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Wedding ring lost in Duncan school field, found again by Jim
This Monday being a Holiday in Canada I was taking it easy around the house when my cell phone rang. The caller had been searching for over a week for his wife’s wedding ring lost at the local school. The rainy day caused a delay to my start, Luckily the husband had taken a photo of where the family had been in relation to the baseball diamond, so I had an excellent starting point, on a large grassy field. I oriented my search to the photo, and after a few minutes the sound of success rang in my ears. A few minutes later I presented the lady with her ring, she could hardly believe that I had found her ring so quickly, as she had considered it lost forever. With her spontaneous hug, and thanks and her beaming smile, I felt satisfied to have recovered this treasure for them. One more success for TheRingFinder on Vancouver Island.
Lost ring, Lansing, Michigan
front yard
back yard
Lost ring in Lansing Michigan still not found. Mr. Pearson assumed he lost a gold ring, in his yard, with 5 diamonds in it. The dimonds came from his wife and mothers rings and were very special to him. He was trimming a tree in the front yard and started taking the branches to his back yard and throwing them over his fence. It was a cold fall day and he was not wearing gloves.
He got ahold of me and I traveled the 6o miles to his home and searched the front and back yards and the area over the fence. I could not find it and being that it was very cold I told Mr. Pearson that I would be out in the Spring.
It is now Spring and the temp is about 80 degrees today. I brought my brother Doug and a friend Larry with me to do a complete grid search. We searched the fron and back yard, a garden area and the area over the fence that is adjacent to a cemetary. After questioning Mr. Pearson about places that it could be he was not quite certain that it was lost in the yard as it was a couple of days after the tree triming that he noticed it was gone.
I wanted to write this blog today just to show what we do as ringfinders. We question, we search, we question some more and generally we find. In the case of Mr Pearson we wished him well and left this fine gentleman knowing that we gave our best to find his ring.
Video of the story that aired on ABC-7 News in Ft. Myers, Florida
Here’s a link to a story ABC-7′s Paul Gessler did about me finding Mya’s Daddy’s wedding ring in the Gulf of Mexico: http://www.abc-7.com/global/story.asp?s=18067257
$50,000 Diamond Ring Found Omaha, NE
While at work I received an unexpected phone call form an insurance agent asking if I was still looking for rings. He then begins to tell me that he has a client who has lost a 3.4 carat diamond ring valued at $50,000 dollars and if I would be interested in looking for it, I think I said “yes”. He put me in contact with his client and we arranged to meet that afternoon.
By the time 3 pm rolled around the weather had gone from sunny and 60 to raining and 50 degrees. Unfortunately I had left the house without even a jacket. A quick stop at the store and I had a jacket off the clearance rack, a rain suit, and umbrella. I met the owner at the soccer complex, with umbrellas in hand we went out to where she was at two nights ago. After hearing her story I was confident it was lost on the complex and fairly confident nobody had simply picked it up.
She went on her way and I got geared up to begin the search. The rain came and went but the temperature continued to drop. I started my search along the sidewalk but stopped after about 30 feet. With roughly 500 feet of sidewalk, a couple hundred sq ft of soccer field, and only a few hours to hunt. I opted to concentrate around the soccer field where I figured she probably dropped it. By the time I finished looking around the soccer field, my shoes and gloves were soaked and I was chilled to the bone. I decided to warm up a bit and started covering the sidewalk on my way back to the car, deciding to skip the last field because there was a poor group of 10 year old girls playing in that miserable weather.
Looking out into the chilly haze I thought about giving it up for the evening. Then my phone rang it was Joe, I had invited him to come along for the hunt. He was all geared up and would be there in a couple of minutes…..great. His enthusiasm would curtail after a couple hours in this miserable weather. He started hunting the opposite side of the sidewalk on his way out back out to the soccer field, while I drove and hit up another clearance rack for a warmer shirt and dry socks. We hunted another 2 hours, with his enthusiasm chilled we decided to quit for the evening.
I knew the last chance would be the following evening (Friday), on the weekend there would be a thousand people at these fields. I started with the sidewalk again covering the little bit of area I skipped the night before. Not more than 100 feet and 15 minutes, I had a good signal…. pulled back the grass and saw the shiny item I was searching for. I immediately called the owner and let her know that I found something she might be interested in and made arrangements the following day to return it. I then placed a call to the insurance company, I’m not sure which one was happier.
Lost Ring Westford, MA. … FOUND
I received a phone call from a gentlemen regarding a lost wedding ring from Westford, MA. The couple is celebrating a silver anniversary, so the ring has a lot of sentimental value. After finding a rusted razor and a nail, I was able to locate the ring within 10 minutes of arriving to his house. I came up out of the wooded area and told him it was going to be a good day! His wife heard us, and ran from the back of the slider overcome with joy. Needless to say, the couple was elated and I was very happy that I could be of service.
Ring found in Massachusetts
Daughter’s Hand Once Fit Inside Dad’s Lost Wedding Ring, Recovered From The Gulf, off Naples, Florida!
Newborn Daughter's Hand in Dad's Wedding Ring
Every Father’s wedding ring is special. But, when Matt Wilson called us on Valentine’s Day and sent us this photo of his newborn daughter’s hand, easily fitting inside his ring… we knew we had to find it for him!
His miracle baby daughter, Mya, now a happy, healthy young girl, was born 12 weeks early and weighed in at only 1 pound, 10.8 ounces.
Now, years later, while having a photographer shoot their first family portrait, on a beach in Naples, Florida, Matt’s ring ended up in the drink!
He searched for the ring for hours, but ended up having to fly home without it. Then, thanks to TheRingfinders website, Matt was able to find us and sent us a map of the area and the photo of the ring.
It took three trips out to the area, but I was able to find it and return it to the family.
”I still remember the day I got the voice mail from him. I didn’t listen to the entire message, because I heard him say, ‘Hey Matt its Larry. I think I have some good news for you…’. I called him back and he read me the date off the inside of the ring. It was amazing! I had given up hope of it being found… but Larry came through for us!” - Matt Wilson
Memories scattered in ashes Ile du Grand Calumet / Souvenirs cachés dans les cendres Ile du Grand Calumet
Good day everyone,
On the 27th March I received an email from Isabelle to help her find lost jewelry lost in a horrible fire. Tragedy struck the family on the 3rd of January 2012, when playing dogs knocked over the christmas tree on a candle. Martin who is a volunteer firefighter for the municipality of Ile du Grand Calumet grabbed a fire extinguisher and put out the flames and succeeded, but almost immediately the couch caught fire, now with the fire extinguisher empty….there was nothing to be done, although the fire department was fast to respond…the house was a total lost. Searching through the ashes and debris ( all the metal and dangerous items wereremoved from the basement), I was on a mission to look for her metal jewelry box and to find her 5 year old daughters jewelry. I searched the ashes over a 2 day period. Clumps of silver were found near her daughters room, please note this fire was intense and burned at times at over 2000 degrees, melting everything in its path. Alot of change was found, some sentimental value items were also found, and her daughters ring and chain. These were all eye ball finds. The challenge was that there was alot of nails and other metal debris. Although Isabelle jewelry box was not found and Martin heirloom wedding band was not found either, a Swiss Army gold watch was found, her daughters ring was found, and other non metallic items. I would personnaly like to thank my brother in law Aymeric, Isabelle and Martin , the Ile du Grand Calumet volunteer firefighters, and Isabelle et Martin family for helping me search through the ashes to look for these valuable items. I thank everyone from the bottom of my heart and soul for your help. Merci !
I use a White’s XLT for my ring searches please visit www.whiteselectronics.com for great detectors and accessories.
Bonne journée à tous,
Le 27 Mars, j’ai reçu un courriel de part d’Isabelle pour l’aider à trouver des bijoux perdus dans un incendie horrible. La tragédie a frappé la famille le 3 Janvier 2012, lorsque les chiens jouait dans le salon ils ont renversés l’arbre de Noël sur une bougie. Martin, qui est un pompier volontaire pour la municipalité de l’île du Grand Calumet saisi un extincteur pour éteindre les flammes et a réussi, mais presque immédiatement après le canapé a pris feu, l’extincteur était vide …. il n’y avait rien à faire , bien que le service d’incendie a été rapide à répondre … la maison a été une perte totale.La recherche a débuter à travers les cendres et les débris (tous les éléments métalliques et dangereux ont été retirés du sous-sol), j’étais en mission pour trouver sa boîte à bijoux en métal et de lui trouver les bijoux de sa petite fille de 5 ans. J’ai cherché dans les cendres sur une période de deux jours. Un lots de monnaie ont été trouvés ou etait situer la chambre de sa fille, prenes note que les flammes on été tres intense et brûlé à plus que 2000 degrés, et a fait fondre tout sur son passage. Certains articles de grande valeur sentimentale ont également été trouvés, et la bague de sa filles et une petite chaîne. Tout les items trouvé ont etait trouver a l’oeil nue. Le défi, c’est qu’il y avait beaucoup de clous et d’autres métaux. Bien que la boîte à bijoux d’Isabelle n’a pas été trouvé et la bague de mariage d’héritage a Martin n’a pas été trouvé, La montre en or de Martin Swiss Army a été trouvé, la bague de sa fille a été trouvé, et d’autres items non métalliques, qui avait une grosse valeur sentimentale. Je voudrais personnellement remercier mon beau-frère Aymeric, Isabelle et Martin, les pompiers volontaire du Ile du Grand Calumet, et la famille de Isabelle et Martin de m’avoir aidé à faire la recherche à travers les cendres pour trouver ces objets de valeur sentimentale . Je remercie tous du fond de mon cœur et l’âme de votre aide. Merci!
Lost Platinum Wedding Band Recovered in Ashburn, Virginia!
I’m very proud of my perfect recovery record thus far as a member of The Ring Finders. The most recent recovery gives me a perfect 4 for 4 record! I must admit, this time it was my detecting buddy who I asked to come along with me that actually found the lost platinum ring we were looking for, but nonetheless the recovery was a success! Being able to make a couple’s St. Patty’s Day extra special sure was nice. I’ll let Sarah tell you the rest of the story in her own words….
My husband was out in our yard doing some gardening including spreading grass seed and pulling up weeds and throwing them over an embankment in a wooded area behind our house. A few hours after finishing the yard work, he noticed that his ring was missing. Even though he wasn’t sure he had lost it in the yard, he immediately went out there searching for hours with no luck. He was even able to rent a metal detector and searched the area and still had no success. He finally gave up and decided that the ring was lost for good. When he told me, I wasn’t sure that a metal detector would pick up platinum so I did a search online for lost platinum ring and I stumbled upon Jim’s blog. I sent him a quick e-mail asking if it would be worth it for him to come out if my husband had already searched with a metal detector. Jim wrote back right away saying that the skill of the detector had a lot to do with the ability to find things, so I figured we’d give him a try. Jim came out about a week later on St. Patrick’s day with his friend Lance. They both brought their metal detectors and after my husband gave them a description of his yard work activities they began searching in what they thought were the most likely areas to find the ring: over in the area where he was throwing weeds and in the area he had been planting the grass. Maybe 15 minutes after they arrived, I started to head out to meet them and my husband said to me “I hope you don’t get your hopes up.” I said I hadn’t, but I really had! I stepped outside and asked if they had any luck yet and they said they had found it already!! It was located in the area where my husband had been planting grass and was under about an inch of dirt. My husband and I couldn’t believe that they had found it so quickly! I think it took longer to write this letter than it took for them to find the ring. I later realized that it was the 5th anniversary of us getting engaged. So five St. Patrick’s days ago he had given me an engagement ring and on this one, he had gotten his wedding ring back! Now St. Patrick’s day is twice as lucky for us. Thanks again Jim and Lance!
There she is!
Lance and one happy camper!
Back where it belongs!
Found Tennis Bracelet Chelsea (Best Search Ever) / Trouvé Bracelet de Tennis Chelsea (Meilleur Trouvaille a ce Jour)
Good Evening Everyone,
Noone wants to have to make that call when it happens..when you lose that ring, or bracelet, or chain. Louise had to make that call to me on Wednesday night. Louise loves the outdoors and loves to walk a beautiful path in the woods behind her Chelsea home. On Wednesday afternoon she went for a walk with a friend and while walking she removed her a mitts a few times to fix her toque. The last time she did it her tennis bracelet got snagged on her mitts and it fell onto the snow covered pathway. She didn’t realize until an hour later she had lost her bracelet when she got home. She took several hours walking a snail-like pace to search for her bracelet but to no avail. That evening she Googled for metal detectors and found my profile page and blog and that is when she made that phone call. I had arranged to search the next day but the rain decided to not stop, so arrangements were made to search friday morning. Friday morning we met at Louise beautiful home and she showed me the pathway. I grabbed my trusting sidekick White’s XLT and we started the search. After 2 and half hours and almost reaching the end of the path ( the path is shaped like a noose), I received a strong hit, after pinpointing I moved the coil away, and there in the sunlight I saw what look liked a piece of broken shoelace. I took my pinpointer and tested the snow around it. The pinpointer shook strongly, I removed the snow and picked it up the beautiful tennis bracelet. Louise was behind me, I told her ” I ‘ve got it” and swung around and showed to her. A loud yell echoed through the woods as she took the bracelet and gave me a huge bear hug squeezing the air out of my lungs and telling me Thank You. She thought her tennis bracelet that her husband gave to her was gone forever, but she found Stéphane the best Metal Detectorists of the East Coast ! She was in good hands. I love my hobby and what I do by returning lost jewelry to people who have lost them. If you lnow anyone who has lost a piece of jewelry, or needs to find a property stake, or you need an estate search to look for that hidden booty, please don’t hesitate and call Stéphane the Ring Finder at 819-205-2290. I love my work Hope to hear from you soon. Thank You ! I use a White’s XLT for my ring searches please visit www.whiteselectronics.com for great detectors and accessories.
Bonsoir à tous,
Personne ne veut avoir à faire cet appel quand ceci arrive .. quand vous perdez une bague, ou un bracelet, ou une chaîne. Louise a dû faire appel à moi dans la soirée de mercredi. Louise aime le plein air et aime marcher sur un chemin magnifique dans les bois derrière sa maison a Chelsea. Le mercredi après-midi, elle alla se promener avec une amie et en marchant elle a enlevé c’est mitaines à quelques reprises pour fixer sa tuque. La dernière fois qu’elle l’a fait son bracelet de tennis s’est accroché à sa mitaines et il est tombé sur la piste couvert de neige. Elle c’est pas rendu compte que juste une heure plus tard, qu’elle avait perdu son bracelet . Elle a pris plusieurs heures de marche un rythme d’escargot à la recherche de son bracelet, mais en vain. Ce soir-là, elle fait une recherche sur Google pour les détecteurs de métaux et a trouvé mon profile et mon blog et c’est cette soirée la qu’elle allait faire cette appel et que sa peine allait disparaitre. Je m’étais arrangé pour chercher le lendemain, mais la pluie a décidé de ne pas arrêter, alors on a décider de faire la recherche vendredi matin. Vendredi matin, j’ai rencontré Louise a sa belle maison et elle m’a montré le sentier. J’ai attrapé mon acolyte de confiance mon White’s XLT et nous avons commencé la recherche. Après 2 heures et demie et presque atteint la fin du sentier (le chemin est façonné comme un noeud coulant), j’ai reçu une forte tonalité dans mes oreilles, et là, dans la lumière du soleil, j’ai vu ce que ressemblait un morceau de lacet cassé. J’ai pris mon Pinpointer et testé la neige autour du lacet. Le Pinpointer secoua fortement, j’ai enlevé la neige et le ramassa le bracelet de tennis. Louise était derrière moi, je lui ai dit” Je l’ai trouvé” et je me suis retourné vers elle pour lui montrer le bracelet. Un grand cri retentit dans les bois,elle a pris le bracelet et me donna une forte caresse a faire sortir l’air de mes poumons et des larmes de joie coulait sur sa joue. Elle pensait que son bracelet de tennis que son mari a donné etait disparu à jamais, mais elle a trouvé le chercheur de bijoux sur la côte Est! Elle était en de bonnes mains. J’aime mon passe-temps et ce que je fais en trouvant les bijoux perdus pour les personnes qui les ont perdus. Si vous connaissez quelq’un ou si c’est vous quiconque a perdu un morceau de bijoux, ou a besoin de trouver un piquet de propriété, ou vous avez besoin d’une recherche immobilière pour trouver ce butin caché, s’il vous plaît n’hésitez pas et appelez Stéphane le Chercheur de Bijoux (The Ring Finder) à 819-205-2290 . J’aime mon travail J’espère avoir de vos nouvelles bientôt. Merci!
Saugerties New York Class Ring Found in Cape Cod
In July 2011 I was with a few friends Detecting the Cape Cod waters and found a silver school ring. On the ring was written Saugerties, Grace and 2010. A few days later I started emailing a few of the resource offices at the school along with the Principle. In November i resent some emails and finally got a response from the Principle. He stated that he would try to help. The middle of February came and i received an email stating that Grace had been found and that I will be receiving and email soon. With in a half an hour the email came from Glenn stating that he couldn’t believe that I had found it and was going to return it for only a thank you and a picture. He said she was devastated about loosing it and thought it was gone forever. We made arrangements for me to send it to him ( after I had it cleaned) for she was in college and he would give it to her during spring break. As you can see in the photo she was great full to have it back . It’s by far the longest I’ve taken to track down an owner, I’m just happy i was able too.
