On another Leak Detection I meet a man, Ray Sharpe. He is at his daughters house to help with a leak in her main water service. As we talk and he see’s my RingFinders lic plate frame he tells me he wished he met me last year, I ask why’s that ? He shows me his hand without a ring on it. 47 yrs he tells me he wore his wedding ring that was made for him. So I ask where did you lose it. He tells me the story of diggin at the beach with his grandson and comin home with no RING. He bought a detector and tried to find the ring with no luck and gave up. So now knowing where it was lost, I ask what does it look like and I’ll put it out to all the guys. As soon as he says, 4 dimonds going left and 4 dimonds goin right, my head drops. Ok get a piece of papper and draw it for me. (I knew I had it already) I told him I might have it, Watch my tools and I’ll run home and be right back. As I get in the van to leave his daughter comes to my van and asked if I really think I have it. I scroll thru my pics and bring it up. THATS IT. OMG. I must say this was a special ring the min I dug it while lookin for a lost Plat ring for someone else. (Found too)
It had my lucky number ( 8 ) dimonds on it but it had something more. A feeling I have never had in 20 yrs of detecting. I posted the find on CL but no body claimed. It became my SPECIAL RING, I wore it on special days.
As I pull in their driveway with ring in hand I know why this is
(was) so special.
I walk up to Ray as he holds out his hand and drop his special ring in his hand. At this point I dont remember all that was said and dont really care. I know this cannot be topped in my lifetime
and I am thankfull to be a part in this story. I made a friend.
1 in a Billion.(?) I think so. 
Awesome story and return John. Great job!!!!
John, you’re the absolute best. You’ve made so many people happy with stories like this!
Amazing story, John!
The chances of that happening are like 1 in 40 million! That is crazy John…Way to find that smile!
Great story John! What was it that Han Solo said in Star Wars?…”don’t tell me the odds”? Ok, I won’t, because I can’t count that high!
I remember the day john Dug up that ring in a small cobble field while searching for a mans platinum ring that was lost and returned to the owner days later.As John and I were finishing up our hunt gridding..he gets a few last signals..I’m standing,watching as he digs up a target,immediately starts laughing very loud Looking up at the sky then shows me a gold band with 8 diamonds wich…is his most lucky number! What a great day For King Neptune and the World 🙂
Great job John!!! I had a return yesterday and the feeling just never goes away. My new philosophy in life is now going to be ” It’s just awesome being Awesome!!!” Keep up the good work and be awesome!