Curbut
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A friend of a friend lost his coveted Virginia Military Institute class ring over the fourth of July holiday when it was inadvertently tossed off of a dock and into a tidal marsh that feeds the Chesapeake bay. My friend happened to mention the mishap to me on Monday of this week and, having purchased an AT Pro about two months ago, I volunteered to have a go at it. I've never detected in water, much less water that was 5.5 ft deep with zero visibility. When we got to the location and realized the "bottom" was actually about 18 inches of black silt and mud I thought maybe we had bitten off more than we could chew. Long story short; after setting the AT Pro to reject anything lower than moderate silver on the meter and after mashing the coil in the silt for about an hour, dodging thunderstorms and jellyfish, we finally got a good return. By having my buddy hold the detector in place with the coil firmly in the muck, I was able to go under water and follow the stem down to the coil. Using my grip on the stem to keep myself underwater, I was able to feel under the coil for the source of the signal. On the second attempt, I grabbed what was either a large snail or the ring and, bingo, we had it. My friend's friend was ecstatic when we called him with the good news. As far as I'm concerned, the AT Pro just paid for itself. To be able to return that ring was a truly great feeling.
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