Wish me luck $3,000.00 Diamond Ring UPDATE

FloridaBill · Mar 19, 2008

A fellow I know from a fishing forum asked me if I could do him a huge favor and I have agreed. It's only time right and good PR for our sport.

A couple years ago in a State Park in North Florida his wife was leaning over the side of the boat and her gold diamong ring fell into the water near a dock. They tried to find it several times without success. He contacted the park and they said that it would be find to detect it since we were looking for an item he lost. He says he knows the area were she lost it.

The water can be between 4' to 8' so of course if its the deeper it would be a problem for me since I don't scuba dive. Problem solved he has a fellow firefighter who does and has also agreed to come along for the 2 1/2 hour ride.

Wish us luck, boy would I love to find it for him since his 15 year anniversary is in a few days and he would be able to give it back to his wife.

Any tip or suggestions are more than welcome.....

jimmatt_43 · Mar 19, 2008

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Good luck,hope you find it.

seger98 · Mar 19, 2008

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Yup, good luck! :thumbsup:

davest · Mar 19, 2008

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good luck, with the drought you might be able to detect on dry land? Has there been any dredging around the dock? I think your chances are excellent on finding the ring.

TreasurdiggrNY · Mar 19, 2008

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Hey Bill,
Good luck on the recovery I hope you're able to find it. The only advice I can offer is what I have read and heard from other folks who have been asked to help locate a lost item. The people are usually "off" on the location of where the item was lost. You may want to enlarge your search area to accommodate that fact.
Glenn

BARGuy · Mar 19, 2008

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I think you have an excellent chance at finding it. A few years ago, I dropped my prescription sunglasses overboard, in a marina, while washing my boat. 12'-15' of water, depending on tide.

More than a year later, a guy was doing some underwater work on the boat next to me...SCUBA equipped. I jokingly mentioned the glasses & less than 10 minutes later he hollered at me that he had them...NO detector.

He wouldn't take any $$$, so I put a case of Corona in his truck!

GOOD LUCK! :icon_sunny:

coinsearcher · Mar 19, 2008

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Well all I can say is it is worth a try. If you find the ring you will have a memory that will last forever, not to mention a friendship. Good luck and good hunting.

lou423 · Mar 19, 2008

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Good luck with your search...
It would be good public relations if you find it
and if you do, be sure to tell the ranger too...

firedup · Mar 19, 2008

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KUDOS to you.

FloridaBill · Mar 19, 2008

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Thanks everyone, the only thing that I heard was that they added some length to the dock but no dredging so here's hoping.

Yarrum · Mar 19, 2008

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Good luck mate, I really hope you find it.

allen · Mar 20, 2008

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good luck...

FloridaBill · Mar 20, 2008

After a three hour drive we made it to the site. Sorry to say we didn't find the ring. We discovered that they had put some new piling in at the dock and may have disturbed the ground where the ring was lost. Also after several years I knew it wasn't going to be easy.

The diver took my detector (never used one beffore) in and all we found was two bottle caps, a lead sinker and a bic lighter. It is very hard hunting conditions. Water pretty deep, a lot of mud, wood and weeds in the water. So if we get a real negative tide some day we may run up there one more time and that wouldn't be until next year.

The guy couldn't thank me enough, and although I was disappointed we still gave it our best try. Thanks for all the support folks....