platinum Tag
Lost Engagement Ring Recovered In Severn Maryland!
Back on April 3rd, I was contacted by Laurie via email informing me that over the weekend she lost her wedding ring while doing yard work. What I remember most about the email was her last sentence……..” I’m absolutely heartbroken”. I got back to her the same day and we made arrangements to come out that weekend. Once again, my detecting buddy Lance was available to tag along. Were we successful you ask? I’ll let Laurie tell the story in her own words…..
We were outside most of the day Saturday. My husband was working in the yard all day. I was outside most of the day as well , simultaneously cleaning up the flowerbeds and the kids’ play area and playing with the kids. After coming in for the day, we had a quick dinner, gave the kids a bath and put them to bed. Once the kids were in bed and we had a chance to relax we realized my engagement ring was missing. We panicked and tried to look for it in the house and outside, even though it was dark. We barely slept and continued the search on Sunday and for the next couple days. We sifted through the bags of yard waste, checked drains in the house, took apart our washing machine and used a cheap metal detector that we had in our garage. We had no luck finding the ring but kept googling for ideas. We came across Jim’s web page and figured we had nothing to lose. We e-mailed Jim and he responded right away. He told us not to throw out our yard waste so that they could check it with their detectors. We arranged for Jim and his buddy Lance to come out in a few days. They arrived as scheduled and were very friendly and eager to help find the ring. They asked some questions about what we were doing and where and then they got to work. They were very methodical in their search and their equipment was top-notch. Within and hour of searching, Lance found the ring in a bag of yard waste. As our daughter said, “Yay, nice men!” Thanks again Jim and Lance! ~ Laurie & Jason
I tell you what, the feeling never gets old returning something to someone that has practically given up hope of ever seeing it again. And this 100% success rate I(we) have going……I’m really getting use to it!
Lance and a very happy Laurie!
Glad we got this beauty back!
Platinum Wedding Ring Recovered from The Gulf of Mexico, off SANIBEL ISLAND, FL
While checking-out of The Sundial Resort on Sanibel Island, Mike realized his platinum wedding ring was missing! It had rarely left his finger since his marriage to Erika, ten years ago. But, now, it was GONE!
His best guess was that it was lost at sea… a casualty of playing football on a sandbar, 20-30 feet off the beach. He emailed us a map outlining where he thought it might be, and when the wind and tide were right, I drove out to the island and got to work.
Hours of thoroughly searching the area, in knee-to-waist-deep water, turned up nothing but junk. But, I wasn’t about to give up and returned to give it another go, finding it in the dip between the beach and the sandbar.
Funny thing is, when it happens… when you find yourself staring down into your scoop at that ring… time tends to stop in it’s tracks! You blink a lot, as if to make sure your eyes are working right, and then you just stand there for a minute, in awe.
Minutes later, I’m on the phone for the best part of all… Mike’s reaction when I tell him, “I found your ring”!
The inscription: Love Always, Erika!
(This was my favorite wet find of 2010… 2011 & 2012 will follow.)
Lost Jewelry ,Woonsocket, Rhode Island,
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.
Platinum wedding band found in Denver, CO parking lot
Chris's platinum wedding band
Sunday night December 4, I am sitting in my bed reading my favorite metal detecting magazine when I hear our phone ring at 10:30 pm. My wife’s mother was expected to call that evening so I assumed that that was who was calling. Within a few seconds I hear my wife walking up the stair talking on the phone. Diane hands me the phone and says it is somebody who has lost a ring. I answer the phone and Chris Tatum is on the other end, he is in the parking lot of a pizzeria where he has just lost his ring. He tells me that he has searched the area around his car but cannot find his ring and was wondering if I could come out that night and look for the ring. There are a couple inches of freshly fallen snow covering the parking lot and the temperature is 11 degrees. I realize that timing is critical because this parking lot will more than likely be plowed first thing in the morning. I let Chris know that I will be at his location in about a half an hour.
I get dressed, start getting my equipment together and then I have to explain to my wife why I am heading out of the house at 10:45 with my metal detectors while snow falling in bitterly cold temperatures. But we both agree that this search has to occur now so out the door I go.
I arrived at the pizzeria and introduce myself and Chris explains how he was wiping snow off his driver’s seat when he heard his platinum wedding band hit the asphalt parking lot. It was quite obvious where he and his wife had searched for the ring without any luck. I prepped my Whites XLT with Bigfoot coil and began my search. I began my search over the areas that they had searched by eyeballing the site. Soon I expanded my search beyond our original search area, still no luck. By this time my hands are numb and I need to get my gloves out. I continue my search beside a concrete wall that is loaded with steel reinforcing where I heard the definite sound of a ring come from my XLT. I carefully dug through the snow and got my hands on Chris’ ring. The ring laying under 3 inches of snow 20 feet away from where I had expected it to be. This search took only 20 minutes but it was a pretty intense 20 minutes due to conditions.
Ring recovered December 4, 2011.
A frigid Chris holding his wedding band
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.
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
Ring found in yard near Longmont, Colorado
Marshall Lipps lost his platinum wedding ring while doing yard work in the spring. He had trimmed some ornamental grasses and bushes and taken the clippings to a composting pile towards the back of the property. Since they live on a small acreage the ring could have been along a sizable path or someplace not thought of. Marshall even went to a rental place and rented a metal detector twice in an attempt to recover his ring. But he was not able to locate the ring using the rental detector.
Marshall then came upon the “Ring Finders” site and contacted me to assist in the search for his ring. By now it had been three weeks since he had lost his ring. Marshall and I walked the area where he was working and talked about what it was he was doing along with a demonstration of his actions.
I set out the search for Marshall’s ring searching the area of the ornamental grasses and the path to the compost pile. I ended up finding it near the compost pile but in an area that wasn’t expected as he didn’t recall being quite that far to the side of the pile. Marshall was happy to see his ring, but his wife was even happier.
Ring recovered on Mar 20, 2011.
- Marshall reunited with his ring
Lost a Ring; Troy, Albany, Schenectady New York area
My Name is Daniel Hurley and I have a unique service here in Troy, Albany, Schenectady New York area that helps people find their lost jewellery at beaches, parks, yards.Everyone’s jewellery has a emotional story attached to it, and that story ends when they lose it…What I do is help continue that story by finding their lost items.
Thank you for your time and look forward to hearing from you!
Kind Regards,
Daniel Hurley
518-694-6886
Please visit my profile page on The Ring Finders Directory: http://theringfinders.com/Daniel.Hurley/
(When you want your lost ring to Find you!)
Lost Platinum wedding ring search in Danbury CT
On 1/12 i received a call from a man named Tim from Danbury ct who lost his platinum wedding ring while throwing his Christmas tree out.Tim told me he went out to the sporting good store and bought a metal detector and him and his wife spent 4 hours looking for the ring and could not find it.
The Danbury area was just hit with a massive snow storm that ended earlier in the day up to 27 inch’s of snow.So I head out a few min’s after i got the call. I Got over to Tim’s home around 9:10pm. Let’s just say the snow was deep over my knees good thing i brought my fishing waders with me.
Tim was not sure where the ring came off but was sure he had it on when he took the tree out. Tim throw the tree of the 2nd floor balcony so i started my search in the area around the balcony i could see where the tree landed and where he walk dragging the tree about 150 to 200 yards to the dumpster. I spent about 25 min’s grid searching the back area i was sure the ring was not in this area. Started to walk down the road scanning the snow bank along the side as we walked to the dumpster. Nothing there. We get to the area of the dumpster and Tim tells me there was a car parked in front to it and a truck to the other side so he only had a small area to walk trough to get to the dumpster. I could see where Tim and his wife had spent there time looking for it earlier there was a pile of snow that had been shoveled so that’s were i start to scan i sweep my coil over the pile 2 or 3 times and get i nice hit at about 6 inch’s stick my pin pointer down where the signal was to check it out. Scooped out a few scoops of snow and went at it with the pin pointer and there it was tims wedding band. Tim could not believe i found his ring not even a minute after getting to the dumpster area. You could say Time was excited to have his ring back as was his wife considering that ring has only been on times finger for 4 months.
Lost Platinum Ring Found in Los Gatos
Campbell dad finds his ring in Los Gatos park
Today we got a call from a Campbell dad who had just lost his platinum wedding band at a park in Los Gatos. He had already hunted for the ring on hands and knees for an hour when his wife found Ring Finders on the web. We headed over to the park with two metal detectors.
The owner showed us how the ring had flown off his finger when he threw a soccer ball over his head. We re-enacted the toss a few times with another ring to identify the search area. But after an hour, we still hadn’t found it.
Then we searched closer to where he had been standing, and found it very quickly. Unbelievably, the ring had fallen almost at his feet. Dad has decided to get his ring resized so that it doesn’t fall off again.
