Darrin Gray, Author at The Ring Finders | Page 10 of 12

Monica called and asked if I could help locate her husbands lost wedding band. They were swimming at a local beach and he noticed his ring was gone, they searched with goggles as it is only waste deep water. No luck! I went in the next day and Monica pointed me to the area they thought it might be. Monica thought it was to the left of the lifeguards chair and her husband though it was to the right. I have to be honest with you Monica – Your husband was right on this one. It took me approx. 3 hours as this is a very large beach and the ring was actually 25 yards further to the right than they had anticipated. What a beautiful ring – check out the added pictures – One of the best looking rings I have seen in a long time. Glad I could help out. take Care.

 

Ben called late Saturday evening to report a lost wedding ring while swimming at Lake Ann Beach in Chanhassen. By the time I received the message it was to late to call him back. The next morning I called and he he informed me of the location of the lost wedding ring. It was very important to get out to the beach ASAP as many detectorists hit this beach on weekends in search of lost items – The only problem with these detectorists is that they have no intention of giving the items back to the rightful owner. I headed out as soon as I got the information from Ben and 30 minutes later I had his ring in my scoop. We had beaten the “scavengers” as we like to call them; and recovered Ben’s ring and it is now back on his finger where it belongs – Congrats Ben!!!!!

 

Laura was out mowing her lawn and as she was going under one of the willow trees, one of the branches caught her 14Kt Gold Diamond ear ring and pulled it off. Her and her husband searched and couldn’t find it. They rented a metal detector, though the model they had could not register the small amount of gold on the ear ring and it truly does take years of experience to operate a detector correctly. State Farm Insurance contacted us. We went the next morning and fought the hoards of mosquitoes. After a 15 – 20 minute search we hit it!!! It was very early in the morning as we had a scuba search planned for later that morning and Laura declined a picture – No worries Laura, no one wants a picture at 7:00AM!!! Glad we found your ear ring. Take Care.

On Thanksgiving Day, Dan was out tossing the football with his kids. As he threw a pass, his Gold Class Ring went flying off his finger. He actually saw it come off and heard it hit a landscape brick that was surrounding his shrubs. Dan raked the whole area and searched for 5 -6 hours with no luck. He even came back out that night with a flash light ot see if the relection would be visible off the ring. Still no luck. My son and I drove out the next morning and starting searching the area as Dan and his 2 kids watched. After approx. 5 minutes of searching;  One of Dan’s kids, Sam (I think) said, hey Dad is that it? He had spotted the ring under some leaves and mulch right next to a shrub. Congrats Dan – No matter how or who finds the ring, This is all about getting that ring back on your finger.

Take Care!! Darrin

Joe called and asked if we could dive to find his sailboat rudder that had accidently dropped off as he was getting his boat out of  the water for the year. This was in 12 feet of water with pure muck and weeds. It was too tough with the thick weeds and muck to use a detector. We used a wooden rod to poke down into the muck and “feel” for it……after 40 minutes or so we found it. Here’s to great sailing next year!!!

 

 

 

We received a call of a lost Wedding Ring at a fall festival area, when we arrived, we learned a few people had reported losing their Wedding Rings. After a couple days of searching ( 3 hours each day) we pulled 15 rings and 5 of them were Wedding Bands that found their way back to the rightful owner. This is a picture of just a few of the finds for one day. As Always – Glad we could help!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Bill was playing with his kids in the Corn Bin, a play area filled with corn about 25 yards long 10 yards wide and 3 feet deep. While pushing his hands into the corn his platinum wedding ring slipped off and the corn being like quicksand , it disappeared. Bill found Theringfinders.com on an internet search and gave me a call. I talked with the owner of the area and he was happy to let us come in and search before they opened the next day. After a 15 minute search, Bill had his Wedding band back on his hand. We also found a Tiffany’s wedding band and 2 Gold rings that had been lost a few weeks earlier. The owner called (from their lost and found) and all the rings, and a bracelet found their way back to the rightful owners! What a great day. Congrats to all who thought their priceless items were lost forever.