Katie was enjoying the day at a party with the kids, mega bounce house, water slide and fun. When it was done her stomach got sick when she saw her wedding ring of 3 years wasn’t on her finger. They did all they could think of to find it. Eventually she found the Ring Finders on the internet. Within an hour it was back on her finger.
Got a call from a buddy of the guy that lost his wedding ring off the end of dock at an air-b-n-b about a week ago now. He was driving back from NC to MD and wasn’t able to meet up with me. I advised him that I can find it without him and will mail it out to him the first chance I got.
I drove 2.5 hours to the site, 15 minutes to set up and 5 minutes to recover it. It was my 2nd target while under water. Then drove 2.5 hours back. It was well worth it and always glad to help folks out when they have lost something.
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Katie and her family were having a party at their beach front house in Newport Beach, CA. They set up some beach games and other activities on the sand. Sometime during the day her uncle Don loss his gold wedding band in the sand. He told me it happened when he brush sand off his clothes.
The whole family and friends tried their luck at finding the ring. After sifting through the sand with tennis rackets and dragging their fingers the ring was not found. Katie found my contact information while searching the internet.
I was able to meet them shortly after Katie called me as I live 2 miles from the location. After a short discussion about how the loss occurred and what type ring I was looking for, I began a grid search with my metal detector. The ring showed up soon after I began the search. Everyone at the party was elated and surprised that Don’s ring was found where so many of them had spent hours trying to find it. Don was happy to have his ring that he has worn for many years.
This ring find began when I got a text from Christina who lives in Honolulu. She said she woke up this morning and realized her ring was no longer on her finger and she never takes it off. The only thing she could think of was when she was at Hunakai Beach the day before she’s certain the ring must of come off in shallow water. I agreed to meet her boyfriend Hubert at the beach access and he could show me where to hunt. When I arrived Hubert pulled up a moment later and took me to an area under four palm trees where he and Christina were at the beach. He helped me grid the area and I began the hunt. This beach is trashy so every shallow target in the Nox’s gold range I dug. After completing the grid I didn’t find the ring. Hubert had to leave to pick someone up so I told him I would remain and expand the grid. I stood on the shoreline and watched the flow. I was sure the ring could be more to the right so I expanded that direction. No luck! I decided with little hope to extend the grid out to the left and while in waist deep water I got a nice 7-8 on the Nox. After two scoops there was Christina’s pretty amethyst gold ring in the scoop. You never know what the beach and waves can do. I texted her a pic to confirm the find and about an hour later it was back on her finger. Aloha to Christina & Hubert!
Got a phone call from Gail last evening. She said they were at the beach and her son in law had lost his wedding band in the water. She asked for help in trying to find it. Rick & I both agreed that today would be better because low tide exposed the area in question.
I met Rick at his place then off to the beach where we were to meet Gail and her daughter Leah. They were already out in the sand area eagerly waiting for us.
we introduced ourselves and I asked both of them to stand where each of them thought it may be buried. Well after about an hour of walking the grid pattern I noticed Rick talking with two woman. I continued to search closer to the beach and about 175 away from them when I finally got a nice loud tone on my MineLab xcal II only six inches down and out onto the sand a Beautiful wedding band staring back at me.
I called Leah and her mom over to witness it in the scoop. Both of them were so happy and tears of joy flowing. They both Hugged me and thanked me so much for what we do. We shared some pictures and a few stories. Corey is Leah’s husband who was FaceTimed by Gail was extremely surprised when we showed him the ring. Another happy story to share.
Sentimental Symbols of Faith….
….can come in many forms and for centuries have reminded people of the nature, attributes and understanding of God and Jesus. Such has been the case for Brandon and his family since acquiring a very special pendant in the year 1830. Over time, the pendant has been passed down to members of his family and now he wears the heirloom close to his heart and is very thankful for this opportunity and to tell others about it and what it means to him. Unfortunately, all hope was lost when he and some friends fell off the end of a dock, feeling the chain snap as they fell into 5 feet deep water. Trying to search frantically in the swirling sand brought no results and mentally he was fatigued brooding over what happened and what he had to reveal to his family. On site we discussed where he fell in and I quickly put on my snorkel mask, grabbed my pin-pointer and underwater metal detector and started to grid search. I too noticed the swirling sands and not being able to see the bottom surface. The metal detector signaled on some junk, and I pulled up a few bottle caps and some nails. Slowly closing in on a grid section, I got a nice soft, less static signal from an object below the metal detector coil. Going a bit underwater, the pin-pointer buzzed and as I started to feel the object, I felt a soft rounded edge, then another, then another, then another, sort of a four-leaf clover shape and before I brought it to the surface, I knew that this was the beautiful pendant! With his back to me I yelled to Brandon I got it! As he spun around in disbelief he ran quickly onto the dock where he took the pic of me holding the pendant. Once on shore I handed the stunning gold cross to him. As he held it in his hands, looking to the sky he said thank you! Totally excited beyond belief he sent a few texts and then the calls started to come in and all I heard him say was yes, he found it! Of all my finds over the years this pendant has been my best find so far and the one with the most sentimentality attached to it! Now that it’s back where it belongs, Brandon and I have faith and hope that it will continue to transcend the boundaries of time.
Jon
Yesterday afternoon I was wrapping up a nice weekend when I got a call from Marcus. He was out at Pensacola Beach and had dropped his large, solid gold class ring out in the Gulf while throwing football with his friend. This is a problem anytime but it was made bigger because Marcus said that he was between 4.5-5.5 feet deep. This is about my limit without scuba diving because it is so hard to set the scoop in deep water when you keep floating off in the current and waves. Marcus had a really good mark where he was though and seemed like a very nice guy so I decided to give it a try. My wife decided to tag along and she is always good luck. When we got there and walked out to the west side of the pier where the surfers go, we met Marcus and recapped where he thought he had dropped it. He had counted seven pilings of the pier out and had marked about 200ft west with his chairs. I had a good starting point as I waded out. I noticed that the water was just gorgeous and it was so clear I could easily see the shells on the bottom. As I made my way to the 7th piling I started to worry a bit because I was taking quite a few large swells that were well over my head. I got set and started my grid trying my best to stay online. I tweaked my machine a bit for the conditions and as soon as I put it back to the sand I heard a screaming gold tone. I knew that had to be his big gold ring and tried to set my feet to scoop it. I started to panic as I kept getting pushed off the spot and I worried I would lose the mark. As soon as I heard it again I put my scoop down and tried to push down. That didn’t work as the next wave rolled me inshore. I made my way back out and heard it again and told myself to relax. Marcus had given me great directions and this ring was so large that I knew I would find it again so I took my time. I waited for a lull in the waves and then set the tip of the scoop where I knew I wouldn’t scratch the ring. I looked up to double check that I had time between the next incoming wave. I blew all the air out of my lungs to make myself as heavy as possible and jumped up to forcefully land on the scoop driving it into the sand. I fell backwards to lift up the scoop under where I hoped Marcus’ ring would be just as the next wave put me under water again. I held on for dear life and as I came up I didn’t even need to look down into the scoop. I could see that big gold ring shining through the holes in the side. 😃👍 I left the ring in the scoop and concentrated on keeping it out of the waves as I half body surfed and half tumbled my way to shore. It had been less than 10 minutes but I was worn out. My wife gave me the “did you find it shrug” but I was scared to let go of anything until I got to about knee deep water. I finally gave them all a thumbs up and a huge smile and Marcus came running in disbelief. He pulled his ring out of the scoop and said “that’s amazing, you are the man!” That made it all worth it. Congratulations on getting your ring back Marcus. I’m so glad I could help!
Bay Area Ring Finders: Brendon Chapman… Metal Detecting Service/Call ASAP 925-580-2590
When you receive a call just before 10:30 pm at night, you get the since of urgency that an individual is feeling about their lost item. I did not answer the phone, not because it was late and I was in bed, rather I was at a movie with my family. Instead a text message followed… “Hi Sir, I lost my ring and need your help finding it.”
The next morning around 7:00 am I sent a message back to get more details about the lost ring. The couple was packing the car for a very important event at a friends house. There were two rings both in her right hand and not on her fingers while shuttling things to the vehicle. At a certain point, she remembers the rings, looks into her hand and only one is there. The entire event happens over not more than 5 minutes in the afternoon and puts an ominous dark cloud over the day.
When I arrived, I was met by the woman who promptly walked me through the events of the previous day. Through the story she told, I identified a few valid locations for our search. We started by doing a grid search of the small yard area in the front of the home. This was the path of travel from the home to the vehicle. The yard was void of targets on the surface. We then visually inspected the driveway including some cracks and gaps that could potentially conceal the ring… nothing!
My next logical thought was the vehicle itself. We started in the trunk and removed and inspected all the object within…again nothing! I then moved to the front passenger side of the vehicle and utilized my video endoscope and a flashlight. I saw something on the screen that I liked…turned out to be a coin, but also another object. I moved around to the back passenger seat and removed the floor mat to reveal the diamond solitaire ring sitting against the plastic trim of the front seat. WE MADE THE RECOVERY!!!!
I don’t often play tomfoolery with my clients when I’m performing recoveries, but I couldn’t resist. I asked the woman if she had a photo or image of the ring. She replied yes and started to search her phone. I then asked her, “Does it look like this?” The look on her face was first confusion, than astonishment, then relief, and there it was…the smile!!!
She then explained to me that she was only seconds from telling me not to waste my time on looking through the vehicle, convinced it was in the yard or somewhere else. She also stated that she did even think about searching the vehicle because she was convinced it was elsewhere.
I spent a good amount of time talking with the pleasant couple. They had ordered metal detectors to search for themselves before the husband found THE RING FINDERS on a google search. They revealed that they spent a long time reading my profile and testimonials before deciding I was trustworthy and capable of handling their dilemma. The husband joked about the hour at which the woman called, excited about finding help and hopeful for the recovery of her cherished ring. She explained that she had always wanted a solitaire ring and had worked so very hard to purchase the ring for herself, an accomplishment she was very proud of. And in the end, we were successful in locating it and the ring has a renewed story for the couple to share.
Thank you for allowing me to take a small part in that story!
The diamond solitaire ring recovered.
The couple still in disbelief that we found it!
As seen in the vehicle.
Bay Area Ring Finders: Brendon Chapman… Metal Detecting Service/Call ASAP 925-580-2590
Got a call from Rick Browne another Ring Finder Saturday evening. He asked me to join in a hunt for a lost Platinum Wedding band from the day before. I said of course I’ll join in. We met the next morning at his place, then met up with the owner (Alex) at the West Dennis beach. As usual, Rick & I took our approach and went at it. I had asked Alex to go into the water, and stand in the spot he believed it to have come off of his finger while playing football. He was trying to remember, but seemed as though things looked different to him today. Rick & I had grid an area about about 100 x 100 square foot = 10,000 square feet.
We were running out of area to search. I turned to see Rick looking at his machine, I said whats up? He replied with great sorrow, he replied my battery is dead. I said no worry I’ll keep looking for it. I broadened the search area, Alex called in a lifeline to his brother. He helped in this recovery as best as he could. I kept searching, and in the process, I found two sterling rings that had been lost many moons ago. We were running out of more area now, It had been almost 3 hours of searching, and yet no Platinum Wedding band.
As I got closer to Alex I told him I think that’s about it buddy. He said he had waved the white flag and chocked it up as gone forever. All three of us were walking out of the water, I got a signal that I was sure it was it…. NO…. it was a Quarter this time. Something told me to turn right just a little and yes another signal… could it be? sounds good…I dug down one scoop and finally the Platinum wedding band was in my scoop. I looked up and said you are a very lucky man today. Alex was running over to me, he couldn’t believe I got it after so long. He teared up, and said Thank You so much. Rick & I congratulated him, out of the water we went, mission completed. Lot’s of joyous comments on the way back to the truck. Alex was was so happy we didn’t give up easily… Persistence did pay off. Congratulations Alex… Glad we found it.
I received a call from Tom on Cape Cod about a White Gold Band, he lost it the night before. He was practicing with his boys on a soccer field, and when he tried to stop a goal, the ball hit his hand, and there went the ring. They searched for a couple hours with no luck. They had two other detectorists try to locate the ring, and again no luck. That’s when he called me. I met up with Tom at the area, and within about ten minutes he was reunited with his Gold 14K Gold Band. Experience helped out in this case, with what tone to listen for, and overlapping the search area. Congratulations Tom.. So happy I had a hand in this one. 