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Ring Lost While Sledding: Recovered by Rob Ellis, Fairfax, VA.

  • from Fairfax (Virginia, United States)
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It was the first time Eugenio had seen snow. His wife and another couple decided to have some fun sledding on the Fairfax George Mason Campus. At some point, Eugenio noticed his platinum and gold wedding band was missing. He contacted me and the next day we set up a search. Eugenio got permission from the GMU police, and we met at the campus station. The short drive to the hill and walk to the sledding area seemed much longer because it was only 30 degrees Fahrenheit! I wanted to search for the ring before more sledders arrived and the ring was pushed deeper into the muck.

The hill had three sides the couples used for sledding. Metal detecting up and down the slopes was challenging, and the cold wind was brutal. I could sense Eugenio’s despair that we might not find his ring. Finally, at the base of the last search area, I heard a beautiful sounding target with my Equinox 900. I scrapped down a couple of inches to confirm and then called Eugenio over to pick up his beautiful ring.

Found Here!

Four Inches of Snow Removed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eugenio Picking Up His Ring!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smiles!!

 

Don’t give up. Many of my clients have bought, borrowed, or rented a metal detector before calling me. Just because someone has a tool, it doesn’t mean they know how to use it. I use state of the art equipment, and I have thousands of hours of experience searching on land and underwater. If you have tried using a detector without success, please text/call to see if I can help.

 

For my fellow detectorists: Target IDs of this 3.6-gram platinum plated, 14k gold ring: Deus 2=52 (jumpy), Equinox 800=9, Equinox 900=16.

I am an expert metal detectorist with the knowledge, skill, and experience to recover your lost items on land and underwater. Please text or call as soon as possible: (703) 598-1435

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Wedding Ring Lost While Sledding – Recovered!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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We don’t get much snow here in this part of NC, so two small snows in the span of about 10 days was pretty unusual. Even more unusual was the call I got from Alex, who had lost his wedding ring while sledding! Alex’s neighborhood has some hills, but unfortunately his property isn’t situated the right way, so he was sledding on a neighbor’s property. After one of the sledding runs, his hands were wet and when he shook the water off, the ring made a quick exit onto the hillside. Alex had secured a metal detector to try and find the ring himself, but had not had any luck; at that point, he contacted me. To his credit, he made a note of several nearby visible features, so when he took me to the area where he thought the ring would/should be, I had a solid starting point based on his landmarks.

The grass was similar to what you’d find on a golf course fairway, and being wintertime, it was all brown. It only took 15 minutes or so to locate the ring, which was — surprisingly! — very close to where he thought it had come off. The ring had fallen through the dead layer of grass and was sitting flat on the soil, maybe 3 inches below the top of the grass. Those of us on TheRingfinders joke that “it’s never where they think it is”, so it was refreshing to find Alex’s lost ring quickly and easily. The sooner I can get the lost item back to the owner, the better. Another happy ending!

 

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Keys Found in Snowbank in Ada, MI.

  • from Holland (Michigan, United States)
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Got a call from Samatha that she lost her car key and a mailbox key.  She was walking from her garage to her apartment when she thinks she dropped the keys.  The trouble was that it was snowing at that time and the plow driver came thru shortly after and plowed the entire parking lot.  I arrived last night at 9PM to search for the keys, searching the inside of her car and the route she took back to her apartment-no luck.  I told her I would be back tomorrow to do a more thorough search.  Arrived today around 1:00PM, much warmer.  The key tech arrived at about the same time to make her a new car key and Samatha and Buddy(her dog) came out to meet us.  I told her I was going to search the big snow pile first and she went on to talk to the key tech.  I got to the second side of the snow pile and got a screaming hit on the metal detector.  Dug down about a foot in the snow and there were her keys.  Somebody had to be watching down on us.
Walked over to her holding the keys in the air and she almost fainted.  Now she only needed a spare key from the key guy.
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SENTIMENTAL NECKLACE FOUND IN SURF CITY, NC AFTER DAYS OF BEING LOST

  • from Emerald Isle (North Carolina, United States)
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Matt and his family were attending the New Year’s Day Dolphin Dip on Surf City beach. This event draws a large crowd to take a polar plunge into the cold Atlantic Ocean’s water. Matt removed necklace and stored it out of sight, and when it was time to leave, he left the area without his necklace. He returned a short time afterward to find dredge pipes laying where his family had their belongings.
This necklace holds great meaning for Matt. His grandfather purchased identical necklaces for the grandsons during a trip to Norway when Matt was just a boy. Being a boy, he lost his necklace shortly afterward. After Matt’s brother passed away, Matt began wearing his brother’s necklace in remembrance of both his brother grandfather.
Matt reached out to Crystal Coast Ring. dredge pipes had been moved, and a search began shortly. Though he wasn’t present, Matt provided detailed information and a of where to search. It wasn’t long before Matt’s valuable necklace was found.

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Metal Detector expert in San Diego DON’T buy or rent metal detectors Hire a professional

  • from Carlsbad (California, United States)
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Metal Detector service located here in San Diego to help find your precious lost jewelry & more! CALL CURTIS COX @ 760 889 2751

This previous Saturday I noticed a missed text message at 1:24am from someone who needed help finding a lost ring in Mission beach San Diego. I text her back immediately after waking up,,With a few more questions I decided to head that way in the dark as the sun was close to rising.

Upon meeting Hayley at the scene of the lost ring she showed me the area along a row of fire pits where her & many others spent hours sifting through the beach sands in hopes to find it. Although these fire pit search areas are littered with nails,Foil & many other buried pieces of trash I still managed to unearth her precious Gold Ring within minutes of swinging my Metal Detector.

That’s what you call a”Good Morning”. She was so relieved as you can see & just in time for the Sunrise!

 

Why rent or buy a Metal Detector??  Hire a professional!  760 889 2751 WHO ya gonna call Curtis Cox @ TheRingFinders

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LOST WEDDING BAND IN NEW IBERIA, LA.-FOUND

  • from Lafayette (Louisiana, United States)
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Lani’s husband lost his black tungsten wedding band in a field near their home. They searched with and without a metal detector for a week. I got the call, and once I had an understanding of the job, made the 45-minute trip to the location. I met with Lani to go over the area where the ring was lost. I laid out a search area of about 1000 square feet. The first half was dry, the second had 1″ of water with the grass being about 4 inches tall. The whole area was trash-free, so all sounds were taken seriously.  About halfway thru the second half (the wet one) I got a strong 48 reading on my Garrett. Had to move grass and poke around with the pin-pointer for the ring.  Lani was very happy and so was I. Thank you, Lani, for the generous reward.

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Engagement Ring Lost In A Pile Of Hay, In Shapleigh, Maine, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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On Friday morning, January 17, 2025, my phone rang but because of my recent knee surgery, I was unable to reach it quickly. When I did reach it, I had the following voicemail

“Yes, Hi Dennis, this is Nick ****** calling. I found your information on the Internet that you are able to find rings. Anyways, my sister has lost her ring, in the hay. My parents have a farm and I was wondering if that was something you’d be able to help us with If it is, if you wanna give me a call back 207-***-****, thank you very much…”

I immediately called Nick back and he explained that the previous night, his sister, Rebecca , had gone out, to feed the cows, at the farm, in Shapleigh Maine. After throwing a bunch of hay down, in front of the cows, Rebecca had noticed her Engagement Ring was missing. It was extremely cold and she thinks her fingers had shrunk, just enough, that the ring came off. I was a little concerned that the cows had already eaten the ring or the ring was lost, somewhere else, on the property. Nick said his sister wasn’t positive about the exact location, the ring was lost in but that the hay, would be the first place to search. They had all visually searched the area, last night, but the ring was not found. The search would expand to other areas, if not found in the hay.
I also let Nick know that I would be unable to personally search, because my left knee was replaced 10 days ago and it just isn’t healed or ready to get back out there, just yet. I told Nick that I have a friend, Gary Hill, that goes out and searches for me, when I am unable. I immediately called Gary and he said he would head right out, to the farm, in Shapliegh, Maine, from his home, in Hollis Center, Maine.

Gary arrived in Shapliegh, at 9:20am. Once shown the cow feeding area, and hay on the barn floor, Gary saw just how difficult this search could end up being. There was a lot of metal, all over the barn, which may interfere, with the Emergency Metal Detecting Search. Gary got to work. Steve, Rebecca’s husband was there to help Gary, by using a pitchfork, to remove some hay, as Gary searched with his metal detector. The hay was quite high and when Gary searched an area, Steve would then remove a foot or two, of the searched hay, exposing new hay below, for Gary to search. Because of all the metal, in the barn, Gary had to use his small 8” coil, so as not to pick up as much iron targets, keeping the White Gold Ring, isolated and given a better signal. After approximately 40 minutes of Steve taking layers of hay off the pile, Gary received a very promising 16-17 on his Minelab Manticore’s, VDI screen. Definitely in the gold range and certainly not a nail. As Gary searched through the pile of hay, with his pinpointer, he saw the ring, at the bottom of the pile of hay. Gary was extremely relieved the cows hadn’t eaten the ring and now Gary wouldn’t have to check the cows dung. A great day indeed.
Steve was extremely happy that his wife’s engagement ring had been found, as was Nick. What they all thought would be an extreme long shot to find, ended up with smiles on everyone’s faces.
The Ring Finders of Maine, take great pride, in being able to get to a local as soon as possible. Today is another example of me getting a call at approximately 8:10am, calling Gary and Gary arriving on scene, in just over an hour, at 9:20am. This includes the drive, out to the farm, in Shapliegh.
This was literally a ring in a haystack and thankfully, Gary was able to make the recovery. There is no better feeling, than to be able to quickly help people like Rebecca, Steve and Nick. It is also a great feeling knowing that Gary has my back, when I am unable to search. Thank you Gary, from all of us!👏👏👏

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Platinum and Gold Wedding Band Lost During Hurricane Milton Evacuation…Found with Metal Detector in Seminole, Fl.!!

  • from Dunedin (Florida, United States)
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Steve Thomas

Dunedin Ring Finder   lostringdunedin.com

“It’s Only Lost Until I Find It!

Lost a ring or other metal valuable at the beach including the water or in a grassy or sandy area? Jewelry slip off of you while working outside, playing with the dog or swimming? Don’t waste time and money purchasing your own metal detector to try to find your lost item. Please contact me ASAP at (843) 995-4719 or @dunedinringfinder. I offer a FREE metal detecting service, reward optional but appreciated upon recovery!

Melissa and her family evacuated her home in Seminole. Fl. as powerful Hurricane Milton was threatening the area. Included in their preparations was removing the fish from their aquarium and Melissa had remembered removing her wedding ring and placing it in her jacket pocket to do this. Melissa then made a number of trips to place personal items in their cars before leaving the house. She also walked next door to check with her neighbors to see if they might secure their trash cans. It was dark by that time and as she was walking over she kicked something in the driveway that she thought at the time was a rock. It was sometime after Melissa was at her mother’s home where she had evacuated that she realized that her precious ring was no longer in her jacket pocket! After the threat of the storm was over, Melissa searched her home and yard as well as the edge of her neighbor’s yard for the ring but was unable to locate it. She was also concerned of the possibility that the ring in her pocket got hung up in a tissue also in her pocket that she later threw away.

About three months later, Melissa saw the story of my most recent ring recovery on a local social media page and found out about the metal detecting services I offered. She messaged me and we set up a time for me to search. I met Melissa and after she provided me the details of the loss, I began my search of the yard (which was small with a circular driveway) on the side yard and then moved to the front yard beginning with the strip of grass between the sidewalk and grass. I had only dug a few targets including several pieces of scrap metal and a penny. I did not have the husband’s matching wedding ring to provide me with a good target number to look for on my detector display and the ring was a mixture of platinum and gold so I was going to dig every target close to the surface. As I got close to the driveway I detected a solid surface target that rang up 71-72 on my Minelab Equinox 900 detector. Melissa had just stepped inside her home for a minute and as I probed into the grass with my handheld pinpointer, I spotted Melissa’s beautiful ring nestled well down into the grass and about half buried. I went to Melissa’s door and when she opened it I told her that I think I found what we were looking for! We walked over and I pulled the ring out of the grass where it had laid for over three months and handed it to her and Melissa began crying tears of joy. For me, the first “rush” comes with the find and the second one comes when I give the ring back to its owner. This never gets old!

Melissa, thank you for contacting Steve Thomas, Dunedin Ring Finder and trusting me to find your wedding ring!

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Lost Ring Manning Park…Found!

  • from Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
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Lost your ring or any piece of jewelry, cell phone, keys,  call anytime 24/7  Don’t wait until it’s too late… Chris/778-838-3463

 

I received a phone call approximately three weeks ago in regards to a lost promise ring at Manning Park. After hearing the story and talking to the young lady, in regards to where she believed the ring was lost, and the fact that it was up in the mountains, approximately 2 1/2 hour drive each way, I elected to pass on the search at that particular time, as it was snowing up in the mountains. My van would have a very difficult time even with new winter tires getting there. (Rear Wheel Drive)

I gave her as much information as I could in regards to the fact her ring was safe and nobody would find it and she could probably wait till spring when the snow had melted and easily have seen it. The one thing that bothered me was she did tell me she was very close to the fire pit when she was wiping snow off of a friends  jacket.

That is the kind of movement I’m always looking for as her ring could come flying off due to cold & wet hands.Iit bothered me because it could’ve gone into the fire pit and who knows if they would’ve cleaned that out and the ring gone with it.

I kept an eye on the weather and I noticed we had a window of two or three days of sunny weather and I phoned her and asked if she wanted me to go up and have a look.

She was excited and said yes,  I took the drive up there through the mountain passes with no problems. When I arrived it was sunny and  it wasn’t too cold. I started my search around the fire pit, but had no luck, there was a chance somebody could’ve picked it up while making a snowball and threw it without knowing. I expanded my search area to accommodate that possibility and after a half a day of searching, I had no ring.

Day 2 I knew I had to attack the fire pit. It wasn’t going to be easy as the ash had frozen into blocks and I needed a special shovel that I fortunately carry with me to break the ice and scrape everything into a wheelbarrow where I can search each piece amongst some of the loose ash.

The fire pit was full of iron, lots and lots of nails and pieces of the iron bucket which makes it very difficult to locate a ring. My next thing was to go through everything peace by peace, and after a good hour or more of searching in the wheelbarrow amongst all the ash, I found her ring.!

 

Sadly, the ring was unrecognizable due to the temperatures of the fire, however, I found out that the young man had insurance on it and now I was going to get the ring back to what it looked like when he first bought it. What a smart young man to get insurance, you can tell by her smile she was so happy to get it back, looking back at it now it was a good thing. I did go up there before spring the fire pit. I’m sure it would’ve been cleaned out before I would’ve got there. I love my job. Such a nice young couple. Happy to be of service to them.

 

Here’s what it looked like above.

 

Lost your ring or any piece of jewelry, cell phone, keys,  call anytime 24/7  Don’t wait until it’s too late… Chris/778-838-3463

 

 

 

https://youtu.be/vtRrhFFycEI

Video of search above

 

 

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LOST 14K ENGAGMENT RING – FOUND STEPHENS CITY, VIRGINIA

  • from Leesburg (Virginia, United States)
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Call Ray for lost items 571.258.7217

www.mygoldfinder.com

I received a call a family member who referred a friend to me for a lost 14K engagement ring while playing with their children on the front lawn in a  leaf pile. The husband and wife had been searching since the day before, on their hands and knees for hours trying to locate the ring, with no success. I arrived the next morning, Nathan and his children were already outside to great me as I pulled into the driveway.

I immediately saw the large are of leaves on the right side of the house, and after Nathan gave me the run down I got started.  I started a quick grid around the leaf pile and by the time Nathan had reached the door to go inside I yelled ” I found it!!”. Nathan was stunned and so excited! Fast and furious recovery!!

 

 

God Bless and Keep on Hunting!

 

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