This is a familiar story. First Snow fall a nice young gentleman was wiping the snow off his truck with his hands and shakes his hands and loses his ring. He call me in a panic and distressed so I went down the next day to see what we could do. It didn’t take long and he was back in possession of his ring and a very grateful person. It never gets old when you have success stories like this.
Lost Ring in Iowa
I received a call from Scott asking if I could help find his lost wedding ring in his front yard! I asked him the usual questions like…When did he lose it? How did it happen? and Did he have a good idea of the exact area where he lost it? And all of the answers that Scott gave me indicated that his lost wedding ring should not be very difficult to find.
Armed with that information and my trusty Garrett, ATMax metal detector I headed for Orlando with high hopes. Made me think of how many people have lost rings, earrings and necklaces while playing with their favorite pet! Sometimes they are able to find their lost item and at other times the grass or sand swallows their personal treasure, never to be seen again.
Scott on the other hand was very sure of the exact spot where he was when he felt his ring come off. So I began my grid search just wide of the area he indicated and it took only 5 minutes to get the solid, shallow signal I was looking for. And Scott was thrilled to get his lost wedding ring back and I was honored and thankful to have been given the opportunity to help him!
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This ring find began when Yumi from Aiea called and said my fellow detectorist Brian referred me to her. He told her if anyone can find your ring it’s Joe. I appreciate the confidence Brian has in me but I thought the same of him. Yumi and I agreed to meet at her friend’s house where she lost her ring at 1:30 PM. today. When I arrived Yumi demonstrated how she walked up to a bench after finishing up washing dishes from the Food Truck flicked her hand once and both rings flew off. She didn’t notice which direction they went but she heard a “Ting” sound which sounded as if the ring hit the chain link fence. The way she flicked her hands and the rings being on her left hand I figured they would be to the left. Yumi & Rosie hunted extensively for a few days and a freak heavy winter storm flooded Rosie’s home and there was a fear the ring might be washed away. I started on the bottom level and worked towards the top. The Nox was practically useless with all the chain fence pieces, pull tabs, bottle caps & coins. The area was mostly dirt so I was thinking this should be an easy eyeball find with a bit of assistance from my pinpointer in the grassy areas. After 45 minutes of a thorough search I was about to give in. We covered it all at least in the left direction. Yumi admitted to raking a bit and that opened up the search in the other direction. No luck there either. Then as I was about to leave, I asked Yumi if we had moved the hose and she said, “NO!” We moved the hose from near the house pillar where the grass was the highest. I turned on my pinpointer and started moving the grass. Just as the PP went off I saw the beautiful Heirloom ring come into view alongside the Pillar surrounded by tall grass. Yumi screamed in disbelief and tears started to flow. I got a huge lump in my throat seeing how relieved she was that I found the ring. We all hugged and laughed thinking how her ring could have ended up where it did. The Rake…maybe so. No matter the other White Gold band remains and after they get a chance to remove some high grass along the fence it might be in the same spot. Aloha to Yumi & Josie!
I was contacted by Phillip on November 29 about his ring that he lost at a park on Lake Ocoee in Eastern Tennessee. He had lost his platinum wedding band on the Saturday before while at a roadside park. He was brushing the leaves off a tablecloth when his ring came off. He felt it come off, but wasn’t sure which direction it went. They had been married for only about two years, so they were both just a little upset. He and his wife searched the area until well after dark to no avail. He had even gone to a local sporting goods store and bought a low cost metal detector, and went back on Sunday morning. He quickly found out there were a lot of targets in the ground there and was quite overwhelming! After that they did a Google search and www.theringfinders.com popped up. He works for the local Volkswagen plant here and couldn’t get off until the coming weekend, so I met him there the next Saturday morning on December 4th. The leaves are all pretty much gone from the trees now and on the ground, so I knew the ring wouldn’t have been visible to someone walking by. The picnic table was at the bottom of a steep hill and the hill by the table was covered with leaves that were nearly a foot deep. I searched that area first and found the usual pull tabs and foil that are common at parks. There is a paved walk right next to the table, so I searched the ground next to the walk, across from the table. Just as I was about halfway past the table I got an interesting signal. It was obviously trash, but mixed in there was a good strong signal. I slowed down my sweep and used the short wiggle motion to help identify the target I was hearing. It was the low tone that I was expecting for platinum, and I was getting a consistent 12:09 on my CTX. I brushed away the layer of leaves with my foot and immediately saw it. Phillip was a little distance away with his metal detector and didn’t notice that I had found it. So I started taking pictures of it right where it lay. I picked it up and pretended to continue my search for a little while. After about another ten minutes I quit searching and walked over to where he was and started asking more questions. He assumed that I hadn’t found it yet, so he was quite surprised when I held up my hand and showed him the ring! The ring was less than a foot from the walk directly adjacent the table. The actual search time was about twenty minutes.
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*** I was detecting on a local Newport California beach the other day . A couple of girls ran up to me asking for help to find a special necklace that was lost in the sand. They said the necklace had been on a towel and one of the girls picked the towel, not knowing the keepsake was there. It disappeared into the dry soft sand.
We walked over to the location where I was able to locate the chain and pendant within a couple minutes with my metal detector.
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On Sunday afternoon (December 5th, 2021), I received a call from a distraught Kathy regarding her son, Cain’s, lost gold ring. The 14K yellow gold pinky ring was a cherished, early Christmas gift for Cain. He was only wearing it for about 3-4 hours before it was lost. Cain had stepped outside into the front yard and saw the ring on his finger. It was loose fitting, so he thought that he should take it off until it could be resized. Cain forgot about it and tossed 2 items in the yard, went inside the house, came back outside, and noticed that the ring was gone! The family went out and bought a metal detector, but was unable to find the ring. They came across The Ring Finders website while searching online for a detector. They decided that contacting a Ring Finder would be their best option to find Cain’s missing gold ring.
This was actually my closest ring search. They literally live less than 10 minutes from me. I was onsite within 30 minutes from my call with Kathy. I met with Cain, and he showed me the area he was standing and the motion he used to throw the 2 items. The first toss was underhand, towards the street. The second toss was sideways at Cain’s right side. He was wearing the ring on his right pinky finger. Cain didn’t see or feel the ring come off, but he thought it would’ve fallen off on the first toss towards the street.
I started my grid search in the direction of Cain’s first toss. I then searched the direction of Cain’s second toss. Next, I expanded my search across the street in the neighbor’s yard. Then I searched the left side of the yard. I was coming up empty handed and was very perplexed. I had expanded my grid search 360 degrees and didn’t find Cain’s ring. I even searched the yard a second time using a cross-grid just to be sure. I was discussing all the possibilities with Cain and asking more questions to see if he had any other ideas of where his ring could have ended up. Cain mentioned a signal he had on the metal detector he bought, but was never able to find out what it was. It was over near a cane palm tree. We went over and checked it out, but it turned out to be a false signal.
I then remembered the way Cain reenacted the second toss. It was to his right side, but there was a slight chance that his ring went behind him and to the corner. I did check the grass by the house in that direction, but I didn’t check the flower bed/shrub area. It seemed very unlikely that his ring went that far and in that direction, but I’ve been doing this long enough to know that rings sometimes end up where they shouldn’t be. I went over and started searching the flower bed. Sure enough, I get a shallow gold tone. I bend down to check the signal and there’s Cain’s gold ring! It was lying next to a hose, just slightly covered up. Cain was behind me and didn’t realize that I found his ring. I called him over in a normal voice and asked, “hey, what’s this?” Cain looks down to investigate and quickly realized that it was his ring! Such a joyful moment and the exact reason why I do this!
I give so much praise and glory to God for this ring recovery! This search had the potential to be a no find. I’m so thankful that we searched that last possibility, even though his ring shouldn’t have been there. It must’ve taken the perfect path or bounce through the shrub to land at that spot. Another great reminder to check every spot possible no matter the odds.
I’m so happy that Cain has his treasured gold pinky ring back! I’m very blessed to be a member of The Ring Finders! I await my next mission…
If you or someone you know has lost a ring, jewelry, or other metal item, please contact a member of The Ring Finders.
Today I was called to my home town to help relocate a lost ring, it had been on Mikes finger since 1971. He purchased the ring while in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was a beautiful 6 band 18 k Yellow Gold Puzzle Ring. He was working in the yard, doing his annual Fall raking, when at the end of the day, he noticed it was missing. Desperate to get it back, He googled Lost Ring and my name showed up, he gave me a call in hopes that I could somehow help find it in amongst multiple bags of leaves. I got his info and left immediately, When I arrived at Mikes place, I had him dump each bag on top of the tarp one at a time. Still no luck, moving into the yard I gridded the yard slowly, and again no luck. Almost ready to call it a day, I asked one last question about the trash can and did he use it. Yes he replied, that he had removed his gloves and put them on top of it. I walked over and swung once, and that familiar low tone rang louder than ever, there it was staring up at me. I had Mike come look at it, and he ran and tripped up the stairs yelling for his wife to come out and have a look. She said I had that look on my face like I found it. Lol. I said yes I did. After a few pictures and lots great stories, I was invited to take a ride in his private plane, and you bet I will take him up on it. Congratulations Mike, on that special ring.
18 K Puzzle Ring
Mike (Pilot) sporting his puzzle ring
This ring find began when I received a call from Cherie who was on vacation from San Francisco and staying in Waikiki. Her boyfriend had just bought her earlier that day a Platinum and Diamonds Ring. While sitting on the beach, a sudden movement of her hand and the ring fell into the sand and disappeared. With her friends, the four of them combed the sand with no luck. Cherie’s friend Frank agreed to meet me at the Waikiki Police Station so he could show me where they were on the beach. It was dark already. When I arrived Cherie drew a box in the sand where she thought the ring would be and I started my hunt. After ten seconds I got my first target a loud “7” on the Nox. One scoop and after sifting all the sand the tiny Platinum & Diamonds Ring was lying in the bottom of the scoop. I reached in and retrieved the ring and handed it to Cherie. I heard a sigh of relief from all her friends and sincere “Thank you so much” from Cherie. Some pics and hugs followed and Cherie can enjoy the rest of her vacation. Off to Maui tomorrow. Aloha to Cherie and her friends!
I think no matter what, when a Ring Finder hears of a lost piece of jewelry they receive an overwhelming feeling to jump in and help. Now place yourself in front of your mother and imagine she’s lost an inherited silver earring. In my mind mountains will move to recover what my mom lost. Luckily no mountains were involved just a really old house and the heater vent. After taking her earrings over to the hutch they have in their bathroom, a place she admitted she has never used to put on her jewelry. One of the blue opal silver earrings fell off the hutch and slipped effortlessly through the grates of the heater vent. So that’s where I began my search. I used my borescope to investigate the 90 degree bends of the duct work. When I spotted the earring I tried multiple attempts at grabbing it, sticking it with tape on a string and tape on a wire. All attempts failed at retrieving the earring but I did manage to collect a lot of lint and debris. I did not want to give up so Dad and I headed to the basement. I crawled into the crawl space and began to decipher the maze of ducting. Matching the orientation of the heater vent on the top side I disassembled the duct work to reveal mom’s earring. Now back to using the long grabbing tool I was playing the claw machine game in my parents basement. This time I didn’t need any quarters just a steady hand and a bright flash light. ” I got it” I shouted and handed the earring up through the hole in the floor to my mom. Usually strangers are calling us for a last ditch attempt to recover a lost item. But this Ring Finder’s call was close to my heart and my home.
This ring find began when my fellow ring finder Don referred me to Pratibha from Reading, Pennsylvania. While enjoying a Monday morning at Royal-Moana Beach in Waikiki Pratibha took her ring off and put it in her purse so she could go for a swim. She told me her purse fell down into the sand and her husband unaware the ring was inside cleaned off the purse. They went back to their hotel room and then realized that the ring was missing. She placed a police report and informed the shop owner nearby where they rented a chair from. Fearing the amount of time that went by and how much that beach gets detected I told her the odds would be slim that the ring would still be there. I agreed to meet Pratibha at the Waikiki Police Station during my lunch break and do a quick search to see if we would be blessed. When I arrived the beach was packed with tourists but I did the best I could hunting around them and many were so nice to move their chairs and help. I found six pull tabs and a nickel that made me think we just might find the ring. Then one gentlemen in an area we needed to search refused to move and was just a knucklehead about it. Thankfully the lady next to him said here let me move my stuff and let you search here. Right where she removed her slippers from I got a loud #13 on the Nox and in one scoop there was Pratibha’s beautiful ring in my scoop. I showed the ring to her husband as he was helping me on the beach and he shouted, “Oh my gosh that’s the Ring!” It was getting hot and I was much relieved that we got blessed and the knucklehead didn’t have to be bothered. Vacation saved. Much Aloha to Pratibha and her Family!