Porsche914
Elite Member
Last summer I was at Padre Island for a family reunion and as always when near the shore, I had my metal detector in tow. I like to detect in the evening when people are leaving the island so you can see where the lanes are for detecting. I had been walking for about 10 minutes when a man approached me and started with what I thought were going to be the usual questions. He asked if I could find jewelry and then followed up with a story of how his wife lost her wedding ring within the first 10 minutes of arriving at the beach. She was sitting in a lawn chair, took the ring off and set it on the arm while she applied lotion and it was gone. I had them clear out all of their stuff and then started a grid search. Appearently the family had been looking for the ring off and on for most of the day primarily by kicking and moving the sand around where she had dropped it. After searching their camp area I started working my way to the water when I finally got a strong signal. It was the ring and it had traveled nearly 20 yards over the course of the day. There were tears from her and a sigh of releif from the husband since he was not going to have to spend $4k on another ring. I was offered $200 for my efforts but told them "all I want is a picture".
kicked by some toes, found and lost again... Anyhoo, nice find, you made them very happy! Congratulations!
