Hi! My name is Gary Bonin, and I joined The Ring Finders Directory to help people find their lost jewelry at beaches, parks, lakes, and yards. If you’ve lost something special and need it found, call me. I can help you find it. I work on a reward basis if the item is found, 20% of which is donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of RI. I do ask for a call-out fee of $25 just to cover my gas, up to 50 miles. For more information, please contact me.
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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…
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.
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Its been a while since I posted anything on my blog – I just havnt had any calls, for my service. I managed to get a mention in my companies in house newspaper, but despite my best efforts I couldn’t get them to mention The Ring Finders.com or my e mail address, (I guess it must be against company policy). At least they spelt my name correctly !
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.
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
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Just to let people know that you can hire a metal detector in Perth to look for your lost article but just be aware that there are a few cheap hire places but often their machines are very basic and may not work correctly. Better machines can be hired from prospecting type stores but there is a minimum 1 week hire at about $200 cost upfront plus a deposit should the detector be lost/stolen or damaged. You then need to learn how to use the machine and understand the sounds that it makes, which can take some hours of practice.
Looking for something in the water becomes quite difficult. As well as an underwater detector, you will need wetsuit, professional digging scoop, weight belt, mask/snorkle and an understanding of tides, winds, waves and swells to determine where to look.
You can hire me instead and only pay a finders fee if your lost item is recovered. I need a finders fee to keep this service going as I am always replacing equipment. Why not relax on the beach and let me do the hard work.
Tony.
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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.
Tags: found ring, gold wedding band, lost ring, metal detector hire, metal detector rental, Oakford, Perth
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I have had a two doses of fame this week, firstly an article in the local paper “The Brentwood Gazzete” I am on page THREE, (you would have to be from the U.K. to understand this humour).
Tags: Brentwood, Essex, lost ring, metal detector hire
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I would consider my latest search to be pretty much a long shot, as Edward – the gentleman concerned wasn’t 100% certain where he had lost his ring, it could be in the garden, in the house or at the supermarket. However due to the close proximity of his house to my new address in Bristol, (I am moving here from Essex soon), I thought it was worth a try. I duly turned up trusty Tesoro Silver Sabre in hand, and preceded to search three small raised vegetable plots, and two compost bins which Edward and his wife emptied, this only took about an hour.
The next stage of our search took considerable longer. In front of the compost bins there was a path were Edward thought the ring may have fallen, unfortunately despite being asked not to his landlord had dug up the path to put some steps in and shoveled all of the surplus soil into about 50 rubble sacks. We tipped them all out one at time spread all the earth on a sheet of plywood and I scanned it thoroughly to no avail. Despite my best efforts I was unable to locate the lost wedding ring.
I should also mention Edward and his wife also have a delightful two year old daughter, that they suspect may have taken the ring when it was placed on a bedside table, just a precaution they took her to the hospital to be scanned just in case she had swallowed it. I thought for a moment I was going to have to detect a toddlers tummy!
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