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Lost Diamond Wedding Ring Found on Beach at Half Moon Bay
Lost diamond wedding ring found at Half Moon Bay
Today Prarthna called me from New Jersey. She and her husband visited California last week and had a wonderful time. On the way back to San Francisco International Airport they stopped at the beach on Half Moon Bay. It was there in the deep sand that Prarthna felt her diamond wedding ring slip off her finger.
This was not a typical wedding ring, either. Prarthna’s husband had studied diamonds and hunted for four months to find the perfect stone, then had the ring custom made for the stone. The ring had great sentimental value to both of them.
Late this afternoon, I met her friend Navdeep who had been at the beach with them the day the ring was lost. He showed me where Prarthna had been walking when the ring slipped off her finger. We drew a rectangle, and most importantly, he climbed up a hill to sit at the same bench he was sitting at when she lost it. Using a hardy bush growing in the sand as a landmark, he directed me to stand on the sight line where he remembered seeing Prarthna. The intersection of the search zone and the line of sight identified the place where he felt the ring most likely landed.
I carefully gridded the rectangle and triple searched it without luck. The sand was very clean, suggesting that other metal detector users had already cleared out the pull tabs, bottle caps and other metallic trash that we find at most beaches. But I did find four coins, so we remained hopeful.
Next I started searching south from the rectangle, not far off the sight line. On my first pass, I got a low tone that usually means aluminum or gold. This time it was Prathna’s ring, four inches under the sand. Look at the photo below, you can see how beautiful it is. Navdeep had done a good job showing me where to search. Prarthna was very happy when we called her with the good news.
Lost Platinum Wedding Band at English Bay Beach, Vancouver…Found
I helped David find his Platinum wedding band that he lost in the ocean 3 days before we made contact. He told me the story that just before they left the beach for home he was washing the sand off his daughter when he felt the ring come off his finger and into the water.
He spent the next 45 minutes searching for his wedding ring in the not so warm water but so often the end result is the sand wins! That’s only temporary as ”The Ring Finders” are there to help!
If David could put me in the area I will find it, if someone hasn’t beat me to it.
Well after searching the first area just 2 hours before dark we didn’t have any luck. David started to think that he put me in the wrong location after his wife sent him a picture of him in the water. I decided to return the next morning for low tide and search the new area…
It took 2 hours and I found the ring! I love a good hunt! And I love my job!
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“Wedding Band Found…!! ” Toronto, Ontario
I had a call from Sean this evening, Wednesday May 16, 2012, where he told me that he had just lost his wedding band.
Sean was pushing his child on a swing at a Children’s Play Park, and after a pretty strong push of the swing, he felt his stainless steel wedding band fly off his finger and into the fairly deep sand surrounding the area.
He and his wife began to search the sand with their hands for quite some time, and without having any luck, a google search led them to me.
After hearing the story, we agreed to meet in the morning, but the more I thought about it, I didn’t want to let his ring sit in a park overnight so I called him back and told him I’d rush downtown and help him out so he could go home with his ring tonight.
I arrived at the park about 30 minutes later where I met with Sean and started the search. I could see where they had been clawing and digging in the sand. After scanning that area with no signals, I moved off to another area and immediately got a nice, strong hit. After pinpointing the area, I reached into the sand and my index finger slipped right into Sean’s wedding band. I handed Sean his ring, and he seemed relieved we found it so quickly. Two minutes at the most.
I love these quick searches.
Thank you Sean for the very generous reward tonight.
I’m happy you have your ring back on your finger..!!
Take care,
Mark Ellis
Lost in the Flowers, Found by Vancouver Island RingFinder Jim
Answering the call of the discouraged owner of a cherished ring, I responded with ” I will be there within 30 minutes “. I was fortunate to be able to adjust my appointments, to help this lady that had been already looking for a lost ring for about a week. On arriving at the secluded country hobby farm, I started my search on the outer areas of the garden and zeroed in on the sloping area of shrubs and flowers. The Owner had been pulling weeds and trimming bushes with her bare hands when she discovered the missing ring. Having spent the week searching the flower bed and garden, she even rented a metal detector, but with no success. As I narrowed my search, concentrating on tighter circles I began reaching under bushes and branches when I got the loud signal telling me I was close. Searching the area close to those signals I moved some weeds and a large branch to find the sparkle & shine of gold lying beneath the limb. ” There it is, I’ve found it ” I called to the owner who was just steps away. After a quick hug of thanks, and numerous declarations of gratitude, I packed my tools and headed off into the sunset. Another Happy customer left smiling and waving behind me.
“Gold Ring Found”…..After 9 Months of Hiding. Toronto,Ontario
Julia called me last night about a gold and opal ring that was lost nine months ago.
The ring is a family heirloom ring that was given to Julia and she had planned to wear it as a wedding ring for her up
Julia was gardening last year in her backyard but she wasn’t wearing the ring, she had left it in the house so it wouldn’t get dirty.
Later on, Matt brought the ring out to her and left it on a patio table near the garden so she could wear it later.
They then left the house for a while and Matt realized that Julia wasn’t wearing the ring, so they went back to the house to get it, but it was no longer on the table They figured it had gotten knocked off when they were moving things around and didn’t notice the ring fall.
After looking for quite some time with no luck, they assumed it was lost forever.
Julia was thinking about the ring again recently and a quick google search led her to me.
I was able to make it down to their home this morning, Monday May 14,2012 where I met with Matt.
Matt, happy to see the ring again..!!!!
Julia couldn’t be there as she had to work today.
After Matt took me through the events of the day nine months ago, I started the search.
I was finding tons of scrap metal everywhere and had to dig every little piece just in case it was masking the ring.
Well, after about 30 minutes I got that nice solid tone that got my hopes up. After pinpointing the area, and digging down about one inch, out pops Julia’s beautiful gold and opal ring.
Matt was a little shocked I think that we actually found it. He had a great look on his face.
The ring should clean up nicely after a quick bath, ready to wear for the wedding.
I’m really happy I could help out today.
The best to you both on your upcoming wedding.
Take care,
Mark Ellis
Lost Ring, Found in Big Brower Lake, Rockford, Michigan
Aunt Diane is a very happy person.
Gold ring with jade stone inset
Last November Diane Baumann called me from an article about me, that was referred to her from a friend. Her nephew had been visiting from out of town and went swimming at their home. When he jumped off the dock a ring that had belonged to his grandfather and gifted to him came off his finger.
By the time she was able to get ahold of me fall had set in and it was too cold to hunt the lake. I told her I would call her in the Spring, so I gave her a call and arranged to come out as today was a balmy 65 degrees.
The dock wasn’t in from the winter yet but she pointed to about where it would have been lost. While I ventured out to the deeper spot my brother Doug started from the beachfront. After about 30 minutes I came up with 2 quarters, a penny and a green marble. Doug kept digging up washers, a bolt, pull tabs and then the ring half way between the beachfront and where I was.
Lost Locket & Gold Chain found! Arlington,Texas
We received a panic call from a young man about 8pm one night saying that his girlfriend had lost the locket and chain he had given her somewhere in his front yard. He wanted us come that night but we were tied up and promised to come early the next morning. We arrived around 7am and he explained that he and his girlfriend had been playing around in the front yard when the incident happened. She had placed the item in the pocket of her hoodie prior to playing around. She was extremely upset with him and he was really upset that he couldn’t find it himself.
We got out our detectors and began scanning and in just 5 minutes or so we got a HIT. We found the locket and chain. He was shocked and happy and could not thank us enough.
What a thrill to have another successful hunt for “The Ring Finder”.
Don & Ellen Wilson – Carrollton,Texas
Lost ring found in Big Bear Lake Ca.
I’m happy to report that R.Rodriguez is reunited with his wedding band.He lost it about 6 weeks ago while shoveling snow during his vacation.With the information he was able to provide I was able to locate the ring in under an hour and have sent it back to him.A happy ending !!I wish him success in his young military career.
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Gold Wedding Band found 6 months after it was lost!!! Coppell,Tx
My wife and I were out detecting in a local park when a gentleman approached me to say he had lost his gold wedding band in his backyard, would we come try and find it(?). Having asked him a few questions, he told me that 6 months ago he was working in his backyard and placed his wedding band on a small patio table and continued working. He forgot about the ring and moved the table several times before he realized his ring was gone. He and his family searched for days trying to find it and even borrowed a metal detector from a friend but was unable to locate it. He told me his wife was very upset with him or he wouldn’t have bothered to ask. We agreed to come out the next morning at 8:30am arriving on a damp, slightly rainy morning. We found out that the gentleman was a law inforcement officer and was on the phone when we arrived working on a situation that had happened the night before. He quickly showed us the backyard and went through his actions the day he lost the ring. We got out our equipment and told him there would be several beeps and noises from my pinpointer alone but not to get too excited as the Garrett detector would be picking up anything metal. I put on my headphones, turned on my Gartett ATPro and began my search in the backyard. My detector went off immediately, and I mean in the first 10 seconds of starting, which startled me. I thought NO-WAY, it has to be coming from the patio rebarb in the concrete. When I pulled out my pinpointer and checked to be sure I HIT Full TONE immediately. I bent down, pulled the grass aside to see and there flush in the mud and grass was a Gold Circle. His wedding band. I looked up and ask my wife to get the video camera ready on our iPhone, she looked at me like I was nuts, I whispered, I Got It. She said no way but got the camera ready and started filming. The homeowner was walking around the backyard and I said, ‘sir, you might want to take a look at this’…he hollered and grabbed the ring from me; it actually still had grass growing through it. He was so excited, he hugged me and thank us and thanked us. He was so excited he forgot about us and ran inside to tell his wife. This 10 second find made our day and put a smile on everyone’s face for the day. It felt so good helping someone who is out there protecting us on a daily basis. Another Successful Find for “The Ring Finders” Don & Ellen Wilson - Carrollton,Tx