I was out on my boat having a great day when I got a call from the guy who owns our local metal detector shop. He said that he got a call from a couple who were taking wedding pictures an hour before their wedding and the best man happened to lose both the bride and grooms rings somewhere in a field where they were all taking pictures. I got the call at about 4:15pm and the wedding was at 5pm. The field was a 35 minute drive from the lake where I was. I could NOT leave these people hanging as I could not imagine how they felt. I drove back to my slip as fast as I could and drove to the field in the same manner. My hope was to find and return the rings just in time for the ceremony. When I got there, however, it was 5pm on the dot and there was nobody available to show me the area that they were in when the rings were lost.
I was given a description of the area earlier and so it was narrowed down to about 150 foot by 150 foot area. I got to it and really gridded out the area. I was using my trusty Excalibur II as I happened to have one stashed on my boat (hey, you never know when you need an Excalibur II on a boat so I keep one there at all times). It took me exactly 28 minutes to locate the two rings and I rushed back to the golf club just in time to see the couple walk out of the ceremony.