Cory Rind, Author at The Ring Finders

Ring found in Miami returned to New York City

  • from Williamsburg (Virginia, United States)

Week of June 12, 2023, my detecting partner and I were down in South Florida looking for lost “stuff”.  Late in our adventure, we came out of the water to take a break.

As I was exiting water, I got a solid signal and up comes a woman’s high school class ring.  Upon closer inspection, I found a name engraved inside.  Researching through Facebook, I was able to make a match and connection.

Ring was lost about two weeks before I found it at surf’s edge.  Went to school in Pa, lost and found in Miami and returned to New York City!

 

Cellphone found and returned

  • from Williamsburg (Virginia, United States)

Cellphone found

Recovered a cellphone after Something in the Water concert in Virginia Beach 2023.  Fortunately owner had registered with the concert site and I was able to return same day as found.

Found Class Ring

  • from Williamsburg (Virginia, United States)

Woman’s Class Ring found

Found in water in Miami Beach in February 2023.  Lost about a year earlier. Returned February 2023.

Found 10K Ring

  • from Williamsburg (Virginia, United States)

Partner and I were working an old tidal swimming beach trying to catch the outgoing tide.  Progress had been slow.  Got a solid 72 on my Deus II which could be good.  Up through the sand, gravel and clay came this beauty – 10K with aquamarine.

Difficult to return with no markings other than 10 K.

Lost Drone Returned

  • from Williamsburg (Virginia, United States)

Drone returned

My buddy and I were in South Florida in February 2023.  We decided to go to South Beach Miami area and wade the water to see what we could find.

About an hour in I got a strange signal.  Looked down and I see what looks like a partial propeller in three feet of water. Dig my scoop in and comes a large four engine drone, obviously not working.

I brought it back to Virginia to show to a club.  My detecting buddy was going over it and noticed a name and email.

Emailed the address and owner promptly responded.  Was able to return to him in March when we were passing through the area on the way to another adventure.

Drone had been lost in December while flying over ocean battery died.  Don’t know if he’ll be able to resurrect but he was a happy camper.

Miami Beach Police Recovery

  • from Williamsburg (Virginia, United States)

My partner and I were detecting the wet sand area in Miami Beach.  About 100 yards ahead, 3 uniformed officers had a run-in with a suspect, took him down in the sand then led him away in handcuffs.

Shortly, the officers returned and were frantically scurrying through the sand.  We approached the area and actually a bystander asked if we could locate one of the officers’ missing cell phones.  I took a few sweeps and got a mixed signal.  Took a deep scoop so as not to damage anything and sure enough part of the cell phone was peaking through.  Took the scoop over to the officers and showed them.  One of the officers grabbed the phone, brushed it off and away they went without a word.

Additional Recent Recoveries

  • from Williamsburg (Virginia, United States)

Typically, I do not take a phone with me when beach or water hunting so I do not have pics of “onsite” recoveries and returns.  Here’s a few of my more recent returns:

— A young husband was in the water in Miami with his wife and friends.  He flipped his hand and his 18K wedding band went flying.  Fortunately he stayed where the ring was lost while his wife shagged us down.  After we got to the area, it took me 10 minutes of hunting to find the ring.  If the husband hadn’t stayed in the location where lost, chances of funding the ring were slim.

— Detecting along the water at Virginia Beach and a guy approaches me to find an earring.  Turns out it was a tiny stud earring lost by the daughter of a friend in the dry sand.  Since they were in the immediate location, I didn’t have much ground to cover.  After a bit of searching, I got a whimper of a signal.  Using my pinpointer, I was able to locate the earring slightly under the sand.

— An Annapolis woman was visiting Sandbridge with her family.  She removed her wedding ring set and placed them in a pocket of the beach umbrella.  For some reason, she had to leave the beach early.  The rest of the crew returned at a later time.  Unfortunately, the ring set didn’t make the return trip.  I was contacted and accepted the search.

Fortunately, I was provided a reasonably accurate map of the lost ring location.  My wife and I decided to have a beach day while I looked for the rings.  After spending an hour and a half gridding the oceanfront where they stayed and having no luck, decided to change tactics.  I started doing patterns between the oceanfront and the exit.  On about the fourth pass, I got a signal.  Looked down and barely peaking through the sand was the diamond engagement ring.  Fortunately, nearby was the wedding band.  Was able to package them up and ship to Annapolis.

Ring Recovery – Cancun

  • from Williamsburg (Virginia, United States)

Several years ago, I was detecting a resort we were staying at and recovered this ring at night on the beach.  Next day, on a whim, I took the ring by the frontdesk to see if anyone had lost it. I was reluctant to allow them to take pics but did.

Unbelievably, several hours later I received a call from one of the resort guests.  Turns out this lady from the midwest was at the resort as part of a wedding party – her daughter was bride to be.  She lost her ring at the beach the previous day.  Since it was her mother’s and a family heirloom she was ecstatic to have it returned.  Diamonds and gold.

Ring Recovery

  • from Williamsburg (Virginia, United States)

14 K wedding band recovered in three feet of water in Ft Lauderdale and returned to owner through Facebook research.

Helping the Community

  • from Williamsburg (Virginia, United States)

June 2022 provided a metal detecting seminar to City of Suffolk, Va forensics team on optimal use of their metal detectors.  Approximately 45 minutes of classroom and 45 minutes of field work.  20 or so folks in attendance from across the First Responder community.