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Lost necklace in morgantown wv found in the snow
I received a text from a girl who said she had lost an important necklace in the snow in Morgantown, West Virginia and wanted to know if I could help her find it. I gave her my phone number and had her give me a call. After talking to her on the phone, I gave her the number of a ring finder that was in Pittsburgh, which was only an hour and a half away compared to the 3 Hour drive to Morgantown that I would have. I told her if he could not do it then let me know. Well, she got back with me and stated that he could not do the the search so I asked her details about what had happened and how she lost it. She stated that she and her friend got into a snowball fight and her friend was trying to shove a snowball down her shirt and of course, she did not realize at that time that the necklace had broke. The Cross pendant had fell at that point, but the necklace was still hanging around her neck. They only lived two blocks away from the establishment that they were leaving, and when she got to the house that they are renting, she fell on the steps. They apparently have some sort of surveillance because she said the next day they looked at the video and noticed that the necklace was gone before she fell.
She also told me that they went back to the parking lot to try to find it, and the owner of the parking lot had plowed all the snow into a big pile. She told me that she was heading back home to Virginia on Tuesday, but I could not make it until Wednesday to look for it. I was worried that if she lost it in the parking lot and it was not in the snow pile that when the snow melted, somebody would see it in the parking lot or on the sidewalk and pick it up, so I told her that I would go ahead and head up on Wednesday to look for it even though she would not be there. She gave me the phone number to her roommate and her name in case I found it. So I head up that way around 6:45AM and get there around 9:30 Wednesday morning and found the necklace in a big snow covered crack in the parking lot. Took me about 20 minutes to find it. I called the roommate and she came down and met me in the parking lot and I gave her the cross necklace and she said that she was going to see her on Saturday and she was going to surprise her with it. The owner does not know that I found it. The roommate also asked me if she had told me about the cross and I said no, just that it was important. She told me that her grandmother gave that necklace to her when her grandmother was very ill and she was giving her her last goodbyes before her grandmother passed away!! That is why she has been extremely upset ever since she lost it.
Man’s Wedding Ring Found in Vermont Snowbank
3/16/26
I got a call on my lunch break today from a fellow who was on vacation this past weekend in Vermont and lost his wedding ring. He was sweeping snow off his truck with his bare hands and felt his ring go flying off.
He and his friends searched for a long time. They even dumped many kettles of boiling water onto the snowbank and bought an inexpensive metal detector from a nearby store. Nothing worked.
Unfortunately, he had to go back to his home town and go to work today. So, he sent me the address and photos of the location. As soon as I got out of work, I gathered up my equipment and drove there. A couple of his friends were still there and they showed me the search area.
I started the search on the side of the snowbank closest to where his truck was parked. Then I moved to the back of the bank, took a few swings and right where my next swing was going to be, I saw his ring peeking out from the edge of the snow! Love that moment!! I immediately sent him a picture of it, and he and his wife high fived at the news.
Gold Diamond Engagement Ring Thrown Out Of The Car, Lost In Wolfeboro, New Hampshire Snow Bank, Found With A Metal Detector
I received the following text message on Thursday, March 12th
“Hi, I need your help!!! She lost her temper and tossed her engagement ring out the car window but was parked, she went back today to look some and took this picture .” A photo accompanying the text, showed an intersection of two roads, along with this text, “I took a picture from where I parked, and I tossed it towards that side of the road on the corner of Friar Tuck”
I replied asking about the city or town’s location where this happened and also to whom was I communicating with.
The reply was “Friar Tuck road in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Mike and Terrie”
I replied that I was concerned anyone could have seen it, in either road, just out walking or running. Their response was that Terrie had already gone back, this morning and didn’t see it. Terrie thought it was somewhere, in the snowbank.
We kept texting back and forth, to verify the exact location, as I know how to get to Wolfeboro Bay NH, but I am not familiar with all the roads. Google earth showed me that Friar Tuck Road was just a very large loop. There were two entrances for Friar Tuck, about a quarter to half a mile away from each other, both exiting onto King’s Highway (RT 153). You could drive in one entrance and come out the other end. I didn’t want to drive an hour and 20 minutes or so and end up in the wrong location. Both Terrie and Mike were working and couldn’t meet me, until after work. It was now approximately 1:45pm and if I could leave by 2:00pm, I could arrive just after 3:00pm and start searching. I was a very, very small area and shouldn’t take long. Once all 3 of us agreed that I had the correct location, Cheryl and I took off for Wolfeboro.
Once we arrived, I matched the location with the photo, sent to me by Terrie and Mike. I then took the same photo and sent it to them. They replied I had the correct location. Perfect. I immediately started searching the snowbank, along Friar Tuck Road and around the corner and onto King’s Highway. Nothing was found. I then climbed the snowbank and searched the other side of the snowbank, still nothing. Could Terrie have thrown the ring over all the snow and into the brush and wooded area? I didn’t think so, as she was sitting in her vehicle, on the opposite side of the road, while sitting at the stop sign. So, I searched the snowbank once again, on both sides. Still no ring. I went up into the wooded area and performed a grid search, along the entire area, even expanding the area, just to be safe. Still no ring. The bushes and overgrown thorned bramble was my next victim or was I going to be the victim of the thorns. I put my smallest coil on my detector, for this area. I may be able to get the smaller coil deeper into the horned bushes. After approximately 30 minutes of carefully prodding the bushes, still no ring and I survived with only a few pricks of the thorns. At this point, I decided to start all over again and went back out to the snowbank and searched once again, even expanding the search up Friar Tuck Road and down Kings Highway. Still no ring. I went back up into the woods and bramble and once again, no ring. I was now thinking the ring ended up, deep in the bushes and there is no way to get a metal detector in there because the bushes were extremely thick. They would need to be cut down and I certainly wasn’t going to cut down anything that wasn’t on my property. I texted Mike and sent him a photo, of the bushes and he agreed that he wasn’t going to cut them down either. Mike told me he was on his way and would be there around 5:00pm. I told him I would wait and I searched one last time, still no luck. While searching, a woman walked by with her dog and I asked her if she walks this area often and that I was searching for a lost ring. She told me that she walks her dog multiple times per day, on this route and hadn’t seen a ring. She also told me that many residents of Friar Tuck Road walk their dogs, around the Friar Tuck Loop and that more residents walk the look for their daily walk. Wow, could someone have found Terrie’s engagement Ring already? It was now 4:40pm and Mike would be here shortly.
Once Mike arrived, I showed him the area and detected the snowbank, a fifth time and still no ring. I even put a test ring, in the snowbank and showed him the detector picks it up every single time. Terrie’s ring just wasn’t in the snow bank. Mike then texted Terrie with the news and a photo of the areas I had searched. Terrie replied that the snowbanks didn’t look as big, as she remembered. She then told Mike that maybe she had been at the other end of Friar Tuck Road. So, Cheryl, myself and Mike drove down Friar Tuck Road Loop a a few minutes later, arrived at the other end of Friar Tuck and Kings Highway. The first thing I noticed was that the snow banks were higher, so let’s go. Mike was performing a visual search of the road and snowbank. I was metal detecting the snow bank along Friar Tuck and the around the corner of Kings Highway. No Ring was found. I climbed over the snowbank and stated searching that side of the snowbank. Nothing found, as I made my way to the corner of Friar Tuck Road. Mike was still visually searching maybe 30 feet up Friar Tuck Road. I made it to the corner, swinging the coil and as with every search, I was also searching the area, with my Twin Optical Scanners. As I approached the telephone line, I finally heard the tone, I had been waiting for. A very loud low tone, that got my attention and I quickly glanced at the VDI Screen. It was showing 18-19. A low conductive number and right in the gold and platinum range. I looked down at the top of the snowbank and there it was. An engagement ring, Terrie’s ring. I looked over at Mike and said, “I got it”. Mike said something I couldn’t quite make out but I could certainly make out the very large smile, on his face, as he hurried over. I had left the ring alone, so Mike could see it, for himself. He thanked me, shook my hand and after a video and a few photo’s were taken, Mike picked the ring up and thanked me again, for staying to search both areas and for sorry it had taken so long, because of the mixup, on locations. Hey, it happens and this is why I prefer the client be there and show me the exact area, they had been in. Unfortunately, it just can’t happen the way we would like. Anyways, the ring was recovered and returned, after just a 5 minute search, at the correct location. Cheryl, Mike and myself had great big smiles on our faces, another ring would soon be back on the finger. I love my job. It’s the best job in the world.
Once home, in Saco, Maine, Mike sent me a final text
“Dennis, thank you again and am sorry about the 1st spot and almost didnt even bother trying the second spot but so glad we did. Once she said something about the banks were higher I had a feeling.” Not the first time I have been given a wrong location and I’m sure it won’t be the last time.
Because of the ring being lost, in the manner it was lost, Mike asked me not to use their real names or use any photos of himself. I always will honor the wishes of my client and will not use any photos or their real names. I don’t judge people and neither should you. People throwing rings, happen all the time. Much more often than you would think. Mike did tell me that Terrie regretted throwing the engagement ring, as soon as she threw it. Hopefully tempers have cooled and the ring will stay on her finger, where it belongs.
2 Lost Gold Rings in Yard Found in Southgate Michigan
Less Stress…..
….is what Dawn was hoping for as she revealed that last summer her son and husband Wayne decided to wrestle around in the dark. Afterwards Wayne noticed his rings missing. They searched with various methods but got nothing for their effort. When Wayne suddenly passed away recently, their son asked Dawn if dad had ever found his rings. In the backyard they showed me what they remember happening that evening. Starting a grid search I was just about ready to widen the search area when my MXT metal detector revealed 2 items not too far from each other. Pinpointing closer revealed Wayne’s rings tucked away in the grass! I texted Dawn and son to come out back. They each reached down and pulled up a ring, looking to me and the sky, they said thank you for giving us 2 things to stress less about!
Jonathan
Lost Ring In The Yard After Craft Project
Sometimes a lost ring story starts during the most normal, everyday moments at home.
Daniela had been spending some time with her child working on a clay project at the kitchen table. To keep her rings from getting messy with clay, she took them off and placed them on the tablecloth while they worked.
When the project was finished, Daniela gathered everything up and carried the tablecloth outside to shake off the clay crumbs. In the process, she completely forgot that her rings were still sitting on the cloth. With a quick shake of the tablecloth, the rings were unknowingly flung out into the yard.
A little while later, Daniella realized her rings were missing. After retracing her steps, she remembered that they had been sitting on the tablecloth when she shook it out in the yard. The search began right away.
She was able to find one of the rings in the grass, which confirmed what had happened. Unfortunately, the second ring was nowhere to be found. Knowing it had to be somewhere in the yard but not having any luck locating it, Daniela’s husband jumped on the internet looking for help. That’s when he came across my information and reached out right away.
I arrived shortly after and began a careful grid search of the area where the tablecloth had been shaken out. When rings are flung like that, they can travel farther than people expect, so a slow and methodical search is always the best approach.
Before long, my metal detector gave a solid signal in the grass. Just beneath the surface was the missing ring. After a quick recovery, Daniela’s second ring was safely back where it belonged.
What started as a fun craft project with her child turned into a stressful situation, but thankfully it ended with a successful recovery and a very relieved family.
These kinds of losses happen more often than people think. Taking rings off for just a moment during everyday activities can easily lead to them being misplaced or accidentally thrown somewhere. The good news is that with the right equipment and search techniques, many of these rings can still be found.
Another great recovery and another happy ending.
Phillip Mendez
Proud Member of The Ring Finders
Equinox 900 TID 33
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Lost Gold Ring in Yard Found in Sylvania Ohio
Pinky Gold….
….Got a call from Steve, he told me he thought his ring came off last autumn while putting the summer tools and machines away. We went over the 3 location he remembered being. Starting with the middle location my MXT metal detector didn’t register anything. Choosing the north location, I got a nice signal in a pile of leaves. Pinpointing the location revealed Steve’s pinky ring hiding below! I knocked on the door and asked him to follow me. A look of surprise appeared as he gazed upon his ring! His wife came to see and a pinky swear between the 2 sealed the deal that the ring will stay on….hopefully!
Jonathan
LOST ENGAGEMENT RING FOUND IN LOUISVILLE TENNESSEE WITH METAL DETECTOR
I received a message from Amber asking if I could help find her engagement ring. It was lost several months ago in her backyard. She had searched and searched over the months, even with a metal detector but had no luck. Turning to the internet for help, she found The Ring Finders. We set a day to meet and after about an hour we got the signal we were looking for. It was a little out of the search area hiding in some thorny thicket. Seeing the smile on Amber’s face reminds me once again why all of us on The Ring Finders directory do this. So happy to help continue the story of this ring!
Lost keys in Lincoln Heights Park….Found !!
As the snow was falling in Lincoln Heights, so were the keys Charlotte had in her pocket. While throwing a ball and taking her phone out of her pocket, the keys dislodged themselves from inside her jacket. That action left her stranded at the park because her only car key was on that ring. As she looked frantically, Charlotte asked some of the other people in the park to help her look. Sadly, no one wanted to help her look. With somber hearts and heads hung low, Charlotte and her dog walked home that night. After returning home from a long trip the next day Sergio her husband heard the news of Charlotte’s lost keys. While returning to the park to look Sergio felt the need to find someone to help them. Google gave Sergio my name and we started talking that morning about the lost keys. I got myself ready and headed out as soon as Sergio gave me the go ahead. After going over the details for how the keys were lost, I started my search right by the car that Charlotte had exited from. The many foot paths and shovel marks made seeing any sign of the keys impossible. Resorting back to the east to west grid search pattern, I tried to keep a tight weave as I swung my coil back and forth. After making about halfway up the hill I was talking with Charlotte about her actions. She described walking up and down the sled hill and she showed me where she was throwing the ball for her dog. I switched my search pattern to north and south. As I made my 4th path up the hill I got a really high tone on the metal detector. I swung the coil over the target, I could see it was only showing a few inches down. I knew the snow was over a foot deep, so the target had to be big. Kicking at the snow moved it away from the grass revealing the cluster of keys. Shouting to Charlotte I found the keys, she walked toward me with a tired gate. The weight of the lost keys had been lifted and she was so happy.
Will the keys work after being frozen in the snow
Girls Weekend at Norris Lake
Sometimes a fun weekend can turn stressful in the blink of an eye—but with the right tools and a little persistence, a happy ending is still possible.
I received a message from Annie, who had been searching the internet trying to help her friend Kelly recover a lost ring. Kelly and a group of friends were enjoying a girls’ weekend at a lake house. They were all hanging out on the upper deck, laughing and having a great time.
At one point Kelly threw her hands up in excitement—and that’s when disaster struck.
All three of her rings flew off her fingers.
Two of the rings landed safely on the deck, but the third ring completely disappeared. After retracing what happened, they realized the ring had fallen roughly 70 feet from the upper deck down to the concrete below. The group believed it may have bounced and landed somewhere in the leaves surrounding the area.
That’s when Annie reached out to me.
When I got the call, I knew time was critical. I only had about an hour and a half before sunset, and the lake house was about a 45-minute drive away. As any metal detectorist knows, daylight can make all the difference during a search like this—especially when leaves and debris are involved.
I loaded up my gear and headed out as quickly as possible.
When I arrived, Kelly showed me where she had been sitting on the upper deck when the rings flew off. After surveying the area below, it was clear that the ring could have bounced anywhere among the leaves and debris near the concrete.
I fired up my detector and began a careful grid search of the suspected landing zone.
About 30 minutes into the search, I got the signal I was hoping for. Just under a layer of leaves near the concrete, my detector locked onto a solid target.
A quick sweep of the leaves—and there it was.
Kelly’s missing ring.
The relief and excitement from the group was immediate. What started as a stressful moment during their girls’ weekend ended with smiles, laughter, and a recovered ring.
It’s always rewarding to help turn a lost moment into a found memory.
Another successful recovery—and another reminder that it’s never too late to search for something that matters.
Phillip Mendez
Proud Member of The Ring Finders
Equinox 900 TID 25
