ring found Tag

Lost wedding band found..!! Orangeville, Ontario.

August 8th, 2011 by

I received a call from Ben about a week and a half ago about his wedding band that had fallen off in his parents backyard pond.

Ben had been visiting his parents, and decided to do some work around the pond, like pulling out bullrushes and chopping down a tree on a large island in the middle of the pond. He used a floating, wooden dock to place the branches and bullrushes on then laid down on his stomach on the dock and used his hands to paddle to shore. After making a few trips across the water, he noticed his ring was gone.

That’s when I got the call from Ben.

He thought the water was only between 3-4 feet deep and that it would be an easy search for me. He then warned me about large leaches in the pond. Great..!!

We met at the house on Saturday August 6, 2011. What a beautiful home on a very large property..!!

The size of the pond is huge..!!!

As soon as I got into the water and stirred it up, the water turned to black ink. Also, it was a lot deeper than 3-4 feet near the middle.

Closer to 8 feet deep. After trying everything we could with no luck, we called it a day.  Ben asked me to call in a dive team and try again on Monday August 8th,2011. I said I would and left for home. I did not enjoy the drive. I hate leaving a search site with no results.

I returned on Monday August, 8th with John and Luigi, the divers, AWESOME divers..!! They are a father and son team. John is the father. After getting geared up, John entered the water and began to grid search in ZERO visibility as myself and Luigi grid searched the grass around the pond just in case the ring was not in the water.

After searching blind in the pond for over three hours, John pops out of the water with a huge smile, arms raised in a V and Ben’s ring on his thumb..!!! I told you they were awesome divers..!!

We then met with Ben at his work and gave him his ring back. He was very happy and extremely grateful.

So happy we got your ring back for you Ben..!!

I think I’ll take you up on that cold beer now……..

Also, thank you for the nice reward today.!

 

Take care,

Mark Ellis

Wedding ring found in back yard – Lakewood, Colorado

July 1st, 2011 by

Olivia Frank had lost her wedding ring in her back yard. The couple had searched the yard extensively without any luck. After 6 months of worry and frustration they found “Ring Finders” and through that my contact information. We made arrangements and set a meeting date for me to join them at their home for a brief talk and survey of the site.

My first trip to their house gave me the story of the rings loss and the layout of the yard. I managed to get in about three hours of search time before rain and snow drove me off the hunt site. I was certain that the ring was not in the portion of the yard they swore it in.

Upon my second trip to their house I went over the area that I had previously searched with two other detectors and no ring. I then expanded my search area and started running another search pattern. After another three hours of searching I ended up finding the ring several feet away from the expected location.

“Liv” was so excited and happy that she began to tear up when she got her hands on her ring again. It did need a good cleaning by a jeweler, but that is what happens when a ring is left to the elements for several months.

Ring recovered on December 4, 2010.

Liv and her ring

Livs ring

Lost Gold Ring With Sapphires Found Stewart Beach Galveston, Texas/Video

August 14th, 2010 by

Wednesday August 11 2010 I met my treasure hunting buddies TXCoindigger, DiggerDun and OTlew (The Hole In The Beach Gang) at Stewart Beach Galveston, Texas for a late afternoon and evening treasure hunt. The weather was pleasant for a change, cloudy and cooler than normal. As I started hunting near the towel line a stranger with a metal detector approached. We shook hands, he told me he was from San Antonio. After a short conversation he walked away. In passing an umbrella he looked back and said “Someone lost a ring there, I tried to find it with no luck” (pointing at the sand) and then continued on his way. Fifty feet later I was at the umbrella. I double checked to see that my Fisher F4 was in All Metal mode then swung the coil. On the first pass of the Double D coil a strong signal was heard through my earphones! I switched to All Metal Discriminate Mode to check the Fisher VDI number. It was 27, definitely in the gold range. With my scoop I removed some sand and there is was, a beautiful gold ring with two blue stones! The people from this area were apparently in the water so I walked on a bit and developed a plan to have the person identify the ring and then return it. Soon that occurred, a young lady ran in from the surf and identified the ring. I presented it to her and she was very happy. The ring was handed down from her Great Aunt. A video of that find and return is attached to this blog.

Lost something? In Texas call Ring Finder John Jordan @ 281 482 0433.

Wedding ring found in ditch – Aurora, Colorado

July 23rd, 2010 by

Recently I was contacted by Melissa. One night while in a heated debate with her husband her wedding ring found its way out of the car window. After a few hours cooler heads prevailed and the search for Melissa’s ring was on. They searched the site, which was marked by a field driveway, several times without luck.

I made arrangements to meet the couple and discussed what had occurred the night of the loss. After a quick re-enactment of the events that lead to the rings loss,  in which a “test ring” was thrown from the vehicle, my search began. Because of quality equipment, which includes a good set of headphones, I was only slightly hindered by the noise of the traffic on the road just feet away. However, with the Air National Guard taking off in their fighter jets just a short distance away and hitting their after-burners while directly overhead, I decided to take a short break. After about an hour of searching the ring was recovered not more than 6 paces from the location where our “test ring” had landed.

 Ring recovered: June 4, 2010