Steve Thorne

  • Land/Shallow Water Search

Cost For My Service

I work on a ''Reward Basis'', you pay what its worth to you and what you can afford to have me find your lost item.

I have a call out fee of $50.00 this covers my fuel expenses. Maybe more or less depending on where you are located.( Called to discuss).

Search Types

All ground areas. Shallow wet areas.

Search Locations

Amarillo, Texas and will travel in surrounding areas in Texas and Oklahoma. I live northeast of Amarillo

Steve Thorne's Bio

Bought my first metal detector in 1968. Currently assist a few archeologists with surveys of historic Indian and military camp sites. Have assisted in many different surveys including a plot for the Sioux Indian wars in Minnesota and an 1869 summer camp of Custer and the 7th Cavalry near Hays, Kansas. Retired from the US Border Patrol.

Steve Thorne - Recent Blog Post

  • Rings lost Amarillo, Texas – Found (2025)

    In August 2020 a pregnant young lady lost her wedding and engagement rings that were tied on a string around her neck while walking to the mailbox. She was frantic and called me to help. After an extensive search I recovered her wedding ring but did not locate the engagement ring. The wedding ring was […]

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  • Wedding ring lost Amarillo,Texas – Found (2025)

    A water ballon fight with grandkids resulted in losing a man’s gold wedding ring. They contacted me the next morning, July 15,2025. I arrived that afternoon and showed them how my detector works, Whites MXT. As I started searching I asked Michael if he would like to use my spare detector and help search. After […]

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  • Lost Earring Santa Fe, New Mexico – Found (2023)

    A playing dog bumped into a lady visiting friends and one of her gold, diamond, and pearl earrings fell off. An exhaustive search did not find the earring. They contacted me in December 2022 and then in March 2023 when we were able to firm up a trip 4 1/2 hours away to do a […]

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  • Lost Ring Amarillo, Texas…. Found (2019)

    Hello my name is Steve Thorne. I have been metal detecting since 1968. I joined this group of metal detector professionals to help find your lost jewelry (or any metal item) that you thought was gone forever. Whether it was lost yesterday or 20 years ago, if you have an idea where it may have […]

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