Darrin Gray, Author at The Ring Finders

Lost Gold Wedding Ring Found Minnesota

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Cian and his wife went out for a jog around a Minneapolis park. After returning home, he noticed his gold wedding band was missing. He searched the internet for help and discovered theringfinders.com and promptly gave me a call. Cian told me he had gloves on while jogging and remembers taking them off just prior to reaching his car. He had in his mind, that the ring came off when he removed his gloves and had to be in a 50 yard by 50 yard area of the park grass. I told him to check his gloves as I have found rings hiding in them before. He said he checked and the ring wasn’t there. 50 by 50 yards is a pretty large area to detect. I came up with a plan to grid search near his car first and then slowly move down a hill to a sidewalk they had been jogging on. This park was established almost 120 years ago and has a lot of lost coins/trash/everything. Not trying to sound pompous here, though we ring finders have decades of experience and have a knowledge of the tones our metal detectors are giving us. If I were to dig every piece of metal, I would be in that park for weeks if not months. After an hour and half of detecting, I knew the ring was not here. I told Cian, we’ve ruled out this place, so you can focus on your car and house for the search. As I was driving home, Cian text me with some great news. He found the ring, and it was in his gloves. He said he patted them down prior to my search and when he got home after the search, he decided to put them on and the ring was hiding in the finger tip of the glove. Of-course I don’t count this one as a ring finders find, though I helped him clear the area he was so focused on which gave him the drive to look elsewhere.

Congratulations Cian, glad you have your wedding band back where it belongs!

Darrin –

 

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Lost Wedding Band Recovered Coon Rapids Minnesota

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Brett took a day for some fall clean up in his backyard. He was closing down the pool, getting ready for the long winter ahead. Shutting off the valves, his hands got wet with that freezing cold pool water of October in Minnesota. While shaking his hands off, he felt his platinum wedding ring slip off and heard the sound of metal hitting the concrete. He figured the ring either bounced into the pool or on the lawn next to the concrete. After searching the pool, he knew it had to be in the lawn somewhere. He searched and searched to no avail. This happened 3 years ago in 2022 and as life gets busy, he put the search on hold. Fast forward three years to 2025. Brett was chatting with a friend and his lost ring came up in the conversation. His friend said he had heard about a service that finds lost valuables for people. So, Brett searched google and theringfinders.com came up with my name & contact information. He gave me a call, explained the situation and I headed out to his place. I had Brett show me exactly where his ring came off and where he thought it might be. After years of blowing leaves, mowing the lawn, raking….it really could be anywhere. I started the search with my E-Trac metal detector and got a couple of high pitch “nice hits”, though I knew these were coins lost recently. Years of experience tells me that platinum gives off a nice low tone almost exactly as gold. I kept moving along the grass next to the concrete and I got a beautiful low tone in my ears. It was a strong tone also, telling me that the object is close to the surface. I knelt down, pulled out my Minelab pinpointer and figured out exactly where to dig. I dug a small circular hole only an inch or so deep, pulled back the grass and there was that beautiful platinum ring shining in the sunlight.

Congrats on getting your ring back where it belongs Brett, truly glad I could help out.

Darrin –

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Lost Gold Wedding Ring Recovery Metal Detecting Minnesota

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Lost at a local Fall Festival in Shakopee Minnesota – Recovered by theringfinders.com

Hey Elsa, So happy I could reunite with your wedding ring.

Take Care ~

Darrin

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Lost Wedding Band Returned Metal Detecting Minnesota

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Lost at a local fall festival. wwwtheringfinders.com

Glad I could help out Jessica, hopefully your husband is out of the doghouse now :O)

Take Care ~

Darrin

 

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Lost Wedding Band Recovered Minnesota

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Justin lost his wedding band at a local fall festival. Recovered by theringfinders.com .

Congrats Justin, glad I could help out.

Darrin

 

 

 

 

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Lost Wedding Ring Recovered Woodbury Minnesota

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I received a call from Mike about his wife losing her wedding ring. Losing a ring can be very traumatic, though Mike stayed calm and started some research on how to find a missing ring. He came upon theringfinders.com and started reading about all the recoveries made. Mike gave me a call and asked if I could help. His wife was out watering the plants in the backyard and cleaning up after their dog. When she got back in the house and started to wash her hands, she noticed only her engagement ring was on her finger and the wedding band was missing. These cases are tough when the person has no clear knowledge of when the ring came off. It could have been while leaving work, in her car, in the house or in the yard. I ask many questions to try and narrow the search as much as possible. Both Mike and his wife were pretty sure the ring fell off in the backyard while doing chores. As I let everyone know up front, if the ring is in the yard, I’ll find it. If it’s not there, we can start looking other places such as in her car. I have found many rings hiding under the seats and in little crevices  in a car. They hide incredibly well. We all went to the back yard and she showed me exactly where she was watering and cleaning up. I started a grid search of the yard to cover every square inch. It only took 10 minutes or so and my Minelab Manticore gave me the beautiful gold tone. I knelt down with my pinpointer in the thick grass and there it was!!! It’s such a great feeling to find these lost valuables. Truly glad I could help out.

Take Care,

Darrin

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Lost Wedding Ring Recovered Minnesota Metal Detecting

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Pam was out in front of her condo doing a little fall clean up. She was removing the leaves from the shrubs when she felt her diamond wedding ring fall off her finger. She knew it couldn’t have gone far, though she, her husband and some neighbors searched for hours with no luck. She went on-line and searched for helped, coming across theringfinders.com and she gave me a call. We set up a time for the next day and I met her & her husband in front of her building. She showed me exactly what happened and I assured her, if her ring is in this 20′ X 20′ area, I’ll find it. Over 40 years of metal detecting, I think I’ve got this down to a science :O) –

It took about 1 minute and I received that beautiful gold tone through my Minelab Manticore headphones. I took out my pin-pointer and found her ring under some leaves and thick grass.

So glad I could reunite you with your wedding ring Pam. It was nice meeting and chatting with both of you and I will be checking out Perch lake. It is a non-motorized lake, though I can use my electric trolling motor…

Darrin ~

 

 

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Lost Wedding Ring Recovered Scuba Diving Iowa

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Samson was at a bed & breakfast with family enjoying the private swim pond. He was out on a floating platform tossing a football, when his white gold wedding ring popped off his hand. He tried diving down, though it was too deep and the water was really cold. He went online and searched for help, coming upon theringfinders.com website. Being in rural northeast Iowa, there isn’t a lot of options for scuba divers that search for lost valuables. He called me “From the Minneapolis area” and we discussed the situation and set up a a day & time for the search. A couple days prior to the search, Samson gave me a call and said he had a couple divers in the area that wanted to give it a shot. They dove that next weekend and didn’t have any luck. Samson did get some important information from the divers, such as the temp, visibility, depth at the bottom and bottom contents. It’s freezing cold at 42 degrees, pitch dark, 20 feet deep and thick muck. I wasn’t looking forward to this dive, though I had to give it a shot for Samson & his wife. I brought a thick “farmer John” suit that we wear over our regular wetsuit, a hood and thick gloves for the dive. I had Samson paddle out to the spot in a kayak and drop a 35 pound anchor. I dove down and hooked a 25 foot rope on to the anchor so I could do 360 degree circles. This gives me the best chance at covering the area thoroughly. After a 2 hour search, moving the anchor a couple times and nearly losing feeling in my face from the cold :O) – I got that beautiful “gold” hit on my Excalibur metal detector.

Glad I could help you out Samson. Congrats to you & your wife on your first child!!!

Darrin

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Lost Gold Necklace Recovered Minnesota Metal Detecting

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Sam gave me a call and was wondering if theringfinders.com could help out when losing a gold necklace in 10 – 20 feet deep water, with a bunch of weeds and muck at the bottom. I said of course, we always give it our best shot no matter what. As most detectorists know, necklaces are very hard to find with a metal detector. Necklaces are thin and for some reason, they don’t register at all or are very faint. Sam knew the area he lost it in and he put me in a 25′ X 25′ area with a drop off from 8′ to 20′ deep. I made a plan to clean every piece of metal out of that area and then try to find the gold chain. It took me roughly one and half hours to clean it out and then I started my search. With no hits on the detector for 20 minutes, I received a faint hit. I went back over the area with my Excalibur detector and figured it was not just a false hit “we get a lot of false hits metal detecting.” I started to push my coil further down into the muck and zeroed in on the hit. After a little digging I felt something different in my hand than muck and weeds, I waved my hand in front of my detector and heard that nice deep tone of gold.  Another success story, which I love to write!!!!

Congrats on the necklace Sam, I know how important it is to you.

Take Care –

Darrin

 

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Minnesota1960 Class Ring Recovered in Wisconsin

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One of the many reasons I love my job!!! As I was on a scuba wedding ring search in Wisconsin, I found a 1960 Minnesota Class Ring. Class rings are exciting to find as they have all the information needed to find it’s owner. The high school, the graduation year and the initials of the owner. The person who lost this would now be 83 years old. After 40+ years of metal detecting, I could tell by the depth of rock/sand/muck this ring was found in, she lost it over 60 years ago. I called the library for the city the school is in. I talked to a young lady and told her what I was looking for, she was almost as excited as I was to find the name of the ring owner. She scanned the 1960 yearbook for the initials I gave her and it could only be one person.  She gave me her name “Beth” and now the internet search starts to locate the ring owner. There was no information with her name though I found an obituary for Beth’s mother, it had all the children listed(10) and I started searching for those names. I came across an add on “Next Door” for a small business that Beth’s sister has. I called and talked to Sarah. Sarah informed me that Beth had past away a few years back. I told Sarah that I’d still like to get the ring back to the family and she told me that Beth has a son, Bill. Bill contacted me and he now has the ring in his possession.

So glad I could get this beautiful 1960 Class Ring back where it belongs.

Darrin

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