Wedding and Engagement Rings Lost 80 Years Ago – Will I Find Them?
Unfortunately over the last few weeks, I have been unable to head out on any metal detecting jobs as I have just bought a new business, a Post Office / News Agency in the Great Southern town of Dumbleyung.
So I have been working 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, trying to get into the routine of my new business venture with my girlfriend Natalie.
So now my metal detecting hours and jobs are very restricted, to the weekends only.
Anyhow having my new business has enabled me to find some interesting future metal detecting hunts.
Today I was talking to a lady who informed me that her Grand Mother, lost both her Engagement Ring and Wedding Ring on the same day at a local lake, not Lake Dumbleyung, but another Lake near the town.
Believe it or not, her Grand Mother lost her Wedding and Engagement Rings at the Lake around 80 years ago when she was in her early 20’s.
Apparently her Gandmother, lost these rings on the shore of the lake at a picnic gathering.
WOW! What a story that would make! Her Grandmother has since passed away, but it would be such a great story, to reunite her Grand Daughter with these lost rings.
This has given me a huge buzz of excitement, as I know for a fact that this Lake has never been metal detected, and there would be a great chance of finding other lost momentos, such as jewellery, coins and much more.
So this weekend, I am going to ride my Polaris 6 Wheeler out to this Lake, and do a thorough search of the Lake to see if I can find these rings which were lost in the 1920’s.
I am pretty excited about this metal detecting ring search.
Do you think I will find them? Stay Tuned!
Metal Detecting Perth’s Swan River
18 CT Ladies Gold and Diamond Ring - Swan River Metal Detecting Find
Recently I have not had much time to do any metal detecting, as my partner and I have just bought a Post Office and News Agency in my rural town in the Great Southern of Western Australia, Dumbleyung. We have been very busy doing some training courses in Perth.
Swan River Metal Detecting Finds
But last week I found the time whilst I was in Perth to head down to the Swan River for a few hours to do a bit of treasure hunting on the sandy banks of the Swan River.
Mens Silver Ring as I found it
I decided to find a new metal detecting spot, so I had a look through my Street Directory and I found a nice little spot where there would be a good chance to find some rings, relics and coins, an area which has been well used by people for the last 100 years or more.
I have uploaded photos of what I found that day and evening, and also before and after photos after I have cleaned my finds, such as the Silver Ring above and below.
Mens Silver Ring - after Electrolsys Cleaning
The place when I went metal detecting, was Clarkson Reserve on the Maylands Foreshore.
When I was there, I met a curious lady who asked me what I was doing. Her name was Jenny Seaton, a media, radio and television personality who currently has her own program on Curtin FM a radio station broadcasting in the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia.
Beautiful Art Deco Broach
So today she is going to interview me on the radio, so thats a bit exciting and a first for me.
I told Jenny I would post photos of the items I found that night for her listeners to look at.
I found some great items, especially the Ladies 18ct Gold and Diamond Ring, which I found in about 3 foot of water. And also the Mens Silver Wave Ring which was in about the same depth.
So here is what I found on the evening I met Jenny on the Swan.
If your interested in seeing what I have recently found, please go to my other website Metal Detecting Photos or just click on the links below.
Favourite Finds
- 18 CT Ladies Gold and Diamond Ring
- Mens Silver Wave Ring
- Gold Chain
- Silver Chain with Silver Love Heart Pendant
- Ladies Hair or Chest Broach
- Beautiful Silver Hair Broach – Found buried under Grass
- Beautiful Brass Art Deco Broach – Found under Paperbark Tree
- WW2 Anti Aircraft Bullet Shell Base Marking – FA 41 – Very Unusual Find on the Swan River
Other Finds
- 1945 Australian Penny
- 1945 Australian Penny
- Corroded Australian Penny (Date Unknown)
- Corroded Australian Penny (Date Unknown)
- 1927 Silver Three Pence
- 1910 Silver Three Pence
- 1953 Silver Three Pence
- 1956 Silver Three Pence
- Silver Six Pence – Date Unknown
- Around $20 in Australian Coins
- Heaps of Fishing Sinkers
- Very Old Toy Car – 1940’s
Have you lost your Ring or any Gold, Silver Item of Value?
If you have lost any Jewellery or Rings recently at any Perth Beaches, Swan River, Parks, Playgrounds or at your home in the garden, please get in quick and book me to hopefully find your Lost Jewellery
If I can’t help you, I’ll find someone who can, I have some good metal detecting contacts who have helped me in the past.
How much do I charge?
I charge nothing at all to search for your lost item, but my services is based on a reward only if found basis that is, if I find your lost ring, jewellery etc, then it is up to you what you’d like to give me as a reward.
A small fuel surcharge may be required depending on the distance I need to travel.
If I don’t find your lost item, then I don’t expect anything.
I do not hire out my metal detectors.
Old Water Well Update
Just a quick note to say that I went out to the Old Ghost Town Well with the water pump a couple days ago.
Since I am new using my friends water pump, I did not use it properly, as I was supposed to add water to the top of the pump to help with the suction. I did not do this and it did not work…. I’m such a dumbass!
I thought maybe it may have been a gravity issue, but my friend told me about adding the water to the inlet to help with the suction. So now I know how to work the water pump properly, I’ll be heading back out to the well hopefully at the end of the week.
You learn something everyday!
The Ghost Town Water Well
Ghost Town Well
In December last year I wrote a story on finding an old ghost town water well which has not been used for close to 100 years. The well is full of murky undrinkable water, so I am excited to say that I have a friend who I asked if I could use his water pump, to pump out all of the water in the Well.
So tomorrow I am going to pump out all of the water in the well, the current depth of the water is around 11 metres deep, so there is going to be alot of water coming out of that well tomorrow.
The reason I want to pump the water out of the well, is because I feel that there could be some hidden treasures at the bottom of the well, mainly old bottles I would say, and that is what really interests me in this task…. finding more old bottles hopefully.
No doubt too, there could be quite a few old coins at the bottom of the well also, maybe people throwing them in the well for luck.
And I would say that the well would also contain plenty of junk, animal carcasses maybe and I just hope no dead human beings!
The tricky part is going to be getting down to the bottom of the well, once all of the water is pump out. I wont be taking any risks, as I don’t particularly wish to hurt myself or to die! So maybe I might have to invest in a good rope ladder, or even some rapelling gear.
I wont be climbing down straight away, I’ll just pump the water out, put a torch down the bottom and see whats down there, and then in a few weeks I might take the plunge and investigate the well further.
Anyhow, I’ll take a few photos tomorrow, and keep you all informed of what happens tomorrow.
Metal Detecting Local Farm House
Old Brick Australian Homestead
A few days ago I got permission from a local farmer in my district of Dumbleyung, in Western Australia, to see if I could do a bit of coin shooting on his property around a abandoned farm house.
I was pretty happy he said yes, and yesterday I found the time to go out there with my metal detector. It was pretty hard going, as the wild oats growing around the house are pretty high, the ground was quite hard in spots, and I was a bit worried about getting biten by a wandering snake.
Over the last couple of days, the weather has been quite hot, reach the low 30° and thats what brings the snakes out around here, especially the first few hot days as summer apporaches, will bring them out of their hybernation.
There is actually another house on the same property, and that house is much older than the house I detected around, so I decided to save the best house for my next metal detecting journey.
Anyhow I found a few nice old coins around the house as per below.
1916 Australian Penny
See more of my metal detecting photos
Probably much more laying around the house, but it was hot and getting prickles stuck in my socks was really annoying, so I packed up and went home after around an hour metal detecting the house.
Dolphin Ring – Found Ascot Rowing Club
Dolphin Ring Found Metal Detecting at Ascot Rowing Club - Perth
Did you lose your Dolphin Ring at the Ascot Rowing Club on the Swan River near Perth?
I was metal detecting there last weekend during the night, did not find much apart from the Dolphin Ring which is pictured above.
The ring was found on the banks of the Swan River, probably where the rowers launch their boats, no doubt the ring may of slipped of someones finger as they were bringing there boat to shore.
There was aslo a sandy playground, opposite the Ascot Rowing Club, so I thought I’d give that a try also, found a couple dollars and a couple of K9 Dog Tags, nothing too special. But more money to add to my pirates chest!
Coins and K9 Dog Tags Found Metal Detecting at Ascot Rowing Club - Perth
