Lost white gold ring found at Roaring Run Falls, Virginia.

Megan contacted me because her husband’s ring came off while they were enjoying a beautiful natural water slide a few weeks earlier.  I was able to search the water at the base of the slide the next morning. After a few hours I found a men’s white gold wedding band about four feet under the water. Mission accomplished I thought, but then I remembered that the ring had a special inscription. The ring that I found did not have any markings other than 14k. I sent Megan some pictures and she confirmed that this unfortunately was not the ring!

What are the odds? Of the hundreds of rings that I have found, I had never found a white gold ring, so it seemed unlikely that there would be two very similar men’s white gold rings in the same exact spot.  I had searched thoroughly, but went back a few days later to make sure I didn’t miss the other ring. After a few more hours, I was sure the ring was not there.  A lot of the water is clear enough to see to the bottom, so I am afraid that someone must have picked it up. I really wanted to find this one and hated delivering the bad news.

On a positive note, this was such a beautiful place to search.  My wife is not normally with me while I am detecting, but with my medical issues I have some limits as to how far I can drive and she was nice enough to drive me. We have been through a lot with my illness and are getting ready to celebrate our 25th anniversary. Because she was there when I found my first white gold ring and it happened to be a nice ring in my exact size, I decided to adopt this ring as a replacement for my own lost white gold wedding band. A nice memory out of a failed search effort.