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chrischch		Posted : Monday, 6 February 2012 12:20:39 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		Wife lost her bloody engagement ring at Oxford yesterday. Now we have to drive back there today (40 - 50 kms away)with the detector to look for something soooo tiny in such a big area not knowing if it's already been picked up. Treasure hunt anyone? :(
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Kauri		Posted : Monday, 6 February 2012 12:23:21 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 11/01/2012(UTC) Posts: 53 Location: Matamata Was thanked: 4 time(s) in 4 post(s)		Classic..............good luck with the hunt.
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Lammerlaw		Posted : Monday, 6 February 2012 5:40:01 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 24/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,721 Thanks: 72 times Was thanked: 579 time(s) in 396 post(s)		Good luck - you WILL find it - the gypsy side coming out in me! We all expect a report heralding the good news.

chrischch		Posted : Monday, 6 February 2012 6:12:00 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		Well........no luck unfortunately. We did find two rings but they were the wrong ones and not even silver. A huge THANK YOU to our fellow member Ash who turned up and found us to help. What a nice guy! On a positive note, at least we recovered the $20 odd for the gas money it took to look. My wife said if I did find it, she wanted me to propose again. I told her she should at least encourage me to find it lol.
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Guardian		Posted : Monday, 6 February 2012 6:18:27 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 30/10/2011(UTC) Posts: 716 Location: Dunedin Thanks: 42 times Was thanked: 222 time(s) in 185 post(s)		*8^) Bummer, hope it turns up at home! Good on ya Ash !

nzpoohbear40		Posted : Monday, 6 February 2012 6:23:07 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/07/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,482 Location: Matura Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 384 time(s) in 329 post(s)		dam wish i would of read this post sooner chris..i would of gone with you.....where is oxford....maybe we can make another trip there sometime soon and see if i can find it with my SILVERBUG.
		Chris - Fisher Dealer http://www.puiakisupply.co.nz/

chrischch		Posted : Monday, 6 February 2012 6:37:14 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		It was a last minute thought to mention it on here sorry Chris. Thanks for the kind offer though. We pretty much gridded the field so probably not worth travelling the 50 kms again. Must have been found or lost elsewhere I feel. We put up a notice and will call the police there tomorrow morning....funnily enough the policemans name is.....Chris.lol. We are inundated with Chris's on here too!
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nzpoohbear40		Posted : Monday, 6 February 2012 6:52:24 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/07/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,482 Location: Matura Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 384 time(s) in 329 post(s)		an engament ring is always worth it..hahahaha..is liz prety sure it was lost in that paticular field?...and did you do a north south east west grid search?...it only takes a couple inches to miss it.
		Chris - Fisher Dealer http://www.puiakisupply.co.nz/

Ash_T		Posted : Monday, 6 February 2012 8:36:11 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 17/09/2011(UTC) Posts: 219 Location: Nth Canterbury Thanks: 138 times Was thanked: 28 time(s) in 25 post(s)		Your welcome :) A good day for me too. Total of $32 in goldies, incl the 5 ya thru in my trash bag ;) lol (ty again) (Found another $10/12 after ya's left, sorry to say didn't find the ring tho.) Didn't do both ways, but gave it a pretty tight overlapping search one way. As PBear40 says tho, we both coulda missed it by an inch. Meet up with another couple detectorists on the showgrounds before i found Chrischch too. Edited by user Monday, 6 February 2012 8:41:12 PM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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chrischch		Posted : Monday, 6 February 2012 9:38:00 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 811 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 192 times Was thanked: 105 time(s) in 104 post(s)		Your welcome Ash.....thank you again for your help. I'll let you guys know if it turns up.
		Fisher Goldbug Pro, Fisher F2, Garrett Propointer.

nzpoohbear40		Posted : Monday, 6 February 2012 9:57:51 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 14/07/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,482 Location: Matura Thanks: 26 times Was thanked: 384 time(s) in 329 post(s)		Will make an attemp to get up there and also do a search now that i know where it was..not sure how soon..but if i find any rings i will drop by for a description of the one liz lost.
		Chris - Fisher Dealer http://www.puiakisupply.co.nz/