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PANIC CALL
2005-08-30 |
On Friday August 19th Bill and I were in my shop talking about treasure hunting and things that we have found.
Around 6:30pm, I received a call from a gentleman, and as I answered the phone, Bill said that he would see me later and left the shop. The man on the phone asked if I did metal detecting, and when I told him I did, he interrupted me and asked if I did emergency metal detecting.
Realizing this might be a job for more than one person, I ran to the door to see if I could catch Bill before he was gone. Luckily he was just getting into his motorhome, and I motioned for him to come back to the shop.
In an emergency situation, I knew two detectors would be better than one. Getting back to the phone call, I asked the caller what had been lost, and he replied that it was a $9000.00 wedding ring.
That alone would be bad enough, but to make matters worse, the wedding was supposed to begin in about an hour at Manito Park. I assured the man that we would be right there.
My own detectors were at my home, so I grabbed a Shadow X5 off the wall in the shop, and out the door we went. When we got to the parking lot at Manito Park, we were getting our detectors ready when a Rolls Royce Silver Cloud drives up, and as other people begin to arrive, everyone is dressed to the hilt.
Bill and I are dressed for detecting. I?m in shorts and a T shirt (come to think about it, I?m always in shorts and a T shirt), and Bill had been detecting all day on his knees, so we really looked like we belonged with this group.
As we made our way through the garden to the fountain, people were looking at us thinking what the _____ and why are those guys here!
At this point I don?t think very many of the guests knew that the wedding ring had been lost. Finally a man in a black tux came running up to us. He showed us the two places where they thought the ring might have been lost.
The primary location was about 15 feet square, and the other was a 4 foot pathway between two flower beds. I turned my detector on to hunt the primary location.
To my dismay, I got absolutely no response. I tried everything to get the detector to come to life, and finally realized I had a dead battery. I hate when that happens! In my haste in leaving the shop, I didn?t even grab a spare. I finally got a battery from the photographer, and off I went to hunt.
A short time later, Bill with his wit, was asking the crowd if anyone had lost a ring. Boy, did he get swarmed like yellow jackets on a watermelon!
It was a really nice diamond ring. We were invited to stay for the wedding, but declined. We did visit with a few people and talked about our hobby a little bit.
This whole ordeal began when a 5 year old ring bearer was handed a cute little pillow with a ring on it, and left to entertain himself for an hour before the wedding.
Don?t leave a 5 year old in charge of the wedding ring, and don?t get caught with a dead battery.
Dick
bowens@bowenshideout.com
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