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.......I had a friend call me last Friday evening in a frantic mood. His wife had just lost her wedding band & engagement ring at the same time on their farm. They looked for them till 11pm the evening before.
They even went to Walmart & bought a detector to try to find them. ( No luck with it either...I understand why too ) The wife then remembered that I love to detect & asked the husband to give me a call. I told them I could make it Monday evening to look for them. Well, I took the baby Tesoro detector because I figured the rings would be lying on top of the ground & it be a great/easy machine to use.

I searched the pumpkin patch where she 1st thought they were lost. Nada. Nope, no rings were found there.

She told me that slinging straw out for the goats was a possibility too. I searched in that area for a while & we gave up there too. While walking back to the truck to put the detector away, she was sooo heartbroken about the loss, she almost was ready to cry.

.....I asked here if there was any other area where she spent time that dreadful evening. Yes, she said, in the building where I feed the sheep. I remember throwing some straw in that area. We walked in there & she told me that area has a rubber floor & they searched there earlier with no luck.

I tried anyway & guess what I heard on the 2nd sweep across the floor?? Yep, the detector screamed out & I told her that sound is the type we are looking for. Both of us saw the engagement ring at the same time.

She was elated!! YES! Success!! She even joked to my daughter ( Sandy ) would you mind if I kissed your dad?? Hmmm, never been kissed by a blonde before & I almost took up the challenge. LOL.

Anyway.....I stood up & took a swipe with the detector a foot to the left & guess what? It screamed again! Yes, the 2nd ring was found about 12" apart. She was soooooo happy because she was reunited with 2 rings she has had for 32 years.

Here's the rings found:

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The rings were found behind the gate on the left in the pic below........And...........here's the happy ringowner displaying her reunited rings & giving me a hug...She even has the same name as my daughter....Sandy:


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She want to pay me, told her we've known each other too long for that. Besides, a hug & that pretty smile is reward enough for me.

Yep, it's another pic for my metal detecting scrapbook.....that is plenty reward enough..........see ya mark
 
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great story. with a happy ending.
 
That is so......cool! ::)
RD
 
Excellent story great for all of ya'll
 
Way to go Mark, Sandy sure looks happy now that she has her rings back...unless she's smiling from that kiss...hmmmm.
 
I enjoyed the story. She sure looks happy. Good job.
 
Hi Mark!

Excellent work! :) It is a really good feeling when you do something nice for someone. A few months ago I found an elderly tenant's wallet at one of the townhouse sites and returned it to him. He did not know that he had lost it and was really happy...it had $180 inside!

Tom
 
Great jobe! Great story! Good friends!

;D TRIFECTA ;D

By the way, how come your detector looks
soooo clean. All mine look like they've been
through war. LOL
 
Those are 2 rings you will always remember/ great story and a fantastic job
WTG
Lowtones
 
Excellent story and great pics! She sure is one happy looking farm gal! What a great feeling that must be!
 
What a great story!
The pictures say it all!
Good job on your part.
ChrisP
 

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