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Sentimental Wedding Ring Lost In A Large Ocean Wave, In Old Orchard Beach, Maine, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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On Sunday, August 11th, I awoke to see multiple referrals, from my Facebook followers. A Men’s Wedding Ring, was lost in the ocean, the previous day, in Old Orchard Beach, Maine and my followers were telling the person to contact me. Since I had already been booked, for the morning, I did not contact the person that had made the posting. I figured I would wait and see if I was contacted, by the time I returned from my morning search. When I returned home, I still had not been contacted. A short time later I did receive the following text message, on my phone.

“Hello, I had a few folks recommend you and mentioned that you may be able to help me out, I lost a ring yesterday while I was at old orchard beach when I was in the water. I’m not super confident and think it most likely has been lost to the ocean but wanted to see if it would be worth a shot to try and find it. I have a picture of the ring and a location of where I was on the beach if you think you’d be able to take a look for me. Let me know, thank you”!

I replied

“Hi, So sorry to hear this. A few questions 1st
1) You say you lost the ring, in the water. Did you see or feel the ring come off?

2) Do you know what time you lost the ring. I will try to figure out the tide. Was it high tide, low tide, etc.. As you may know, the Rip Currents and Waves have been very bad, this summer. I may need to search, when the tide allows me to.

3) What area of OOB?

Also, just to be upfront, I do not charge for my time or my Metal Detecting Services. I do however, require a Transportation Fee, to cover my gas, tolls, wear and tear, etc.

Thank you, Dennis”

Patrick then replied with answers, to all my questions and since he lost it in the water, The tide wouldn’t be right, until approximately 7:00pm, when it would be receding and I could start searching, the area.
Cheryl and I arrived at 7:00pm and the tide had been receding for approximately 2 1/2 hours but was still very high, up on the banking/slope. I decided to start at the top of the slope, where the high tide line, meets the dry beach sand and work my way down to the bottom of the banking/slope and hopefully I would find it there. After 2 hours, at 9:00pm, I was now in the shallow water, at the bottom of the slope , in the dark, and the waves were rushing up all around me. I decided to end the search, for the night and return 1st thing, in the morning, when the tide and wave action would hopefully be easier to deal with and I could actually see what I was doing, In daylight.

I arrived back at the location at 7:30am and the tide was almost to the bottom of the slope. Patrick and I had agreed that I may not have been in the correct location, the previous night and I would move the search about 100 feet north of where I had been. The video I had sent him the night before was difficult to actually say I was in the correct locations. It is extremely hard to verify an area, when you can’t be there and are just going by a video. I sent Patrick a new video, when I arrived, In full daylight and he thought my new location was the correct location.
So, I went 1/2 way down the slope and started searching again. I was just gridding the area, horizontally to the water and following the receding tide out. Like the night before, I found a few targets, a few pull tabs and a kids Hot Wheels sports car. After approximately 25 minutes, I was very near the very bottom of the slope, when I received a beautiful low tone, that got my attention, quickly. The morning sun was extremely bright and I couldn’t see the VDI #’s on my detector’s screen, but I was loving the low tone. I plunged the head of my scoop, into the wet sand and threw the scoop full of sand, up onto the slope. I located the target, with my pinpointer and slowly wiped the sand, off of the top of it. I then saw, barely, the outline of a Gold colored ring. Could it be Patrick’s? Patrick had sent a photo of the ring and described his ring as,

“Yeah it’s this ring here, it’s a simple white gold band with yellow gold edges”

I picked the ring out of the sand, rinsed it off, to reveal a simple white band with yellow gold edges. Yes, I had found Patrick’s ring. I broke out, into my happy dance and had a very large smile, appear on my face. I then took a video and some photos, that I sent to Patrick. After receiving the video, Patrick replied

“Oh my god that’s it Dennis! You’re incredible thank you so much, I really really appreciate it. I work in North Berwick so I can meet you wherever is easiest for you once I get out of work this evening”

We made plans to meet up, once he got out of work. Patrick’s wife, Becky, also commented on her Facebook post, about the lost ring and said

“The Ring Finders of Maine you are absolutely incredible, Dennis. My husband and I are so incredibly grateful for you and your talent! This was the BEST possible news we could have hoped for. Thank you again!! ❤”

After leaving the beach dejected, the previous night, I was now on cloud nine, this morning. I called Cheryl, to come pick me up and as I waited for her arrival, the big smile m never left my face. I am so thankful and grateful, to be able to help people out in their time of need. I will now be adding Patrick, to my “Book of Smiles”.

Later this evening, Patrick sent me the following text

“Dennis, I truly can’t thank you enough, this ring had a lot of sentimental value to me and my wife and I definitely thought it had been lost for good. I will be more than happy to review you and recommend you to anyone that would need your services in the future. And my wife and I will be celebrating our 1 year anniversary in September, but we’ve been together for 11 years now!”

WOW!!! Patrick will now have his Wedding Ring, back on his finger, for his upcoming 1 Year Wedding Anniversary. Now that is a great way to end this story.
Happy 1st Anniversary, Becky & Patrick ❤️💍❤️

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Del Monte Beach Ring found / recovery

  • from Monterey (California, United States)
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A nice fellow and his wife were vacationing here in Monterey, for his wife’s birthday weekend.   The fellow went down to the water’s edge at Del Monte Beach, to wash off his kid’s sandy hands , in the ebbing surf.  To rinse off his kids’ hands.   As he did so, his ring slips off into the cold surf.   But he was momentarily unaware of this.   Then he went up to where the tidal zone meets the dry sand, and began to shake the water drops/sand off his own hands.   And it was at that point he realized his ring was gone.   He figured it must have “flung” when he’d made motions with his arms there.

 

I got the call and met him within 15 minutes on the beach.  He showed me the suspected zone.   But alas, nothing there.   Then he casually mentioned how he’d been at the water’s edge for a brief moment with his kid.   So we gave it a try further down there, and presto :  There was the ring.  Buried in the sand closer down towards the water.

 

Glad I could help.   Thanx for the tip .  

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Dropped Key In Cape Carteret Waters Keeps Kyle’s Truck Parked Until Found

  • from Emerald Isle (North Carolina, United States)
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Kyle called me up to see if I could retrieve keys from the boat dock. He had dropped his keys close to where the boat was moored, and since he was nearby, I rushed over to help. The water was 3-4 feet deep and got deeper gradually. My magnet didn’t work, so I dived into the soft seabed and found the keys with my metal detector. Sadly, my long-handled scoop was useless against the muddy bottom littered with oyster shells and twigs. I then used my Garrett pinpointer, took a deep breath, and dove where the detector had signaled. With a clear tone, I scooped up the muck and found Kyle’s keys. He opted out of a photo op and removed the truck key from the set for a picture. The boat in the photo is where we lost and recovered the keys.

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Lost Wedding Ring Recovery Minnesota Metal Detecting

  • from Twin Cities Metro (Minnesota, United States)
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While playing kickball at a Minneapolis park, a young man lost his wedding band. He found www.theringfinders.com

He was diving for a catch in rightfield when he felt it pop off. They looked for hours and couldn’t find it. The field was thick with grass & weeds.

Glad I could help you out –

Darrin

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Rings lost at Breakers Beach on Coronado found.

  • from La Jolla (California, United States)
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Thais, took off both of her rings and put them in a shoe before going out in the water. Good idea! Forgetting that they were in the shoe when leaving, not so good. As you might expect, the shoes were picked up by her spouse Syd and the rings ended up falling out and into the soft dry sand. What to do….leaving at 6am the next morning just 13 hours from then…..so, off to the internet for advice. TheRingFinders.com website to the rescue. I got the call from Syd about 4:30pm about a lost “ring”, grabbed my gear, and hit the rush hour traffic to the North Island Navy Base visitors parking to meet her. We then drove to the beach and walked a couple hundred yards to a distraught Thais guarding the likely drop zone. A couple of short passes later, I got a nice solid 8 on my Equinox 900. Not knowing at the time that more than one ring was lost, I said that this could be the ring, or, some foil. A probe with the pin pointer, and grab with my hand brought a beautiful wedding band out into the sunshine. I thought we were done….not. a second sweep just a foot away and I got a solid 13. I then popped out the even more beautiful engagement ring to Thais’s delight. I asked if there were more and was told no, that was it. They could now sleep easier that night and catch their plane in the morning without having to leave anything behind. A pleasure to meet you both, and thank you for the reward.

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Yarmouth, MA Wedding Band Lost and Found. 2 Years Later It Is Returned by Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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July 21, 2024

Well this return is my first of its kind a One in a Million chance, DONE!

Some two years ago Andrew was vacationing at one of my home town’s resorts. He was having a wonderful time playing ball, swimming, sunning and enjoying Vacation Land. All was a perfect vacation until his wedding band slipped from his finger. And as I told hundreds of vacationers that have asked for my detecting expertise help, what ever is lost is almost always still there. But you may not know just where that spot is. You will know where the spot is that you realize that you have lost the object. And the sooner I can start searching the better my chances are of finding it.

Fortunately my may success stories are gaining popularity and word is spreading along the shores of Cape Cod as is TheRindFinders.com web site. At one point this summer Andrew and his wife read some the postings and contacted me with a far out question about Andrew’s lost wedding band. It was lost at a South Yarmouth resort on June 21st/22nd 2021, any possibility you could look for it?

Knowing the area is well detected over by both vacationers and locals including myself, I knew it would be a fruitless endeavor to search for it. Also I could look at my records and ask other detectorists if they might have Andrew’s ring. My records showed that I had found such a ring after the time that Andrew had lost his ring. Now, how to verify that it was his ring. Pictures were sent back and forth and one with no inscription inside “Looked like that is the ONE! OK, I’ll send it to you, if it is yours it will be amazing. If not you can send it back.

On June 28th the ring was in the mail. One problem on my side is that the credit card machines at the post office were down, Cash Only. My luck I did not have cash enough to pay for the tracking option. I have send many rings through the mail with no problem…so away it went. Several texts back and forth about it not being received, we had almost given up hope – it must be lost in the mail. Then on July 20 a text I received read: “Envelope just showed up! It’s his ring!!! I can’t believe it!” Neither could I. All I can say is “It was meant to be”

 

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Third Generation Gold Signet Ring, Lost In The Old Orchard Beach, Maine Ocean, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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This is a continuation of Recovery and Return #62,

At 2:03pm on Wednesday, August 7th, I received a phone call from Lissa. She told me that her daughter, Kaitlin had just lost a Gold Signet Ring, approximately 10 minutes earlier, at high tide, in waist deep water. Lisa told me she and her daughter, were at the end of Seabreeze Avenue, in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. I told Lissa that I had a 4:00pm booking, for a lost Wedding Ring, in Ocean Park, Maine, but would be happy to search for the Gold Signet Ring, as soon as I was finished, in Ocean Park Beach. I then told Lissa, I wasn’t sure what time I could get there because I wasn’t sure how long the Ocean Park search would take. I promised her, I would be there, as soon as the Ocean Park search ended, even if I had to search, in the dark. Lissa agreed and told me they would be going out to eat, sometime between 5:00 and 5:30pm. I asked Lissa to send me some photos and a video, of the area and I would start searching, by the photos and videos, if she was unavailable, when I arrived.

When the tide and heavy surf wasn’t cooperating at Ocean Park. I left my client my backup detector, at 5:00pm and told him I would be back, when the tide was out a little further. My client could continue to search, while I was gone. Cheryl and I then left for Old Orchard Beach, Maine and sent a message, to Lissa, telling her I was on my way. She replied that she and Kaitlin would meet me at the bottom of Seabreeze Ave.. Cheryl and I arrived about 10 minutes later and Lissa met us, at the beach access path and walked with us down to the beach. The tide was way out there, unlike Ocean Park and Kaitlin was already out on the wet sand, in the area she thought she lost the Gold Signet Ring in. Kaitlyn told us that she was waist deep and she felt the ring come off her finger. She tried grabbing the ring, as it came off her finger and descended into the water and sand, to no avail. Kaitlyn and Lissa, told us that the Gold Signet Ring was actually Lissa’s Aunt’s ring and Kaitlin’s Great Aunt and has her initials on it. The initials engraved on the signet ring are, LWM. The Signet Ring had been passed down, to Kaitlin and the ring has lots of sentimental value and they were very anxious to get the ring found and returned.

I then showed Lissa and Kaitlyn how my detector works and threw a Gold Test Ring down on the wet sand, so they could hear what it sounds like and to verify the detector is set up properly. I also showed them how I would grid search the area, that Kaitlyn had said the ring was lost in. I set up my boundary markers to overshoot the area by about 20 feet, on each side of Kaitlyn’s markers, just in case the ring had moved or Kaitlyn was a little off, of her area. I then started the search and went down to the first marker, took a 1/2 step over, to my right and headed back in the other direction. I then took another 1/2 step, this time to my left and headed back to the other end. A third grid line was then performed and still nothing, at all. I started my fourth grid line and about 5 steps into it, I heard a very nice low tone, the kind that get my attention. The sun was to bright and I couldn’t see the VDI numbers, on my detector but there was no way, I was going to pass up this target. I was so confident that this was the ring, that I yelled over to Lissa, Kaitlyn and Cheryl, “This may be your ring”. As they walked towards me, took a scoop of sand and threw it up onto the wet sand. I saw the outline of a Gold Ring, saw it was a Signet Ring. I reached down, held up the ring and told them, “I found the ring “. Lissa and Kaitlyn were in disbelief and ran over to me and they both gave me a big hug. They were so happy to have the very sentimental Gold Signet Ring back. They told me that the lost ring and me finding it, would dominate the talk at the dinner table, when they went out to eat afterwards.

So, a 3rd generation Gold Signet Ring, is back with the family and there are smiles, on everyone’s faces. I just love to be able to add another recovery, in to my “Book of Smiles”.

Now I had to get back to Ocean Park and search for Tom’s Wedding Ring. I had after all , left him with my backup detector, to continue searching, while I waited for the tide and waves to recede. To see the rest of Tom’s story, please go back and read about Recovery and Return #62. That’s right, his ring was found and The Ring Finders of Maine helped in returning 2 different rings, to 2 different people, on the same day, for the 2nd time, this summer. I just absolutely love helping people out, in their time of need.

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Lost ring in the lake

  • from Mount Pleasant (Michigan, United States)
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I found Terry’s ring for him today at Crystal Lake. He was happy to get it back and I was glad to be able to help him.

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Lost and found diamond 18K gold wedding ring in Fenelon falls Ontario

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Today’s recovery took me to Felenon falls/Bobcaygeon area. Received a text from Johnny about loosing his newly custom made diamond 18 K gold wedding band last weekend. Johnny had some diamonds from his late grandmother crafted into his new wedding band. He and his bride of only one month, were at a family cottage and went for a swim in the late evening and noticed that his wedding ring was missing at around 2AM. Retracing his steps and looking at selfies from the evening, he was pretty sure that the ring would be either under the dock, where they sat and watched a meteor shower for a while or in the water where he dove in a couple times. Desperate, he even had purchased a metal detector and detected around the property to see if the ring had fallen off during the evening. After meeting up at the cottage and getting oriented, I put on my Scuba gear and grabbed my underwater metal detector. Water being just over 12 feet deep, and after only about 15 minutes search, I was able to locate his ring in about one foot of silt. His reaction was priceless and heartfelt as I surprised him with his ring once I surfaced at the dock. Another great recovery. Life is good!

 

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RING FOUND AT OVAL BEACH, SAUGATUCK, MI

  • from Holland (Michigan, United States)
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Received a phone call from Ola at 6 PM that her husband lost his wedding ring on the beach sand at Oval Beach. By 7:30PM I had the ring in my scoop. She had left the beach to return home to Chicago and could not meet me there. Only info she gave me was they were sitting on the beach near the number 8 buoy. Arrived at the beach and started to grid the area in front of the 8 buoy. On my third pass I found the ring. Pictures show the detector and my scoop at the spot where the ring was found. She gave me her address and the ring will be in the mail for her. She did have good info, the picture of the buoy out in the water is number 8.

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