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100 Year Old Family Heirloom Lost in the Ocean, Found and Returned North Myrtle Beach SC

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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On Saturday morning, I woke up to the following text message, “Looking for help finding 2 lost rings in N Myrtle beach, wondering if this number is still valid? Thx!” It was followed by a second text saying, “Good morning! I lost 2 rings during high tide at N Myrtle beach, quiet beach, one is a family heirloom, and I desperately need help finding them! Thank you!” I responded asking her to call me with my phone number. Kasey called about 30 minutes later and I started asking questions. What day and time she lost them, how she lost them, how deep was she, etc. Turns out she lost them 2 days prior while playing with her twin toddlers in about shin deep water. She also said she lost them about 6 p.m., which meant that she lost them about an hour after low tide. It was just coming up on high tide, but I told her I could be there in 10-15 minutes. I knew I had no chance of finding them right then but I wanted to get an idea of what I was up against. When I got to the beach I met Kasey, her husband Brian and their twin 3 ½ year old’s. Talking to Kasey she said one of the rings was a gold wedding band that belonged to her great grandfather, Leonard “Leo” Zuccoli, and the second ring was a silver ring that Brian had given her. Both Kasey and Brian had picked spots on the resort as a reference point to where the rings were lost, which was a huge help. I grabbed my PI detector and started a grid search perpendicular to the beach. There was no way I could get out as deep as I needed to. The tide was still coming in and the waves were big enough that if I did hit a target, there was no way I could stay on top of it and try and dig it out. After a short time, I told them I’d be back at 4 p.m. and work the outgoing tide.

The four hour wait seemed like forever, so I left a little early and got there about 3:30 p.m. I started another perpendicular grid search. I still had about 3 hours before low tide, so I took my time and worked the outgoing tide keeping my reference points on the resort. In about an hour and a half I had hit one target, which turned out to be a bottle cap. I noticed that Kasey, Brian and the kids had shown back up on the beach and were talking to a few ladies from New Jersey. All of a sudden I got a great signal, right in line with Kasey’s reference point. It took me 4 scoops of sand to get the target out of the hole. With the target in the scoop, I gently sifted out the sand in the waves and BOOM! I had a man’s gold wedding band in the scoop. Kasey had told me that the 100 year old family heirloom was “Leo’s” wedding band that had been passed down to her. She also shared that Leo was an immigrant and when he married Kasey’s great grandmother he made the wedding band. Kasey said that Leo had used some of his mother’s gold jewelry, melted it down and fashioned his own wedding band. Ok, I had one ring in my pocket and still needed to find a silver ring that Brian had given Kasey that was still hiding in the sand someplace. Kasey had told me that she lost both rings at the same time in the same spot. I rechecked the hole and got nothing, I searched around the hole expanding out on all sides and still nothing. I didn’t want Kasey to have to wait any longer to get Leo’s ring back. I marked the hole and made my way back to the beach, searching as I went. Kasey had her back to me and I wanted to do the WOW factor but wasn’t 100% positive I had the right gold wedding band. So, I called her over and her face lit up anticipating that I had found them. I asked her what Leo’s ring looked like and as she’s explaining it, I held the ring out and said “is this it”. Well, from her excitement there was no doubt I had the right ring. Tears started flowing and she was shaking like a leaf. We had a short celebration with her and Brian then I headed back out to find the second ring. After about 30 minutes I started noticing a lot of bait fish swimming around me, not a good thing to see when its dinner time for bigger fish. As I’m walking in about knee deep water swinging my detector, I hit a big fish with my coil. I got a quick glimpse of it as it swam off which was enough for me to decide to call it a night and go back in the morning.

I showed back up the next morning to hit the 6:30 a.m. low tide. After a little more than an hour of a thorough grid search, I wasn’t able to find her silver ring.

While I was doing my original search on Saturday afternoon, an unknown gentleman walked up to Kasey and Brian as they were watching me. They told him their story and he gave them the painted shell that’s in the picture, telling them it was a sign her rings would be found. I wanted to make sure I got a picture of the shell with Leo’s ring sitting on it.

Kasey and Brian – Thank you for calling and trusting me to help find your lost treasures. I’m sorry I couldn’t find your silver ring. Have a safe trip back home to Cleveland.

Jim

    

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Wedding Ring Found in Stowe

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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8/29/21
Last night I got a distress call from a guy who had lost his wedding ring while playing with his dog next to the very busy parking lot on the Stowe bike path. This ring had huge sentimental meaning to him. He had recently gotten married and his mother had given him his grandfather’s and father’s wedding rings to wear. Because he has so much respect and admiration for Native Americans, he melted down the rings and had a goldsmith make the most amazing custom ring for him! It also has encouraging words inside, a paw print on the back.

While playing with his dog he felt it fly off his finger. He and 9 other people looked well into the evening last night and couldn’t find it (I could tell by how the brush was laid down!). I told him that we needed to start the search early this morning because of it being lost in a very busy public place.

I got there at 7:30, visited with him and his dog, he showed me the area, and I got started. It took only about 15 minutes to get that magic signal! It was right where all of them had searched, but because it was laying in its side in the thick grass it was hard to see.

Needless to say he is one very happy guy now. I hope he never loses it again! I love this hobby! Please click on my name above for more stories and contact information.

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Ring lost at La Jolla found

  • from La Jolla (California, United States)
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Charles and his wife Yolanda were spending the day at a small beach in La Jolla when a ball flew down from the cliff up above and landed close to where they were sitting. Charles grabbed the ball and while throwing it, his rose gold wedding band flew off and into the dry sand. He search for quite a while without success. An online search brought him to TheRingFinders.com website and my contact info. I gathered my gear and headed to their location. I was even lucky enough to find a parking spot fairly close to where they were. Charles met me up on the cliff and we proceeded to the search area. Maybe 2 minutes later, I get a solid 20 on my Equinox and I mentioned to Charles that it’s probably a zinc cent, or, it could possibly be his ring if it was big enough. Sure enough, it was plenty big! A pleasure to meet you both and thank you for the reward.

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Lost Platinum Bridal Set Rings Found In Monroe Michigan

  • from Detroit (Michigan, United States)
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My Hit Turned Double Platinum!

When I got a text from Nicole saying her rings came off somewhere on their large property, we made plans to meet today. She was playing volleyball in the pool and that’s the last time she remembered having the rings on. She was also in the vicinity of the pool performing various chores. They purchased a metal detector and tried to find the rings but no luck. On site today I turned on my MXT metal detector and started to rhythmically search around the pool, lots of hiss and white noise from trash signals came thru on the headphones. Almost completing the loop around the pool I got a great sounding hit in the area where platinum would be on the MXT meter. Using my pinpointer I probed closer to the ground and got a great vibe. Reaching down thru the grass revealed this most beautiful platinum bridal set rings glistening up at me. I held it in the air and flashed a heavy metal sign with my other hand and Nicole raced over to me. Rock n’ Roll we Hi 5 as she reached down and lifted it from the grass and signaled heavy metal back at me while a huge smile was on her face! We both agreed the rings were heavy metal weight wise and even tho I made a double platinum hit with the metal detector, I told her my musical creations will take longer!

Jon

 

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Lost Ring Morristown NJ… Found!

  • from Millburn (New Jersey, United States)
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Adam called me looking for some help finding his platinum wedding band which he lost about a week and a half ago.  His 4-year-old son had asked to see the ring in the house, but then went out in the backyard and ran around.  Needless to say, the ring fell off while he was out in the yard and was lost in the grass.  We made plans to meet the next day at his house to search the yard.  I started my search close to the house and made grid lines with my feet.  About 75% through the yard, I got a solid 16 showing at a depth of 1 shovel on my Equinox 800.  Sure enough,   there was the ring.  It’s always a great feeling to be able to find and return a ring!  And, it’s even better when it’s a person as nice as Adam and his family! 🙂

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What to do if you lose an engagement ring in a lake.

  • from Rockport (Maine, United States)
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I headed to Sebago Lake in Naples, Maine after receiving a call to recover this beautiful heirloom engagement ring. Emily’s mother entrusted the ring to Charlie when he asked for her daughters hand in marriage. At sunset the previous evening this young couple were on the dock of the camp the whole family had rented, when Charlie decided to pop the question. Taking a knee he inadvertently opened the box upside down, and the ring fell out slipping between two deck boards and settling several inches into the silty bottom in 8 feet of water. The recovery took only about 15 to 20 minutes, upon returning the ring, I insisted Charlie finish the task. By the way she said yes. The couple now officially engaged are returning home to Delaware, with the first of many true life marital adventure stories to look back on and chuckle about as they build a life together.

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Lost Wedding Ring in Central Wisconsin Lake

  • from Green Bay (Wisconsin, United States)
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Sometimes three times is a charm and sometimes a little or a lot luck comes with it.  I received a text from Nolan inquiring if I would be willing to look for a lost ring in a central Wisconsin lake at the end of July.  It was a vague request.  So, I responded with a few questions about the lost ring via text.  I learned over time the ring belonged to his mother, Jenny.  She and her family were visiting a relative’s place on the lake.  Jenny was spending a fair amount of time in the water on a floatie.  And while on her back, she was moving her arms back and forth in the water.  During this activity, Jenny’s wedding ring slipped off her finger into the lake.  Since the lake is rather clear Jenny watched the ring fall the entire way to the bottom.  Jenny was more than sad.  Her husband Eric was nearby on his kayak when this event occurred.  They both made an attempt to rescue the ring.  No success was to be had the day the ring was lost.  Their son Nolan did some searching on the Internet and discovered “The Ring Finders.”.  Jenny and Eric had no idea such a service existed.  Two days after the ring was lost, I was under water searching for the ring.  The issue I had was, Jenny said “over there” and Eric said “over here” from the pier.  Where you think you lost it, where you thought you lost it and where it’s actually found end up many times in 3 very different places.  I searched 5-6 hours in 10-12 feet of water.  I had no success this 1st time out.  Jenny and Eric thought I might give up 2 hours into the search.  I was having fun, the water was beautiful and the fish in the area were bountiful.  The second time I went, I took fellow Ring Finder, Tom Caldie along.  So now we have twice the chance and area to cover and recover the ring.  Again, another 5-6 hours underwater each and still no ring.  Through Eric, Jenny was having serious doubts and losing the faith that Tom and I would rescue the ring.  We went a 3rd time.  Tom and I know the ring is there and when the coil on our machine goes over it, the music from our detectors will be crystal clear.  This time we put Eric in his kayak on the water and asked him to recollect and jar his memory where he was when Jenny lost her ring.  He was very near her when the activity took place.  Tom and I put our PVC pipe grid down to the bottom of the lake.  In an hour and half Tom’s machine had a significant and repeatable signal.  The ring had settled on hardpan, which was underneath three layers: a carpet of weeds about four inches thick, over about four inches of silt, then about six inches of sand.  His detector shaft kept getting caught up in weeds, so he had to use his arm as the shaft and hand sweep the coil underneath the weed layer in the silt, which meant zero visibility and going by sound and feel.  And, there was this big largemouth bass that kept playing with Tom’s coil like a cat after a toy.  That was funny! Finally, success!  His fingertips felt the two-ring set among some pebbles on the hardpan!  We had searched for close to 20 hours in total.  It was located just outside the one of the corners of the grid we put down.  Tom motioned for me on the bottom of the lake to come up thinking we would discuss what direction to move the grid.  When I surfaced, Eric mentioned, “I have the ring…Tom recovered it” It was a pretty nice feeling after so much time underwater searching.  Jenny was not present when we recovered the ring, but was eventually contacted and was more than ecstactic over the news the ring was found.  Eric’s help was the key to locating the ring by putting him at the scene.  A little bit of perseverance, tenacity, teamwork by all involved and sticktoitiveness on our part didn’t hurt either resulting in another happy ending and smiles on all faces…

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Lost White Gold Wedding Band Found In Suwanee Ga. 8 -27-21

  • from Cumming (Georgia, United States)
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A youth baseball coach contacted us after he lost his wedding band taking off his glove. Ring probably fell out of his glove and dropped behind him as he was taking it off. It took us a little over 1 hour to find it. We were glad to be able to help him locate it.

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Lost heirloom gold ring Cobourg Ontario

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Received an emergency phone call for a lost ring this evening in Cobourg. I was actually at North Beach provincial park, getting ready to go home after a beautiful day where else, at the beach. Gillian called saying that her daughter Nicole had just lost her grand mother’s wedding ring (Gillian’s mom) while swimming at a beach in Cobourg. Unfortunately, Nicole’s grandma died at a very young age, when Gillian was only 5 years old. Understandably, both ladies were completely devastated by the time I arrived. After a quick introduction and getting facts about how the ring was lost, I quickly got setup and started detecting in the water as the sun was setting and darkness was soon coming. Within 10 minutes, the ring was found. Both Gillian and Nicole cried tears of relief and were extremely happy and relieved that they were reunited with their precious heirloom. Below is Nicole and I, whom insisted I be in the picture with her. Truly another special happy ending!!!

 

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Lost Gold with Stunning Solitaire Diamond Ring at The Kahala Hotel Beach…FOUND!!!

  • from O‘ahu (Hawaii, United States)
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This ring find began when I got a call from Wendy at the Concierge Desk of The Kahala hotel. She asked, “Are you the guy who can find rings?” “That would be me!” I said. She asked if I could come down to the hotel and find a lost ring for two of their guests. I got a few details and headed down to the hotel which is only 7 minutes from my home. When I arrived the valet was waiting and got Wendy and she soon introduced me to Debbie & Albert from Fort Collins, Colorado. They were on their 40th Wedding Anniversary and while in the water swimming Debbie’s gorgeous 1.4 Carat Solitaire Diamond Gold ring slipped off and disappeared into the sand. One of the beach attendants searched for a few hours but the ring was well hidden. The ring was lost at low tide at Debbie’s chest height. A high tide was peaking so I was only able to hunt out to neck depth with the Nox. I originally heard waist deep but I thought I better give it a go. After covering the entire grid with no ring I told Debbie and Albert I’d return the next day at the 11:30 low tide. I decided to use scuba so I could have unlimited range no matter where the ring came off. I arrived at 11:30 and informed Albert I’d start the hunt as they were checking out of the hotel. I set my grid rope from shallow to deep and commenced the search. On the deep side the sand was so thin it puffed like smoke when I waved the Excalibur through it. I was hoping the ring would not be there as it would have been extremely difficult to see. Very sterile beach, which is nice, so after a small piece of can slaw and a swimsuit drain tab I got a sweet loud low tone on the Excalibur. Two waves of my hand and there popped out Debbie’s wonderful ring. I put it in my jar and stood up. I waved to Albert on the beach and yelled to him that I found the ring…”Hopefully Debbie’s!” They met me on the shore line and I handed the ring to Debbie who assured me it was the one. Albert & Debbie were so thankful and relieved they would be returning home this evening with “All” their belongings. Hugs, handshakes and pictures followed. Another fine day in Hawaii Nei! Aloha to Debbie & Albert!

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