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Lost Gold Ring Recovered in South Tampa

  • from Tampa (Florida, United States)
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Item recovered April 21, 2025.

On Easter Sunday, Kalyn and friends were competing in a backyard egg toss when she decided to remove her rings as a competitive advantage and prevent them from getting yolk soaked. The strategy worked, she won the toss 😁
She has a set of three separate white gold rings that she put into her pocket. After the toss had ended, she only had two rings in her pocket!
I was referred to her by a friend of a friend from work that I had previously helped locate a ring. Kalyn contacted me Sunday evening and we arranged a meeting at the house to search. After work, I made my way to South Tampa.
The yard had been searched extensively by everyone, and they even tried using a metal detector with no luck. It was a small, fenced-in back yard with lush, thick grass.

I started my search in the area where she thought the ring was lost, covering it 2-3 times with no luck. I started to expand the search area when I got a nice sounding target with a low vdi (33). This had the classic sound of either aluminum foil or gold.

Upon moving the blades of grass, the ring had been found!
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Men’s Wedding Ring Recovered in Lakeland Florida

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Item recovered April 7, 2025.

David called me asking for help locating a tungsten ring he lost in his front yard after rinsing his hands working in the yard. He had lost weight and his ring was loose on his finger so when he shook off the water, his ring went flying.
On my way to meet him, he mentioned his kids were finishing dinner and may be interested in watching me and asking questions. I knew this was going to be a fun recovery!
When I arrived, everyone was excited to learn about metal detecting! I showed them the detector and let them try it, but it was a little too big for them to operate. The pinpointer however was the perfect tool!

Me and my helpers started detecting the small strip of grass between the driveways. The kids found a few scrap metal items from the newly constructed house as we worked our way from the house to the street.
About half way down, we got a very loud signal. The kids came to investigate further and found their father’s ring!
This was one of my all-time favorite recoveries!
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Rose Gold Diamond Ring Recovered at Southshore Bay Lagoon Ruskin

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Item recovered March 22, 2025.

Katie was enjoying a visit to the Southshore Bay Lagoon with her family in March. It was a warm day and she took off her ring and put it in her shirt pocket to apply sunscreen to her children before they went into the pool.
As soon as she was done applying the sunscreen, they realized they were at the wrong set of chairs and needed to move to the chairs to the right, so they gathered their belongings and moved 10-15 feet away.
After awhile, Katie realized the ring was no longer in her shirt pocket. She searched the sand the best she could, but couldn’t find her ring anywhere.
I set up a time to meet with Katie back at the Lagoon the next day so she could show me where they were sitting. We arrived early in the morning to search before the place became packed with people.
I searched their first location around the table and chairs and found a number of various coins, but no ring. As I moved toward the new location, I hit a very nice sounding target. I retrieved the target with one scoop and knew right away it was the one we were looking for!
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Platinum Ring Recovered in Land O’ Lakes FL

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Item recovered February 19, 2025.

Dan lost his platinum wedding band playing in the yard with his kids. He felt it fly off his hand throwing a football on a cold weekend in February.
Dan ordered a metal detector and attempted to find it, but was unsuccessful. I went out to meet Dan at his house after work and just as I arrived, a cold rain began to fall.
We put on our rain gear and set out detecting the yard. The second signal I came across was the lost ring, which had fallen below the blades of grass and was hidden below.
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Lost Diamond Ring Recovered In Apollo Beach

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Item recovered February 18, 2025.

On a beautiful afternoon in February, Katie was enjoying the day with friends on her dock.
She took off her rings for a moment and accidently dropped them! The wedding band landed on the dock but the diamond engagement ring fell between the boards into the water below!
Due to the timing of the tide, I arranged a time the following morning at 7:00 am to search below the dock at low tide.
I climbed down the ladder and started detecting the area. The bottom was covered in oyster shells and it was difficult to get good footing. I slowly worked my way under the dock to the area where the ring was lost.
I started a visual inspection of the area beneath the dock in the event the ring landed on any of the supports. I then began detecting the area and heard a very faint signal next to the wood post. I did my best digging into the shells and after the second scoop, I felt as though I had retrieved the item.
I slowly started picking out the shells when a bright sparkle caught my eye. The ring was in the scoop!
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Gold Bracelet Recovered at Redington Beach

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Item recovered February 8, 2025.

Irene reached out for help locating a gold bracelet her daughter, Lea had lost at Redington Beach. The bracelet was had sentimental value as it was a gift from her grandmother who had recently passed. The bracelet was likely lost in one of two areas where Lea and her brother were playing on the beach.
On the following day, I went out to the beach and started detecting the areas where Irene described. I performed a thorough search of the first area with no luck. The second area was more tricky due to not having an exact location and trying to work around people who were relaxing by the water and enjoying the evening at the beach. After a few passes, I heard a nice sound and looked down to see the bracelet barely visible in the sand!
Unknown to me, one of Irene’s friends was at the beach when I found the bracelet and phoned Irene to share the good news. I made contact with Irene later in the evening and set a plan to make the return the next day.
I met up with Irene and Lea at her BMX race event in Oldsmar on Sunday to return the bracelet. It was a beautiful day and I enjoyed cheering Lea on to a second place finish in her race!

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Lost Promise Ring Recovered at the University of Tampa

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Item recovered February 1, 2025.

I received a text from Haley, a student at the University of Tampa who needed my help locating a promise ring from her boyfriend she lost in Plant Park while laying in the sun with friends the day before.
My wife and I both graduated from UT and we were excited to go back to the campus. We both went to meet Haley and a couple of her friends at the loss location early on a Saturday morning, before most college students were awake.
Haley pointed out the spot where they were on the grass and I got to work gridding the area approximately 20’ by 20’. I covered the area thoroughly with no luck and I could see by Haley’s body language that she was losing hope.
Next, I started expanding the search area and got a nice sounding signal 10-15’ away from the initial search area. It took about 40 minutes, but the ring had been found. Haley was moved to tears and was so thankful to have her ring back!
Unfortunately I forgot to take photos at this recovery, but Haley did send me a photo of the ring afterward.
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Men’s Gold & Diamond Wedding Band Recovered in Tampa FL

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Item recovered January 15, 2025.

Dustin, a landscaper by trade had lost his wedding ring mowing a customer’s large yard. He wasn’t sure where it had come off, but he spent most of the day on the front and side of the property.

I took a drive to the loss location after work with my largest coil and started moving as quickly as I could with the limited daylight remaining.
I started on the left side of the property working from the driveway to the right in rows covering the front yard. When I reached the end of the house, I changed directions to cover the large side yard working from the road to the back of the property.
I had covered about half of the side yard when it started to become difficult to see, and I had not brought my head lamp with me to continue after dark. Just as I was about to give up for the evening, I hit a smacker of a signal and I could see the ring laying on the ground waiting to be found!

Dustin was visiting his daughter in the hospital after work so I drove there to meet him and make the return in the hospital parking lot.
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Lost Wedding Ring Recovered in Lutz FL

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Item recovered October 18, 2024. Joyce reached out to me to assist locate a ring that her husband lost in the yard while cleaning up after hurricane Milton made landfall near Tampa. She was referred to me by a neighbor, Kim, whom I had assisted locating an earring in her back yard.

Kim was passing by their house and saw her neighbors looking for something in the grass. When they mentioned the lost ring, Kim gave Joyce my number to help with their search.

I set out in the afternoon, and made my way to their house in Lutz. When I arrived, the yard was cleaned up. Joyce and her husband showed me the area where they were working when the ring was lost.

The area was in the landscaping at the front corner of their house. The area had plant coverage that was approximately 1-2 feet high with wispy blades, which made it difficult to get into with my metal detector. I did my best, searching around every plant and trying not to cause damage to these plants as I moved about. I detected the area 2-3 times, but didn’t find anything.

Next, I detected the bag of debris that was picked up in that area thinking perhaps the ring fell off in the bag. Nothing was found, so I started searching the grassy area surrounding the landscaping. No luck!

I was starting to feel like a failure and asked if they could show me the path they took to walk to and from the area where they were working. After a 5-10 steps I detected a strong signal and the ring was located!

The area where the ring was found was where they had initially emptied the bag of debris to search for the ring. It must have been in the bag and had fallen out when they searched the contents for the ring.

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Lost Gold Wedding Ring Recovered in Lutz Florida

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Item recovered November 29, 2024. Justin called about a missing ring he lost the night before around his house. The weather had become cooler in the evenings and he was enjoying a fire pit in his back yard with friends. He got up to gather some additional wood for the fire – small branches and twigs that had fallen from trees around his property in a recent storm.

When I arrived, Justin had two likely places where the ring would be. The first spot was near the sidewalk in the front yard of his property where the debris was placed for collection. The second was at the base of a tree in his back yard.

We started detecting the spot in his front yard first. Going over the area, I was getting a good sound, but the item was located below the surface and likely wouldn’t be his missing ring.

After a few minutes, we ruled that spot out and moved to the base of the tree in his back yard. Almost immediately I got a familiar signal that sounded like a ring. I moved a couple small twigs and immediately recognized the yellow gold ring in the grass.

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