Trevor Oxborrow, Author at The Ring Finders

Lost iPhone 8’ Underwater Found & Returned – Kings Beach, Tahoe

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Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe, California, September 10, 2026: Got a text requesting an underwater search for an iPhone 16 Pro Max. The search box was moderately large and located just east of the Kings Beach boat ramp. I arrived about 5:15pm, the wave chop was moderate and the water clarity wasn’t ideal. Total search time was a little over an hour and the phone was recovered in 8 feet of water.
The client was happy to get his phone back in good working condition (he lost it approximately at 3pm and I recovered it a little after 6:30pm).

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Lost Gold Heirloom Ring Found & Returned – South Lake Tahoe

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Tahoe Keys, Lake Tahoe, California, September 8, 2026: Lost Gold Heirloom Ring Found Underwater & Returned to Owner by Metal Detector Specialist — Trevor Oxborrow.

Yesterday, Gina jumped into the Tahoe Keys Lagoon from a private-residence-dock & within moments felt her irreplaceable gold heirloom ring slip off her finger disappearing into the black abyss.

After my last phone recovery—at the Keys—I swore I’d never dive there again. And a theoretical idea of a ring recovery in the lagoon seemed impossible. So what’s the big deal with recovering a ring in the Tahoe Keys Lagoon? It’s only 11 feet deep immediately off the dock. The fingered peninsula designed neighborhood canals—or more aptly called the Black Lagoon—are infested with dense invasive aquatic weeds. 6 to 8 feet tall and as thick as you can imagine. Swimming in the lagoon is akin to swimming in molasses, additionally the aquatic weeds entangle your arms, legs, blu3 Nemo air hose & my XP metal detector. On the bottom is 6 inches of silty mud.

So, this morning I got a call for a lost-gold-heirloom-ring search at the Tahoe Keys. Well heirloom always motivates me, and maybe the search conditions aren’t as bad as I remember.
At about 12:20pm I met with Gina at the location. She described the circumstances and exactly where she jumped into the water. Good news! The search box was only 6 feet by 6 feet. I started with the full sized metal detector, next the Nokta Pulse Dive & finally ended up with the Garrett Carrot (pinpointer). Incidental finds were a 1st generation iPhone, forceps, & a copper bracelet. After 1 hour and 4 minutes of underwater searching I felt the beautiful shape of a ring in my fingers.
Obviously, Gina was very happy to have the ring back and I was happy to get out of the Black Lagoon.

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Lost Platinum Wedding Ring Found & Returned to Owner – Lake Tahoe

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Sugar Pine Point State Park, Lake Tahoe, California: Lost Platinum Wedding Ring Found and Returned to the Owner by Metal Detector Specialist — Trevor Oxborrow.
Jack was working at the Lake Tahoe Triathlon five days ago and remembers talking off his work gloves several times throughout the day—but didn’t recognize the exact moment his wedding ring came off his finger. Later in the day, and not knowing for sure if the ring came off at Sugar Pine Point State Park, he double checked his gloves and thoroughly searched his car.
With very special words engraved on the inside of his ring and having worn this ring for decades, he knew he had to find it.
Being from Reno, Jack initially contacted Ring Finder—Michael Dewey, who happened to be out of town, so Michael forwarded Jack’s contact info to me.
I called Jack and arranged to meet him at Sugar Pine Point State Park at 10am. I arrived at 9:45am and few minutes later got a call from Jack who explained he was delayed by thirty minutes. He described, over the phone, one of the possible search locations and encouraged me to begin. I searched the area for twenty five minutes with only one target—a 1982 penny. My second solid target turned out to be Jack’s Special Lost Platinum Wedding Ring.
I immediately called Jack, who had been delayed again, and he couldn’t believe I had already found his ring.
We arranged to meet in Tahoe City.
I could tell that Jack was so relieved and happy to have his Special Ring back on his finger.

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Lost 14k Gold Wedding Ring Found & Returned to Owner — Lemmon Valley, Nevada

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Brandon was busy clearing his backyard land with his tractor when a disturbed nest of wasps attacked. At some point in the process of escaping the wasp onslaught — jumping off his tractor and swiping away the wasps with his hands — his wedding ring flew off his finger, landing somewhere in the loose sand.
Brandon’s wife contacted Ring Finder—Michael Dewey, who happened to be out of town, so he asked if I was available to help. Yes was the answer, and a search was scheduled for the next day. After a recount of how the ring got lost and an outline of the search area, I began my grid search. On the second pass, I got an excellent target signal. Sweet to see that yellow gold ring emerge out of the sand. Brandon was super happy to have his ring back.
Another successful recovery by Trevor Oxborrow — Metal Detector Specialist.

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18k Gold Tiffany & Co. Ring Found & Returned to Owner

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Bita contacted me early this morning requesting a recovery search for her special ring which was lost in the sand at Kings Beach the day before. Special….because her mom had given it to her years ago.
Knowing that Kings Beach gets hit daily by Treasure Hunting Metal Detectorists, I loaded my equipment and headed straight there. An hour later, Bita was guiding me to the ring loss location which she and others had spent a considerable amount of time searching the day before. After only a couple of minutes, I got the signal I was anticipating. Reaching down I scooped up a handful of sand and began slowly sifting it between my fingers. “Found it” — and needless to say, Bita was very, very happy to have her ring back.

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Lost Gold Wedding Ring Found & Returned to Owner, Truckee River, Tahoe City, CA

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Lacie contacted me and requested a recovery search for her husband’s wedding ring which was lost in the Truckee River two days prior.
River recoveries are the toughest. Fortunately, Lacie pinned the exact location where her husband felt the ring come off his finger while hand-paddling the raft in the cold Truckee River.
The recovery challenge was the ring had found it’s way into a small crack between to rocks. So it took several grid sweeps to locate.
Lacie and husband were very happy to get his ring back.

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Lost Gold Quinceañera Ring Found & Returned to Owner

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On August 9th, Oscar had posted, on Facebook, that his daughter had lost her Quinceañera Gold Ring in about 4 feet of water at Sand Harbor. He also stated “I can always buy another ring but that ring had sentimental value to my daughter.”
I reached out to Oscar and offered to search for his daughter’s ring. He provided detailed directions and a pinned map location.
My only worry, was that within the elapsed 42+ hours, Treasure Hunters had already found the ring. So I started searching early at 5:57am. Within minutes I found her ring buried in the sand in 4+ feet of water. Conveniently, I met up with Oscar’s brother that same morning and was able to return her ring to the family by 8:08am.

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Lost Ring Found & Returned, Carson City, Nevada

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Lost for over a month, this couple thought they might never see her wedding ring again.
A few days ago, Cameron—the husband, published a Facebook post describing the circumstances of her losing her wedding ring while playing football at Terrace Park. Additionally, he requested if anyone visiting Terrace Park to keep an eye out for her ring.
I reached out to Cameron and offered to search the park. I spent 3 hours searching the first day and found a silver ring that I thought for sure was the right ring. I couldn’t quite tell from the photos he posted. Sent photos to Cameron, but dang it…not the ring. After 3 hours on the second day, I was ready to give up. On my very last grid pass, I got a solid target signal and found her ring.
I was able to drop her ring off today and found out it was her birthday. The same day as my mom, who had passed away 4 years ago.
A lot of good Karma today!

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Lost Gold Wedding Ring Found, Donner Lake, Truckee, California

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Got a text yesterday afternoon at 4:27pm, from Cody, requesting a lost ring recovery search for her husband’s wedding ring in Donner Lake. This wedding ring was very special having originally belonged to his late father.
He had been climbing a rock, three hundred feet or so, offshore in Donner Lake. His hand slipped and off came his ring in about 8 feet of water.
We arranged to meet at the entrance to the Donner Memorial State Park at 8:00am.
By 8:15am they guided me to a shoreline location closest to the offshore rock.
I geared up and began swimming out to the rock. With my XP Deus 2 metal detector and Blu3 Nomad dive system, I was able to recover his ring in a short amount of time.
At 8:40am I handed the ring over. He and Cody were very happy and relieved to have his father’s ring back on his finger.

 

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Lost Platinum Wedding Ring Found & Returned, Pope Beach, Lake Tahoe

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Got a text last night at 8:34pm requesting a lost ring recovery search at Pope Beach, Lake Tahoe.
Backstory: (Pope Beach the previous evening), Keaton placed his platinum wedding ring in his shirt, on the beach, before going for a swim. When he got back from the swim, he picked up his shirt and his ring fell into the sand and disappeared. He spent the better part of an hour searching, with no ring found.
Knowing of TheRingFinders.com way before he ever lost his ring, he knew exactly who to contact.
5:54am I started searching. Keaton provided a map, description of how he lost his ring and landmarks nearby.
All of which got me into the right area. My first solid signal, a 59 on my XP Deus 2 metal detector, ended up being his lost ring.
Keaton arrived at 6:30am, I handed the ring over, he was happy and relieved to have it back on his finger.

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