Last evening I received a message from Deney saying he and his wife had been looking at a homesite property in the Oregon City area. While walking around the property, his wife lost her wedding ring. He was hoping I might be able to help him out.
We had a phone conversation a short time later, and he explained the situation. He said they had been walking around this 4 acre property, considered if they should buy it and have a home built there. While walking around, his wife had removed her two rings and put them in her pocket. When they got back to their ride, there was only one ring in her pocket. Confidence was high the ring was somewhere on the lot.
He had gone out and mowed the tall grass on the lot. Taken other people out to search, and tried using a HF metal detector, but hadn’t found the ring. The hail Mary was an internet search, locating me on Ringfinders.
Being not far from home, I was able to head out the next morning. I arrived slightly after 10am and met Deney and his wife, Stormie.
I interrogated them further, and learned the ring had been lost about three weeks earlier, but didn’t receive any insights to narrow down the search. Stormie had to leave shortly after I arrived. Deney had his borrowed detector, so I dropped a gold ring and had him scan it. His basic detector had a needle and speaker, which was very erratic, even on a prefect target.
I always bring a backup machine, so I gave him a quick tutorial, and he set about searching.
I began a systematic grid search, beginning a distance outside of the area of the suspected loss. The area was relatively clean of metal debris, so the search moved at a decent pace.
About a hour into the search of the unshaded area, Deney decided to take a break in the shade, after giving me a bottle of water.
A short time later, I hit a very strong signal on the Manticore. Good tone, and shallow. Moving the grass, I couldn’t see anything. Using my pin-pointer, I found what I was looking for.
Took a quick photo, collected the ring, and went to check-in with Deney.
He was so happy to see the missing ring, I got a huge‘Bro-hug’
Having experience, good equipment, and patience makes all the difference.
Always grateful to help reunite folks with their lost memories.
May 2, 2026 my wife lost her wedding ring. It was on a 4 acre lot and we looked for it for probably over 40 hours before I decided googling someone to help me find her ring and found “the Ring Finders”. I spoke with Greg on 5/26/2026 and he was able to come out the next day “today” with his specialized equipment and found it within two hours. My wife is so excited to have her wedding ring back. I can’t say enough about Greg and his customer service experience! What a relief finding her ring before someone builds a house on the lot. Thank you so very much! Deney & Stormie