Metal detectorist reunites islander with jewellery

Tessa le Gallez said she would be "forever grateful" to Matthew Kneebone

A metal detectorist has reunited a woman with a collection of heirlooms in Guernsey.

In August, Tessa Le Gallez lost her chain, which held a collection of her late family's rings, whilst she was swimming at Les Amarreurs.

She called metal detectorist Matthew Kneebone in the hope that he could reunite her with the jewellery.

On Friday, two weeks later after they had been lost, Mr Kneebone went to the same area she had been swimming and managed to find them all.

The rings were found by Matthew Kneebone on Friday

He said: "We found the chain, and then about 10 minutes, quarter of an hour after that we started finding all the other rings.

"She really wanted one more than anything, obviously she wanted them all back, but we got the wedding ring and then another one came in and another one and then all of a sudden we got them all and happy days."

Ms Le Gallez said she would be "forever grateful" to Mr Kneebone.

"It's important to me to say thank you to Matt because he's such a selfless man, and he does this for no rhyme or reason, apart from that he enjoys it."