Metal Detector Challenge (Day 3) Week 2

Day 3 of week 2, and I receive a phone call from Nathan. Nathan is a commercial diver who was helping a gentleman by the name of Paul search for a ring lost in about 7 meters deep of murky water. Nathan had no luck locating the ring doing a visual search, so asked if I would help him out with my Metal Detecting equipment. I was happy to help out, and drove out to the location which was about 50 minutes North of Sydney. Turns out the lost ring was a world series Toronto Blue Jays baseball ring. Paul is a Baseball coach and spends half the year in Australia, and the other half year in North America. So we gear up and jump in the water and begin the search. As usual, there are constant signals coming from the metal detector and it is up to me to decide which ones are worth investigating. After a few laps up and down the area where Paul believed the Ring fell in the water, I was investigating another signal with my Aqua Probe (vibrating pinpointing device)...as I was pushing the device deeper into the sandy surface, I noticed a small glint of gold. I reach into the sand and pull out one large chunky gold ring! I head back to the surface and ask Paul if this is the ring he lost? The smile on his face kind of answered that question for me. After the job was finished, we went to a local pub for some beers to celebrate when Nathan broke some news to me. He mentioned that the river we were diving in is known for bull sharks, and he has already had an encounter with one there before. Now I understand why he was drinking some beers before the dive to relax. Oh well, I am glad he told me after and not before the job, or I would have been a nervous wreck in the murky water. Nathan gave me $100 for helping him out with the job, and I did not get out hunting that night as I had already spent over 7 hours diving and drinking :)