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A pedal-boat ride ended on a frantic note when Delafield, Wisconsin resident, Peggy Roberts, waved at friends passing by. That was when the unthinkable happened.

Peggy’s normally-tight-fitting wedding ring of 40 years, flew off her hand and disappeared into the channel in front of their picturesque home. Peggy’s daughter quickly jumped into the chest-deep water to mark the spot. Meanwhile, Mark, Peggy’s husband assembled a buoy system by tying a brick and milk jug together. Dropping it into the water provided an invaluable reference point for the search to come.

Peggy located me on the Ring Finders directory of metal-detecting specialists. I received a text from her explaining the situation. What stood out most was, “Bottom is thick silt.” I knew from experience the “thick silt” is what I fondly call, “Wisconsin Pudding.” The “pudding” can vary in depth from a foot to several feet in places. Locating and recovering a ring in such circumstances can be very challenging. However, since the Robert’s daughter had been able to stand in the water and mark the spot, this offered hope. We agreed to meet on location the next day.

When I arrived, I quickly spotted the marker buoys out in the channel. Getting there with my gear was a challenge in the chest-deep water and knee-high silt. Three hours later, however, I still had not found the ring. The channel was full of metallic debris. Ferreting out a small wedding ring in those circumstances tested my recovery skills to their limits. That’s when Mark appeared on the family’s dock and quickly noticed the buoys had moved about ten feet! Channel currents, wind, and wakes from passing boats had slowly shifted the markers from their original position. Armed with this fresh information, I moved into the original area and soon heard a promising signal in my headset. Several scoops of silt later, Peggy’s love token lay nestled in the scoop amongst shells and aquatic plants. And the smile on the Robert’s faces tell the rest of the story!

If you or someone you know has lost a ring, even in ‘Wisconsin Pudding,’ don’t let its story end. Call me or a member of the Ring Finders near you. We would love to add your smile to our growing list of overjoyed clients.

Lost your ring/cell phone/keys call ASAP 24/7 Service- Chris 778-838-3463

I received a call to help find a lost gold coin on a gold chain at Wreck Beach in Vancouver. I was excited at the thought of being able to help find such an important item. After hearing the story about where this young man had lost the coin & gold chain my excitement dwindled.

He told me he went for a very long swim straight out from where he was sitting on the beach. The swim he estimated was approximately 1 km, over a half a mile. This meant my chances were very, very low for recovery. I told him what I could do is search at low tide to make sure he didn’t lose it closer to shore, maybe we could get lucky but in my mind this was just a closure search to make sure it wasn’t where anyone else could find it.

We both knew this was a long shot, I could only search 5% of the area as 95% would have been far from shore in the deep ocean. But I do believe in miracles and one happened that day after 2 1/2 hours of laying down a good grid-search on low tide in the wet sand I found his beautiful gold coin and gold chain.

I’ve been doing this a very long time and I’ve recovered over 550 items and I have to say I love these types of surprises where you don’t expect it and it shows up.

Needless to say, we were both high-fiving and extremely excited about the recovery!

I love my job!!