ring found Tag
Lost Ring, Found in Big Brower Lake, Rockford, Michigan
Aunt Diane is a very happy person.
Gold ring with jade stone inset
Last November Diane Baumann called me from an article about me, that was referred to her from a friend. Her nephew had been visiting from out of town and went swimming at their home. When he jumped off the dock a ring that had belonged to his grandfather and gifted to him came off his finger.
By the time she was able to get ahold of me fall had set in and it was too cold to hunt the lake. I told her I would call her in the Spring, so I gave her a call and arranged to come out as today was a balmy 65 degrees.
The dock wasn’t in from the winter yet but she pointed to about where it would have been lost. While I ventured out to the deeper spot my brother Doug started from the beachfront. After about 30 minutes I came up with 2 quarters, a penny and a green marble. Doug kept digging up washers, a bolt, pull tabs and then the ring half way between the beachfront and where I was.
Found….Gold Bracelet..!! Milton, Ontario.
John called me a few days ago about his gold bracelet he had lost in the fall while cleaning up around his yard.
As the weather has been so nice in and around Toronto, John thought I may be able to come over and
attempt a recovery as we have no snow on the ground, which is unusual for this time of year.
I was able to make it over to John’s house this morning where I met with him and his lovely wife.
John then gave me a tour of both the front and back yards where he had been cleaning up in the fall and pointed out some areas where he thought his bracelet may be hiding. One area was in a cluster of little cedar trees where he had be rearranging some rocks near the front lawn.
I went back to the car to get my gear and get set up while John went back inside the house.
I figured I would eliminate the front yard first as it was much smaller than the
back yard, and started the search in the cluster of cedar trees.
A minute later I had a rough, broken signal that turned out to be a rusted beer cap and then nothing for another minute or so.
Then, a nice, strong, solid signal that had me reaching for my pin-pointer…..
I moved some leaves out of the way and could see part of the bracelet sticking out from underneath a rock. After rolling the rock off to the side, John’s bracelet came into full view.
I brushed some dirt off of the bracelet, made sure it was in one piece and then rang his doorbell.
John’s eyes had a look of disbelief when he looked at his bracelet. What a great moment ..!! I love this look.
After showing his wife the bracelet, they insisted I have a coffee with them before leaving.
What a great job this is…!!!
I’m very happy you have your bracelet back John..!!!
Thank you very much as well for the nice reward on such a fast locate.
Take care,
Mark Ellis
Lost wedding band found..!! Orangeville, Ontario.
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
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
Lost Gold Ring With Sapphires Found Stewart Beach Galveston, Texas/Video
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 s
coop 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
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
