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Gold Sword Charm Found on Fort De Soto North Beach

  • from Tampa (Florida, United States)
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Item recovered August 2, 2025.

This recovery was another where I happened to be at the right place at the right time. The last time this happened was exactly one month ago when I found a ring for Quinn on St. Pete Beach.

I was out enjoying the perfect detecting conditions on Fort De Soto’s North Beach on a beautiful summer Saturday. I had already been out there for several hours and was getting tired, thirsty and ready to head back home. As I was walking back along the water’s edge, I was approached by a young man who had asked if my detector could find something that was made of gold. His sister had lost a charm off her necklace a little ways down the beach and her entire family was searching for it for the past 15-20 minutes with no luck.

I was led to the area where the charm was lost. English wasn’t the family’s primary language, and I could only understand that the item lost was a small gold sword from a necklace. It was lost along the water’s edge, where waves were coming and going. I wasn’t sure how large the item was, but it was possible the waves had pulled the item deeper into the water or buried it in sand.

The pressure to find this item was more intense than usual, with 8 people watching me work back and forth in the shallow water. I would find a target, and they would crowd around to see if it was the missing item, only to see it was a bottle cap. This happened again when I located a pull tab in the area. I moved up higher into the wet sand and got a solid low signal. When a wave washed over the area, I thought I saw a glimmer of gold, so I dropped to a knee and pulled out my pinpointer instead of using my scoop.

My pin pointer immediately identified the item’s location just below the sand. I dug in with my fingers and saw gold. It was the lost sword charm they had been searching for!

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Gold Heart-Shaped Locket Recovered at Belleair Causeway Boat Ramp

  • from Tampa (Florida, United States)
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Item recovered July 31, 2025.

Mikey had reached out to the Dunedin Ring Finder in the evening about a lost gold heart-shaped locket. Steve was busy at another recovery search and reached out for assistance. It was getting late in the evening and Mikey was still at the location to show where the item was lost. I knew time was short before darkness would arrive so I gathered my equipment and set out on the 35-minute drive to the boat ramp.

I called Mikey on the way to get more details on the loss. He explained that earlier in the day, his girlfriend, Ryann had been in the water at the dog beach teaching her Great Dane how to swim. In the process, the dog’s paw had caught her gold necklace, breaking it and the charm had fallen off into the water. Fortunately, the gold chain got caught up in her swim suit and never fell into the water. All that was missing was the gold locket which slipped off the chain.

I arrived at the location and Mikey showed me to the area where the locket was lost. The water in the channel was dark, murkey and loaded with small pieces of metal from fishing weights, to bottle caps and pull tabs. Due to the small size of the item, it seemed as though this recovery could be a challenge, especially since I only had an hour or two of daylight remaining.

The search started in the shallow water and I worked my way down to a drop-off into the channel approximately waist-deep. Because the search are was narrowed considerably, I dug at every non-iron target I heard. I must have been on my 14th to 15th item when I pulled up my scoop from the water and noticed the obvious glow of the golden heart resting atop the silt. The item had been found!

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Unique Gold Ring Recovered in South Tampa

  • from Tampa (Florida, United States)
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Item recovered July 10, 2025.

I received a text from Tracy in the evening of July 9th asking for help locating a white gold “link” style ring with diamonds that was lost in the back yard throwing a frisbee for the dog. Despite searching the area where the ring disappeared, it had not been located that evening. We agreed to a time to search for the missing ring the following evening after work.

The back yard wasn’t very large and it was easy to see the area that was searched for the missing ring. I powered up the metal detector and started working around the area that had been searched. It only took a couple minutes to get a very promising signal that revealed the missing ring.

Due to the ring’s unique shape, it had “collapsed” into a small object that was hidden below the blades of grass and was very difficult to locate with the naked eye. Tracy was thrilled to have the ring back!

If you have a lost an item in your yard in the Tampa area, please call or text me to schedule a search!

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Yarmouth, MA: One Year to Find and Return a Ring by Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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July 18, 2025 It was on July 27, 2024 that I received a text requesting help finding a lost ring.

“Good morning! My son lost his wedding ban in the water on Smugglers Beach in South Yarmouth this past Sat. He was about waist high when he believes it must have slipped off. Is this something that could be found? It is a gold band and I think it was around 2pm that he lost the ring. Thank you! Jennifer (mother)“

As luck (good or bad) had it I agreed to help and arranged for myself and two other detectorists, Leighton and Jim) to go and search the next low tide. Well the water was quite rough and after a couple of hours in the water without results the search shifted to the dry sand again without good results. This could only mean one of two things. One, we did not pass our detectors’ coil over the ring or it was not there, unlikely in this case.

I went back to the area when the water calmed down on several occasions, never giving up hope it was still somewhere and could be found. It happened 51 weeks later when I was in the water chin deep when my detector alerted me of a metal object below its coil. One scoop and you bet, it was the ring sitting all alone at the bottom of my scoop. After a ¼ mile hike back to the parking area, putting on dry shoes I was on my way home to contact the owner.

A search of my records one had the original E-mail from Jennifer. I called her to verify that the ring was her son’s. “YES, I be right over, I live about a mile away” and she was. I handed over the ring with a promise to get a photo of her son with the ring for the Book of Smiles.

It was a really great day for Matt not only did he get his long lost wedding band back but a new addition to his family. It seems Matt was at the hospital waiting on the the arrival of his first son Arthur, aka Arty when I called his mother about finding the ring. Arty was named after his Mom’s Dad who passed when she was 2. And now his happy parents have the wedding band back and a lesson about never giving up to pass onto Arty. What a great way to have a wonderful day! Congratulations!

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Cocoa Beach Florida Lost gold wedding ring found by Ring Finder Mike McInroe

  • from Sanford (Florida, United States)
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Andy was visiting friends here in Cocoa Beach, Florida and after a day out fishing in the Atlantic Ocean they pulled their boat into the loading dock area and Andy decided he needed to rinse the fish smell off of his hands. So he laid down on the dock and while rinsing his hands in the warm salt water his gold wedding ring slipped off of his finger and disappeared into the depths below the dock! Of course he was shocked and immediately waded out into the water but soon realized the water was way too deep to even try and attempt a dive. Someone suggested calling a Ring Finder and they contacted Al Zenker, a local member of theringfinders.com but unfortunately he does not do deep water recoveries and he recommended they call me. I met Andy and his friends at the dock and checked the depth to be sure my Blu3 Nemo dive system would allow me to search the bottom effectively and it measured just over 10 and a half feet deep so I was good to go!

I suited up and set a PVC marker pole at the spot where Andy’s ring fell into the water. Visibility was just over a foot and as I descended to the bottom I immediately got a couple of signals. A rusty screw driver, a deep signal and then a sharp clear signal and my hand felt something round and smooth and I slipped it on my index finger. As I ascended to the surface I came out of the water finger first and watched Andy’s face. He was visibly in awe that I had actually found it and was so thankful and grateful to have his lost ring back once again!

Do you need help finding something? Call or text me ASAP at 321-363-6029 and let’s talk!

Mike McInroe…proud member of theringfinders.com

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Lost Platinum Wedding Band – Found by metal detecting specialist Brian Carpenter in Wexford near Pittsburgh

  • from Indiana (Pennsylvania, United States)
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Lost your ring, other valuable jewelry, cellphone, keys, or other metal object…call or text Brian Carpenter at (814)244-2300 as soon as possible. I am a ring recovery/metal detecting specialist serving Pittsburgh, Indiana (PA), and most of Western PA. Why rent a metal detector when you can get a trained operator with top of the line equipment at the same time…

I received a text from Barry inquiring about my services. I asked him to give me a call and he told me he was working on a chicken coop when he took off his wedding band at subsequently lost it. As luck would have it I was able to head out that later that morning hopefully before it started baking outside as we have been having a brutal heatwave.

I pulled in and met Barry who showed me what I had to work with. On the drive down, I was thinking about all the interference I was going to have from the chicken wire and how to try and work around it. My hunch was right, there was a lot of wire in and around the ground and as luck would have it the sound it emitted was similar to that of platinum.

I began to work with a small coil and very low sensitivity in and around the coop with no luck. Barry started to help by clearing some of the weeds and vegetation to allow us to see better as my machine was going crazy from the wire. After a fairly thorough search and while Barry was working around the coop I started to work the yard around the coop and to the garage area. Nothing…there was only one other area that I needed to check and that was a small section of the front yard where he had been petting his dog. I explained to Barry that I would check all of those areas and then get out my Minelab Manticore with the 2D screen. I was hoping that maybe in the midst of all the wire I might get a dot on the screen. Well that was not needed – as I went out to the front yard and began my search I almost immediately got a pretty good sound and using my pin-pointer parted the grass and clover revealing lost wedding band.

Barry was excited and also surprised that I found it in the front yard. He was sure if I was going to find his ring that it would be in the back around the coop. Barry took off inside to tell his wife the good news. He soon emerged and we chatted for a while which is one of the most enjoyable parts of a successful search. As always it was a pleasure to meet another kind and generous client and recover his special ring.

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Man’s Platinum Wedding Band Lost in the Ocean, Found and Returned Holden Beach NC

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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On 7/26/25 right at 6:30 pm, I received a text from Rachel saying, “Hi, My husband lost his ring in the ocean at about 4:15 pm on Holden Beach, Low tide. Do you think you can help or is it pointless to try? What do you think?” We went back and forth with questions and answers, like how deep, how did it come off, what kind and metal is the ring, and if they would be there the next day at low tide. Unfortunately, Rachel and Henry, her husband was leaving the next day at noon and low tide wasn’t until 4:05 pm. I also learned that Henry was at least waist deep when he lost it. Neither one of the situations were good. I had to rely on Google earth maps to try and pinpoint the location, and I don’t like going in the ocean without someone keeping an eye on me. I also ask Henry and Rachel to see if their landlord would allow me to park at the rental.

Meanwhile, I called my good friend Burwin, who has helped me more times than I can count. In fact he’s taken many of the calls I couldn’t because of vacation, busy with another call, or I just wasn’t available, and he has always come through. This time was no different. When I called him, about the only questions he had were, where and when are we going and what are we looking for. I told him that Henry had lost his Platinum wedding band in about waist deep water on Holden Beach. As always, he agreed, and I told him I’d pick him up the next day about 2:15 pm.

The next morning, I got word from Rachel that the landlord agreed to us parking in the rental driveway, which was a huge help. I picked Burwin up at 2:15 and we headed up to Holden Beach. On the way, Burwin and I discussed the game plan, and Burwin mentioned the fact that the wind would be blowing from the south. Since Holden Beach runs east and west, a south wind meant that any wind would more than likely kick the waves up making a more interesting search. When we arrived and found our way out to the beach, Burwin would do an east/west parallel to the beach search starting at waist deep water. I took a north/south search perpendicular to the beach going out to about waist deep. Even the best of plans needs to be tweaked, and this was no different. At waist deep the waves were breaking over our heads and pushing us around like we were bobbers. After about 30 minutes or so, I went up the beach to check my grid lines and make sure I was still online. As I’m coming back down the beach, I noticed Burwin was coming out of the water. Burwin doesn’t come out of the water unless he’s finished, or he’s found what he’s looking for. As soon as I looked at him, he had the smile! I knew he had it. With everything said and done, Burwin was chest to shoulder deep, waves breaking over his head and getting knocked off the target about 3-4 times and still came up with Henry’s ring. Great Job Burwin! A platinum ring should usually be stamped on the inside, but neither Burwin nor I have good enough eyesight to see it. We ended up asking a young lady sitting on the beach and she confirmed it was stamped Platinum. I took a picture of the ring sitting on a shell and sent it to Henry and Rachel saying “KA-Boom!”

Monday, I put the ring in the mail, and they got it today, Wednesday.

Burwin – Once again, Thank You!

Henry/Rachel – Thank you for contacting me. Wish you two only the best!

Jim

 

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A Special Ring Recovery at Mara Park Lake Simcoe

  • from Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
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Last week Steve and I had the honor of helping someone recover a deeply sentimental item from the waters of Lake Simcoe. It was one of those moments that reminds us why we do what we do.

We were called out of town to Mara Provincial Park, a beautiful spot on the eastern shore of Lake Simcoe, known for its sandy beach and shallow, family-friendly water. But on this day, the mood was a bit more emotional than usual. A Platinum wedding ring had been lost in the lake, a ring that carried much more than monetary value.

The ring belonged to a couple who had recently said goodbye to their beloved dog. But this wasn’t just any pet. Their dog had been the ring bearer at the wedding, making the ring a living connection to both their special day and the memory of their furry family member.

Understandably, the owner  was heartbroken when the ring slipped off during a visit to the beach. He feared it might be gone for good.

Steve and I got to work, slowly and methodically searching the area they remembered being in. The water was clear but the sandy bottom made things tricky, constantly shifting and hiding clues. Still, we knew how much this meant, and giving up was never an option.

After a good stretch of searching, sweeping back and forth, my detector gave a solid hit. I scooped, rinsed and there it was. A glint of a ring in the sunlight.

The shock when we made the phone call siad it all relief, gratitude, and maybe a few quiet tears.

This wasn’t just a ring. It was a piece of their story, their marriage, and their late best friend.

Recoveries like this are always special, but this one? It’ll stay with us for a long time.

Until the next adventure

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Craigville, MA Lost Wedding Ring Delays Trip Home

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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August 3, 2025 Mike and his wife were about to leave for home at the end of their vacation after one last dip to remember the great vacation by. The crowning event was to take a splash in Nantucket Sound even tho Mike was not fond of swimming. Little did anyone know their trip home would be delayed by Mike’s unfortunate loss of his yellow gold wedding band (that has more sentimental than most as it is a hand-down from his father) in waist deep water.

When I got a call for help my first request was to have Mike at the beach to put me on the right location in the very large swimming area. The first area description of: half way between two points and less than shoulder depth really needed, to be a but more precise. Both Mike and his wife Amy had their own idea of were the loss occurred. After lessening to the two search parameters, Jim, a visiting friend of mine, and I started to search first perpendicular to the shore then parallel to the shore. Not finding the ring we opened up the search area, still with no results. We then kind of went our own way with thoughts of our own where the ring might be. In a little over an hour of searching and the finding of a toe ring and a little heart ring passed before I found myself within the original search area when I heard the detector’s tone made when passed over a gold object. One scoop and I had the object I was searching for, Mike’s sentimental ring.

I have to say that Mike had a large support team present as Jim and I were searching. There was great fan-fare when I approached the group that was waiting for me on the beach. The one that had the most attention was Amy, as she was pregnant and now had one more joyful story to her yet to be born child. Lot of stories, pictures and plans on how not to loose a ring at the beach passed among all of us. Great family, friends and now memories along with best wishes for a safe trip home. I was off to my car, to take a sip of water, call my wife, before going back to the water for some recreational metal detecting with Jim. What a wonderful day with great beach going weather. It left everyone feeling complete and ready for a safe trip home.

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Dennis, MA Ring Lost Third Time, Found and Returned by Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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July 30, 2025 Matt texted me: “Hi Richard, my name is Matt. Found you on TheRingfinders site. I’m here in East Dennis on vacation with my family. I was throwing a ball around with my son in the water yesterday when I realized I must have flung off my wedding ring. We searched for hours with no luck, even went back at low tide with a cheap metal detector to no avail. If you are in the area and would be interested in helping please let me know. Thank you.”

How could I say no, well I could and did not. I short time I was on my way to see one of Cape Cod Bay’s most beautiful views just before descending down the long set of wooden stairs to a private beach. On the beach a group of a dozen or more family members were waiting for me to show up and work my magic and find Matt’s wedding band.

I asked the usual questions and had Matt enter the water and stand were he thought he lost his ring. After about 10 minutes of searching and not finding the ring I overheard Matt and his father discussing the area. Matt’s father thought I should be searching a bit east and in deeper water. So I moved the search area and about a minute later, dad was correct, I had a great sounding target and with one scoop I had the “flung” ring captured in my scoop.

On shore the ring was returned and I asked for information about the ring. Well, it had quite a history, so much so I asked Matt to send me a text about the rings history…here is the text:
“I have lost my wedding ring 3x during that time. The first time I lost it transplanting ornamental grasses at my home….i unearthed it days later. The second time was about 5 years ago at a resort in Mexico….a fellow hotel guest found it at the bottom of one of the pools and turned it into the front desk. Yesterday was the most challenging recovery!….I lost it in the ocean while playing catch with my son.”

I am sure the ring’s travel is not over and it will see many more thrilling events but I would bet one event that will never happen is one of being lost again. At least I hope not, but Matt does have my contact information just in case.

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