Wedding Band found & returned, on TV

DewGuru

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Wedding Band found & returned, on TV

Long story short ....

Found a post on craigslist over a week ago, fella had lost his wedding band. Contacted him for the details, spent several days hunting for it. Didn't come up with it until this past Sunday ... 7 days from the date of it's loss, which at our beach, is a miracle due to the sheer volume of hunters....

Come to find out, it was the local meteorologists ring, met him at the beach today and the ring, all 10.5g's of it, was returned and news crew made a story out of it.

http://www2.tbo.com/video/2011/apr/13/wedding-ring-lost-at-beach-is-found-33994/video-news/

Happy Hunting!
 

bootyhoundpa

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Re: Wedding Band found & returned, on TV

awesome story, congrats on doing the right thing.... thank you for putting the hobby in a positive light... you truly are the guru....
 

Tony in FL

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Re: Wedding Band found & returned, on TV

Well done Ray! Not only did you manage a great find but you did the entire metal detecting community proud by showing the world how constructive this hobby can be.

:thumbsup:

Gets my vote for banner!
 

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Re: Wedding Band found & returned, on TV

Great recovery and Return Honorable Mention and A vote For Banner From Chug and Red!!!! That is the Way to Promote Metal detecting In the Most positive way Imaginable!!!! Chug and Red
 

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Re: Wedding Band found & returned, on TV

Guru, I read all your post, great find for that person that ''thought to contact a professional detectorist'' to help him out.Awesome find Guru :icon_thumright:.
 

willie d

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Re: Wedding Band found & returned, on TV

Miracle indeed.

How deep was it?

Was it found anywhere near where he said he lost it?

That was cool that he thought to bring a camera man and that it made it on the air.

Congrats to you.
 

theseeker

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Re: Wedding Band found & returned, on TV

Ray, you da man !!!! Great positive exposure for our hobby !!
 

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Re: Wedding Band found & returned, on TV

willie d said:
Miracle indeed.

How deep was it?

Was it found anywhere near where he said he lost it?

That was cool that he thought to bring a camera man and that it made it on the air.

Congrats to you.

It was 7-8 inches and was fairly close to where he thought he had lost it.
 

willie d

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Re: Wedding Band found & returned, on TV

DewGuru said:
willie d said:
Miracle indeed.

How deep was it?

Was it found anywhere near where he said he lost it?

That was cool that he thought to bring a camera man and that it made it on the air.

Congrats to you.

It was 7-8 inches and was fairly close to where he thought he had lost it.
Cool deal :icon_thumleft:
 

spitfire55

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Re: Wedding Band found & returned, on TV

:notworthy: :headbang: Thank you for that. :notworthy:
 

g-olden years

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Re: Wedding Band found & returned, on TV

hoo-boy, check out the video! Big ring, big return! I'm voting Banner. Andi
 

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