Dave Boyer, Author at The Ring Finders | Page 3 of 10

Misty posted on Facebook that her son lost his copper ring at Pilgram Haven while swimming in Lake Michigan.  After 5 days with nobody willing to help find his ring I gave it a shot and found his ring in about an hour.  They were visiting West Michigan from their home in Fort Wayne, Ind.  There are rings that are priceless even though they are not worth much in monetary value.  The picture is the spot where the ring was found, 30 paces from the shore and in about waist deep water.  They were camping in the area so Misty stopped by to pickup the ring.  The smile says it all and it made my day.

Gregg Larabel had his friend Sherrie give him a call and said she had a friend that lost her ring on the beach in her backyard.  Gregg was out of the area so he gave this search to me.  I arrived and met Sherrie and she took me to the backyard to meet her 2 friends, Andrea being one of them.  The 2 ladies were enjoying the sandy beach with their kids.  Andrea took off her rose gold ring and put it on top of the cooler and then the cooler was opened and the ring went flying.  They showed me where the cooler was sitting and I took one swing and got a good signal.  I gave Andrea the pinpointer and let her retrieve the ring which blended in with the sand and made it hard to see.  Smiles all around and another successful hunt.

Rebekah sent me a text and stated she was playing with her dog in the backyard and by pushing him back between her legs she thinks her ring flew off. They went and rented a metal detector but did not find the ring. I met Kevin, her husband, at the door and he showed me where she was standing when she thinks the ring was lost. Kevin goes back into the house and on the second sweep I find the ring about 3 ft from where she had been standing. It was deep down in the lush green grass and very well hidden. I knocked on the door again showing Kevin the ring and he nearly crushed me with a bear hug. They have been married for 2 years and added to the family with the arrival of August. Smiles all around and what a way to brighten your day.

Jagadeesh and Paige have only been married for 6 months and he lost his wedding ring yesterday at Gull Meadow Farms. I met them and their nephew Felix at the site this morning before it was open so we could search for the ring. Searching for the ring took longer than expected. We found 2 junk rings, a stick earring and 2 quarters before the sweet sound of gold came up on the detector. Paige did the honor of digging for the ring and came up with the ring about 6 to 8 inches deep in the shelled corn. High fives and smiles for everyone.

A little dispute with the neighbor on where the property line is so Dave gave me a call to come and find the boundary stake.  About 5 minutes and the stake is found.  Hope this will repair the relations with the neighbor.

I received a text from Steve saying his daughter had lost her ring in the corn pit on their family outing at this fun park. They had returned home and were sitting around the house when Enza burst out in tears. They were all wondering what happened to her when she said, “my ring is gone”. She had received the silver ring on her 10th birthday in July of this year. Steve and I arranged a time to meet on Monday afternoon which worked out well because the fun park is closed on Monday’s and we had the whole corn pit by ourselves with the owners permission. Steve met me there and Enza could not be there because she was in school. He showed me a couple of spots about 10 ft square where she had been playing and checking the first spot I found nothing. Second spot I got a faint signal right away and gave Steve the pinpointer to check that spot. He couldn’t find anything so I continued on but then came right back to recheck that spot. We started to dig down in the almost 2 ft deep of shelled corn to retrieve that target and finally had it out of the hole. I scanned the top of the corn pile we dug out and got a good hit. I told Steve to check that spot right there and he reached in and there was the ring. Somebody must have stepped on the ring because it was almost on the bottom. About 5 minutes and we had the ring. Steve said when he got home that Mom surprised Enza by holding out 2 hands and having her pick one, second try she got the big surprise. It never gets old doing this!!

Received a phone call from Ola at 6 PM that her husband lost his wedding ring on the beach sand at Oval Beach. By 7:30PM I had the ring in my scoop. She had left the beach to return home to Chicago and could not meet me there. Only info she gave me was they were sitting on the beach near the number 8 buoy. Arrived at the beach and started to grid the area in front of the 8 buoy. On my third pass I found the ring. Pictures show the detector and my scoop at the spot where the ring was found. She gave me her address and the ring will be in the mail for her. She did have good info, the picture of the buoy out in the water is number 8.

Received a text from Christa stating she lost her wedding ring this morning in her front yard. Arrived early afternoon and she told me the story of they were having a birthday party for her 3 yr old son and she was playing with the kids in the front yard when she felt her ring fly off. Losing the ring kind of put a damper on the party. She was in the grass area to the left of the driveway and that is when her ring came off. She had searched that grass area and the driveway and the street but had no luck finding the ring. I set out searching that grass area and came up with no ring. I told her the ring is not in this grass area and I said, “did you search on the right side of the driveway in the grass area”? She walks over to that side of the driveway and in about 10 seconds she spots the ring in the grass about three feet from the driveway. She beat me to it. The birthday party is back on in full swing!