on jewelry and lost item recovery services; I have hundreds of successful lost jewelry recoveries. Also I use the state of the art metal detecting and other equipment to search for your lost item. “ I Will Try Anywhere “
I found this Gucci wallet under 4inches of wet sand at low tide. I was able to get the name and address from the ID in the wallet. I was able to mail the contents of the wallet to the owner. The wallet was too wet to mail. She contacted me and I was able to return the wallet. It was nice to see how happy she was to get the wallet back . It was a graduation gift from her mother.
I received a call from Richard asking me if I could help his father find a gold wedding band that he had just lost. His father was at Crystal Cove State Beach and it slipped off his finger in the dry sand. I told him, I could be there in about an hour and if they were able to wait for me it would be an easy search. I also told them not to disturb the sand as this can cause the ring to go deeper than the detector’s capabilities. After arriving they were able to show me the area and the ring was found within a couple minutes. Then came the Big smiles and thank you. This is so much fun to help people.
I recieved a call from Daisy telling me she had lost a diamond wedding ring. She had lost it the week before while playing with friends on a grass slope. They had spent several days searching for the ring with no suceess. I was able to meet her and her husband about an hour and 30 minutes later and it was already dark. I felt it was important to have them show me the location and explain what she was doing when she lost it. After meeting them and seeing the area (100 x 75 ft.) I thought I would try a couple hours. Daisy and Wonjoon offered to hold the flashlight and my coffee. It was a very trashy site with lots of pulltabs, bottle caps and other metallic items which made it a difficult seach. After about 2 hours we eyeballed the ring just before my dectector coil passed over it. “They were so happy and so was I” It is so rewarding to be able to help locate misplaced (not lost) valuables.
I received a call from Kathleen in Del Mar, CA. after she found my number on my website. She and her husband Jeff had been to the beach a couple days before at 6:30pm, which was about high tide. Jeff was boogie boarding in the surf when he took a big wave and when he recovered from a wipeout he was missing his wedding band. While talking with with Kathleen, I explained that it is a difficult search, because the detector can only detect ring size metal to a depth of 6″ to 8″ inches. Depending on surf conditions the sand can move more than a foot of sand in one tide. Kathleen gave me good directions, which made it easier to start hunting. I drove to the location, arriving about 12 am. two hours before low tide. Setting up a grid search of 75 yards parallel to the beach. After five passes towards the receding tide I got my first and only signal.. There it was and I knew right away it was Jeff’s ring. It was just about 5″ or 6″ inches deep. I had been slowly swinging the detector for about 30 minutes overlaping each swing as not to miss a ringsize area. Missing a 3 inch area could make a 30 minute search turn into hours of hunting. I always tell people that I’m searching for, ” Just don’t watch me work, because it will drive a normal person crazy” It’s a slow and methodical process. I text Kathleen a photo of the ring and asked her to call. She immediately called back with an excited voice. We set up a meeting and Jeff was outside his home waiting at 1 am when I drove up. I handed him his ring and he told me how he lost it. He is vacationing from Louisiana and is not familiar with westcoast surf. Jeff said the wave picked him up smashing him under the water. When he came up he had sand in every orfice. Then he noticed the missing ring. He just knew it was gone forever and probably half way to Hawaii by now. He explained to me, how he had told all his friends about his surfing experience and the loss of his ring. I only wish I could tell Jeff’s story the way he told it. Now he can tell them a better story. ” The Recovery of his ring” It was a pleasure to meet Jeff and talk to his wife on the phone and I am realizing that there are so many nice people in this world.. I love helping people with a skill that has taken me many years of experience and research to learn.. ( And Lots of Luck )
