Liza was playing in the water at a local association beach when she lost a very special ring. She had moved the ring to a finger where it was not normally worn, and it unfortunately was a loose fit. When she spun around in the water, the ring went flying into the waves. The family did an internet search, found the Ring Finders, and called me within a couple hours of the loss. I collected my gear and met them at the beach about a half hour later.
Liza’s ring was silver and truly unique in design. It was specially made with an imprint of her dog’s nose (yes, really!) on the raised table of the ring. This was sure a new one to me, and it obviously was very special to her. I headed into the water for a search of the area where Liza said she lost the ring, but I soon found myself chin-deep and on my tiptoes. The tide had risen a couple feet and this obviously was not going to work. I said I’d come back at low tide 2 days hence, as I had to be out of town the following day.
When I returned on the second day I set up a couple floats and commenced a search pattern of the likely area. Waves hindered the search but I covered the area in about 2 hours with no result. I expanded the search and shortly found the ring about 10 feet outside my initial search perimeter. I made a call and arranged to return the ring to Liza’s grandfather the next day (Liza had returned to home in western Massachusetts). The ring has now found its way home and there are a lot of happy people (not to mention the dog) all around!
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