The Ring Finders Global Metal Detecting Directory
NEWSFLASH! The Ring Finders Global Metal Detecting Directory is Lauched!
I have a great friend in Canada by the name of Chris Turner who has helped me a great deal with starting me off with my Lost Treasure Metal Detecting Services here in Western Australia. I cannot thank him enough for what he has done to help me, with all of his advice, tips, tricks and knowledge.
Chris is quite a famous person, he is located in Vancouver Canada and has been undertaking his Canada and North American Metal Detecting Services for many years now.
He has helped to find hundreds of rings for people in Vancouver, and has been interviewed on the radio, tv, newspapers, magazines and much more.
Now Chris has started his very own global metal detecting directory, for metal detectorists, enthusiasts and ring finders, from around the world.
Chris’s Metal Detecting website is TheRingFinders.com and it is open to any metal detectorists who wish to advertise there metal detecting services from around the world.
The ring finders website is very new, just a few weeks old, so at the moment there is only 6 professional ring finders listed in the directory, 2 from Australia, including myself, 1 from Canada, 1 from the UK, 1 from Norway and the other from the USA. You can read all about the ring finders in the metal detecting directory
You too can become a ring finder! See here: http://theringfinders.com/join/
Chris has some great websites as follows:
- www.LostJewellery.com
- http://forgottenfortunes.tv/
- http://turnerstreasureteam.com/home.html
- http://metaldetectorrental.ca/
He also has some awesome metal detecting videos on YouTube, there you can see some of his inspiration lost ring finds where he reunites people with their lost rings. See here: http://www.youtube.com/user/TurnersTreasureTeam\
This website http://turnerstreasureteam.com/home.html is what really excites me, I just wish I could join him on his European Metal Detecting Treasure Expedition! Hint Hint Chris!
Well done Chris!
Buried Money and a Lost Diamond and Gold Earring
Next Metal Detecting Mission - to find buried stash of money!
The title says it all!
I am heading up to Perth on Thursday to do a couple of Metal Detecting searches for two clients.
Client One informs me that they have buried a stash of money wrapped in foil and enclosed in a jar sealed with a metal lid, thats gotta be one of the strangest phonecalls I have had to date. I asked a few questions, and wondered why the money was buried, but that’s their business and not mine.
I have been told, that all up three jars were buried, two have been successfully recovered by the owner and the person is unable to find the third jar that they have buried. It could be a hard job, as I have been told that the jars were buried in three foot of soil, so I am hoping my Minelab Metal Detectors will get a signal. I have been informed the person has already done a fair bit of digging around, so that could make the mission …. impossible! Of course I am hoping to find the hidden cache, because I have been promised anywhere between $250 and $500 for a reward to find the buried treasure of cold hard cash! I’ll keep you informed.
You’d be surprised the amount of people who bury money!
People hide their money!
Since the beginning of time and still to this day people have hidden their valuables for safekeeping’s. If you ask yourself why… Here are a few reasons.
War Time
War time has caused many people throughout history to rush and hide their most valuable possessions (Gold, Silver, Cash, Jewellery & Paintings) in their homes and on their property, for safe keeping. After the war some were able to recover their valuables, many were not as fortunate.
Banks or financial institutions
Many individuals who grew up during the depression are hiding their money. They fear they may experience what their family went through before them. So they hide money as a way to feel secure. And obviously many people do not trust banks, so they hide or bury their lifesavings.
Sickness
Unfortunatelty, Dementia and Alzheimers Disease affects many people, and obviously this can make people do strange things, such as burying their money and valuables in the backyard. Same goes for people who suffer from gambling problems.
Save it for A Rainy Day
People also hide their money for that rainy day, they think that one day when I retire or get sick, I’ll be okay, because I have this money hidden away … then what happens? BANG … they die suddenly, and no one knows about their hidden stash.
We’ve all hidden our money
Let’s face it, we all hide our money, and most of us, including myself have hidden our money and even forgotten that we’ve hidden our money, then maybe a year or three down the track, we are reading one of our old books, and all of a sudden we turn a page, and there is a couple hundred dollars sitting in between the pages, and we remember … “that’s were I hid it!”
If you feel a close relative may have buried their money, lifesavings, jewels, contact me and I may be able to help you recover it!
Read More About People Burying and Hiding their money, jewellery, and much more (Business operated by good Canadian friend Chris Turner)
Client two, a husband of a lady informs me, his wife who has lost her diamond and gold studded earring, whilst walking on a path in one of the metro suburbs of Perth. So far I have done three metal detecting hire jobs in Perth for lost earrings and I have yet to have any luck on retrieving them. Lost earrings are very hard to find with a metal detector, but I have found earrings on beaches before. So if you have lost a valued piece of jewellery, such as a ring, watch or bracelet, even buried money or jewels and you are thinking of hiring a metal detector to find it, call me first and I’ll be happy to help!
Remember, I don’t charge by the hour, I do my metal detecting hire service based on a reward only if I find your lost item, if I don’t find it, well you don’t have to give me anything!
Carlos’s Lost Gold Wedding Ring Found by Tony
Carlos very happy after being reunited with his lost wedding ring!
Sometimes I get a phonecall for a Metal Detecting job, which unfortunately I cannot do due to myself being too busy with other commitments, such as house renovations I am currently doing, but I have some great contacts in Perth who can do the jobs for me.
Last night I received a phonecall from Carlos who is from Brazil and currently living in Perth with his wife. Carlos told me that he lost his ring at Mosman Park near the Swan River, and obviously was pretty distressed about losing his ring. I told him I could not do the job, but if he emailed me his contact details, and description of the ring and how he lost it, I would forward the details to a few friends in Perth who also do Metal Detecting.
So anyway I got his email and emailed my mates, and asked if any of them could help out.
First in first served, and my friend Tony was the first to reply and said he could do the job today.
Thanks Tony!
Carlos's Lost Ring Found!
He is an email I received from Tony today about the search!
Billy,
What an amazing find….yeah, I found it alright.
I picked up Carlos from his house and we drove down to the river beach area.
When we got to the spot, I realised that Carlos had been digging and sifting for his ring. There were big mounds of sand and a trench area where he had been digging. He told me he had spent 5 hours digging and sifting for it.
He’d actually bought a “metal detector” from Cash Converters and has been sifting through a section of flyscreen.Not good I thought.
I powered up the Sovereign (max everything) and spent an hour going over and over the area, trying to flatten his huge piles of sand.
I tried the water’s edge to about 1 foot deep…nothing but crap. I dug every signal…pulltabs, sinkers, coins but no gold ring.I could see his eyes light up every time I dug something but no gold.
I had covered the area and then some. I realised the ring wasn’t going to be found, probably buried under his mounds of sand.
I’d pretty much given up.I told him I’d try for 5 more minutes down again at the water’s edge.
I’d really only gone there to wash the sand of the coil. Well, can you believe it….another nice tone and there in the bottom of my hand scoop was a bloody huge two tone 18k gold ring.
I washed it off and then turned around to face Carlos……the look on his face was fantastic.
We were both totally stunned….I think he was trying hard to not cry but it was very emotional for him.
His wife will be very happy.
Carlos is here working whilst his wife studies. Carlos is an Olympic K1 kayaker…might be representing Australia or Brazil in coming Olympics.
All of my services were totally free…I insisted. We are going to have a few beers next week to celebrate.
I took some pics. The close up wasn’t the best but the other two show a very happy Carlos.
Carlos wanted to also personally thank you for your website service.
Talk soon,
Tony
Just like to personally say thanks Tony for helping Carlos find his ring today! Well done mate!
Patience pays off in Metal Detecting for Lost Ring
Bricky - Relieved to have his Lost Gold Wedding Ring back!
A few days ago I wrote how I received a phone call from Bricky to find his lost ring which he lost as he held his hand out of the passenger side window in his car as it was moving at 110km/h.
Yesterday I met Bricky in Williams – Western Australia and following him for about 70km’s to the spot where he said that he lost his wedding ring.
It was a miserable day yesterday, cold, windy and very rainy. The spot where he lost it was on the Boddington to Mandurah highway, and it just happened to be next to one of Boddington’s gold mines.
I donned my fluro yellow safety pants and my raincoat and the search was on.
It was quite frustrating due to the amount of rubbish that littered the area, aluminum cans mainly and with each beep of the E-Trac Metal Detector, I had to check what it was just in case it may have been Bricky’s lost ring, but it was always an aluminum or old steel beer can, which obviously vented my frustration as well as Brickys.
As I searched along the road, alot of Gold Mine vehicles past the area where I was searching, it was a bit embarrassing, because they must have thought I was looking for gold nuggets along the side of the road, as I dug little spots and emptied the leaf litter in my metal detecting sieve, but I just ignored them and concentrated on finding Brickys lost gold wedding ring.
It was pouring with rain on and off and within a couple of hours I was starting to lose hope of finding his ring, but I did not mention that to Bricky. He even said to me, I think it is time we give up, and I replied, “Never give in mate!” “It’s gotta be here somewhere!”
I searched an area of about 500 metres long on the winding road, starting off on the very edge of the bitumen to the leaf litter and puddles of the side of the road.
It was now about 2 and a half hours into the search, and Bricky was walking alongside me in his shorts and wet Ugg Boots ( I did tell him to get out of the rain and wait in the car to stay dry, but he persited in trying to find his ring) and as I swung the detector with my aching arm, I got a nice beep and saw his now found gold wedding ring in the centre of my metal detecting coil.
The Lost Gold Wedding Ring found in roadside leaf litter!
I said “Got it!” and Bricky stared at the ring in utter disbelief and then picked it up speechless!
I shook his hand, and he was very happy, saying to me that the ring will never leave his hand again! He rang up his wife straight away and he was just as happy! Having told him that seconds before she said a quick prayer to her deceased Mum for his ring to be found!
So I am glad Bricky now has his wedding ring back. Thanks Bricky for your generous reward mate! It was great to see you again and to have a chat to you!
Stephan’s lost Gold Wedding Ring found!
Stephan reunited with his lost Gold Wedding Ring
The other day I got a phonecall from a German guy living in Perth, his name is Stephan and he told me he lost his gold wedding ring at Point Peron near Rockingham whilst he was fishing at the beach.
He wanted me to do a search of the beach to find his ring, unfortunately I had to say no, because I was just too busy to do the search, but I promised him if he sent me his contact details and number I would find a person who could do the job and find his lost ring possibly.
So he sent me his details via email and I rang up a metal detecting friend by the name of David, who has a Minelab Excalibur, and the next day David arranged to meet Stephan at Point Peron.
David spent around 4 hours trying to search for the ring, but unfortunately had no luck, and both gave in on the search.
Then around 2 weeks later I emailed David again to see if he was going down that way again to do a search again and he said no, but the next day he changed his mind and once again gave Stephan a ring to arrange another search.
David told me the beach and water was littered with junk, such as lead fishing sinkers, copper and brass, aluminum cans, bottle tops and much more.
Then just as he was once again to give up on the search, he found the ring! After two weeks of being in the water with numerous big storms coming through, I was just amazed that David found Stephans ring!
All up David spent 8 hours search for Stephans lost wedding ring.
David received a $550 reward for his efforts in finding Stephans wedding ring, which is fantastic!
It was a miraculous find! And thanks for your dedicated help on this David!
If I can’t do the job, I will find someone who can!
Stephan's lost Gold Wedding Ring found!
Old Dance Hall Metal Detecting Finds
Old Dance Hall Metal Detecting Finds
A couple days ago I spoke about how I met Jeff the Bottle Collector, anyhow after I left Jeffs place I went to an unused dance hall where where in the old days they would have the old time dances and all the country people would get together and socialise.
Unfortunately these days, the dance get togethers do not happen any more due to how things change, people move on, pass away and new generations take over.
Anyhow I detected for around half an hour, did not find nothing special, just modern day coins and the usual hundred pulltabs.
The ground was like concrete, alot of scorpion holes and I got bitten by a huge jumping bullant … on the neck!
The Red Jumping Ant (M. gratiosa) Western Australia Their Bite Hurts!
It did not hurt as much as I expected, but I do have a big lump on the back of my neck. It is okay if I don’t touch the lump on my neck, but as soon as I do touch it or scratch it, then the lump doubles in size, and gets really itchy and a bit sore.
I remember as a kid being bitten by one of these ants, and I cried my eyes out!
These ants have actually killed people before due to allergic reactions, thank god I was ok, especially having been bitten on the neck.
I knew these Ants had a verocious sticng, but I did not know until I did a google search, that they can kill!
The Red Jumping Ant (M. gratiosa) Western Australia Their Bite Hurts!
Read more about these Jumping Ants
Here is a YouTube Video on Jumping Ants
