Lost something precious? Let’s bring it home.

While entertaining the kids at the beach during the school holidays, I came across a local post about a lost Pandora bracelet with precious sentimental charms. With my detecting gear always in the car, I made a quick stop before heading home. I noticed the path people were taking onto the beach towards the harder compact sand and decided that was the best place to start. And wouldn’t you know it, just a few metres in, there it was! It took a little while for us to make contact, but a week later Ian managed to get hold of them, the good news finally reached its owner. It’s moments like these that make metal detecting so special. We’re not just finding lost items, we’re helping bring precious memories home.

After a relaxing day enjoying the beautiful weather, I thought I’d call it an early night. Then, at about 8:30pm, Ian messaged me about a ring recovery in Rolleston. Being a sucker for punishment, I took the job. 😂 My plan was to leave it until Saturday and head out for a look then... but I already knew it was going to annoy me knowing there was a wedding ring sitting out there somewhere waiting to be found. So I messaged Britto to get a few more details. He told me he’d only lost it around 6pm that evening. Well... that was enough for me. I grabbed my gear and headed out to the park to give it a shot. About 15 minutes into the search, I got down on my knees to check a target — and there it was. Britto’s wedding ring, sitting there looking straight back at me. FOUND IT! 💍 I checked the time. It was around 9:30pm, so I wasn’t sure whether it was too late to call, but I figured this was probably one phone call he wouldn’t mind getting. When I told Britto I’d found his ring, the surprise and relief in his voice said it all. I could even hear his wife in the background — she sounded just as relieved! Then came the funny part... It turned out Britto lived right across the road from the park, which I hadn’t known. A few moments later, his head popped up over the fence and I was able to hand his wedding ring straight back to him. From lost at 6pm to back on his finger a few hours later. Happy days. Another successful recovery, and I’m bloody glad I decided not to wait until Saturday. There’s something pretty awesome about reuniting someone with something that means that much to them. 💍❤️ Jamie

We received a request to search for 2 gold rings and a necklace that was lost in the bush on private property. In the heat of the moment the rings were thought to be in a side pocket of a bag that was thrown into the trees at the back of the clients property. Our Hardy Ringfinder Matt got on site where the client had made a good attempt to remove the undergrowth from the place that the jewellery was thought to be.

After a couple of hours covering the area from different angles with detectors and pinpointers (wearing out the kneepads) There was the realisation that it was highly unlikely that the jewellery was in the search area. Before leaving the site, Matt suggested a couple of other locations to check, including under the seats of the clients vehicle.

Not long after returning home, our ringfinder was notified by the happy client that they had in fact found the rings under the seat of their car, and thanked Matt for his exhaustive search. It goes to show that even though we didn't find the rings we did contribute to the success of the find.