Engagement Ring lost on the beach, Ship Bottom NJ, LBI, recovered by Edward Trapper, NJ Ring Finder






This ring find began when I got a call from Kathy who was on vacation from Buffalo, New York and staying at the Hale Koa Hotel in Waikiki. While enjoying a day at the beach with friends she put her four rings in a beach wrap to apply suntan lotion. Later when she retrieved the wrap her four rings fell out into the sand. They were able to find three but the fourth ring which was her Father’s wedding ring became well hidden in the sand and after an hour with no sign of the precious heirloom that’s when someone told them about “The Ring Finders”. I told Kathy I was 15 minutes away and would come right down to hunt. When I arrive, turn on the detector and take a few steps. BOOM #41 on the Manticore, one scoop and ring recovered. Hugs & Joy all around! Aloha to Kathy!


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I was contacted by Cody and Rebecca after Cody’s wedding ring was lost at the beach. He had taken it of to secure it in their bag when he went into the water. What happened was the bag was moved before the ring was retrieved, and when Cody went to put it back on it was gone, supposedly in the sand somewhere. I had just finished another search, and was immediately available, letting them know I would be there in a short amount of time.
When I got there I met Cody and Rebecca down on the sand where they had been sitting. They told me that they had left earlier, but were able to secure the same spot when they returned. They also said that they had searched with friends for a considerable amount of time to no avail. I began my search, but before I did I placed a nickle on the sand and went over it with my detector; no signal. The amount of iron in the sand was canceling out anything else, so I had to make adjustments in my detector in order to be able to use it in this environment. I then began to search, and within 10 minutes I had Cody’s ring. He and Rebecca were thrilled to see it again, and congratulated me on the recovery. It also always makes my day to be able to hand what once was thought lost forever back to the rightful owner.
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16 September 2024
When George lost the gold wedding band that had encircled his ring finger for 47 years he had little hope that he’d ever see it again. He’d been enjoying a swim in chest deep water when he felt the ring slip off, and an attempted search in the mobile sand proved fruitless. Later in the evening his daughter learned of the RingFinders through the Fabulous Falmouth Facebook page and early the next morning she called me to see if I might be able to help. I of course said yes, I’d be happy to do a search. She said she’d get in touch with her father, who lives off-Cape, so that we could arrange to meet and he could direct me to the area to search. When I received his call and got some information about where he lost the ring I headed to the beach to start the search while he was on his way to meet me. The timing was good, tide-wise, as water in the search area was now only shin- to knee-deep. It was also good that I had received the call early, as there were already two other detectorists in the area when I arrived. Fortunately, there was no conflict over the places that we were searching.
I set up a search pattern and within about 45 minutes had that magical signal that says ‘gold’. One scoop and I pulled up George’s ring. It had taken only one and a half tidal cycles for the ring to be buried 6-8″ deep as the waves shifted sand across the seabed.
I pocketed the ring and continued on searching the area while I waited for George to arrive. He appeared about a half hour later and we stood on the beach and chatted for a few minutes. He pointed out the area where he thought the ring was lost (spot- on for the area I’d searched!) and expressed his disappointment about losing the ring and his feeling that it was lost cause that it could ever be found. We finally got to talking about the ring itself and I asked him to describe it to me. As he finished his description I palmed the ring from my pocket, opened my hand, and asked, “does it look something like this?” Needless to say, that next moment is always one of the BEST that one can possibly experience in life – the surprise, disbelief and joy of the recipient, together with the surge of happiness I feel, knowing that I’ve been able to make that happen.
Well, to make a long story short, I took a few pictures to go with this little story and we continued some conversation about life in general, and grandchildren in particular. It was a beautiful day.




This ring find began when I got a text from Jason from Houston, Texas who was spending his honeymoon in Waikiki with his lovely wife Diana. While the newlyweds were enjoying a Waikiki sunset and after entering the water Jason realized his white gold wedding band had fallen off his finger. He hadn’t moved around too much and had the exact location pinpointed so I agreed to meet them first light and see if we could find his ring. We met on Queen’s Beach at 6:30 and Jason went over the location to hunt. I did the topside dry sand and down the wet slope a ways but the ring never showed. I realized I was going to have to enter the water. It was high tide and the water was going way up the slope and I wasn’t looking forward to the fight. Thankfully, no good targets in the water and on the third leg going up the wet slope I got a loud 34-46 tone on the Manticore and one scoop later there was Jason’s ring. The honeymooners were obviously over the moon with excitement with the quick recovery. A few hugs and handshakes and now they can enjoy their honeymoon with out having a lost wedding ring hanging over them. While waiting for them, I found a black silicone band I gave to Jason so it could help hold his band in place. Aloha to Jason & Diana!
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Michael found me on Facebook through several recommendations to my Ring Finders South Jersey page. His daughter and friend had lost some jewelry on the beach in Ocean City, NJ. They were enjoying the day when they placed a promise ring, earrings, a class ring, and a necklace in the cup holder for safekeeping. While they swam in the ocean, they forgot that the jewelry was there and it fell out when they folded up the chair to leave. After realizing the jewelry was missing, they went back and found some of it, but couldn’t find the others. Thirty minutes later, I met Catherine and Erin on the beach in the general area and began a quick search with my metal detector. I found one earring, then another. One more sweep and then I found the promise ring! A happy ending in Ocean City, NJ!
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Today was a very special recovery and a four weeks in the making. Chris was swimming in the Rideau river. As he slowly let himself go from the ladder off the back deck, the clasp of his heirloom Rolex watch came undone and watched in horror as the watch slip off his hand and sank into the water. This special watch was purchased by his mom, and given to his dad to celebrate his retirement after 33 years of loyal service with the Canadian Navy. It was given to Chris when his father passed. After having Scuba divers try to find the watch, on three separate occasions and some with underwater metal detectors, he started to loose hope of ever seing his watch again. Fortunately, he was able to put me within a twenty foot radius of where he believed the watch had fallen into the water. Unfortunately, had to deal with about five inches of silt which brings visibility to zero once you start swinging your coil. But, after finding multiple various metal items, I was finally able to feel the watch with my fingers under the coil of my detector. After surfacing, I was able to give Chris his father’s watch and get it back on his wrist. He was extremely happy and emotional and was a great moment for all. Another happy and special recovery. Life is good!

September 15, 2024
A wonderful day at a nature center turned into a stressful night for Carolyn. While helping her children through the Nature Trail and before leaving the center one of her cherished pearl earrings came dislodged from her ear, however the earring back did not. Thinking of how to find the earring, Carolyn went to a hardware store that rents a metal detector. Luckily the store person knew a bit about the detector they rent and would not rent it to Carolyn. The reason was it just was not sophisticated enough to detect such a small piece of metal especially in an environment that would have many metal objects in the area i.e. pull tabs, nails, pieces of fencing etc. An effort was put forth and proved the rental cost would not be justified by the known detector’s results.
Another suggestion by the employee was to contact “TheRingFinder”, in this case. me. The sun would have set by the time I could have been on site. So an 8AM meeting was set. Carolyn and a few others returned to the event area before the sun set and frantic looking all over the parking lot and areas that could be seen before the sun set, but did not find the pearl.
In the morning I, along with Carolyn, started by first looking through the car’s seats, floor, voids between the center console and seats, cup holders to mention the obvious. Nothing was found and a quick walk over the parking area and on down to the kids nature trail. This was straight forward from the place the loss was discovered going back along the path of the previous day’s activities. Even with my adjustments made to my detector of choice for this search, the search was hampered by the many bits and pieces of metal in the area I had to search over. I stopped to do a bit of control tweaking because I was now on wood chips and not gravel and I wanted to have the best setup to find the earring.
Up to this point I was following Carolyn pretty closely, and she got about 10 feet ahead, looking down and at her foot was the earring. The was the end of my searching the area. Carolyn said if it had not been for the store emplyee’s honesty as to the rental detector’s capabilities, my logical thinking and implementation of a methodical search “we” would not have found the earring. We both agreed it was “Meant To Be”.
With a happy Book of Smiles photo, pair of earrings, need to get back to her children, the hugs, Thanks, Best Wishes, and a weekend to remember ended is short order as we parted to go on with each of our own day’s agenda.

Ryan did the right thing when he removed his 3-month old wedding band before he waded in. The cooling fall water can shrink a finger and make it easy for a ring to slip off. He left the ring in his hat in the dry sand on the beach, enjoyed the water, and spent a nice afternoon lounging in the sun with his new bride on this beautiful fall day. Only when they were ready to leave after several hours did they realize that his ring was no longer in his hat and was nowhere to be found. They searched on hands and knees through the soft dry sand, but this proved to be fruitless, as is almost always the case in such circumstances.
They did an online search which turned up my RingFinders site, and when I received their call I was able to meet them within about 15 minutes and head to the location where the ring was lost. It was nearing sunset, but Ryan had a good idea of where the ring should be, and I had to search for only a few minutes before I able to locate it. I snapped a few pictures and we shared some happy conversation as the sun set. Another good day for the RingFinders!

Ryan’s like-new wedding band.

A happy reunion.