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Posted by The Silver Eagle on October 3, 2006, 12:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Lost Wedding Ring Found Under Christmas Tree...REALLY!!"
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Thanks for the response, Wezzie.
We had our first go at looking for his Dad's ring this past weekend. Most of the time was spent beating down the ferns and raspberry bushes. With four machines in an area about 100x50, we had some interference to contend with. Also, because our settings were on the "Ring Level", there seemed to be a lot more false signals than normally. That made me a little careless and at one spot I paused, decided it was a false signal and passed over the only find of the day. About a half hour later, my sister Alice found the same spot. She called me over to confirm her signal, and wanted me to dig because, she said, I "was better at digging things" than she was. Imagine my chagrin when I pulled out a musket ball, slightly flat on one side. Nevertheless, I was happy for her because it was her first musketball. Other than that, we did not find a single piece of metal at all. My thought is that, in the spring, before the ticks get active and the ferns and undergrowth pops up, I'll give it another go. The musketball was lying under about 2 inches -if that- of moss and dirt. There were few trees dropping leaves over the past 15 years, so the ring should be close to the surface. It's just a matter of gridding the area, which will be easier to do with less undergrowth in the spring. The owner was quite sure of the exact area because his father had told him where he had been working. He had realized while working that he had lost his ring-it was near a fork in the woods road, so that was a good marker to start the search. I may go back again this fall if I can get there before the long gun hunting season starts. I believe it can be found, but it will take a while to grid it from all directions - after all, it IS in the woods and all the small trees and cradle hills make it difficult to cover accurately and completely. The good thing about it all is that the area is very well defined where it was probably lost. The most likely spot where it would be, according to the owner, is among a thicket of fir trees that have grown up since the day the ring was lost...a very thick thicket at that, so there will be a lot of crawling around required. Anyway, I'm up for the challenge!
If you, or anyone else, have any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated.
Good Hunting,
Mel
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