Tony Shere's Ring Finders Blog
Tony Shere
- Location
- Perth (Australia)
- Contact
- 0402104425
- Search Locations
Perth and surrounding area
- Search Types
Beaches, Parks, Private Property, Water to 6 feet deep, Yards
Lost gold wedding ring found at Perth beach
Jeremy called me this afternoon as his gold wedding ring had been lost at the beach yesterday. He had put it to one side before venturing into the water but as he was packing up all of his beach belongings, the ring was accidentally left behind in the sand somewhere ?
I headed down this afternoon as I wanted to get to the area before the local kids with metal detectors hit the spot.
Jeremy had marked the area where he had set up a beach tent with his family so the location we were searching was no bigger then 100 square metres, surely the ring would be found ! I’ve done “easy” hunts before and have gone away unsuccessful so until the item is found then it is still “lost”.
Well the beer caps were plentiful (Corona seems to be very popular down here) on this section of beach but after about 10 minutes, I got a nice signal with my White’s detector. I scraped away just a couple of inches of sand and there lay Jeremy’s very nice gold wedding ring.
Thanks for the nice finders reward and I’m glad you got in contact with TheRingFinders.
Regards,
Tony.
Lost white gold ring “bubbles” has been found in Perth park
Vicky called me a couple of days ago asking for help to find her white gold ring that she thought was lost at her local park and playground. The ring was a wide band with a nice “bubble” design stamped onto the outside of the ring. Quite a few people had searched the area but unfortunately the ring was no where to be seen. They had also put a notice up in case anyone had picked up the ring.
I spent about 30 minutes detecting the thicker grassed areas, whilst eyeballing the flatter ground but was only rewarded with 5 cent coins. There was a small sand play area that I also hunted but it was clear of signals so I moved back towards the grassed areas but still no luck. In the mean time, Vicky’s Mum continued to look for the ring by scouting the ground.
Because the area was generally flattened grass, the ring should be easy to spot by eye but this was assuming that no one else had pocketed the gold ring.
I decided that I would check the sandpit again so I ran the search coil closer to the stone wall this time and quickly got a nice solid beep from the machine…..expecting another 5 cent coin, I was thrilled to see the glint of a silver/white gold ring with the “bubbles” etched into the ring.
I casually wandered back to where Vicky’s Mum was still scouring the grass and informed her “I just don’t think you will find it there…..because…..of this” and I opened my hand to reveal the ring in the palm of my hand. I really enjoy that part !!!
Thanks for contacting me and it was great to have another successful hunt.
All the best,
Tony.
Lost diamond ring has been found, South Beach, Perth
Ki contacted me recently via TheRingFinders as she had lost a very sentimental ring that had belonged to her Mum. Ki was kind enough to include a quick story of how the ring was lost as well as some nice photo’s. Here is what she wrote……
“The story behind the ring is that it was my mother’s engagement ring. Sadly mum passed away 15 years ago, when I was 13 years old. Dad’s been looking after the rings until about 2 years ago when he passed them onto me. I was too scared to wear them for the first 6 months and just kept them in a safe place.
After work on Tues went down to the beach for just a quick jump in the ocean, meant to take her rings off but forgot. Figured I would be careful and not swim around too much… Didn’t count on the dog knocking them off!
Pandora (the dog), loves to swim, but also always wants to be picked up in the water. She’s a flat coat retriever so it’s a bit of an effort. When she launched herself off me the ring got scraped off and went straight to the bottom. I was looking and looking, about 6 other people were helping, stayed in till sunset so it was probably about an hour, and then Tim went back the next day for another 2 hours.
Found you by googling ‘Underwater Metal Detectors’…
Had no idea there was such a service as yours. We thought we were going to have to figure out how to do it ourselves.
But then you came and managed to find it so quickly. I still can’t believe I have it back. I am so incredibly grateful. Makes her ring even more special!
Thank you thank you thank you!!!”
Thank you Ki for contacting me…it was great to see that ring back on your finger !
All the best for the future,
Tony.
Lost rings on Perth beaches….need owners !!
The weather down here has been hot with great water hunting conditions.
Over the past few days, I have found some great rings for owners but in doing so, I have also managed to scoop up 5 gold rings that have been lost in the water. All of the gold rings have specific markings and came from various Perth beaches.
I log all of my “no owner established” (NOE’s) rings on my computer with details surrounding their location, condition and unique hallmarks and other engravings. I need to do this to protect myself from bogus claims from “owners”. Anyway, if a genuine owner can provide me with details regarding their lost items then I am only too happy to return their property to them.
Unfortunately, I have had only one person claim an item from me. The ring had been engraved with their date of marriage plus both their names so there was no doubting that they were the correct owner.
Well it’s time to get off the computer and hit the ocean…….95F today and an ocean you can water-ski on !
Tony.
Lost 18k wedding ring has been found at City Beach, Perth
I was trawling through the Lost & Found section of the “Gumtree” which is the equivalent of something like Craigslist. I keep an eye out for rings and jewellery that has been lost at beaches and parks.
Donna had posted an article about her husband’s lost gold wedding ring at one of Perth’s local beaches. I gave her a call and she gave me a good description of the lost zone.
City Beach is a popular beach but I know through experience that it is a hard beach to search due to heavy waves and deep, deep sand in the water that just never seems to shift. Anyway, I told her that I would give it a go as conditions were looking really good for water hunting with hot weather, strong offshore winds that knock the seas flat and help push the water out on a low tide.
I headed down to City Beach this morning not knowing what the sand would be like until I got in the water. Sure enough, the sand was quite mushy but there were a few depressions that were packed down with shells and heavier gravelly sand. I decided that my best chance was to hunt the low areas and hope the ring had been washed into one of them. After some time without a beep from my White’s metal detector, I managed to hear a slight threshold rise and a yellow flash from the LED on top of the detector. I estimated that the ring was about 1 foot down into the seabed. It took me some time to finally get the target into my scoop and after all the sand and gravel had washed from my scoop, there was a lovely two-tone gold ring showing for my efforts. I quickly checked the inside of the band for the engraving “colourful” and yes it was there! Another day or two and the ring would have been out of range for sure.
To her relief and happiness, Donna now has the ring back in her possession. I think her husband is in for a surprise as he currently doesn’t know it has been found.
Donna…..maybe you can add to the “comments” section and let us know of the outcome.
Thank you for letting me find you ring and trusting my phone call out of no-where !
Tony.
Here are some pictures and a “dry” video after I had found the ring.
Lost Monster 18K white gold ring at Swanbourne Beach, Perth…… has been found !!
Part 1;
Justine contacted me a few weeks ago with tales of woe.
She had lost a very large and expensive ring whilst wading in the shallows at Swanbourne Beach, here in Perth. Justine gave me a precise description and picture of the ring. It was a beautiful 18K white gold with a precious blue gem (sapphire?) set into the middle. The ring was a whopping 30 grams (or 1 troy oz in the old scale). I won’t disclose the exact value of the ring but lets just say it made my jaw drop. The ring had been hand made for her and the precious stone had originated from India or Sri Lanka (if I recall correctly).
The ring was sent flying off her finger when she had thrown a tennis ball to a friend. The size of the ring had made a definite “kerr-plunk” when it landed in about 1 metre of water.
Justine made some good mental notes of the lost zone as well as reference points back on the beach. I cannot stress the importance of doing this as soon as possible. Justine did a great job of doing this and luckily we also had a floating marker about 100 metres off shore.
The day she lost the ring was a warm and sunny 32C (90F) day with perfect conditions to try and hunt down the ring in the pristine waters. Unfortunately, a low pressure system managed to develop before I could get into the water which created very heavy seas, rain and swell. I took photo’s of the beach and measured an accurate distance back to the sand dunes as I had no idea how much beach would be stripped away. I also set some small lead weights with floats attached so as to gain some idea of where things would end up after the storm had passed. I have to admit that I wasn’t feeling too confident about ever seeing this ring again and it would be some time before conditions would even let me venture into the water. I assured Justine that I would hunt long and hard as soon as conditions improved.
Part 2; (3 weeks later)
Well at long last, hot summer weather with strong offshore winds finally arrived. I checked the beach cams and tide tables and everything was set up for perfect water hunting. My only concern was the sand that had either been washed in or out.
I hit the beach at 5am this morning and conditions were perfect. The water was clear and flat. My test targets were no where to be seen which was really disappointing. I think that maybe someone had removed them from the water which is not unreasonable I guess.
Anyhow, the sand was the problem as I could feel it was quite deep in places. I was looking for shells and depressions as well as heavier targets such as fishing sinkers and coins. I spent the next 3 hours digging junk targets such as beer caps and pull tabs. Some of these lighter targets were down quite deep so I knew that the ring was going to be way deeper into the sand. I had covered the area really well but for some reason I was thinking that the ring was further out as I could see a small drop off into deeper water.
When my first coin finally appeared in about 5 feet of water, I began to get hopeful and shortly after a lead fishing weight appeared in my scoop. I was definitely in the right area as the targets weren’t new drops but were corroded coins that had been in the water since the previous summer. I kept going into the sixth hour and had managed to dig about 20 targets but still no ring. I pushed out a little deeper into the drop off where it levelled out quite nicely and began to hunt the edge of the channel following the “coin trail”. This was a classic case of similar sized/weight targets being sorted by Mother Nature.
The detector signalled another deep target which I knew would take some digging. The yellow LED light on my detector flashed at me telling me something was there so I kept digging and digging until finally the signal from the hole was gone and that “something” was in my scoop. I let the sand melt away from my steel scoop and there in the bottom was one very large “silver” coloured ring. I think my hands were shaking a bit as I grabbed at the ring, the weight was astounding and as soon as I flipped the ring over and saw the dazzling blue stone in the sunlight then I knew that I had found what I was looking for.
I clenched my fists in elation as you can see from the actual video that I took “live”.
Another tide cycle and that ring would have been beyond the range of my detector and maybe lost forever.
Justine, it was a joy to find this ring for you. Thank you for seeking out TheRingFinders services but promise me that you won’t wear it in the water again !
Tony.
Here is a photo of Justine’s ring and the video of the discovery.
Attention “Michael”….your lost ring at Rottnest Island, Perth
Michael (from Geraldton, Western Australia).
I have lost your contact details. I am hoping you read this blog and make contact with me.
I will be looking for your ring this week out at Strickland Bay, Rottnest Island. I am hoping to find it from the specific details you gave me a few months ago.
If I find it then I will blog it here. I am unable to make any other contact with you. I will put the ring on the Perth “Gumtree” in the Lost & Found section.
As always, the item needs to be found first !
Tony.
Lost 18k white gold and diamond ring has been found on Rottnest Island, Perth
I headed off early this morning to Rottnest Island, which is about 20kms off the Perth coast.
Laura had contacted me as one of her friends had lost her ring after being dunked in the shallow water. I think they were celebrating her friends impending marriage so losing the engagement ring definitely wasn’t part of the celebrations. Laura was confident of the lost zone. I got details of the time the ring was lost and checked the local tide tables and it appeared the ring was lost at high tide and I was searching at low tide. Hopefully the ring might actually be out of the water.
Well the beach was littered with countless pulltabs and beer caps. This was an area that had probably never seen a metal detector so the amount of digging was unbelievable. I spent the next three and half hours gridding the area but the ring wasn’t revealing itself easily. I rescanned the area at 90 degrees and my final signal for the hunt was the ring! The glint of the diamond was the first thing I saw and what a great feeling it was too. I called Laura with the good news and then headed off to the Rottnest Hotel/Bar for a well deserved cold beer(s) as the return ferry was 4 hours away (most upset about that!).
Glad that today was successful as it wasn’t an easy hunt after all.
Tony.
Here is a quick picture and video of the find…
Lost platinum wedding ring has been found at Cottesloe beach, Perth
Well today it hit about 30C so summer is just around the corner. The beaches were busy on the webcams so it came as no surprise to me that my phone rang with someone seeking help with finding their lost items.
Paul had left platinum wedding ring on his beach towel as he was aware that it was slightly large on his finger and he wasn’t going to venture into the water with it on. Well we all know what happened next, so with a firm shake of the beach towel, Paul’s ring flew off somewhere into the dry, sugary sand.
Paul contacted his wife immediately and she Googled for help and fortunately TheRingFinders website came to the rescue. I grabbed my metal detector and gear and drove down to the search area which is about a 45 minute drive from home. I didn’t want to postpone the hunt as the young kid’s armed with their metal detectors would surely find the ring that evening and it would likely end up in their own treasure stash.
We quickly marked out a large square in the sand and proceeded to hunt for his ring. There is never a 100% guarantee with finding lost items but I was 99.9% confident that the ring would be found. A $2 coin popped up almost immediately and my next signal (low tone for Platinum?) was indeed Paul’s ring. It is really nice to get a quick result especially after my last hunt was unsuccessful.
Thanks Paul for the nice reward and it is great to see the ring back on your finger.
Please feel free to post any comments and if you want to include a photo of yourself with the ring then that would be great.
Tony.
