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Sentimental Gold Ring Recovered in Tampa Yard

  • from Tampa (Florida, United States)
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Item recovered February 22, 2024. I received a text from Vincent about a ring that his girlfriend lost in the yard while walking the dog the night before.

The ring was given to his girlfriend by her grandmother 25 years prior, who was now terminally ill and wasn’t doing well. Losing the ring during this stressful time was very difficult for her.

I made plans to drive over after work to search for the ring. I was given the general area where the ring was lost and started searching the area slowly while visually inspecting the area.

I had a few signals that sounded good, but didn’t produce the ring I was searching for. 20 minutes later and about half way into the search area, I hit a strong target and immediately recognized it as the missing ring lying in the grass!

Vincent and his girlfriend we very excited to have the ring back in their possession.

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Lost Necklace Recovered in Tampa Park

  • from Tampa (Florida, United States)
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Item recovered on February 1st, 2024. Recovery requests tend to slow a bit in the winter months in Florida. Fewer people in the water and at the beach when the temperature cools and water temps dip in December and January.

At the end of January, I did see a post on a local facebook group about a boy who lost a brand new silver necklace in the woods at a local park that is just a 10 minute walk from my house. The necklace was a recent Christmas gift from his grandma and he had been searching for it every day after school for a week. I offered to meet up with the boy and his mother at the park later that day so they could show me the general area where it was lost.

At the park, we retraced the path the boy took through the woods on his bike (to the best of his recollection). I had found a few coins and other metallic junk, but no necklace. After 20-30 minutes, we were back to where we had started when I got a very good signal that had a high target id consistent with silver.

Pulling back a few leaves revealed the shiny silver necklace that was lost. The young man had recalled pulling a “wheelie” heading into the woods and that must have been when the necklace fell out of his pocket. His face lit up when he saw his necklace had been found!

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Custom Made Wedding Ring Recovered at Honeymoon Island

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Item recovered on July 4th, 2023

I began metal detecting around the time of the pandemic as a way to get out of the house for some exercise. I wasn’t a ring finder – I didn’t even know there was such a thing!

After getting through the learning curve – finding lots of trash, to identifying coins, then targeting jewelry and really learning my machine, I stumbled upon a post on Craigslist at the beginning of June, 2023. A post that another metal detectorist made on behalf of the gentleman, Jacques, who had lost his ring.

I felt this would be a good challenge – like a scavenger hunt with a metal detector and a chance to test my skill! I reached out to the person who made the post, who shared additional details with me and I was off on the hunt.

Jacques was an older gent who lost his ring in the water at Honeymoon Island on day 1 of his vacation. He spent the rest of his time trying to find his lost custom-made wedding ring, even renting a metal detector himself. He had seen another person metal detecting there the day the ring was lost and others had tried to find it, with no luck. Hope seemed to be running out that the ring was either found by someone or claimed by the sea forever.

I searched for this ring on 3 separate occasions, twice in June and finally found it on July 4th, 2023. It was a perfect day for metal detecting – beautiful weather and calm water. Jacques’ ring was the very first target I hit that day, but I didn’t recognize it as the one due to the photo that was provided and the condition of the ring from being in the water for over a month.

After I got home and cleaned up the ring, I consulted with some local friends – people with much more experience than I had and we determined it indeed was the ring Jacques had lost!

What came next would drastically change my metal detecting “hobby” to one of helping people recover lost items as a ring finder: the phone call to Jacques to let him know his ring had been found.

Words cannot described how happy Jacques was to hear the news after giving up hope his ring was lost forever! I had the ring packaged and overnighted to Jacques and he confirmed receiving it the next day.

I joined the ring finders group a few months later and truly enjoy helping reunite people with their lost items! I hope to be able to continue doing this as long as I am able.

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