The Ring Finders Metal Detecting Blogs

Ring Found After 8 Years in Rocky Mountain House,AB!!!!!!!!

August 31st, 2010 by Rich Hirschmiller


Fred is a farmer, and he enjoys gardening. He called me a few days ago with a story. A few years back (About 8 years) he had lost his wedding band in the garden. He had been clearing the garden in fall and was removing potato tops and a few vines. He realized his ring was missing.

He had heard about my locating services, and had heard that I have located lost items before for numerous people. Thus his call to me.

Naturally I was invited to come over to ‘poke around’. With the help of my metal detector, and a short 10 minutes or so, the ring surfaced glimmering as if it were lost yesterday, not 8 years prior.

You can tell from Fred’s smile he was one happy farmer. “Best thing my garden ever produced!!” Fred said in a joking manner.

Lost Gold Diamond Ring, Stanley Park, Vancouver

August 30th, 2010 by Chris Turner

I was just sitting down to dinner when I got a phone call from a man who needed my help.

He tells me that he lost a very special ring that his girlfriend gave him 10 years ago.

He was in a wedding party and some time during the day and a few drinks his ring had slipped off his finger.

The problem with these kind of searches is that it’s a needle in a haystack.

The only places he thought the ring might be was at Stanley Park in Vancouver where they took photos or at the church outside where they had the wedding.

Dano had a good feeling and decided to start at Stanley Park, I met him and his girlfriend there to start the search. When I get a search like this I have them show me the area then I grid search until I find the ring or I feel comfortable that its not there and move to the next location.

10 minutes into the search I get a great signal and I kick the grass and see a gold ring looking back up at me!

I call Dano over to ask him a few questions about the location while I turn on my flip video camera… The rest is on the video below!

I have to say that it was our lucky day as a search like that could take many, many hours. I was just as happy as Dano!!

I Love My Job!

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Chris Turner:778-838-3463

Lost Monster Diamond Ring, Fernandina Beach, Florida…Found

August 23rd, 2010 by Mike McInroe


Aug. 11th I received an e-mail from Cassi saying her husband lost his wedding ring while swimming at the beach and asking if I could possibly help them find it. She said it was not your ordinary ring and that it was actually 3 white gold rings put together with a total of 19 diamonds!!! You can just imagine how devastated they were when they spent a half hour in waist deep water frantically searching and not able to locate it. I called her back right away after reading her e-mail and tried to get more information on the exact area and how long it had been since they lost the ring. The soonest I could get to that beach would be the following Saturday. If they could put me in as close as possible an area then I felt there was some hope of finding the ring. There had been no storms along the coast and the surf had been fairly calm so with a heavy ring like that there was a good chance it was still roughly in the same area, I hoped!

So the following Saturday I drove 2 hours to Fernandina Beach and was met by Micha and Cassi and we started right away trying to figure out just where they were when the ring came off. I spent 5 hours griding and searching in and out of the water with no luck! Around 3pm Cassi said they would be heading back home to Georgia and gave me my gas $ and asked me how much longer I would continue looking. Because I had the whole day off and was waiting for low tide I decided to keep searching for a few more hours. We said our goodbyes. Two hours later while griding the wet sand area I got a good signal and out of the sand pops this massive set of rings with sparkling diamonds!! I could not get to my phone fast enough to call Micha and Cassi and as they answered the phone I said “You’re right Cassi, your husbands ring is huge!!” I had to hold the phone away from my ear for all the shouts and hollering! It was an awesome experience to be able to find this ring and to return it to its rightful owners and to see and hear the joy and happiness it brought them.

So their story continues and my adventures are just starting!  Thanks to Chris Turner and  ”The Ring Finders” I have received phone calls and e-mails from folks near and far away asking if I can help them find their lost items.

I too really love my job!!

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Lost White Gold Wedding Band…2nd Beach, Stanley Park, Vancouver…Found!

August 22nd, 2010 by Chris Turner

I just got home from the United States where I was helping one of our members from The Ring Finders on a big search that I will be writing about soon.

As I was getting close to home I received a call from a young man who had just lost his white gold wedding band. It was lost at 3rd beach at Stanley Park, Vancouver.

After talking to Mike, the young man who lost his ring, we decided to meet at 2 AM at low tide so that he could show me the area where his ring was lost.

I think he was surprised that I wanted to meet him at such a time but the only chance we had was at low tide.

So when I met Mike he showed me the area the ring was lost at, the water was waste deep and he felt that I was in the right area.

He told me that the ring was made from his wife’s great grandmother’s rings and that it could never be replaced.

Mike stayed for 45 minutes then he said he was getting tired and would wait to hear from me in the morning to weather or not I found his ring.

Less then 15 minutes after Mike left for home I got a good signal, I scooped the sand and there in my scoop was his white gold wedding band…

I called him right away as I knew that he’d still be up and he was very happy to get the news!

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Chris Turner 778-838(Find)3463

Lost Platinum Wedding Band 2nd Beach, Stanley Park, Vancouver

August 22nd, 2010 by Chris Turner

I received a call late afternoon from a young man who had just lost his Platinum wedding ring. It was lost at 3rd beach at Stanley Park, Vancouver and the tide was coming in fast.

I jumped into my car and drove there and it took me 20 minutes to find parking! When I met Mike he showed me the area that he lost his ring and I started my grid search.

I met the lifeguard who said that I was in the wrong area as the tide had come in and it would be well over my head. I continued searching in hope that the ring was lost closer to shore, no such luck.

Sometimes you can’t find what your looking for and I knew that Mike was sad but I told him that I’d come back for low tide at 3 AM.

When I arrived back at the beach at 2:30 AM the tide was way out, I began my grid search and after one hour I found his platinum wedding band with a dragon on the outside and inscription on the inside.

I e-mailed Mike the good news and a picture of his ring and now its back on his finger.

I love my job!

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Lost your ring?

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Chris Turner 778-838(Find)3463

Lake Amelia Minnesota

August 17th, 2010 by Darrin Gray

Michael lost his white gold wedding band while playing football on a sandbar in Lake Amelia. He watched it come off his finger and tried to retrieve it right away as he was in waiste deep water. No Luck, so he rented a metal detector and went back. Still no luck. He looked on the internet and found “The Ring Finders”. Lake Amelia is around 2 hours away from my place, so when I found the ring I decided to stay a little while longer and see if I could find any old relics from the 1800′s. A lot of shot gun shells and pop tabs and then came another gold wedding band. Anyone reading this blog, if you have lost a valuable and you remember the approx. location, no matter how long ago it was. I have found many rings and other valuables just searching for relics – I would Love to get them back to their rightful owners!

Lost Gold Ring With Sapphires Found Stewart Beach Galveston, Texas/Video

August 14th, 2010 by John Jordan

Wednesday August 11 2010 I met my treasure hunting buddies TXCoindigger, DiggerDun and OTlew (The Hole In The Beach Gang) at Stewart Beach Galveston, Texas for a late afternoon and evening treasure hunt. The weather was pleasant for a change, cloudy and cooler than normal. As I started hunting near the towel line a stranger with a metal detector approached. We shook hands, he told me he was from San Antonio. After a short conversation he walked away. In passing an umbrella he looked back and said “Someone lost a ring there, I tried to find it with no luck” (pointing at the sand) and then continued on his way. Fifty feet later I was at the umbrella. I double checked to see that my Fisher F4 was in All Metal mode then swung the coil. On the first pass of the Double D coil a strong signal was heard through my earphones! I switched to All Metal Discriminate Mode to check the Fisher VDI number. It was 27, definitely in the gold range. With my scoop I removed some sand and there is was, a beautiful gold ring with two blue stones! The people from this area were apparently in the water so I walked on a bit and developed a plan to have the person identify the ring and then return it. Soon that occurred, a young lady ran in from the surf and identified the ring. I presented it to her and she was very happy. The ring was handed down from her Great Aunt. A video of that find and return is attached to this blog.

Lost something? In Texas call Ring Finder John Jordan @ 281 482 0433.

lost teens pinky ring

August 14th, 2010 by Randall Fedeluk

I recently went out to a local beach to hunt for a 16yr. old girls pinky ring. The ring wasn’t an expensive ring but it was given to her by her father on her 16 birthday and she had lost it recently at the beach in the sand. The father had given me pretty good directions as to where it had been lost the day before so i headed out the next day. I made a grid twice the area of which the father had told me, but no luck finding the ring. what I did findout was that there was another detectorist searching that area of the beach the evening the ring was lost and he had probably found it. Hopefully if the ring was found by another detectoris, perhaps he will post it in the lost & found section of the local paper. There was no ring turned in to the beach authorities recently. I sent off an email to let the father know that I did my best but was unsuccessful.
Looking forward to my next hunt!

Wedding ring found – symbol of enduring love.

August 11th, 2010 by Darryl Mansfield

On Sunday, August 8, I received a call from Melisa Mistler of Grass Valley, California. She explained that her new husband had lost his wedding ring in their front yard and inquired if I would drive to Grass Valley and attempt recovery. Melissa explained that she and her husband were newlyweds, but theirs was a very special situation. Melissa and her new husband, Michael Yates, had been childhood sweethearts. They did not date in high school but kept in touch while each was away at college. Sadly, after college they had lost track of one another. Melisa was the head of her high school reunion committee and it was her responsibility to locate and inform her classmates of each reunion, but Yates had been difficult to track down because he traveled the world before he eventually settled in Seattle, Washington. He never attended any of the high school reunions.

After college at Southwest Baptist in Missouri, Melisa returned to Nevada County and settled in Grass Valley where she opened her own business, M3Mall. Melisa recently collaborated with another high school classmate in a fundraiser for yet another classmate who is suffering from stage 4 colon cancer. Michael happened to see an article in the newspaper about the event which included a photo of Melisa. Michael decided to attend the fundraiser and on February 2, 2010, they were reunited . The old friends quickly rekindled their childhood romance, eloping on March 12, 2010!

They were distressed that Michael had lost his traditional Claddagh ring which had been ordered from Ireland. The elements of this symbolic ring are often said to correspond to the qualities of love (the heart), friendship (the hands), and loyalty (the crown). Melisa and Michael had thoroughly searched the yard, but had been unable to find the ring that symbolized the special love that had lasted all the years Michael and Melisa were apart. I told Melisa that I would be happy to come to Grass Valley and try to locate the ring for them. When I arrived at Melisa’s address, a lovely old Victorian home, I set up and began a grid search of the front yard area where she and Michael thought the ring might have been lost. Within an hour, I had recovered the ring, along with a full set of keys – which oddly did not belong to the couple. I was happy that I was able to locate the Claddagh for Michael and Melisa. It is a special ring for a special couple with a very special story.

Gone in a flash!

August 5th, 2010 by Darrin Gray

Jason contacted me with a huge problem. He had been married 3 days and his wedding ring slipped off his finger while swimming in square lake. I know from experience that this lake is hunted frequently by detectorists, so..getting the hunt under way as soon as possible was critical. I cleared my schedule for the next day and asked him to meet me out at the lake to pinpoint where he was swimming as this is a very large beach. He did his job! It took me less then 5 minutes and I had his ring in my basket. This is one of the nicest rings I have seen – Take care Jason and I am so glad I could help out!