Yellow gold wedding band lost in Lake Del Valle….Found in 4 feet of water!
The Bay Area Ring Finders Brendon Chapman… Metal Detecting Service/Call ASAP 925-580-2590
Ben text me with a request for help searching for his gold wedding band lost in Lake Del Valle over the holiday weekend. Since I was out of town for work early in the week, we agreed to search towards the end of the week.

On Friday, I geared up for the search and we made plans to meet at the lake after my shift. Since I got to Del Valle a bit earlier than our agreed meet up, I jumped in and started the search. The lake was remarkably quiet considering the amount of debris along its shore(s) and picnic areas. I now knew that if I could get the coil over our target we were going to be successful.
Ben arrived shortly after I cleared the area out in front of one of the buoys. He showed me an area that he believed the ring would be found and it wasn’t long before I got a strong double beeping low-tone. Due to thick vegetation on the gravel bottom it would take a bit of time and Ben’s assistance, but… We Made The Recovery!!!
After a quick celebration in the water, Ben and I met up on the beach for some photos. It was a beautiful Friday for the recovery and an excellent way to end the week.
Thank you Ben for contacting me and allowing me to assist you in the search and recovery of your wedding band. It was a pleasure to meet you and best wishes for your future!


The Bay Area Ring Finders Brendon Chapman… Metal Detecting Service/Call ASAP 925-580-2590
It was a beautiful day at the Jersey Shore, so why not take your dog to the beach??? After all, they love the water just as much as humans. And thats exactly what Lucy did that morning after she woke up. It was quite a few hours later that Lucy had a horrible mishap that you would wish on nobody !!!! She was throwing her dogs toy straight out into the water, when he beautiful Carter Trinity Rings flew off he finger. At that point she went into panic mode as many do, and began franticly searching without any luck. After about an hour she reached out to me. After getting all the details we had to act quickly, as the tide was coming in fast, do to the full moon. Once I arrived, she showed me the spot she believed the rings flew off, and I quickly got to work. I went out deep to start, knowing it would be over my head shortly. Having no luck, I worked 50′ paths back in to about knee deep water. Knowing time was running out, I went back out to about waist deep water. The greenhead fly’s were really having their feast on my upper body, so patients were growing very short. Making short sweeps, from waist to knee deep water, to expand my search area, to see if possibly they flew off to the side a bit. After about 25′ more feet to the south, BINGO !!!!! I got a fantastic hit, which I prayed was not a sinker or military debris, as this particular is littered with. After shaking out all the fine particles from my scoop, there, in the corner under a few shells, were Lucy’s rings. With a sigh of relief, I slowly walked out of the water, telling Lucy I was getting eaten alive. She looked very disappointed, figuring I was giving up, I told her to take a look into my scoop. Its at that very moment that makes doing this so so rewarding ! The emotions really tell a story of their own.







