Lost wedding ring in West Roxbury MA

It was a beautiful Sunday August 3, 2025.  I got a call from Joe who was out walking his dog in a wooded path area near his home.  While on the walk they wandered off the path a little so his dog could find that special spot to do his business.  Wellllllll he disturbed an under ground yellow jacket nest.   Ohhh boy, Joe started waving his arms in every direction trying to ward off the bee attack on both him and his dog.   He ran further up the path and stopped to swat more bees off his dog and himself.  They continues to swat and walk down the path til there were no more bees following them.  When Joe stopped to assess the damage from the bees he noticed his wedding ring was missing.   He traced his steps a couple times with his wife trying to find the ring, but no luck.

When I got to the meeting spot  Joe filled me in on the all that had happened.  He explained he had a few spots he thought it might be.  1. the first encounter with the bees.  2. after running and swinging his arms the first spot he stopped .  3. the second spot he stopped where he swatted the remaining bees off  and  noticed his ring was missing.

We got to spot 1.  Good no bees flying around.  Joe showed me where the bees came at them.  I just started swinging my machine in the area being careful not to hit the ground.   I asked joe if he could give me a perimeter of where the ring may be in.  As he was doing that he must have found the nest as bees started swarming.  Joe started running around swatting away, flailing his arms.  At least I got to see first hand how that ring came off.   I thought to myself heck this ring could be anywhere!!!!  as we continued on the path he showed me all 3 spots.

We were in spot number 3 when I told Joe to go home and wait for my text as this could take awhile. After about an hour of detecting the path and about 2 feet off each side of the path I was heading to number 2 spot.  Praying I don’t have to detect spot 1  for obvious reasons.   I got to spot 2 and after about 1 1/2  hours of total detecting time there it was under a pile of leaves on the side of the pathway.   I was so happy to see that gold band.

I text Joe to meet me at the car.  Him and his very nice wife came together, I handed Joe his ring.  He put it on his finger and smiled big   He said “lots of memories, and while its just a ring its very nice to feel it back on my finger again”.  We laughed at the search and the running from the bees then I was off.  I completely forgot to take a picture of Joe with his ring on.   He was kind enough to send one to me from  his house in front of his wedding portrait.   fun hunt!!!

Joes dog, Joe and I all had a few stings but all is good.