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Lost Gold Ring Recovered in South Tampa

  • from Tampa (Florida, United States)
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Item recovered April 21, 2025.

On Easter Sunday, Kalyn and friends were competing in a backyard egg toss when she decided to remove her rings as a competitive advantage and prevent them from getting yolk soaked. The strategy worked, she won the toss 😁
She has a set of three separate white gold rings that she put into her pocket. After the toss had ended, she only had two rings in her pocket!
I was referred to her by a friend of a friend from work that I had previously helped locate a ring. Kalyn contacted me Sunday evening and we arranged a meeting at the house to search. After work, I made my way to South Tampa.
The yard had been searched extensively by everyone, and they even tried using a metal detector with no luck. It was a small, fenced-in back yard with lush, thick grass.

I started my search in the area where she thought the ring was lost, covering it 2-3 times with no luck. I started to expand the search area when I got a nice sounding target with a low vdi (33). This had the classic sound of either aluminum foil or gold.

Upon moving the blades of grass, the ring had been found!
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Men’s Wedding Ring Recovered in Lakeland Florida

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Item recovered April 7, 2025.

David called me asking for help locating a tungsten ring he lost in his front yard after rinsing his hands working in the yard. He had lost weight and his ring was loose on his finger so when he shook off the water, his ring went flying.
On my way to meet him, he mentioned his kids were finishing dinner and may be interested in watching me and asking questions. I knew this was going to be a fun recovery!
When I arrived, everyone was excited to learn about metal detecting! I showed them the detector and let them try it, but it was a little too big for them to operate. The pinpointer however was the perfect tool!

Me and my helpers started detecting the small strip of grass between the driveways. The kids found a few scrap metal items from the newly constructed house as we worked our way from the house to the street.
About half way down, we got a very loud signal. The kids came to investigate further and found their father’s ring!
This was one of my all-time favorite recoveries!
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Rose Gold Diamond Ring Recovered at Southshore Bay Lagoon Ruskin

  • from Tampa (Florida, United States)
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Item recovered March 22, 2025.

Katie was enjoying a visit to the Southshore Bay Lagoon with her family in March. It was a warm day and she took off her ring and put it in her shirt pocket to apply sunscreen to her children before they went into the pool.
As soon as she was done applying the sunscreen, they realized they were at the wrong set of chairs and needed to move to the chairs to the right, so they gathered their belongings and moved 10-15 feet away.
After awhile, Katie realized the ring was no longer in her shirt pocket. She searched the sand the best she could, but couldn’t find her ring anywhere.
I set up a time to meet with Katie back at the Lagoon the next day so she could show me where they were sitting. We arrived early in the morning to search before the place became packed with people.
I searched their first location around the table and chairs and found a number of various coins, but no ring. As I moved toward the new location, I hit a very nice sounding target. I retrieved the target with one scoop and knew right away it was the one we were looking for!
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Platinum Ring Recovered in Land O’ Lakes FL

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Item recovered February 19, 2025.

Dan lost his platinum wedding band playing in the yard with his kids. He felt it fly off his hand throwing a football on a cold weekend in February.
Dan ordered a metal detector and attempted to find it, but was unsuccessful. I went out to meet Dan at his house after work and just as I arrived, a cold rain began to fall.
We put on our rain gear and set out detecting the yard. The second signal I came across was the lost ring, which had fallen below the blades of grass and was hidden below.
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Lost Diamond Ring Recovered In Apollo Beach

  • from Tampa (Florida, United States)
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Item recovered February 18, 2025.

On a beautiful afternoon in February, Katie was enjoying the day with friends on her dock.
She took off her rings for a moment and accidently dropped them! The wedding band landed on the dock but the diamond engagement ring fell between the boards into the water below!
Due to the timing of the tide, I arranged a time the following morning at 7:00 am to search below the dock at low tide.
I climbed down the ladder and started detecting the area. The bottom was covered in oyster shells and it was difficult to get good footing. I slowly worked my way under the dock to the area where the ring was lost.
I started a visual inspection of the area beneath the dock in the event the ring landed on any of the supports. I then began detecting the area and heard a very faint signal next to the wood post. I did my best digging into the shells and after the second scoop, I felt as though I had retrieved the item.
I slowly started picking out the shells when a bright sparkle caught my eye. The ring was in the scoop!
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Lost Gold Ring with Diamonds Found in Livonia Michigan

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Sparklers in the Grass…..

As Amanda was starting to celebrate today, she started by taking a plunge into a cool pool. Shortly after a volleyball game started. After splashing around a bit, she got out, got dressed and wandered around the yard with some sparklers, the children and dogs. Sitting for a bite to eat a friend noticed her ring missing. Quite a few people ran to the pool, but the missing ring was not there. I started my grid search on the side of the yard where she had been. My MXT metal detector was quiet but then I heard a loud BOOM in the headphones! I yelled out that fireworks just sounded in my headphones! As Amanda and friends came running, I parted the grass and revealed some pretty sparklers in the form of diamonds and a gold ring hiding in the grass! Amanda was thrilled and took a few minutes to catch her breath. Now the fuse was lit to a grand celebration!

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Gold Bracelet Recovered at Redington Beach

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Item recovered February 8, 2025.

Irene reached out for help locating a gold bracelet her daughter, Lea had lost at Redington Beach. The bracelet was had sentimental value as it was a gift from her grandmother who had recently passed. The bracelet was likely lost in one of two areas where Lea and her brother were playing on the beach.
On the following day, I went out to the beach and started detecting the areas where Irene described. I performed a thorough search of the first area with no luck. The second area was more tricky due to not having an exact location and trying to work around people who were relaxing by the water and enjoying the evening at the beach. After a few passes, I heard a nice sound and looked down to see the bracelet barely visible in the sand!
Unknown to me, one of Irene’s friends was at the beach when I found the bracelet and phoned Irene to share the good news. I made contact with Irene later in the evening and set a plan to make the return the next day.
I met up with Irene and Lea at her BMX race event in Oldsmar on Sunday to return the bracelet. It was a beautiful day and I enjoyed cheering Lea on to a second place finish in her race!

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Lost Promise Ring Recovered at the University of Tampa

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Item recovered February 1, 2025.

I received a text from Haley, a student at the University of Tampa who needed my help locating a promise ring from her boyfriend she lost in Plant Park while laying in the sun with friends the day before.
My wife and I both graduated from UT and we were excited to go back to the campus. We both went to meet Haley and a couple of her friends at the loss location early on a Saturday morning, before most college students were awake.
Haley pointed out the spot where they were on the grass and I got to work gridding the area approximately 20’ by 20’. I covered the area thoroughly with no luck and I could see by Haley’s body language that she was losing hope.
Next, I started expanding the search area and got a nice sounding signal 10-15’ away from the initial search area. It took about 40 minutes, but the ring had been found. Haley was moved to tears and was so thankful to have her ring back!
Unfortunately I forgot to take photos at this recovery, but Haley did send me a photo of the ring afterward.
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Men’s Gold & Diamond Wedding Band Recovered in Tampa FL

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Item recovered January 15, 2025.

Dustin, a landscaper by trade had lost his wedding ring mowing a customer’s large yard. He wasn’t sure where it had come off, but he spent most of the day on the front and side of the property.

I took a drive to the loss location after work with my largest coil and started moving as quickly as I could with the limited daylight remaining.
I started on the left side of the property working from the driveway to the right in rows covering the front yard. When I reached the end of the house, I changed directions to cover the large side yard working from the road to the back of the property.
I had covered about half of the side yard when it started to become difficult to see, and I had not brought my head lamp with me to continue after dark. Just as I was about to give up for the evening, I hit a smacker of a signal and I could see the ring laying on the ground waiting to be found!

Dustin was visiting his daughter in the hospital after work so I drove there to meet him and make the return in the hospital parking lot.
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Quickest Recovery Ever!!!!

  • from Grand Haven (Michigan, United States)
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I got text from Emily while the wife and I were visiting the kids and grandkids in Richland today; watching the 4th of July parade.  Emily, while visiting her parents on Lake Michigan, lost her engagement ring the night before watching South Haven’s fireworks display.  I’m an hour away from home and she’s an hour west of me but I just happened to have a brand new detector with me that I was hoping to try out this weekend.  Emily had not slept the night before and was physically ill she was so upset over losing her engagement ring.  She went as far as buying an inexpensive metal detector in an attempt to locate it with no luck.  When I arrived, she and her mother were still searching.  As Emily was filling out the paperwork and describing to me what it was I was searching for and the general area she thought had she lost it in; I turned on my new Garrett Vortex VX9, made one sweep and got a double beep, ringing up on the display at 55 and thought to myself, “Whoah, it can’t be that easy!!!!”  Sure enough, I put my pin-pointer in the sand and scooped up the ring in a handful of sand and presented Emily with her lost treasure.  She immediately started crying and waved her mother over to see.  That search, literally, took 10 seconds.  The wife and I sat with Emily and her parents on their back porch overlooking Lake Michigan for over an hour chatting and had a wonderful time.

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