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Lost Wedding Ring Returned Redington Beach

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Stan Flack, Doug Brosak, Tara McNamee, Mike Miller, Kevin McNamee and Tom Jones

After going on theringfinders.com Tara McNamee called Tom Jones at 10:37pm on Aug 4th to tell him that her husband had lost his platinum wedding band in the Gulf of Mexico that day. Tom informed her that he had already organized a hunt for another platinum ring for the next morning at 8:00am just 4 blocks up the beach from where the ring was lost. They agreed to meet at 9:00am to start the hunt.

The next morning after finding the first ring by 8:30, the search party moved down the beach to search for the next ring. Five minutes in the water one of the searchers found the ring before the couple got to the beach. Upon arrival the couple was elated to learn that the ring had already been located. Tara said that she had prayed to St. Anthony since her father, Anthony, had recently passed away.

Whether it was good directions from Tara or divine intervention it brought back the smiles on this wonderful couple from Queens, NY.

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Lost Platinum Ring Redington Beach

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Mike Miller, Stan Flack, Sean Lelchuk , Tom Jones, Doug Brosak

August 4th, Sean Lelchuk found theringfinders.com website and contacted Tom Jones with the Suncoast Research and Recovery Club asking for help finding his platinum wedding band he had lost in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico that afternoon. Tom quickly called several volunteer members of the club and organized a hunt for the following morning at 8:00am.

The next morning the group met at the beach behind the resort where Sean was staying. After 45 minutes of searching the water and the wet sand the ring was located. The group came out of the water and the ring and Sean’s smile were returned.

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Gyro Beach, Okanagan Lake lost Ring found.

  • from Kelowna (British Columbia, Canada)
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I got a phone call late in the evening that Dena had lost her 18k gold ring in Okanagan Lake. After giving me a location, I told her I would be there in the morning to search for it. I searched for 3/12 hours with no luck, so I gave up. As I was walking up the beach, my hunting partner said he would check the beach for 1/2 hour, so I went back into the lake for another 1/2 hour. Wouldn`t you know it after 10 minutes I located the ring.  I went home and called Dena who was vacationing in Kelowna from Vancouver, she was delighted to have the ring that her mother had given her back.  It brought smiles to her face.

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Lost gold wedding ring found, Big Turkey lake, Lagrange, Indiana

  • from Granger (Indiana, United States)
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Last week I was contacted by Ringfinder, Greg Larabel from Michigan, in response to a craigslist ad that I had posted for SW Michigan lost/found rings/etc. After talking a bit, he asked if I could help with lost men’s wedding band in northern Indiana. I said sure thing, and was given the contact info for the party that lost his ring.

Barry, had lost his ring while working in the water, pulling out old wood pier posts at his lake house. The area was full of weeds and has a very mucky, marly bottom, a good 6 inches of muck. He had pulled out a lot of the weeds and actually took a heavy duty pump and attempted to pump out some of the muck in the area he had lost the gold ring that he has worn for 38 years now!

I was somewhat worried that with all the stepping around, pulling weeds and pumping out the muck that the ring may have been pushed down beyond the reach of my detector. Was also worried that the ring could have fallen down into the 3 ft deep holes left from when he pulled the old wood posts out of the lake bottom.

Well, I gave it a go this morning, set up my camera real quick, started out finding a few fishing sinkers, a couple ring looking pieces of cut-0ff aluminum pipe and an old beer can. After about 8 minutes, I had now covered about 85% of the search area and was thinking to myself “I need to hear something good here real soon….!”

Got a nice sounding tone, took a scoop of muck, broke it up with my fingers and gave it a good sloshing. Could hear something clunking around in the bottom of the scoop. Looked in the scoop and could see something nice and yellow in the bottom. There it was! Gave a quick thumbs up and headed to the pier to reunite the ring with it’s owner.

Thanks again Gregg,

Here is the email from Barry to Ringfinder Gregg:

Gregg,
As you may have heard through Ryan, he did find my ring. It took him less than 10-15 minutes. Unbelievable! He did a great job despite what he said were challenges with lead sinkers, a nearby metal dock, and miscellaneous metal parts from long ago. It was in the area I had already searched. I was absolutely ecstatic and couldn’t believe it. I didn’t know how to thank him. There are no words to convey my feelings. The ring had been on my finger for 38 years. When I lost it, it felt like a part of me was missing. I had trouble sleeping for two weeks.

I have not told my wife yet as I plan to take her out to a special dinner and surprise her with it.

Ryan, I cannot express my gratitude enough and I trust the compensation was just. I hope your feeling of helping people is truly rewarding.

Thank you! And thanks to TheRingFinders.com for leading me to both of you.
Barry Smith

 

Also got the hunt and find on video….

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Ring found in LaGrange, IN

  • from Manistee (Michigan, United States)
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I would like to post an email that I received from a very happy man who got his ring back. Thanks to one of our newest members of theringfinders, Ryan Cole.

Gregg,
As you may have heard through Ryan, he did find my ring.  It took him less than 10-15 minutes. Unbelievable!  He did a great job despite what he said were challenges with lead sinkers, a nearby metal dock, and miscellaneous metal parts from long ago.  It was in the area I had already searched.  I was absolutely ecstatic and couldn’t believe it.  I didn’t know how to thank him.  There are no words to convey my feelings.  The ring had been on my finger for 38 years.  When I lost it, it felt like a part of me was missing.  I had trouble sleeping for two weeks.
 
I have not told my wife yet as I plan to take her out to a special dinner and surprise her with it.
 
Ryan, I cannot express my gratitude enough and I trust the compensation was just.  I hope your feeling of helping people is truly rewarding.
 
Thank you!  And thanks to TheRingFinders.com for leading me to both of you.
Barry Smith

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Lost gold ring found at Warren Dunes State Park, Berrien County, Michigan

  • from Granger (Indiana, United States)
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Missy, friends and family were enjoying the nice day at the beach. When it was time to cool off in the water, she took her promise ring off and left it on her beach towel so she wouldn’t lose it in the water. Meanwhile, someone had lifted the towel to rid it of sand, sending the ring flying into the soft sand where it was quickly buried and lost.

As they were getting ready to leave, they noticed me out in the water with what they thought might be a metal detector. They asked if I could help them find the lost promise ring, missy described it in detail and I said I’d be happy to help. After a couple minutes searching, finding a few coins and bottle caps, I heard a very nice sounding target signal. I scooped up the target and there it was, the missing gold ring.  Big smiles all around!

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Ring Found – Big Cedar Lake, Wisconsin

  • from Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin, United States)
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A girl’s weekend away turned to distress when Paula Hatfield’s diamond and sapphire ring slipped off her finger and into the silt of Big Cedar Lake, Wisconsin.

But the cloud turned to sunlight when her ring found its way into my sieve just 5 minutes into the search!

It was such a joy to be able to give your ring back, Paula! And the spontaneous group-hug from your friends on the dock–a wonderful sight to behold!

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Diamond Wedding Band Found at Oakland Beach Home, Warwick, RI

  • from Charlestown (Rhode Island, United States)
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Yesterday evening, I received a call from Tempest, who asked if I could come to her home right away to search for her diamond wedding band.  She explained that she and her husband, Will, had been searching for the ring and couldn’t find it.  Tempest had seen my information on the internet while on Craigslist so she was familiar with The Ring Finders service.  My wife and daughter accompanied me to assist with the search, and we arrived at Tempest’s home at 8:30 PM.  Her husband, Will, explained that their three-year-old daughter had thrown the wedding band out the window, tryng to throw it to her mother.  Unfortunately, neither Tempest nor Will knew exactly where the ring had landed.  We searched the yard first and expanded the search to the neighbor’s yard, sidewalk, and street.  After searching for two hours, my daughter, Emily, found the ring about forty feet from the house.  Tempest’s daughter promised never to do that again!   IMG_1646IMG_1642

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RING FOUND IN HOUGHTON LAKE, MI

  • from Manistee (Michigan, United States)
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Brian and Gregg after the ring rescue.

Brian, his wife Laura, family and friends were vacationing at a cottage at Houghton Lake, MI. On Saturday afternoon, less than 3 hours into the vacation, he was playing catch with a football in the lake and his platinum ring slipped off his finger in about 3 feet of water. He thought it would be easy to find and grabbed a mask and search the water for about two hours then gave up. He thought it was lost for good. Feeling terrible because “he loved his ring, he wore it every day for 11 years without taking it off.” It cost $1,100 but the sentimental value far exceeds its actual worth and to him was irreplaceable. He thought about it all night.On Sunday morning, Brian turned on his IPad and typed “lost ring water Michigan” into a Bing Search engine and followed the link to theringfinders blog. He found me in Grand Rapids, MI and left a message at about 9:30 Sunday morning. I had just got out of church and noticed a call so about 20 minutes after his message I called him back. My brother Doug and I were planning on going up to the Upper Peninsula to find another ring so I told Brian we would detour up to Houghton Lake to search for his ring. We got up to the cottage about 1:30PM changed into our suits, got our gear and began the search, in less than 30 minutes I found his ring. He said “it was an amazing sound to hear me say, does this look like your ring”.

    After some pictures, handshakes and smiles we headed on up North. Thank you for the generous reward, I was our pleasure to put a smile back on your face.

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Lost Wedding Ring Found in Stone Harbor NJ

  • from South Jersey (New Jersey, United States)
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Tim with his returned ring.

I received a call from Tim in Upstate NY on a Wednesday. He was very upset. He had lost his ring, the day before while on vacation in Stone Harbor NJ, while he playing in the surf. He had tried looking for it but he feared that is was gone.

I couldn’t look for it till the following Sunday. I asked him several questions and he knew the answers to them all. He was very prepared and knew where he lost the ring.

I started searching at 5:30 am that Sunday. There were very few targets on the beach. I was fearing the worst, that someone else had already found the ring. By 7:30 I only had found 6 targets, 2 coins and 4 pieces of trash. I was ready to give up. I said to myself a couple more passes then I can leave. At 8 am I had a good tone, scooped it up and low and behold I had Tim’s ring. I left the beach and got ready to drive home and the song on the radio was “Whoop There It Is”.

When I got home I called Tim. He couldn’t believe that I found it. He made arrangements to drive down and pick it up that Tuesday. He even brought his wedding album to show my wife and I. He was so happy to get his ring back. Even though I told him a reward was not necessary, he left one.

Below is Tim’s story:

We were having a great week on vacation at the beach in Stone Harbor.  The temperature (weather and water) were just perfect , but the surf was a bit rough.  On Tuesday I went for a swim right about high tide and then I went back to our “camp” to dry off and immediately realized that I had lost my wedding ring in the water!  I knew exactly where I had been swimming but searched and was unable to find it.  I was very disappointed to say the least but still continued to look into the next day hoping the tide would wash it up, but no luck.  I thought I would never see it again.

The next morning we had to take my daughter to urgent care because she was running a fever (she’s fine).   On the way back she fell asleep in the car and I stopped to pick up some lunch.   While I was gone my wife got bored in the car and started searching the internet on her phone to see if anyone had posted a ring under the “lost+found” on Craiglist.  She stumbled upon this story http://theringfinders.com/blog/Dave.Milsted/2012/06/lost-gold-ring-stone-harbor-nj/ , which ultimately led to us contacting Dave to see if he could help us find the ring.  We were skeptical but he said he could look for the ring but not until the next Sunday (we came back home to NY on Saturday).  On Sunday AM he called to tell us he had located the ring!  We were amazed, it was buried several inches in the sand right where I said I lost it, 6 days earlier.  Dave sent a email with the picture to confirm it was in fact the ring!   I drove back down to Jersey the following Tuesday to retrieve the ring.  We are very happy to have it back and still in disbelief!

Lessons learned:

1-Leave your rings at home

2-Looking for a ring in the ocean is NOT like looking for a needle in the haystack:)

3-Google DOES have all the answers

4-Dave is amazing, thanks so much!

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