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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 marked a search zone in the sand, 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 this line of sight identified the place where he felt the ring most likely landed.
I carefully gridded the search zone 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 search zone, 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 deep in 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 news that we had found her ring.
$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 Wedding Ring Found in East Bay Back Yard
CJ was happy when we found her gold and diamond wedding ring
CJ called me when, after spending a whole afternoon weeding and cleaning her back yard, she noticed her wedding ring was missing. The good news was, she hadn’t left her 100-year-old East Bay home since she last saw the ring. The other news was, she had worked in every part of the back yard and side yard, including the wood pile, compost piles and green waste bin.
It was nearly a week before I could detect the yard, because we’ve had a lot of rain. When I arrived, CJ showed me everywhere she had worked that day. I focused on the main yard, where CJ had done the most work, including a lot of weeding. On one side of the yard were two compost piles, each about five feet wide. My initial scans turned up lots of metal junk, including nails, screws, lead, aluminum and brass. I can tell my metal detector to ignore certain metals like iron, but that’s not always a good idea, because you can also lose faint gold signals that way.
I got a lot of signals in one low spot between the two compost piles. Most showed up as iron, but another signal was also evident. I dug into the soft dirt and pulled out a total of six nails and deck screws, and there were still more signals coming through. Target number seven turned out to be CJ’s beautiful gold and diamond wedding ring.
Amazingly, the ring was 4-5 inches underground. Because the compost piles were loose and soft, dirt had washed down into the low area during the rain. Early searches could have buried it deeper. The moral of this story is, don’t disturb the area where you lose your ring, and dig everything!
Here’s what CJ had to say:
“Thank you Dave! If I hadn’t been watching – the entire time - I would not have believed how and where you found my wedding ring, today!
“There it was amid the wood screws and rusty old nails under almost 6 inches of mud after only 5 days of rain. Your experience, patience, and expertise, really saved the day! A less experienced detector may have dismissed the cache of metal screws and the ring would have been lost to me, perhaps forever.
“We are so relieved and so grateful. I will be happy to recommend you to anyone.”
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Gold and diamond wedding ring lost in East Bay back yard
The gold wedding ring was hidden among nails and screws
Wedding ring set found in Fort Collins, Colorado
Chiyoko reunited with her rings
While out walking her dog with her kids Chiyoko Hogan lost her wedding & engagement rings while attempting to toss a snowball at her two wonderful daughters. The rings escaped her hand, hit a handrail that was beside the sidewalk she was on and then hid from sight under 2-3 inches of freshly fallen snow. Chiyoko did not see the ring set leave her figure but she did hear it hit the metal handrail. Immediately the search for the rings began but due to the two pre-teen children and dog on the lease, efforts were hindered. She went into her apartment with tears in her eyes to get her husband Joshua to assist in the search. The couple moved several inches of snow because of previous snow along with the fresh snow in an attempt to find the ring set.
After a couple hours of searching Joshua went to a local retail store to purchase a metal detector. The detector that was purchased was not of very good quality but should have been able to find the ring. They searched the area again without luck again. Joshua knew that the detector that was purchased wasn’t of good quality so he went to a store where he could rent a metal detector. The rental detector was definitely a better quality machine, but without experience using such a machine even the world’s best metal detector would not be much help. They searched the area that they expected the ring to be in one more time hoping the detector would alert them to the rings’ location.
After a quick internet search the couple came upon my Ring Finders profile and contacted me Friday night night. Unfortunatly I was not home that night due to having plans with my wife that niht. But Joshua left a message and contact information so that I could get ahold of him at an appropriate time. I called Joshua the next morning and he told me the basic information of the rings’ loss We made arrangements for me to come and search for the ring later on that day, Saturday, February 11, 2012. Unfortunately Chiyoko would not be able to be there when I made my search for her rings due to having to fly back to her former home town to see a sick relative.
Upon arriving at their residence Joshua took me to the area of the rings loss and described the circumstances of the rings’ loss and their attempts to recover the ring. I put my detector together and proceeded to search the area that they had searched previously. After recovering a couple of non-ring targets I decided to switch coils in order to get closer to some metal yard edging. While changing out coils I also needed to put on my gloves, the temperature at that time was around 17 degrees. After another 15 minutes search I heard a good signal on the opposite side of the sidewalk that they expected the ring to be. I looked over at Joshua and said “This sounds REALLY good”. When I pulled some snow back I could see the glint of the 14 kt while gold shining up at me. We had recovered Chiyoko’s rings! Joshua was ecstatic and a bit taken aback as he had previously searched this area with the purchased and rented detectors. This once again proves that expertise in the use of a metal detector can be the key to finding such things as this BEAUTIFUL ring set
Chiyoko's 14 kt white gold wedding ring set
Lost and Found Ring in Southwest Florida (Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel, Captiva Island, Marco Island, Estero, Bonito Springs, Naples, Venice, Sarasota, Cape Coral)
From simple gold rings or bracelets to diamond-encrusted wedding bands… if you have a pretty good idea of where the item might be, I have the skill, equipment, experience and patience to find it for you.
I’ll meticulously search grid patterns in and around the area… on land or in the water. So, don’t just give up on finding your valuables!
I can be reached at: Larry.Spearing@TheRingFinders.com
Lost Diamond Ring in Port Coquitlam, PoCo…Found!
I was at work when I received a call from Patrick who asked if I could help find a ring that his wife Colleen lost that day. Patrick was calling me from Phoenix Arizona but his wife was home in Port Coquitlam, she was at a local school when she was throwing a ball for her dog and the ring came off her finger.
Colleen spent over an hour searching for the ring but had no luck, she then called her husband with the bad news.
Patrick wasted no time and went online and found The Ring Finders Directory and my service here in Vancouver / Lower Mainland. We discussed the search and due to the area the ring was lost at I knew I had to search for it after work that night.
After a 13 1/2 hour day at work I went home grabbed my detector and headed out to PoCo, with Patrick’s help via phone at 12:50 a.m… I located the exact area his wife was playing ball with her dog.
After 30 minutes of grid searching this beautiful ring showed itself…I quickly took a picture and emailed it to Patrick. A minute later I received a call from a very happy young man!
What a great couple! Nice to meet you both and thank you for the kind reward!
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Video of the search below…
My lost ring finding equipment
Success in most things, including finding lost rings or other valuables usually comes down to using quality, professional equipment and sometimes a little bit of luck! The luck often seems to take care of itself but choosing the best equipment for the job is the result of 30+ years of experience with a metal detector.
Below is a picture or two of the equipment I currently use to help people find their lost rings and valuables as well as a picture of some of my 30,000+ finds over the years. My current equipment consists of…
* White’s MXT Pro Metal Detector (Chosen because of it’s great sensitivity to Gold/Platinum Rings & Jewelry)
* An assortment of search coils for a variety of situations
* A Professional hand-held metal detector
* Top quality headphones (Black-widows) for hearing the faintest signals)
* A wide assortment of digging tools
* Many other things I use depending on the situation
So, if you’ve lost a Silver, Gold or Diamond ring, family heirloom or any other precious valuable (even lost keys!) in Gwinnett, Fulton, Dekalb or metro Atlanta or your just curious to see what’s buried in your own yard or you’re wondering if those old family rumors about “old uncle Ed” burying Gold or Silver on the property may be true – Let me put my 30 years of experience to work for you. Contact me A.S.A.P. – Let me find your precious lost valuable for you before someone else finds it for themselves!
Lost Diamond Ring Lake Okauchee Wisconsin
This was an exciting hunt! MaryRose contacted us about a 4 karat diamond ring that had been kicked off her hand accidently at a local gathering point on the lake. As with many rings that are lost in a lake, precise pinpointing of where the ring came off is key. A local news outfit actually took an airial photo of the boat gathering that day out on the lake. (there must have been a hundered boats all hooked together). We took this photo and did some handy overlay work with different computer programs and added GPS cordinates right where we believed to be the spot. Now comes the hard part; the ring would be lost in a section of the lake that is pure muck, approximately 3 -4 feet deep of muck and 6 -7 feet deep in water. As soon as we starting diving we could see beer & pop cans everywhere. We spent a total of 9 hours just removing cans, glasses and trash. Now we had the areas clean enough to do some serious detecting. We changed air tanks, dropped a PVC 10 X 10 grid we had made into the water and startted scanning. 10 minutes later we found it!!! What a beautiful ring. 18K that must have weighed close to 2 ounces and that incredible rock in the center. So glad we found it MaryRose, and thanks so much to your brother who helped out in this hunt and made this a smooth recovery!!!
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Darrin & Marc