Custom Ring Found in Winfield, Illinois, after 1-1/2 years
Received a call telling me her daughter lost her custom ring a year and half ago.
Ring was made by her Grandmother for her 3 granddaughters and this was one of them, so
it had plenty of sentimental value.
Husband and Brother got detectors. and searched area with no success.
After a hour and a half I got lucky, the pictures say it all
Any wonder why I love this job!!
Received a call saying she lost her gold wedding ring along the driveway.
Turned out to be a quick pretty uneventful search.
Took about 10 minutes. Lovely couple and plenty of Hugs all around!!
Kayle realized she lost her ring on Sunday. Trying to recreate all her actions since the last time she knew she had it on, she felt the most likely culprit was the backyard football game. She enlisted friends and family to help look through the leaves and grass. She even rented\purchased metal detectors to no avail. On Friday she contacted me and within a couple of hours we were in the “football field” in question. We did our best to re-enact the events, figured out most likely areas and then grid the boundaries of the search area. 10 minutes of swinging and we hit that unmistakable staccato tone of a surface target! Another very happy customer! 
This ring find began during the Summer, when a gentleman named Mike, who was on vacation from Alberta, Canada and staying at the Aulani Resort approached me on the beach and asked if I could hunt for his Size 15 Oura eRing. I proceeded to hunt the areas he thought it might be lost but I was unsuccessful during that hunt. Fast forward to October after the Aulani Resort performed a beach sand restoration project I was walking in shallow water when I got an unusual tone on the Manticore. After one scoop there was a huge Man’s Oura eRing in the scoop. I remembered Mike and texted him in Canada if this was the one he had been looking for? His response, “OMG! Yes it is.” We arranged for a return via the Postal Service and Mike sent me this picture today from his home in Canada. BRRR! It looks cold there but still got a Shaka. Never give up the hunt. Aloha to Mike!
“I found you” 🥹
I woke up to a phone call from Jaime after working my night shift today. He explained he was practicng football drills in a park with his 15 year old son yesterday and realized he had lost his rose gold wedding ring. He was recenlty married and was worried his wife was going to be really upset so He bought a metal detector from Amazon for around $100. He didn’t really know what he was doing with it though and asked if I could help him. When I got there he had cones already set up where they were running the drills and he said he was 99% sure he lost it in that area. He stayed to help me for a little bit and I can tell he was getting the hang of the detector. He asked me what sensitivity I was using. 😆 so he must’ve of googled some info. After almost 2 hours I found the ring…not where he thought he lost it. Probably about another 8-10’ away off the grid.
I am finding that when they say 99% sure it really means only about 20-25% are right about that.
He has the sweetest inscription I think I’ve seen yet “I found you” ❤️
Contact me for all your metal detecting and recovery needs. Rob 402-580-6933. Land, water, cracks in concrete, rings, keys, hearing aids, phones, etc. Assisting law enforcement. Serving Lincoln and the greater Nebraska area.
John came across one of my ring finder posts. He saw that I did dive detecting recoveries and wanted to see if I would try and find this turbine heli that went down and he thought it possibly went in a pond as they had searched around it with no results. He even did some detecting in the water but he knew a tight grid was key and I have developed a proven technique. I used to fly giant scale rc so I understand how the depth perception can be very hard to impossible when something goes down. Well before I hit the water I expanded their original search area as walking is easier than diving in pitch black. Well unfortunately I came across it 1 day after the combine did. I was able to detect the area and recover all the parts though. The mystery has been solved after 4 months.
This gentleman lost his wedding band in a busy Denver park while playing with his dog. It was loose already and he was meaning to get it sized, unfortunately not before the day he lost it. After gridding the areas of possibilities with pin flags I went to work. After almost 2 hours and about half way through the grid, I got a perfect signal 73 on the Deus. I looked down and there it was camouflaged in dead grass. Exposed for anyone that would be looking for it. Need less to say he has made arrangements to make sure it fits properly.
***Call a professional metal detectorist for help locating a ring in the sand-at the beach, in the grass – at a park or backyard — Charles “MD” Krug 619-762-0940***
It began with a call from Micah’s wife, who had found me through The Ringfinders after returning to their home state. Her husband, Micah, had lost something extraordinary—an almost unbelievable treasure—while body-surfing just 48 hours earlier.
A rogue wave had hit him hard, tossing him end over end in the surf. When he surfaced, shaken and gasping, he immediately knew something was wrong. His 90-gram 14kt Byzantine gold chain and pendant—a dazzling 20 pesos gold coin—was gone. With a melt value around $7,600, it wasn’t just expensive—it was a precious and sentimental piece of jewelry.
As the tide fell that day, Micah and his family searched frantically in the shallows, scouring the sandy bottom in knee-deep water. But the ocean is a cruel keeper of secrets. The chain was nowhere to be seen.
When I received the call for help, I was honest: with only a vague idea of where the loss occurred, the odds of finding it were slim to none. Still, there was one glimmer of hope—the sheer weight of the necklace. At nearly three troy ounces, there was a chance it had sunk straight down and stayed put, anchored by the heavy coin.
So I began my hunt. I studied tide charts, calculated the target IDs for both 14k gold and the Mexican 20 pesos coin, and mapped out my search zones with GPS precision. Over the next several days, I conducted four separate 90-minute hunts, battling shifting sands, pounding waves, and exhaustion.
This time of year, the surf is merciless—six to eight-foot breakers crash with bone-rattling force on the shallow slope of the beach. Snorkeling was impossible. I worked upright, detector in one hand and basket scoop in the other, pushing the limits of the surf zone to about four feet deep. Any farther, and the waves would swamp me completely.
Then came the fifth outing. Low tide. Late afternoon sun. The sea was calm—for once. In waist-deep water, my detector sang out with a strange, alternating tone. It wasn’t the strong solid tone of gold; more like a nickel and dime mixed with some iron. Still, instinct told me to dig.
First scoop—nothing.
Second scoop—still nothing.
On the third scoop, a flash caught my eye.
In the wet sand, coiled like a sleeping serpent, was a four-inch length of warm, bright gold chain. My heart leapt. I froze, then a grin spread across my face. “Woohoo!” I shouted into the wind, the cry echoing across the empty beach.
I marched triumphantly from the surf, chest out, water streaming from my surf shirt (gut sucked in). Instead of dumping the scoop unceremoniously onto the sand, I knelt and reverently sifted through the wet mix until the entire 26 inches of gold chain emerged, the gold coin pendant, still attached, swinging freely.
The $12,000 necklace shimmered in the fading light—salt-streaked, sand-dusted, yet utterly magnificent. The ocean had held it captive for twelve days, burying it nearly a foot beneath the sand, and yet it survived unmarred, untouched, and waiting.
Some hunts end in frustration. Some end in quiet relief. This one ended in pure, unforgettable triumph. (Shout out to Saint Anthony!)
Gold Chain and Gold Coin!
Have you ever been asked to hold something for safe keeping and end up loosing that item? It happens allot and this is what happened with Brian and his daughter. Upon arriving at a local outdoor fall festival event Brian’s daughter asked him to pocket her two rings while she enjoyed all the rides and food and at the end of the day, while they were walking to the car she asked her dad for her rings and he only pulled one ring out of his pocket! It was like her class ring had simply disappeared. They back tracked where they had spent time and were not able to find her ring. Brian’s daughter was quite upset and Brian left word with the owners about the lost ring. I spent some time searching for the ring during the following day and it was found in the large grassy parking lot right where Brian had parked his car the day before. Brian and his daughter were very, very happy to get the ring back!
Lost something and need a ring finders help? Call or text me at 321-363-6029 and let’s talk!
Mike McInroe…Honored to be a member of theringfinders.com