Lost Gold Ring Recovered in Zephyrhills Florida
Item recovered June 19, 2025.
Jennifer called me about a gold ring she had lost while in her pool. The ring was her father’s wedding ring and it is slightly too large for her finger. It has come off before and they have always been able to find it, until this time.
She was sure it had to be somewhere in her back yard. While she didn’t feel it come off her hand, she knew she had it on when they got into the pool and she noticed it was missing when they got out. They had searched inside the above-ground pool thoroughly they were confident it wasn’t there. They had also walked around the pool visually searching and couldn’t see it. Jennifer went even further and ordered a metal detector from Amazon. She tried searching and while it was making noises, she wasn’t able to distinguish what those noises meant, but more importantly, she wasn’t able to locate the ring.
I met up with Jennifer at her house later that day. She had a matching ring (her mom’s wedding ring) that was slightly smaller that I was able to scan for a reference. I was surprised to see a vdi of an 82 on my Deus 2. Normally the gold rings I find are in the range of 60-70.
I noticed there was quite a bit of interference with my detector in their back yard and needed to lower the sensitivity to quiet the machine. I knew if the ring was in the yard, it would be on top of the soil and it wouldn’t need the machine to be searching deep.
All set – I started my way around the pool, searching 10-15 feet from the edge of the pool as being the most likely place it would have flown. About 2/3 of the way around the pool there was a very nice sound with a vdi of 85. Normally this would be a zinc penny range, but because I knew the missing ring would be higher, I had a good feeling this would be the ring I was searching for. Sure enough, it was the missing ring hiding below the grass!
Item recovered June 9, 2025.
This nice lady lost her beautiful wedding ring in the woods across the street from her home. But she wasn’t sure where. I searched using a detector with a small coil so I could check in weeds, brush and around trees. It took about an hour to find it in some weeds it fell into, out of sight, next to a pine tree. The detector was telling me right where it was but I couldn’t see it. It had fallen down to soil level in a tight clump of weeds. She couldn’t believe I found if. I wa happy too because it could have been anywhere. It was quite different from a beach search.
Found this ring while looking for another. Asked around and heard of a fellow who lost a ring about two week before. Was able to get his name and contact him for a return. He sent me a picture of his lost ring and that is indeed the one I found. Ring was mailed back to him. Some times we just get lucky.
Sara was vacationing at Ft. Walton Beach Florida when she lost her wedding rings. She was able to find the wedding band but not the engagement ring. She had returned home to Illinois when she called asking if I could find her lost ring. She sent me an aerial with an outline of the area she lost it and a photo of her engagement ring. The next morning i searched the area and found her ring within 8 or 10 feet of where she predicted but was 5 or 6 inches deep. The next day Sara and I did a face time call with the folks at my local UPS store and sent her ring home secure, insured and with in person delivery. Sara was very happy her ring is back where it belongs! 
Item recovered May 29, 2025.
Item recovered May 5, 2025.
My plan was to detect from the parking lot to the area where they were sitting, then grid the area. I made my way to the area where they were sitting without finding the necklace. On the 3rd pass of the grid search in the area where they were sitting, I got a signal, looked down and saw the necklace sitting in the sand!
