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Due to problems with my voicemail I was very concerned as I learnt that someone had lost a ring earlier and left me a message. I consulted a random teenager on the beach who looked an Apple genius who very quickly retrieved my messages.
Mrs Susan Hopcraft and family had enjoyed a day on Studland Beach and just for safe keeping Susan had carefully placed her ring in her jeans pocket when she changed. Like some though she forgot she had placed it there so when it was time to slip her jeans back on…. out slipped the ring! We had a small area to search and wouldn’t take long- a small group also gathered eager to see the outcome.
After only five minutes searching but right on the boundary of our search area the distinctive hum of gold sounded and up came the ring.
A very happy and teary Mrs Hopcroft was delighted to see her ring back on her finger and made a very generous donation to the Air Ambulance. It was probably the prettiest ring I have ever recovered for one of the most generous people too! THIS is what it’s all about!

       This return is a reverse find, so, I don’t know if it counts in our total or not. Wednesday evening was very warm and humid and I couldn’t get comfortable, so, I decided to go down to the beach for a while to cool off and do some detecting. I got there around sunset and started searching over the blanket line area as people were leaving for the day.

     I was finding some coins and other misc. when I came across a good sized ring. It was dark and I didn’t have my glasses so I had to wait until I got home to see exactly what I had found. I left at 11:00pm, went home, and cleaned up my equipment and finds.

     Inspecting the ring, I found a name enscribed inside the stainless band. Not a common name (first name Guillermo) so I figured it was worth a try to find the person who lost it. I didn’t see any “Lost” ads on Craig’s list matching this ring but after a bit of internet surfing, I came up with a couple of possible leads. A call to one number got me a woman related to the Guillermo I was seeking and offered to have him give me a call. A bit later, I got the call from an excited Guillermo and we made arrangements to meet at a local shopping mall for the exchange. In talking with him, I discovered the ring was given to him from his girlfriend and he was uncertain as to where he had lost the ring. He just noticed it was missing at one point (three days before I found it) but didn’t remember actually losing it. He was happy to hear that there is a group called The Ring Finders and praised our efforts. It was a pleasure meeting you and thank you for the thirst quenching reward!

Richard Jeavons & family from Windfrith, Dorset enjoyed a sun drenched day on Studland Beach. Like many people Richard unfortunately managed to lose his wedding ring building sand castles with his daughter.
It was late afternoon before I received their call & time was crucial as soon the beach would be covered with treasure hunters after such a busy day.
The beach was still quite busy when I arrived so it was a little uncomfortable detecting between towels and some stares from disapproving sunbathers- still I was there on ‘business’ so who cares?! I had a pretty good description of the area and after 20 mins the Minelab gave the sweet tones of gold and 6 inches under the sand the ring appeared.
It was kept safely in the safe by the kind people at the National Trust and collected a couple of days later. The Jeavons family were very relieved and grateful and made a kind donation to the Air Ambulance.

My daughter-in-law called me and said her daughter, Meranda, got a call from her boyfriend, Devin, saying he lost his car keys while playing Disc Golf at the park. Meranda said “my grandpa can find it”. I went out to the park and met Devin and his friend who was in a panic because his car key is one of those $300 micro chip keys. Devin pointed out the 3rd hole that he was playing and thought that when he threw the last disc it went into the rough in about knee high grass. I checked out the area where he ran into the grass, with no luck. I then back tracked to the tee on hole #3 where Devin said he last felt the key in his hoody jacket pocket and checked the fairway with still no sign of the key. There is a saying in the metal detecting world that “the item is never where they think it is”. Using that logic I  suggested we back up to hole #2 and asked Devin to trace the path as to where he threw his disc. I went into the rough again following the directions of his first throw off the 2nd tee. Searching around in the knee high grass I got a good hit on my Fisher F75 in the All Metal mode. Pulling away the grass there it was. I presented it to Devin and he went bananas and Meranda said “see my I told you my grandpa could find it”. I suggested that Devin get more practice on disc golfing and stay out of the rough. It’s a nice feeling to help out family.

I received a call from Tim on Monday evening after he had lost his platinum wedding band in Lake Michigan at Grand Haven State Park.  He had been throwing a football in the water with friends, about 30 feet from shore, when he noticed his wedding ring was gone.  I had given a card to the guards at the entrance to the park the day before and they referred Tim to The Ring Finders web site.  After returning home to Lansing, he called and gave me a general idea of where to search.  I went out to look for it on Tuesday but it was really windy and the waves were 3-6 feet.  Even though the red flag was out cautioning swimmers to stay out of the water, due to heavy rip currents, there were THOUSANDS of swimmers out having fun in the big waves.  Searching then was an exercise in futility and the weather for the next couple days wasn’t any better.  So I called Tim back and asked him if he could meet me out at the beach on Friday morning to give me a better idea of were he was (including the adjacent Grand Haven City Beach the beach is about a half mile long).  He and his wife, Molly, met me there at 9:45 and that water was COLD!   Tim helped me, using the blue polypropylene shovel I use in the sand as a reference point on shore, moving it north as I worked my way north, going into and away from the shore with my detector.  About an hour and 15 minutes later, I was able to locate his ring in waist deep water.  They were elated to say the least.  A very happy ending to my first call out.