Tenspeed
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I finally found my first class ring (I had to be pointed at it though) and it will be going home very soon.
A couple of months ago someone at work was asking me what I had found recently when another coworker who used to be a neighbor of mine overheard the conversation. He asked if I could help find a class ring he had lost in his front yard, in our neighborhood, 15-16 years ago.
He went on to tell me that his father (now deceased) had given him the ring and he lost it when planting grass seed. He had replaced the ring, but would really like the one with sentimental value back. I told him I would be glad to look.
He had moved out of the house about 14 years ago, so I had to ask the current owner for permission. Well, it took me a month to ask the owner for permission and another month to finally hunt for the ring. The home is on a corner lot with about a half acre of front yard. He had told me it was in a ditch he had smoothed and was reseeding.
Saturday morning I was headed out to run errands (and hunt) and the neighborhood was really quiet, so I stopped to hunt. I was where I thought it was, but thank goodness a neighbor who had helped hunt for it when originally lost was out riding his grandson in a stroller. I was hunting the wrong ditch line and probably would have not found it!! He pointed out that it was the front, not the side as I had been told. There weren't many signals, but I had to run manual sensitivity on my ETrac because EMI drove auto down to 4, and I didn't want to miss the ring. Well my first pass got me a clad quarter, which told me I should see the ring if I got my coil over it. I got a pull tab on the third pass. My fifth pass, about 25 feet from the road, I got a nice 12-28 at about 3 inches that was repeatable, so I got really excited and hopeful. I dug a nice plug and surprise, out of the hole pops my first ever class ring!
The owner has an unlisted number, so I couldn't call him that morning. First thing tomorrow I will let him Know I have his ring and will get it returned to him. I hope he will let me hold onto it until I can put it on the finds board at our next club meeting our Club Meeting (I am treasurer for the South Carolina Metal Detector and Relic Association, we are almost 60 strong and average 45+ at every months meeting).
It feels so good to be able to return something to someone that they thought was gone forever, especially with such sentimental value attached!
Now if I can just get lucky enough to find one without being pointed at it!!!
A couple of months ago someone at work was asking me what I had found recently when another coworker who used to be a neighbor of mine overheard the conversation. He asked if I could help find a class ring he had lost in his front yard, in our neighborhood, 15-16 years ago.
He went on to tell me that his father (now deceased) had given him the ring and he lost it when planting grass seed. He had replaced the ring, but would really like the one with sentimental value back. I told him I would be glad to look.
He had moved out of the house about 14 years ago, so I had to ask the current owner for permission. Well, it took me a month to ask the owner for permission and another month to finally hunt for the ring. The home is on a corner lot with about a half acre of front yard. He had told me it was in a ditch he had smoothed and was reseeding.
Saturday morning I was headed out to run errands (and hunt) and the neighborhood was really quiet, so I stopped to hunt. I was where I thought it was, but thank goodness a neighbor who had helped hunt for it when originally lost was out riding his grandson in a stroller. I was hunting the wrong ditch line and probably would have not found it!! He pointed out that it was the front, not the side as I had been told. There weren't many signals, but I had to run manual sensitivity on my ETrac because EMI drove auto down to 4, and I didn't want to miss the ring. Well my first pass got me a clad quarter, which told me I should see the ring if I got my coil over it. I got a pull tab on the third pass. My fifth pass, about 25 feet from the road, I got a nice 12-28 at about 3 inches that was repeatable, so I got really excited and hopeful. I dug a nice plug and surprise, out of the hole pops my first ever class ring!
The owner has an unlisted number, so I couldn't call him that morning. First thing tomorrow I will let him Know I have his ring and will get it returned to him. I hope he will let me hold onto it until I can put it on the finds board at our next club meeting our Club Meeting (I am treasurer for the South Carolina Metal Detector and Relic Association, we are almost 60 strong and average 45+ at every months meeting).
It feels so good to be able to return something to someone that they thought was gone forever, especially with such sentimental value attached!
Now if I can just get lucky enough to find one without being pointed at it!!!
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