Trevor Oxborrow, Author at The Ring Finders

Lost Ring Found Mount Rose Ski Tahoe

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Lost Cartier Wedding Ring Recovered at Mount Rose Ski Area, Lake Tahoe, Nevada – March 30, 2026.
Got a call at 9:30am requesting a search for a lost wedding ring buried in the snow on one of the ski runs at the Mount Rose Ski Area.
The owner of the ring texted over aerial images with six ski-run locations highlighted where he might have lost his ring.
Arriving at 4:30pm to begin the search, my main concern was the snowcats moving snow to cover ski-run bare spots during the 48 hours since the ring loss. By the time I started searching the fourth possible location, that concern was beginning to seem likely.
Finally I got a solid 79 VDI on my XP Deus 2 metal detector. A quick search with my pinpointer revealed the lost Cartier Ring under 3 to 4 inches of Snow. Ring found at 5:44pm, less than 9 hours after being notified.

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Lost Ring Found, Castle Rock Trail, Lake Tahoe

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4:52pm, March 2nd, 2026, I received a text requesting a lost ring search on the Castle Rock Trail. This scenic trail is a one mile hike to a rock outcrop that provides spectacular views of Lake Tahoe. With the trailhead at 7,400+ feet in altitude, I expected a good amount of snow along the trail and the search area. The text included a description of how the ring was lost and satellite images with pinned gps coordinates.
March 3rd, around 8:30am, I arrived at the trailhead with metal detecting equipment and snowshoes. Fortunately the night-time temperatures were cold enough to create a frozen top crust on the deep snow and I didn’t need to use the snowshoes. The hike to the search site was just short of a mile with a little over 400 feet of elevation gain. With minimal cellular reception, it took a little extra time to locate the pinned gps coordinates. Within 10 minutes of searching, a solid repeatable signal was located. A quick dig in the snow revealed the lost ring. So within 15 hours of being notified, the ring was recovered. I scheduled a meetup with the ring owner that afternoon in Carson City, so the total time from being notified to the return of the ring was less than 24 hours.

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Lost Gold Wedding Ring Recovered at Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe!

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At 2:18pm I received a ring recovery search request located at the south overlook parking area of Emerald Bay. Backstory: The client and family—tourists visiting Lake Tahoe—stopped at the south overlook parking area of Emerald Bay around 10am. The client climbed up on the snow embankment and began reaching into the snow with his hands and at some point his wedding ring slipped off his hand. The client and his family searched for several hours before calling me. Since the client and family planned on returning to the Bay Area that afternoon, I needed to get to the search location ASAP. Additionally, since I was an hour and a half away, I needed to begin searching before sunset. Arriving just after 4pm, and dealing with the hectic parking situation, I finally connected with the client. After getting all the ring loss details from the client, I jumped onto the snow embankment and switched on the XP Deus 2. Within a minute, I got a solid target signal with a VDI of 71. I scooped up a handful of snow and used the pinpointer to confirm the target was in my hand. Crushing the snow clump revealed a 14k gold ring with diamonds.
Another lost-ring-in-snow recovery!

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Lost Gold Wedding Ring Recovered —in the water—Tahoe Vista, Lake Tahoe, California!

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January 1st, 2026: The Client and his wife went Polar Plunging in Lake Tahoe. The video showed him wearing the wedding ring as he entered the water and few minutes later he realized the ring was missing, apparently falling off his finger in waist deep water. Later that evening, the Client contacted me—Trevor Oxborrow, to schedule a lost ring water search.
January 2nd, 2026: 9:30am I arrived at the Tahoe Sands beachside resort to begin the search. The air temperature was 40 degrees Fahrenheit with an estimated water temperature of 48 degrees Fahrenheit. The Client described the ring loss circumstances and search zone. I geared-up with my wetsuit, blu3 Nemo and XP Deus 2. Thirty minutes into the grid search I got the perfect target signal, but typically it was just a dang old pull-tab. Five minutes later I got another solid target….dug my scoop deep….sieved out the sand….there it was….a brilliant yellow and white gold 14k wedding ring. Client and wife were very happy.
Another great day at Lake Tahoe!

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Lost Gold Ring Recovered Lake Tahoe

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– Lost Gold Ring Recovery—in the snow—in South Lake Tahoe!
My first ring recovery of 2026!
Client contacted me on Instagram yesterday, 12/31/25, with a lost ring search request in his back-yard with 12+ inches of snow. Backstory: Client and friends were throwing snowballs in the back yard, during which one of the client’s friends noticed her gold ring was missing.
I arrived at 10am today, 1/1/26, and once the client explained the location and circumstances of the ring loss, I turned on my XP Deus 2 and began the search. On the fifth swing, I got a solid target with a VDI of 60. Scooped a handful of snow and used the pinpointer to reveal a thin gold ring. Client was happy with the quick search and recovery.

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Lost Gold Wedding Ring Found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

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Lost Ring Recovered in the Snow!

Received a call yesterday, (December 28, 2025), of a lost gold wedding ring — in the snow — 26 miles west of Truckee, California in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The client and wife — recently married — were returning home, via Interstate 80, from their honeymoon trip to Reno. At Yuba Gap, they decided to stop at a sledding hill to check out the fresh snow from the recent Pineapple Express Storm. The client started scooping snow with his hands and tossing snowballs resulting in the loss of his wedding ring somewhere on the slope above his parked truck. I arrived an hour and forty minutes after receiving the client’s call, having driven 71 miles from South Lake Tahoe. The client showed me the area where he had been scooping snow and within a couple of minutes got a solid target with a VDI of 62.
Success! The 14k white gold ring was returned to the happy newlywed couple.

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Lost Platinum Ring Recovered at Lakeside Beach, South Lake Tahoe

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At 7:05 pm, the night before Thanksgiving, I received a message about a lost ring at Lakeside Beach, South Lake Tahoe. According to the client, that afternoon he lost his platinum ring throwing a football with family members on the beach.
At 8:10 am, Thanksgiving morning, I arrived at Lakeside Beach and began a grid search of the pinned location.
At 8:20 am the client with two family members arrived at the beach. After recounting the previous day’s movements, they collectively revised the search area.
I started a new grid search and literally within 2 minutes got a solid target signal near one of the picnic tables. I didn’t even need the scoop, I just reached down and sifted the sand with my fingers—Lost platinum ring found!
The client was blown away with the speed of the recovery.
A great way to start a Thanksgiving morning with a lost ring recovery.

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Lost Platinum Ring Recovered at Zephyr Cove, Tahoe!

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September 14, 2025, 7:03pm : Received a call requesting the recovery of a lost platinum ring at Zephyr Cove Beach. Client lost his ring while in the water and described “ that is where it fell off and got lost, the water was about five feet deep. Ring is silver, smooth with rounded edges and has custom engraving on the inside”. September 15, 2025, 7:45am : Arrived at Zephyr Cove and began donning dive gear. Half hour later began searching the lost area pinned by the client. I don’t think anyone has metal detected that section of the shallow water ever, or at least not recently. Tons of targets—bottle caps, pull-tabs, bobby pins, twist-ties, bits of foil, etc. The ring is platinum (Pt950) so on the Deus 2 should be around a 62 VDI, and of course all the pull-tabs and bottle caps were showing similar. I burned through two Nemo batteries and loaded a third. I was deep into my 4 hour of searching and the cold water was finally getting to me when I got my millionth 62 vdi target, and expected another pull-tab. But that’s the beauty of metal detecting recoveries, just as you think you’ll never find the ring and ready to call it a day, you get the surprise and joy of seeing the ring in your scoop and instantly all the effort and being cold vanishes.
Confirmed the ring was correct with client by sending a photo and specifics of the engraving. 2:52pm is stamped on the USPS receipt, so within 20 hours of being notified, the lost ring is shipped back home.

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Lost Ring Recovered at Buckeye Hot Springs, CA

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Lost iPhone 16 Recovered at Lake Tahoe

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Mike, family and friends rented kayaks at Timber Cove Marina for an afternoon paddle on Lake Tahoe. Staying close to the shoreline, they headed west towards El Dorado Beach. About halfway the typical afternoon waves knocked into Mike’s kayak causing him to drop his iPhone 16 Pro Max into about 7 feet of water. The turbulent water had mixed the loose algae on the lake bottom obscuring any sign of the phone. Mike’s cousin contacted me and scheduled an earlier morning search. His cousin also provided an accurate pinned location. The search location was about 60 feet offshore, so it only took about 30 minutes of driving to locate his phone. And the good news—the phone was still working.

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