Mike Baker, Author at The Ring Finders

Wedding Ring Lost a Year Ago Found

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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9/29/24

I got a call from a lady who lost her wedding ring last year. She was loading a compost bin when she got attacked by angry bees. During the chaos, her ring went flying off. They searched but couldn’t find it. For the past year she had hoped to hear about someone local who might have a metal detector, and then she saw my ad.

This ring has quite the 30 plus year history. She had to get it cut off her finger once, had it resized another time, had it re-hammered by the original goldsmith who made both their matching rings.

I went to their house today and found it in under 5 minutes. She was so happy and relieved to have it back. As we were standing there having a nice visit about the long history of the property, I offered to let them use one of my detectors to try to find something that may have belonged to the original owner 250 years ago.

While showing them how to use a detector, I got a nice signal, and about 3” down a silver 1783 Reale showed up! Probably last held over 200 years ago by the owner. It was a double miracle day!

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Wedding Ring Found in Tree Farm

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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9/28/24

Got a call yesterday from a guy who lost his wedding ring a few days ago. He was having dinner with friends when he noticed it was missing. He runs a very busy tree farm and as you can imagine works very hard and covers a lot of ground during the course of a day. He thought a likely place to start looking was around the base of 4 chestnut trees that he had done extensive work on that day. But, it could also be on another property about 10 miles away!

I went there this afternoon, and he walked me around. I could tell he was very upset about losing it. That empty ring finger was bugging him!

I got started. About an hour into the search he came out to offer to cut down some of the tall grass and weeds. I told him that it probably would come to that. I had one last chestnut tree to search around and was doing the path on the way when I got a very loud tone. He wasn’t far away so I yelled for him to come over. I pushed the pinpointer around in the weeds and there it was! A miracle! I had honestly expected this search to turn into several days and many hours.

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Wedding Ring Found in Vermont

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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9/28/24

Yesterday I got a call from a fellow who’s wife had lost her wedding ring. She had been out on their raised deck when she felt and heard her ring fall off and hit the deck floor.

He searched throughout the boards and on his hands and knees under the deck for a long time with no luck. Sometimes it’s amazing how rings can hide so well in a relatively small area!

So, went over this morning, he showed me the area and I got started. Searches this close to a house and deck are usually full of nail, screws, flashing bits and other construction materials. This one was no exception, tons of signals! After about a half hour, I moved a large rock and got a good signal. There it was!

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Found Wedding Ring in Garden

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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9/22/24

Walked in the door after doing a water search in an icy cold river for a wedding ring, anxious to get to painting(ha ha), when the phone rang. It was a lady who’s partner had lost a gold wedding band. After doing some weeding and things in the community garden, went to dust off dirty hands on the pants, when the ring went flying off.

The nearby library had a pinpointer to loan out for just such occasions. They searched with that for a couple hours, then found The Ring Finders listing. So, I went right there, she showed me the area, and in about 15 minutes I got a signal so loud it sounded like a car honking! I pushed my pinpointer into the vegetation and it tapped on something hard while sounding off. There it was!

She gave me some homemade pesto which I am very anxious to try soon!!

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Found Wedding Ring in VT river

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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9/7/24

I got a call a few days ago from a woman who’s husband had lost his wedding ring in a Vermont river. They were tubing with their little daughter. He had gotten a little far out in front, so he put on the brakes by dragging his hands along the rocky river bottom. Unfortunately, his ring got knocked off his finger, so he jumped out of the tube and went straight to shore. When his wife and daughter caught up, they all searched for it. But the water was a tiny bit too deep and fast to find it without a detector.

So, I went right there after work and searched for about 2-1/2 hours with no luck. We arranged to meet this morning for another search. I was a little concerned about another storm coming along and sweeping it down the river for who knows how far. Our storms have been causing so many destructive floods lately, it’s unbelievable how far gravel, big rocks and trees can be swept along. My wife and I are leaving for a week’s vacation tomorrow, so the pressure was on to find it today!

We met at 8:00 am and got started. Luckily, the river had gone down a little more. In about an hour, I got a good signal. I looked down into the water and saw a color that I liked! It was a slight reddish tone of rose gold that his ring was made of. It must’ve been stepped on because only a tiny bit was showing above the gravel botton.

It was a fun search for a very nice little family on a beautiful river. I loaned them a detector so they could search their land for historical relics. Hope they find something cool!

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Wedding Ring Found in Central Vermont

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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June 17, 2024

Got a call from a lady who’s husband had just lost his platinum wedding ring. He had been exercising a retriever by throwing a ball into a small pond when his ring flew off. He wasn’t sure whether the ring was on the ground or out in the water. To make it worse for him, he had lost his first wedding ring in a different pond several years earlier. Also, the pressure was on because it was just a few days until their anniversary!

I went right over and he showed me the area. He was thinking it was most likely in shallow water, but I figured I might as well try the shoreline first. After only a few swings and one poor signal, I got a nice loud signal about a foot from the edge. I spread the tall grass apart and there it was! Not quite a record, but it sure was a quick hunt!! Didn’t have to put the wet suit on, thankfully, because it might be a little tight this Spring!

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Found Man’s Wedding Ring in Vermont

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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June 16, 2024

A couple years ago, I got a call from a guy who’s wedding ring was lost. He, his wife and daughter, who was a toddler, were out doing things in their back yard. His daughter asked if she could wear his ring, and being a bit of a softy, he let her have it for a few minutes. He got distracted, and they all went up the hill to see their newly planted fruit trees, and lost track of time. On the way back down the hill they realized that she no longer had his ring. The grass was a little too deep to find it.

So, I went to their house, they explained that it could potentially be anywhere. The grass was very deep everywhere except part of the back lawn and the sandbox area. The ground was just loaded with signals, their neighbors told them that their entire property had been a private farm’s junkyard. All the broken down cars, trucks and farm equipment had been removed, so it looks nice, but it was going to be a real test of patience to find a little ring there. Patience is a requirement to belong to The Ring Finders!!

No luck that day. I went back a couple more times last year, as they cleared grass from different areas. Still no luck. I knew this one could take time.

They had a lot more mowing done, so I went to try it again today. When I got there, there was a new back door and a long wooden ramp to it. I got a real shock when his wife came to the door and said he had been in a serious accident and is now in a wheelchair. A young, healthy dad, on his way to work last Winter, was hit head on by a huge utility truck.

I started the search. After hearing hundreds of signals and digging dozens of targets, one being a horseshoe, I dug down with my finger expecting it to be just another piece if shreaded aluminum can or another car part, but it was something very smooth!! There it was, his shiny ring with roots growing through it!

He and his wife were in shock, they thought it was gone forever! I love these moments, a really good feeling to see it back on his hand. I sure hope he walks again someday. They also have a new addition to the family, a little boy!

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  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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5/18/24

I got a call a couple days ago from a lady in Colorado. Her son and daughter in law live in Vermont. A year and a half ago her husband was visiting Vermont helping to build an office in the “kids” barn, when he realized his wedding ring had fallen off. He had been working with insulation, hanging drywall, painting boards, etc.

It was a beautiful, engraved ring that he had worn for 40 years. They searched and after leaving, the son went through everything with no luck.

So, I went over today to do a search between the house and barn. Literally 2 minutes into the search, got a great signal, dug into the grass a little with my finger, and there it was. Still in perfect condition!

I love these searches !!

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Found Wedding Ring in Vermont

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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5/13/24

Got a call this afternoon from a gentleman who lost his platinum wedding ring while mulching around his shrubs. So I went straight home from work, grabbed my detectors and headed to his house.

He and his wife took me around the yard showing me the likely areas to search. His ring fits loose in the chilly weather, so he thought it may have fallen off and got shoveled out into the woods with the old mulch.

After searching the yard for about an hour, dusk started to settle in. They suggested taking a look in the garage and in a large barrel where he had been discarding empty mulch bags. I ran my Goldmaster around the base of the plastic barrel and got a banging loud signal with the right numbers. So I started removing trash and putting it in another container. Right in the very bottom was a fantastic sight, his ring!!

We were all very surprised and happy! I love this hobby.

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Found Lost Ring on his Anniversary!!

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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3/22/24
Last night I got a call from a guy who had lost his custom made white gold wedding ring. It’s a beautiful ring with trees and mountains on it. He had been cutting branches and trees that had fallen into his road. He had set the chainsaw down and was brushing the snow and sawdust from his pants when his ring went flying off. It was quite cold out, so naturally his fingers had shrunk a little .

He searched the area for a long time, but was unable to find it because the snow on the ground was probably hiding it, or it had ended up in the muddy ditch with running water in it. He later found my name on The Ring Finders website and called me instead of trying a rental, which might not even work right.

So, today after work I went over to help. I got a signal right off, but thought it might be from the large metal culvert under the road. I checked it with the pinpointer and there it was, barely covered with snow. We were happy to find it this evening because there’s a huge snowstorm predicted for tonight and tomorrow. We definitely didn’t want a snowplow to drag it down the road!

The best part of this story was that tonight is his wedding ANNIVERSARY !!

I love this hobby!

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