“Lost Jewelry Recovery Service helps visiting couple from Alberta”

I recently got a call from “Brenda” who came to Transcona to visit her folks for the Christmas holidays. While attending a gathering at a  relatives house, Brenda had her engagement ring slip off her finger just before she entered the house. The ring fell and hit the cement step and bounced out of site. Brenda and her husband to be, drastically sifted through the snow in freezing temperatures (-30C) to no avail. The next day while talking aboutthe lost ring, Brenda was told by her mother in law that she heard on a CBC Radio Winnipeg program about a Metal Detecting Service available that searches for lost jewelry. Without hesitation Brenda went on the internet and before long she came across “Lost Jewelry Recovery Service” and emailed Randy (myself) who responded and set up a search time. When I arrived at the location in -29C weather I knew I had to search reasonably fast so the detector wouldn’t freeze up from the intense cold. I searched the area in question with my White’s XLT detector set in Gold mode but could not come up with any solid hits, So I went outside the grid that Brenda told me the ring might be in and came upon a pile of snow that was piled up after the couple had been searching on their own the night before. The ring was not in the pile of snow but I swung the detector outside the pile and soon got a strong signal about 3 feet away from the pile. I gently swept the snow way from the target to reveal a beautiful white gold diamond solitaire engagement ring. I was very happy that I was able to find this ring when I did because the detector was very cold and so was I. The search took about an hour in total and at -30C that”s long enough outdoors. When Brenda came outside from warming up in the house and seen that I had recovered her lost ring she was jumping for joy. I guess it looked pretty grim there for a while but persistence paid off once again for “Lost Jewelry Recovery Service”

I’m glad you don”t have to go back home to Edmonton without your ring Brenda, and I’m sure you feel the same.

Metal Detecting as a team a more enjoyable outing

Getting out to that special spot for a day of detecting is always great, but if you have a good hunting partner to hook up with, the day is way more enjoyable. Shawn Kwitecki has been my detecting partner for the last 6 years and when possible we hit as many parks & fields as we can in one day. It’s always great to have company and competition when detecting, the thrill of “who’s gonna find gold or silver first” and at the end of the day you compare your finds and talk about how much you enjoyed the hunt. Myself and Shawn have over the past several years, saw many upgrades in our detectors & equipment, learning in the field how to set the machines up for the best target locating. When you enjoy Metal detecting as much as we do, you are always planning your next outing, whether it be at a beach or an old homestead in southern Manitoba, you know your going to get there eventually and it will be great. We’ve been approached many times in the past by folks of all ages that ask; “do you ever find anything good” and we just look at them and laugh. One thing about metal detecting, It’s absolutely amazing what you find when you dig a target in the ground or in the sand. I found a cigarette lighter from the 1930′s in one hole and a swiss army knife in the next. Some days you might spend digging coins and the next day it might be jewelry. Either way, it’s “always” a “surprise” and you just cant help loving it. If you plan on getting into detecting or have been already, look into a hunting partner that has the same interests as you when it comes to outings, share the costs and enjoy the fun, and remember: leave your hunting sites as if you were not even there. Happy Hunting!

Lost Jewelry Recovery to the rescue

Only 2 days after being call out to recover a lost ring for Andrew, Matthew, Andrew’s buddy had lost his ring in the same way Andrew had. In fact: he had lost his ring at Andrew’s house during yet another snowball fight. This time the ring was lost at night time and in the front yard area. The guys looked unsuccessfully for sometime and gave up to the next day when a call came in to me to come search one more time. I thought the guys were pulling my leg when I was told about the ring being lost in the same yard doing the same thing as previous but when Matthew said he would meet me there at noontime, I was sure it was for real. Searching the front yard with the White’s XLT detector in “silver” mode didn’t take long to locate the lost 925. silver ring. I’m sure the guys are going to lay off the snowball fights for a while now, or at least take their rings off first before the next snowball fight.

Boys will be Boys!Manitoba

Manitoba winter brings wedding ring recovery

The Manitoba winter has arrived and with it come the enjoyment of snowball fights and frolicking in the snow, But beware, cold temperatures and wet snow create conditions that may cause your wedding ring to easily come off without notice until it’s too late. Trying to find a lost ring in the snow is like finding a needle in the haystack (impossible) unless you have a dam good Metal Detector and lots of persistence to search in cold weather.  

Such an occurance recently happened to Andrew after he and his wife of 2 years arrived home from the movies,after getting out of the vehicle Andrew grabbed a handful of snow and threw it playfully at his wife who was just exiting the car thus causing a challenging retaliation. Andrew chased his wife from the car throwing up snow at her not realizing that his wedding ring had come off. The next day Andrew has noticed that there was no ring on his finger. Doing a visual check of the path from the house to the car only brought on loss hopes of ever finding the lost ring, but after turning to the world wide net and searching Metal Detectors Manitoba Andrew came across my website http://www.lostjewelryrecovery.com and gave me a call.

I happen to be off work the morning the call came in and I was able to make my way to his house for noon time to start the search. After going over the details of the snowball throwing event I started working my way with the detector set on the “Gold” setting from the back of the carport towards the house and it wasn’t long (10 mins) before I got a strong signal tone through my headphones and I knew it would be Andrew’s lost ring and sure enough it was! I went and got Andrew from the house to show him the location of the recovered ring and watched the ear to ear grin on his face once he seen the ring once again.This is the part of the service I provide that I love, and I just can”t wait to see what challenge the next call brings.

Fall season bringing more searches than ever!

It’s October,15th and I have had several calls regarding “Lost Jewelry”. Many people don’t think about taking off their jewelry when about to do yard work. The temperature outdoors has decreased several degrees and this causes the fingers to shrink and expectantly, off comes the wedding ring into that pile of leaves. The last 2 searches, both recovered wedding bands were found in a matter of minutes with the use of the White’s XLT detector, but the clients had searched for hours before calling me. Both recovered rings were found in places that the clients didn’t expect the ring to land in as well. Finding these rings brings joy and overwellment to everybody involved and I end up going home with a smile on my face and a little extra in my pocket.(I love this hobby) The snow will be here soon but I expect with the last of the leaves falling daily, to receive a few more searches yet.

Randall’s 2012 Metal Detecting season

Well I can truly say it’s been a very exciting and rewarding 2012 metal detecting season for me..For my “Lost Jewelry Recovery” service, I have seen the most active season yet at receiving 62 email requests regarding lost jewelry. Out of 62 requests, 45 were search and I am proud to say there were 31 successful recoveries made. I am still receiving search requests on a weekly basis as the weather turns from fall season to winter. I will be using up all of the remaining good weather days to do my final hobby detecting until it gets too cold to venture outdoors. This season had netted me 2 more Canadian large cent pieces, as well as many Gold & Silver rings plus (1) platinum ring as well as (2) tungsten rings. many charms, chains and earrings. The warm weather this past year allowed for me to search the Beaches more often with my water detectors netting me more rings than ever before.

I hope to do more travelling in the upcoming 2013 season and concentrate on relics and old coins, travelling to old homesteads and schoolhouses that I have researched.

If you have comment or would just like to chat Metal Detecting, feel free to join in and “Blog”. Let the viewers know what great finds are out there for the “Metal detecting Enthusiast or someone just starting out in this “Great” hobby. 

I have met many people this season that have taken up this hobby and all seem to be deeply hooked on detecting and finding that next treasure.Hope to see you all in the upcoming season once again.

One last comment: I would be very interested to know if there is much interest in possibly starting up a “New Metal Detecting Club” Many have asked me in the past about a club and if there is “enough” interest out there it just might be something worth pondering for the near future. Add a comment if you have any input on this topic.

 

Swampy Recovery, Lee River Manitoba

Randall from “Lost Jewelry Recovery Services” holds up designer prescription glasses recovered from the swamp. The customer had flipped his kayak causing the glasses to drop to the bottom of the lake.