gold wedding band Tag
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14 kt wedding ring found in Denver, CO yard
Ben Spiking was doing the typical fall yard work of racking up leaves and dead grass, bagging that debris and placing it for pick up. While cleaning up after his work he noticed that he no longer had his 14 kt white gold wedding band on his figure. He immediately began a search for his ring. He quickly pulled the bags of refuse from the back alley and placed them within his fenced yard. He
Ben's wedding band
started to empty the bags one at a time and carefully go through the yard waste. After three of the bags had been gone through leaf by leaf, Ben realized that going through the 8 remaining bags was going to be a daunting task and may be fruitless as well.
A quick internet search led Ben to Ring Finders and my profile page. Ben called my home phone and left a message which was relayed to me by my wife as I was in the mountains elk hunting at the time. Where I was camping there is no cell phone service but I had made arrangements to check in back at home every couple of days. My wife gave me the critical information and I called Ben’s wife Kim to set up my search.
I arrived at the Spiking’s residence and Kim gives me a quick explanation of what had occurred the day of the rings loss. I began my search with my White’s XLT with a bigfoot coil. I searched the whole front yard and then the path through the back yard to the gate. I search the remaining bags of yard waste and the area where Ben had searched through the first 3 bags of yard waste, no luck. I then made my way back to my truck and switched out coils to my factory 9 ½” coil and searched the front yard again. There was an area in the northwest portion of the yard with several pieces of shredded aluminum can and pieces of aluminum fascia were just under the surface of the ground. I pulled up several pieces of the aluminum but there was enough metal in the ground that pinpointing was difficult at best. Once again I head to my truck and switch to 4”x6” coil and head back the area with all the aluminum. After another 20 minutes search I found the ring. I spent just over two hours searching this yard, and even I was beginning to wonder if I could find the ring. But with the right equipment for all kinds of searching you can tilt the odds in your favor.
Ring recovered November 11, 2011.
Kim happy to be holding Ben's wedding ring.
Wedding ring found in Longmont, CO yard
While cleaning up debris left behind by a recent snow storm Matt Smalley lost his 14 kt white gold wedding band. Matt performed an “eyeballing” search for his ring but it was unable to locate his ring. Matt found my profile on Ring Finders and contacted me, giving me the basic information and we set a date for me to come and look for his ring.
I arrived at the prescribed date and time; Matt had taken that afternoon off work so that he would be able to explain his work site and what he was doing the day of the rings loss. The day was a bit cool so after Matt had shown my around he went back into his house to stay warm.
I prepared my equipment and set about on my search. Within a couple of minutes I heard the sound of a ring laying on the surface. As I parted the grass I could see the white gold band that was hiding very well under the leaves and brown grass. I retrieved the ring and made my way to the front door to return Matt’s ring.
Ring recovered November 1, 2011.
Matt's ring
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 Ring Found in Larkspur, Marin County
Lost Wedding Ring Found in Larkspur
Wayne contacted us a few days ago to say that his wife Rosie had lost her wedding ring while gardening. She’d been pulling weeds, amending the soil, and planting new plants when she discovered the ring was missing. This was strange, because the ring fit snugly on her finger, and had never come off before. They had tried using a metal detector, but couldn’t find the ring anywhere.
When we arrived, Rosie showed us the front garden plot. It wasn’t large, perhaps 30 feet by 2 feet. We were concerned about whether our larger metal detectors would work, because there were railroad ties forming the front border of the plot, and a wall along the back side, and both contained screws and other embedded iron fasteners.
So we started by scanning the plot quickly with a handheld metal detector called a pinpointer. We found about a dozen nails and sprinkler parts, but no ring. Now we knew the top layer of soil was mostly clear of metal, but we still had the screws along the front and back to contend with.
We scanned the bed again with a larger metal detector set to discriminate out, or ignore, most iron. This is a tricky process, because if you tell the detector to discriminate out too much iron, you will lose the ability to find smaller gold targets like rings. But we had to be able to ignore those pesky screws.
It worked. About 5-6 inches deep in the soil, buried under one of the new plants, we found the ring. It’s a beauty, inset with black diamonds, one of the most unique rings we’ve recovered. Rosie was very happy to get it back.
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Lost Ring Warwick, Providence, Rhode Island
Hi my name is Laurence Fielding. I am a Professional metal detectorist and Know what it is like to lose something of great sentemental value. I am here to help you. That’s why I joined THE RING FINDERS . The sooner you contact me the better the chance we have of finding your lost item.
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.
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Lost white gold wedding ring has been found in Perth
I received a call from Tracy earlier this week regarding her husband’s lost gold ring. The big white gold ring was lost in a corner of her property, amongst thick grass and bushes. Tracy was confident that the ring was in an area of about 10 metres by 10 metres.
I arrived yesterday morning feeling confident that the ring would be found easily but as we all know, “if you miss it by an inch you miss it by a mile”.
The weather wasn’t going to plan and sure enough, the rain really set in. I joked that I should have brought along my underwater detector as the puddles began to form in the search area. Tracy managed to get me a pair of rubber boots which were definitely going to be needed today. I wrapped my newly purchased Tesoro detector in a plastic bag and set off to find the ring, full of hope and optimism.
Well, let’s fast forward 2 hours and see what we have found. Yep, I had found a piece of wire and a bottle cap for my efforts! I had searched the area 100% and the ring was no where to be seen. The ground was a heavy, mineralised clay that my detector didn’t like one bit but I had tested my gold ring and it signalled through nice and clear. Where the @#*&% was this ring? I had doubled the search area and still nothing. All I knew was that I hadn’t swept my coil over it.
The property boundary fence wasn’t really close to the search zone and the metal wire fence meant that I couldn’t get within two feet either side of it without the detector screaming at me. I made the decision to cease using the metal detector and started eye-balling along the fence line. The amount of roadside metal junk also made using the metal detector pointless if the ring was nearby. I decided that there wasn’t much more to be done with this search so I trudged off inform Tracy of the bad news.
Tracy was naturally disappointed but very appreciative of my efforts. I thanked her for the fuel money and the very nice gift of an old Garrett Groundhog metal detector which showed signs of life after I switched it on.
I told Tracy that I would return during the summer as by this time the thick grass that impeded my searching somewhat would have died off. It was really frustrating leaving without finding the ring…….a large 18K white gold ring was out there somewhere.
As I was about to turn onto the main road and head home, the rain decided to stop and the sun broke through the heavy clouds……”ah, what the heck, one last quick walk along the fence line”, I said to myself. I hopped out of the car and walked the same ground that I had covered only 30 minutes ago. As I started my way back to the car, I was casually scanning the ground and then suddenly, peeking through the gravel and clay was a silvery object that just flashed at me. I immediately thought it was a beer cap or similar junk object but on closer inspection it was indeed a very large and heavy white gold ring…..unbelievable. That is two consecutive searches where rings have been found within the last seconds of searching.
Tracy was elated with the discovery and just so satisfying to know that the ring isn’t lying somewhere, lost forever?
Thank you Tracy for the nice reward and the Garrett detector. I may have to send it in for servicing. Please feel free to add a comment to this post.
Regards,
Tony.
Lost womans gold wedding band, FOUND! near Nicklaus North golf course.
Another successful find, a woman was mountain biking on a hot summer day up in Whistler when she took a tumble and lost her ring. I recieved an e-mail from Brent and made arrangements to meat him and his wife and daughter at the location. It was hot and sunny and the bugs were INSAIN! It was on a mountain biking trail just near the golf course. I got to work quick as I didn’t have any bug spray and a few moments later I found the tiny ring, I think I got bit by more bugs that one day than I did all summer. Glad I could help.
Lost Ring in West Covina, Calif, Found! (4) Transformed!
4 melted down wedding bands Transformed into Gold Ring
In 1975 I purchased my first metal detector it was a Compass 6b. I took the detector home that day and immediately proceeded to detect the front lawn of the house we were renting in West Covina Calif. To my surprise I found a Gold wedding band within minutes. Needless to say I was hooked on this hobby of metal detecting from that time even until now. I continued to detect that front lawn for the next three hours and found three more Gold wedding bands and a silver Chinese ring. You could say that beginners luck had graced me abundantly. I took those 4 Gold wedding bands and put them into a finds box where they stayed for the next nine years. Secretly my wife took the 4 wedding bands to a Jeweler friend of ours who melted them down and hand crafted them into one beautiful Gold wedding band. My wife had the Jeweler put on the ring in Hebrew a verse from the Holy Bible. Song of Solomon chapter 6 VS 3 which reads: “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine” I still wear this ring today and cherish the memory of the finds but most importantly I cherish my wife of 36+ years who had the 4 Gold rings transformed for me.
Lost platinum ring has been found at Mullaloo beach, Perth
George contacted me recently via TheRingFinders directory. He had just lost his large platinum wedding ring in the shallow waters of Mullaloo, a popular Perth beach.
George actually felt the heavy ring slide off his finger but to his credit he did a great job in using some beach landmarks to reference the area.
George is from Scotland and is currently on his honeymoon in Perth so the loss of his ring at the end of his holiday was very disappointing. He and his wife are due to fly home today with George thinking that his ring would be enjoying an extended stay at the beach.
The real problem was the shallow area was the “wave zone” with constant waves and white water crashing and surging up the beach and then draining back out to sea with just as much force. I knew this hunt would be a challenge and real determination and patience was the order of the day.
I hit the beach early yesterday morning and started gridding the area as best I could. The constant 2 foot waves and white water along with all that stirred up sand made the going really tough. I have hunted in conditions like this before and got rewarded with a steel scoop to the back of the head and a detector shaft that was nearly bent in half. I conceded defeat today as the swell just wouldn’t back off and gridding 100% was futile. I had checked the internet before hunting and saw that the conditions were going to improve by Friday so I decided to temporarily abandon the hunt.
The following morning saw me back at the beach at daybreak with a strong desire to scoop up this ring one way or another. Fortunately the swell had dropped significantly so I decided to hit the same area again but started out deeper in case the backwash had sucked the ring into a small offshore “gutter”. I managed to quickly find a couple of coins and a silver ring so I was really confident I was on the right trail. My next signal was quite strong and in between the small waves I managed to scoop up something that made a nice clunk in the bottom of my scoop. After the sand had melted away, there lay George’s honker of a platinum ring….finally all of that effort had paid off.
I have just called George with the good news. The long flight back to Scotland might just feel okay, now that the ring will be back on his finger.
Great to meet you and family George…..keep that ring safe in chilly Glasgow.
Regards,
Tony.
George’s platinum wedding ring….FOUND !!
