Lost wedding ring found in North Chesterfield, Virginia.






NORTH TOPSAIL, NC By: Crystal Coast Ring Finders
I was taking advantage of the calm Atlantic Ocean waves by metal detecting the waist deep waters of Emerald Isle, NC. My phone, in it’s waterproof case, rang and I came out of the water to return the call. Jeff informed me his wife Kim had lost 2 of her rings on the beach about an hour away from my current location. I told Jeff I would load up the truck and head that way as soon as possible.
Upon arrival, Kim & Jeff informed me she was spending the day at the beach and removed her rings to apply sunscreen to the kids. She became distracted and wasn’t sure where she placed them but feels they were on the beach blanket. It wasn’t until she returned home to shower that she noticed her rings were missing. Kim went back to the location and tried to search and found the area (because of a dead crab nearby). Kim was unable to dig out the rings from the sand. Marking the location was very important as I started to grid search the area and after one pass, I turned to start a second search line, and my metal detector sounded off very loudly. I looked up at Jeff & Kim and smiled. I was almost certain I had found them under the sand. My pinpointer confirmed the location and I used my hand to scoop the rings to the surface. Kim came a running after spotting the large cigar style ring.
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Ashley was enjoying a day at the Jersey Shore with her family when she took off her rings and placed them on a towel to apply sunblock. Like many others in similar situations, she got distracted and forgot about the rings. A while later, she shook off the towel and only then remembered where she had left them. Her family searched for a while but had no luck. Unfortunately, Ashley had to head home, but she asked her family to call me for help with the recovery.
After receiving the call, I went to the beach, where her family had secured the area. Just a few swings of the detector later, her rings were safely in my scoop. I sent Ashley pictures of her recovered rings, and she was amazed.
This was another reminder of how important it is to act quickly and keep the area secured when something is lost.
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I was referred by fellow Ring Finder Dennis Boothby to Kimberly who had lost 4 rings while vacationing at Popham Beach, and had already returned home to Pennsylvania. When I was initially contacted one the rings had been found in the sand and turned into the Park Ranger. I travelled to the site without optimism as a week had passed and the rings being on a public beach could have easily been found by another detectorist. After about 30 minutes of searching I recovered the rings in the general vicinity of where Kimberly had reported them being lost. I made the phone call to report my success which was well received with a joyous and tearful response.


On 7/29/25 just before noon, I got a call from Nancy saying she had lost a Diamond Stud Earring on the beach and wondered if I could help find it. My first question was if it was lost in the dry sand. She responded it was. I only have one detector that can find stud earrings, my Gold Bug 2, and it’s useless in wet sand or the ocean because of the mineralization. Plus, there’s just a small post on stud earrings and it’s usually not enough metal for most detectors. So, I felt we had a good chance of finding her earring. I was just finishing up my yard work and told her I could be there in about 45 minutes. She agreed. Enroute to the beach, I called her asking if I could park in her driveway. Parking isn’t easy on the beach communities. She sent me her address and directions out to the beach to where she was.
When I arrived, it was a quick walk out to the beach to where Nancy was set up. She showed me the area. She explained that a bug was on her ear and when she went to brush it away, she hit her ear and the earring flew off. Before I got started, I asked if she had the other earring that I could test. She did, which made it a lot easier. I tweaked the Gold Bug detector and started searching a 5×5 foot plus area. To help me sift the sand, I brought along a child’s sand sifter with tiny holes. I got a few targets that turned out to be very tiny pieces of aluminum. I must have tested her other earring 4-5 times to make sure I was able to detect it. Finally, I got a signal that was good enough to check out. I laid down in the sand, ran the sifter under the small area and filled up the sifter with sand. I started feeling through the sand and uncovered Nancy’s earring. I was as shocked as Nancy was when I handed her earring back. She told me that her husband had gotten her those earrings when they were in Grad school and before they got married. She also said how they were very sentimental and special to her.
Nancy – Thank you for allowing me to help find your lost treasure. Enjoy the rest of your vacation.
Jim


Alex, married just one year was with his wife at the driving range. He put his wedding ring in his pocket because it affected his swing. Returning to his car, he pulled out his keys, and inadvertently out came his ring. They both searched the area on their hands and knees, and were distraught. Anxiously as soon as they return home at 11 pm, Alex reached out to me. Although I was going on vacation the next day I met him when the range opened the next morning. His worries were soon over. I recovered his cherished wedding ring from a grassy section leading to the parking area. He was overcome with happiness and immediately gave me a big hug. This made my day and my wife was happy too.
Received a referral from Tom T, fellow ringfinder, he was busy and gave it to me. Matt and family were on vacation and camping at the park this week. Met him at the park this morning and we had a long walk from the camping area to the beach where they were playing in about knee deep water. He had marked the spot with a log placed up behind on the sand dune. In about 30 minutes I found the ring about 25 steps from shore. Married for 15 years and we saved the day and the vacation memories.
Shortly after getting home from work (Monday) I received a phone call from Jennie inquiring if I still do ring searches. I assured her that I most definitely do, do ring searches. She told me the story about how over the weekend, on Saturday, she was at her sister’s house for a pool party in their new swimming pool. She said that she was getting ready to get into the pool to cool off since the temperatures were in the low 90’s that day! She took off a pair of shorts and layed them on the trampoline. She then, took her platinum and diamond engagement ring off, and put it in one of the pockets of the shorts for safe keeping. Later, when she got out of the pool and went to retrieve her shorts is when she noticed that her shorts had been moved from where she originally set them down. She immediately searched the pockets looking for her precious ring. To her horror, her ring was missing! She and her entire family immediately started searching for the missing ring. They tried everything from diving to the bottom of the pool with goggles on in search of it, to going out and buying a metal detector the next day and searching for it with that! Still without finding it. Running out of options and hope, Jennie grabbed her phone and searched “Ring Finder”. That’s when The Ring Finders .com popped up! Jennie then searched her local area and found me there. After reading some past return stories and reviews from my happy clients, is when she decided to call me. I told her that I could be there in a half hour or so, I just needed to gather my things and I’d be on my way. After arriving a short time later, Jennie and her sister met me outside. After a short introduction I grabbed my trusty Equinox 800 and Garrett pinpointer and followed Jennie to the backyard where the ring was last seen. Jennie gave me a description of the events that took place on Saturday there by the pool and trampoline. It was evident by the matted down grass that the family had searched the area a lot with no luck. The first thing was to move the big steel framed trampoline out of that area so that it wouldn’t interfere with the metal detector. I then started doing a small grid pattern in the area that they thought that the ring might be in. Nope, not there. I then decided to grid the entire area, it wasn’t very big. After my 4th pass of my grid pattern, up near the house, where the stairs lead down from the deck and meet the ground, and about 10 or 12 feet away from where they had been searching, I got a low, choppy, 6-7-8 on the detector. Like every other signal I grabbed my pinpointer and gave the grass a couple of passes in the area of the signal. That’s when I got a flash of something shiny hiding deep in the grass! There it was!! Jennie’s ring!!!
Success!!
Another smile for the book!



Randy called me one evening to say he placed his ring & necklace in his beach chair before heading out for one last swim before going out to eat. He folded up the chair and ran back to the beach house and then realized he didn’t have his jewelry. Upon arrival, Randy gave me a quick description of where he walked back to the house (across a very wide area of the beach) and back to the area he felt he had the chair set up. It was getting dark quickly and it was very hard to determine the exact location. I performed a grid search that evening and made a few hikes to the house and back to the high tide line. It was getting late and I was only finding trash so I called it for that evening. Fortunately, I keep track of where I walked, with an online application, and use this to return to search again if needed.
The next couple of days I wasn’t able to get back to try again. Two days after Randy phoned me, a young honest lady (Amber) asked if I knew of anyone that lost a gold ring near The Point (Emerald Isle)? I told her I was searching for a ring & necklace in that area. She mentioned her little sister Alayna found the ring while searching for seashells. She shared the picture of the custom ring with me. I asked Randy about his ring and he described it perfectly! We had a match! I knew the necklace must have been nearby. I asked Amber where the ring came from and she mentioned just above the high tide line. I headed back out at daybreak because the heat each day was too much for me to be walking in the hot sand with no shade. I expanded my original search area and was within inches the 1st night of finding both. I hit a very clean signal and one scoop into the sand I was able to pull Randy’s gold chain with a golden cross. It was a fantastic feeling to know WE found both his wedding ring and his necklace! I am so glad Amber and Alayna knew about Crystal Coast Ring Finders.
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