Thursday evening, July 30, 2026, and just before 6:30 pm, I received a call from Mike stating his daughter, Ashlynn had lost her Sterling Silver Bracelet and asked if I could help find it. He also stated the bracelet was a gift from her grandmother. I asked if it was lost in the soft sand or water. He said it was lost in the soft sand on either the prior Sunday or Monday. He also said that she had put the bracelet in a wagon along with towels and other beach items. He suspected it was lost when they got to the beach and started removing the items from the wagon. We set up a time for me to search at 8:30 pm and hung up.
I ate a quick dinner and text him, asking him if we could meet at 7:30 and he agreed. When I showed up at their rental, Mike, his wife, younger daughter and Ashlynn were waiting in the driveway. We walked down to the beach, and I was shown the area. I got a description of the bracelet and started a circular search. Not really knowing what the bracelet was going to show on the VDI (visual display indicator) I covered the area, checking every signal I got. I was going to start a north/south grid search outside the suspected area when I got a bouncing signal between 12 and 15. I took a scoop of sand and gently shook out the sand. There was nothing in the scoop, so I checked the sand and saw the outline of a possible bracelet in the sand. I reached down and pulled Ashlynn’s bracelet out of the sand. I turned around and looked at Ashlynn, who was watching me and gave her a big smile. The entire family was so happy and excited. Turns out, the bracelet was a HS graduation present from her grandmother.
Ashlynn, so happy your dad called me and we got the bracelet back where it belongs. I wish you the best of luck in all your future endeavors.
Jim
Thank you Jim! We thought there was no hope in finding that bracelet. After multiple days, high beach traffic and thunderstorms, Jim still found the bracelet! We are forever grateful.
I thought for sure it was gone forever and found the website on Google looking up ocean isle police lost and found and figured it would be a better shot than lost and found. Jim answered my call and took the time to come and save the day on something we never thought we’d see again we searched for hours the night she lost it and figured someone else found it and kept it we were completely wrong, thank you again Jim and we would definitely recommend him to anyone in the area