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Lost Platinum Ring Found in Front Yard – Gonzales, Louisiana

  • from New Orleans (Louisiana, United States)
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I received a call from a gentleman in Gonzales, Louisiana, asking if I could help recover a ring that had been lost in their front yard.

The ring had been thrown into the yard during an argument, and afterward they were unable to find it. They had a general idea of the direction it had been thrown and how far they thought it might have traveled, but searching the grass by hand hadn’t turned up anything.

They even bought a metal detector and searched the yard themselves, but after trying to locate the ring with no luck, they decided to reach out for help.

I was available that morning, so I loaded up my metal detecting equipment and headed to Gonzales to see if I could find it.

When I arrived, they showed me where the ring had been thrown from and the area where they believed it should have landed. I started searching the most likely location and then systematically expanded outward.

One of the challenges with a thrown ring is that estimating its flight path can be surprisingly difficult. A small difference in the angle or direction can put it well outside the area where you expect it to be. That turned out to be exactly what happened here. After about 30 minutes of searching with my metal detector, I got the signal I was looking for.

Ring found!

Interestingly, the ring hadn’t traveled nearly as far as they expected. Instead, it had gone much farther to the left of the anticipated path. That put it outside the area where they had been concentrating their search and explained why they hadn’t been able to locate it, even after buying a detector and searching themselves.

The recovered ring was a beautiful 950 platinum ring with multiple stones.

The best part of any recovery is getting to return something that matters to its owner. They were both extremely happy to have the ring back and thanked me repeatedly for coming out and finding it.

What started as a lost ring hidden somewhere in a front yard, and even survived an unsuccessful metal detector search, ended with another successful recovery and the ring back where it belonged.

Lost a Ring in Gonzales or Southeast Louisiana?

If you’ve lost a wedding ring, engagement ring, platinum or gold jewelry, keys, or another valuable metal item, don’t assume it’s gone forever.

Even owning or borrowing a metal detector doesn’t always guarantee success. Knowing how to search the area, understanding detector signals, and expanding beyond the suspected loss location can make all the difference. In this case, the ring was simply outside the area where everyone expected it to be.

Whether your item was lost in a yard, field, park, beach, playground, sports field, or other searchable area, an experienced metal detectorist using a systematic search can often locate something that has already been searched for extensively.

I provide lost ring and jewelry recovery with a metal detector throughout Southeast Louisiana, including Gonzales, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Slidell, Mandeville, Covington, Hammond, the Northshore, and surrounding areas.

If you’ve lost something valuable, reach out as soon as possible and try not to disturb the area more than necessary. Even if you’ve already searched with a metal detector and couldn’t find it, don’t give up. There may still be a very good chance of recovery.

 

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Gold Diamond Ring Lost In Freeport, Maine Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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In late July, Melissa headed down to Union Bluff Hotel & Meeting House in York Beach, Maine to celebrate a beautiful wedding. The ceremony was perfect, the reception was a blast, and everyone was in high spirits!

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What is a trip to the southern Maine coast without some fresh seafood? After the reception, Melissa and a few close friends weren’t ready for the night to end. They decided to keep the good times rolling and track down some iconic Maine food.
They Southern Maine Lobster Company on U.S. 1 in York, Maine, ready to order up some legendary lobster rolls.

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While waiting for their food, the group grabbed a spot at an outdoor picnic table. Knowing how messy (and gloriously buttery) a fresh Maine lobster roll can be, Melissa made a quick decision to protect her jewelry.
She took off her 4 rings and carefully placed them inside her vehicle’s cupholder. No one wants melted butter and lobster stuck in the nooks and crannies of their favorite rings, right? It seemed like the perfect safe haven.

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After finishing their delicious food and sharing plenty of laughs, it was time to wrap up the weekend. The friends all said their goodbyes, hopped into their cars, and went their separate ways.
Melissa jumped into her vehicle and started the drive home to Freeport Maine completely unaware of the twist that was coming next…

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When Melissa finally pulled up to FreeportME, she ran into an unexpected roadblock. Her long, shared driveway was completely blocked by her neighbor’s heavy construction equipment!
Standing by the side of the driveway was her friend and neighbor—the construction company owner’s wife—who was busy directing the massive machinery.

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Knowing she’d have to wait a bit to park, Melissa scooped up her 4 rings from the cupholder, grabbed a few other belongings, and got out of the car. Her plan was simple: walk the 75 to 100 feet to her front door, drop off her things, and wait for the driveway to clear.
On her way to the door, she stopped to chat with her neighbor. As they stood there catching up for about 15 to 20 minutes, the heavy equipment kept shifting. Melissa and her friend had to move out of the way several different times to avoid the machinery as it maneuvered around the property.

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Once the heavy equipment was finally cleared out of the path, Melissa went inside, set her belongings down, and headed back out to properly park her vehicle next to the house.
With her car safely parked and the long day wrapping up, she went back inside to finally slide her jewelry back on.
She reached for her rings.
One… two… three…
Wait. ?
There were only three rings. Her stunning gold ring lined with diamonds was completely gone! This wasn’t just any ring, either. It was a beautiful piece Melissa had treated herself to a few years earlier simply because she fell in love with it. A true symbol of self-love and hard work.
And now, it had vanished. ?

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Panic immediately set in. Melissa rushed back outside into the darkness. She carefully searched her small stone driveway, pacing back and forth over the exact spots where she had parked, walked, and stood talking to her neighbor.
Nothing. ?
She tore apart her vehicle, checking every crack and crevice around the cupholder. She searched inside her home, retracing every single step. Still, nothing.
Desperate for answers, Melissa called Southern Maine Lobster CO. LLC down in York to see if anyone had turned it in by the picnic tables. No luck.

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Melissa was facing a massive geographic puzzle. The precious gold and diamond ring could be anywhere between a seafood spot in York, Maine, and a stone driveway in Freeport, Maine.
But Melissa knew the timeline. The ring had to be in one of those two locations. Realizing she needed specialized help to solve this mystery, she picked up the phone and called me at The Ring Finders of Maine. ??️‍♂️
We talked through the details and immediately locked in an appointment to search her yard in two days, on her next day off from work.

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A few days later, I arrived at Melissa’s home in Freeport. She met me outside and walked me through the entire property, retracing her steps from that chaotic afternoon.
Searching for a gold ring in a small stone driveway is no easy task—those rocks love to swallow jewelry and hide it perfectly from plain sight. I told Melissa the plan of attack: a tight, methodical grid search covering the entire stone driveway from the exact spot she parked all the way to her doorstep.
I also made sure to map out the specific zones where she and her friend had stood dodging that heavy construction equipment. If that ring slipped out while she was moving around the machinery, my detector would find it.
With the gear turned on and headphones adjusted, it was time to swing the coil. Let’s get to it! ⚡️?
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I started the tight grid search, swinging the detector back and forth, back and forth across the stone driveway. At first, it was just the usual suspects: an occasional screw here, a stray piece of foil there, but no ring.
Once the area where Melissa originally parked was completely cleared, I expanded my search grid. I moved into the zone where she and her neighbor had stood talking and dodging the machinery. Still nothing.
By the time I hit the halfway point of the driveway, I was hunting hard.

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Suddenly, a very low tone broke through my headphones. I looked down at my Minelab Manticore screen. It was registering a Target ID (TID) of 07.
In the metal detecting world, a 07 TID is incredibly small. Nine times out of ten, it’s just a tiny piece of trash or foil. But you never ignore a signal when a ring is on the line.
I looked down at the rocks directly beneath my coil. Visually, there was absolutely nothing to see. I grabbed my handheld pinpointer and bent down to narrow the target area.

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As I leaned closer to the ground, my eyes caught something. A flash of unmistakable yellow gold. A hint of perfect roundness.
There it was! Wedged right between two driveway stones, perfectly camouflaged.
I called Melissa over and told her the ring was sitting right in front of us. She stared down at the ground but couldn’t see it—this ring was a total chameleon, blending into the rocks like it was meant to be there.
I pointed my finger right at it. The second her eyes locked onto the gold and diamonds, she broke out into a massive smile! ?✨

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Melissa was in total disbelief. She and her neighbors had searched that exact stretch of stones multiple times by hand and never saw a thing. That is the power of a professional detector and the patience to dig the low numbers!
She thanked me repeatedly, thrilled to have her self-made keepsake back on her finger where it belongs. Seeing that relief on her face reminded me all over again why ? ???? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??? ?????. ? ???? ?? ???! Knowing I can turn someone’s worst day into a celebration is the ultimate reward. Because at the end of the day, ?? ?? ??????? ?? ???, ?? ??????? ?? ??. ?❤️

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Have you lost a ring, a family heirloom, or a precious keepsake in the grass, sand, or snow? Don’t let a sinking feeling take over, and don’t try to look for it alone in the dark. If you or someone you know has lost something close to their heart, call The Ring Finders of Maine! We have the professional equipment, the skill, and the dedication to track down what you thought was gone forever. Let us help you bring your jewelry back home! ?️‍♂️?

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Deeper Than He Thought!

  • from Virginia Beach (Virginia, United States)
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Alex lost his ring out in the water about waist deep. He found me and gave me a call. We came out the next day and searched for it. This one was a little harder than expected. It was out deeper than Alex thought.

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Woman’s Wedding Ring Recovered From Her Beautiful Vermont Flower Garden

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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8/29/26

Earlier today, I got a call from a sister of a woman who had lost her wedding ring about three or four years ago. She put her sister on the phone so we could make arrangements for me to come and do a search.

I was able to go over this evening, we met, and she showed me the beautiful flower gardens that she had been planting. She explained that her ring actually had a hinge and latch that may have come open. Also, the gloves that she was wearing had a hole in it caused by the ring, that the ring may have fallen through. The next day, she and her husband rented a metal detector and didn’t have any luck with that. Many friends helped dig and sift for hours with no luck.

I started the search and quickly realized I needed a smaller coil to get in between all the flowers. So I switched coils and that helped, but there was also a lot of metal posts and wire in the flower garden. I finally got good signal and carefully dug down about 3 inches and there was her ring packed with dirt! We all let out some hoots, hollers and cheers, her ring was back where it belongs.

She had also lost her favorite pair of gardening scissors and in just a couple minutes I found those as well.

I got to meet a very sweet and pretty lady, her husband, her sister and her daughter and husband, and several . It’s an awesome day when I can help put smiles on that many faces!

 

 

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Lost ring in Saylorville Lake… Found with a Metal Detector

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Last weekend a guy named Rob lost his white gold wedding band while boating with his brother.

They had pulled near shore and somehow he lost his ring overboard. Luckily they were in about

waist deep water and the brother marked the area. So I had to get there and grid the area for awhile

before the ring was in my scoop!

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Heirloom Gold Ring Recovered North St. Paul Minnesota

  • from Twin Cities Metro (Minnesota, United States)
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Molly searched the internet for help in finding a family heirloom gold ring. She couldn’t believe it when theringfinders.com popped up on her screen. She didn’t know this service existed. She promptly gave me a call and explained the situation. Her Mother was out watering the plants and flowers in her yard. She decided to put her 2 ring in her back pocket for safe keeping. She also put her cell phone in the same pocket and went to work. She was just finishing up and turning the water off at the spigot when she received a call and grabbed her phone. After talking she thought to herself, I’d better check to make sure my rings are still there. She reached in her back pocket and found 1 ring. She got down on her hands and knees, searched the area and couldn’t find her 2nd ring. She was heart broken as this is a very special heirloom ring. She told her daughters and they decided to rent a metal detector and searched the area to no avail. I always ask people a lot of questions pertaining to the ring, area, scenario as how the ring was lost. This gives me the best chance at recovery. I asked Molly about the electrical service feeding the house and as bad luck would have it, the underground feed was right in the area her Mom lost the ring. This is tough on a metal detector as electromagnetic induction really interferes with it. Molly had told me their rented detector was going off constantly, which makes sense under EMI conditions. After 40 years of metal detecting, I’ve learned how to read the detectors signals and sounds, I can discern between interference and a solid signal. My Minelab Manticore was going crazy with signals in the area, so I turned my sensitivity down to the lowest setting possible. It worked perfectly as the EMI interference was very low and in the back ground. A couple of passes with my coil and I heard a strong gold tone. There it was, hidden in the thick grass out of eye sight.

So glad I could help out. Quick note to Mom – Stay strong, fight hard and you will win!!!

Take Care,

Darrin

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Gold Wedding Ring Lost In The Goose Rocks Beach Sand, Found With A Metal Detector, In Kennebunkport, Maine

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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With Point Sebago now in our rearview mirror, Cheryl and I were heading to Goose Rocks Beach (GRB) in Kennebunkport Maine. I was on the phone with Brody, who explained the situation. He, his wife, and their young child had been enjoying a beautiful day at GRB. Before heading into the water for a swim, Brody took off his gold wedding ring and placed it safely inside the cupholder of his beach chair.

Once he finished swimming, the family spent several more hours relaxing on the shore before finally packing up their gear. They loaded everything into their vehicle and began the drive back home to the Boston area, preparing for work the next morning.

Then came that all-too-familiar moment of panic. ? Brody remembered his wedding ring. He checked the chair, but the cupholder was completely empty. He rushed back to the beach to search his old setup spot, but as we all know, once under the sand, these rings are very difficult to find.

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Brody then gave me the exact location on GRB and told me the ring should be somewhere between the seaweed from the high tide mark and the kayaks, closer to the dune grass. This gave me a solid, specific search window to target.

The late afternoon sun was casting long shadows across Goose Rocks Beach by the time Cheryl and I arrived. Because Brody’s setup had been high up on the dry sand, we didn’t have to worry about incoming tides or shifting water, but the soft, powdery sand of GRB can swallow a gold ring instantly.

I decided to start the grid search near the seaweed and grid search horizontally to the water. I would search north to south and work my way towards the kayaks. There were not many targets at all, that high up on the beach

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The area wasn’t large and after 10 minutes or so, I heard the low tone I had been hoping for and anticipating! ?

As I kept swinging the coil over the area, trying to pinpoint the exact spot under the M15 coil, I could see the outline of a gold ring in the sand. I told Cheryl, “I can see the ring, in the sand,” to which she replied from 10–15 feet away, “I can see it from here!” ?
I removed the ring from the sand and verified it was actually Brody’s gold wedding ring. I immediately recorded a video for Brody, telling him I was leaving the beach because I found the ring, panning the camera down to reveal his beautiful gold band. ?✨

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I sent the video to Brody, who called me back instantly, expressing his immense gratitude. Since he and his family had already left the area, we made plans to return the ring the following weekend. He would make the 1.5-hour drive right back to Kennebunkport Maine to get his ring back.
The next weekend, I drove down to GRB and met Brody for the very first time. I returned his wedding ring with those exact same kayaks in the background! Brody and his wife thanked me immensely, and as we shook hands to say goodbye, all I could think of was: ? ???? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??? ?????. ? ???? ?? ???. ❤️?

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Cheryl and I were finally ready for a little down time. After rushing down to Old Orchard Beach to recover a sentimental Valentine’s gifted ring, to then rushing to Point Sebago for a successful water recovery, to finally rushing to Kennebunkport for another successful wedding ring recovery… we were absolutely pooped! ?

The final stats for an unforgettable afternoon:
? Approximately 4.5 hours
? 110 miles driven
? 3 successful ring recoveries!

We were officially ready to relax.

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If you or someone you know has lost a wedding ring, heirloom, keys, or any other metal object of sentimental value, don’t lose hope! The Ring Finders of Maine offer professional metal detecting recovery services across the state. Whether your item was lost deep in the Maine woods, buried in the soft beach sand, or dropped underwater in one of our beautiful lakes, we have the specialized high-end gear and experience to track it down. Time is often of the essence—especially with shifting sands and tides—so don’t wait to reach out! Send us a direct message right here on Facebook or call/text us immediately at 207-423-3027 to get a search scheduled.

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Lost Gold Wedding Ring Found at Baseball Field in Lakeview, New Orleans

  • from New Orleans (Louisiana, United States)
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I was contacted by Michael after he lost his gold wedding ring while playing catch with his son at a baseball field in Lakeview, New Orleans.

After realizing the ring was missing, Michael needed someone experienced with a metal detector to help search the field. Interestingly, he turned to Claude AI for help finding a local ring recovery service in New Orleans, and Claude recommended me. Michael reached out shortly afterward, and we arranged to meet at the baseball field.

Michael had a pretty good idea of how the ring may have disappeared. He and his son had been throwing the baseball around when, at one point, they switched gloves and tossed the gloves to each other. Somewhere during the activity, his wedding ring likely slipped off his finger and disappeared into the grass.

Fortunately, Michael was able to narrow down where he thought it happened to an area roughly 50 x 50 feet.

When we met at the field, Michael walked me through what they had been doing and showed me the area where he believed the ring had fallen. I began systematically searching the grass with my metal detector.

After thoroughly covering the most likely area without finding the ring, I started expanding the search farther out.

This is something I’ve learned from many lost-ring recoveries: the place where someone believes they lost a ring and the place where it actually landed aren’t always the same.Throwing something, removing or exchanging gloves, and other quick hand movements can send a loose ring farther than expected.

After approximately 45 minutes of searching, I got the signal I had been looking for.

There it was, Michael’s gold wedding ring hiding in the grass, slightly outside the area where he originally thought he had lost it.

Another wedding ring recovered and returned to its owner!

Michael was thrilled to have his ring back, and I was happy to make another successful lost ring recovery here in New Orleans.

This recovery is also a great example of why you shouldn’t give up on a ring just because you’ve already searched the area yourself. Rings can completely disappear beneath grass, and sometimes expanding the search by only a short distance makes all the difference.

If you’ve lost a wedding ring, engagement ring, jewelry, keys, or another valuable metal item in a yard, park, field, beach, or other outdoor area around New Orleans, Metairie, Kenner, Slidell, Mandeville, Covington, or Southeast Louisiana, feel free to contact me.

I specialize in helping people locate lost rings and jewelry using professional metal detecting equipment.

Anthony Cuccia: New Orleans Ring Finder
Call or Text: 985-445-4514

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Special Ring Back Where It Belongs!

  • from Orange Beach (Alabama, United States)
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This wonderful couple came all the way down from Indianapolis, Indiana, and called me after they lost a very special ring in the Gulf.

Years ago, they had their wedding bands made in Florence, Italy, from a single piece of gold. Now the rings were separated, with his lying somewhere on the bottom of the Gulf. I definitely had to get it back.

They thought it was probably about waist-deep, because the day before they had been throwing their son into the water and generally having a great time. When I arrived the next morning at the crack of dawn, that’s where I started my grid search.

I made quite a few slow passes, gradually working my way closer to the beach where he had walked out. I was almost ready to move into deeper water, assuming the ring had been thrown farther offshore, when I heard that sweet gold tone.

A couple of scoops later, I had this very special ring back where it belonged. ❤️

Thank you for trusting me with such a special piece of your family’s history. It was an honor to get ii back to you. ?

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White Gold Wedding Band and Engagement Ring Separately Slip into the Ocean at Garden City SC

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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On Saturday August 22, 2026, and just after 3 p.m., I received a text saying, “Hi There! I just lost (30 mins ago) my engagement ring and wedding band in the ocean. I understand these are just possessions, but it still stings after wearing for more than 16 years. Not sure what to do, but I posted on Facebook and you were highly recommended. Yucca Ave and Waccamaw in Garden City.” I immediately looked up the tide tables for Garden City and saw high tide was going to be in less than an hour at 4:10. I called the number attached and spoke with Kelli. I asked the usual questions, like how deep she was and whether she could meet me to show me the area. She told me that it was her sons 12th birthday and they had already made plans. Since she was still on the beach, I asked her to turn around and take a couple of pictures of what was behind her to give me a reference point. She also told me that she was about waist deep. I told her I’d be out there about 7 p.m. to work the outgoing tide.

On my way down to Garden City around 7 p.m. a big storm with heavy rain and lots of lightening started. It was one of those storms where people drive 5 mph and have their emergency flashers on. I sent Kelli a voice text saying that I may have to call the search off for the night because of the storm. I wanted to keep going to see if the storm would stop by the time I got there, although it didn’t look good. I could handle the rain because I was going to get wet anyway. But, with 2 lightning rods in the form of a metal sand scoop and handle in one hand and a metal detector in the other and standing in the ocean would probably not work out to well for me.

When I got to the beach, the storm had stopped. I walked out on the beach and found the reference points Kelli shared in her photos. It wasn’t that big of a search area, and I did my normal grid search. From Kelli’s explanation, I really expected her rings would be on the lower part of the sloop. I worked from the high tide line out to knee deep on a falling tide and only found 2 fishing weights. I expanded my search to the south, with no luck and then tried to extend it to the north. It was getting dark by then and I was just about to call it a night. That’s about the same time a family of 5 or 6 decided to come out and shoot off very loud fireworks. I called it a night and sent Kelli a text saying I couldn’t find them. I didn’t say anything to Kelli, but I had already made up my mind that I was going back in the morning at low tide.

I arrived back the next morning at 10 just before low tide and started a fresh grid search. I was able to go from the dry sand to about knee deep.  From the pictures Kelli sent, I knew I was looking for white gold rings, but I did confirm it with her. With that in mind, I knew the VDI (visual display indicator) numbers on the Equinox 800 would be in the low single digits for the engagement ring (2-6) and middle to low double digits (9-12) for the wedding band. I started to the south of the southern mark in the pictures and worked north. I was less than 10 lines over when I hit a solid 6 on the VDI. Bingo! This should be the engagement ring. A couple of scoops of wet sand and I had her engagement ring. Ok, so the wedding band should be within a few feet. I searched and searched both north/south and east/west from the engagement ring spot, nothing. In the process I lost my spot so, I started on my last grid line and started working north. A few yards away and higher on the slope I got a solid 9, I had the wedding band. Again, a couple of scoops and saw the wedding band sticking out of the sand.

Kelli had told me that they were leaving that morning to go back home, so I would have to mail them back to her. I made my way back to the car, rings in my pocket and text Kelli with a picture of her rings saying, “GOOD MORNING, what do you think? I think you’re getting your rings back!!!” She immediately responded, “Oh my god!!! I’m still in such shock! Thank YOUUU.”  I love the surprises and making returns. She got her rings back in the mail today, Thursday and as her picture shows, she’s very happy!

Kelli – Thank you for trusting and allowing me to help find your precious treasures. I wish you all the best.

Jim

 

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