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Tantalum Wedding Ring Recovered – Durham!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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I was contacted by Nick, who had lost his tantalum wedding ring while playing with the dog. He was in the backyard and gave the dog toy a toss; when he let go of the toy, his ring flew off and cleared the fence. Although every situation is unique, I had run into this scenario before, so I’m thinking “No problem! I’ll get the ring back in no time!” Nick had said on the phone that there were some briers and I again thought “No problem!” I got to Nick’s house and he pulled up a video from his house camera that showed him losing the ring. With the whole thing on video, I’m again thinking “No problem!” The area that Nick showed me (where he thought the ring had gone) was about 60′ x 60′.

I searched for maybe 30 minutes and gained a whole new appreciation for briers. I promised to return with thicker clothing, a machete, and a friend. Between my two visits, Nick and his wife had cleared a portion of the briers, so when my friend John and I got there, we alternated searching for the ring and hacking/clearing/hauling remaining briers. By the time we finished, probably 40′ x 40′ had been cleared enough for us to use our detectors, but no ring.

In a last-ditch effort, I searched an area that was far to the left of where Nick thought the ring might have gone. After several beer and soda cans, I managed to turn up the ring for him. As I’ve come to understand, it’s not just “A” ring, it’s “THE” ring. In this case THE ring decided to hide in the briers but is now back where it belongs!

The first photo shows the ring after I pulled it out of the mud in which it was sitting. The second photo is a very happy Nick!

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Buried Coins Recovered – Cary!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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I was contacted by a gentleman who needed help in locating some buried treasure on his property. (OK, you have my attention, tell me the rest of the story.) It turns out that he had placed some valuable coins in a 6″ diameter PVC pipe and buried the pipe vertically in the rear of his property. He said the cap on the top of the pipe was 4 or 5 inches below the surface. (So far so good, but here’s where it gets interesting.) The cap and the pipe are PVC, so I can’t pick them up with my detector. The coins by themselves would have been easy to detect, but he said that because of the length of the pipe, the coins were at least 18-24″ below the top of the pipe, making them 22-28″ below the surface. Yikes! I have a detector that can go that deep, but this is a neighborhood and the electrical interference from all the houses was considerable. After a slow scan of the area where he believed the coins were buried, I got two very faint signals on the detector and brought out my 4′ metal probe to check out these two possibilities by poking down in the ground and feeling for disturbed soil. Once the detector had given me an idea on where to probe, I was able to locate the PVC pipe fairly quickly.

The first picture is a portion of the coins that were inside the pipe. After he sent me the picture of the coins, I could see why he was so anxious to get them back!

If you have valuable items buried and can’t locate them, I can help. Contact me and we’ll figure out a plan.

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Why rent metal detector in San Diego when you can hire a professional

  • from Carlsbad (California, United States)
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The ring finders Metal detecting service is here in San Diego to help. WHO ya gonna Call?  Curtis Cox @ 760 889 2751  Buying or renting Metal detectors will not help with out proper experience.

David was in need recently of my service after his wedding band disappeared in the backyard while pulling weeds. I arrived promptly and was able to recover his precious buried gold ring hidden amongst grass & other nearby metal objects. Instant relief when you think it may be lost forever.

This was an easy recovery for me but can be difficult or impossible when using metal detectors near homes & power lines due to Electrical interferences that causes the equipment to beep erratically. The Machine I used on this search has 96 different frequencies that I can quickly adjust for a stable threshold. It gets even more complicated when you need to ground balance or adjust the settings for the first time. Don’t waste your time or money,,Call a Professional Ring Finder!

 

 

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Right Place, Right Time… Lost Cellphone FOUND while Metal Detecting at the Beach in Tampa Bay, FL!

  • from Huntsville (Alabama, United States)
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Christina McCree – Ring Finder/Metal Detectorist for northern Alabama and southern/middle Tennessee.  Call or text ASAP, anytime 24/7 at 610-504-6135.

I’m in Tampa Bay, Florida visiting my parents at their beach condo for New Years week.  My dad and I were out metal detecting at one of the local beaches yesterday (December 30th, 2024).  I was detecting on the wet sand along the shoreline when a gentleman flagged me down.  He told me that his wife, Lisa, had just lost her cellphone in the dry sand.  They tried raking their hands and feet through the sand, but couldn’t find it.  A couple next to them suggested using a metal detector… and they just so happened to spot me metal detecting, lol.  Talk about right place, right time!  I told him that I’d be more than happy to help.

We walked over and I met Lisa.  I asked the usual questions including how her cellphone was lost.  Lisa knew she had it on her when her family was moving their beach cart, towels, etc. closer to the shoreline.  It was a fairly small area to search with a metal detector, but it would be nearly impossible to find Lisa’s cellphone without one.  Her cellphone case is also a tan/sand color, so it easily blends in.

I asked Lisa for the outer boundaries and I setup a visual grid.  I cleared the main area in about 5-10 minutes with my Minelab Equinox 900.  Her family was digging a hole in the new area, so they picked up the toys and moved the beach cart out of the way.  I started searching the new area and got a good jumpy signal near the hole where the cart was.  I used my fingers to search the sand (I didn’t want to use my sand scoop and risk damaging Lisa’s cellphone).  I quickly felt and saw an outline of a cellphone!  We had found it!  I picked up the cellphone and held it in the air to show the group.  I gave Lisa a big hug and everyone around us began cheering.  Lisa was so happy and relieved to have her phone back!  We have so many photo memories and other personal things on a cellphone that we just can’t get back if it’s lost forever.

I talked with Lisa for a few minutes and she told me that her family is from Ohio.  They were in town for a wedding and decided to add a few days to their trip so they could go to the beach.  I was so happy that I was at that beach on that particular day and time.  Lisa said that getting her cellphone back really made her day/year.  I told her that it really made mine as well.  I give all praise and glory to God!

 

 

 

Here are the smiles I found in 2024!  7 items found — 5 rings, 1 earring, and 1 cellphone.  Happy New Years to all and God Bless!!!

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Lost Barrel Ring10 kt Yellow Gold On The Side of The Road, St Albert, Alberta.

  • from Edmonton (Alberta, Canada)
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I recived a call from Sandra on December 27 requesting my service to locate her newly purchased wedding band which had been lost on the 23 of December while walking to a store. She took a short cut down a sharp enbankment, fell half way down the hill, and felt the ring slip off her finger and into the snow.

Sandra called her husband Kevin to come and help her find the ring.  They both searched  for a couple of hours and having no luck they went back the next day.   Sandra than purchased a metal detector that just fustrated her even more because she did not understand how it worked. Sandra and Kevin went back a couple more times to search and again no luck.

Sandra called her daughter in Calgary and told her what happend.  She suggested to call the Ringfinders as there was someone in Edmonton that could possible help.  That is how Sandra got in touch with me.

After spending over three hours and not finding the ring I told Sandra she must have lost the ring somewhere else. Sandra felt that the ring had to be on the hill.  As a precaution I suggested that she should make a police report in the chance that someone would pick it up and turn it in to the RCMP.

While driving back from Sherwood Park this morning I started to think of the last few searches I had done.  I realized that prior to leaving my house this morning I had changed one of the coils on my detectors to search for a set of keys.   I decided to return and search for the Barrel Ring on the hill.  With in 2 minutes I found Sandra’s Ring only 18 inches from where she had  slipped!

Right away I called Sandra and told her the good news.   I had found her ring and I would immediately drop if off.

Thank you Sandra and Kevin for entrusting me to find your Ring.

 

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Lost Office Keys In The Snow Along Boulevard! Sherwood Park Alberta.

  • from Edmonton (Alberta, Canada)
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I recived a call from Tyler this morning for my assistance to locate his lost office keys.  Tyler told me he was walking home last night with his keys in his hand. He slipped on the side walk and the keys flew  into the snow bank . He searched for 2 hrs  with no luck.  His mother inlaw suggested a metal detector would work to locate the keys. Tyler searched the internet and found the Ringfinders web site which directed him to me.  The rest is history.

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Lost Hearing Aid Jonesborough, TN…Found

  • from Johnson City (Tennessee, United States)
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I received a call on Christmas Day. This gentleman was out walking with his family. While walking on the path a tree branch brushed past his ear flipping his hearing aid out. They searched for it for quite awhile with no luck. After eating a great meal and watching the kids open their presents I was ready for an adventure. After searching for it for thirty minutes I finally found it. Hearing aids are very difficult to find. Given the small amount of actual metal in one the signal is very faint and small.

 

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Lost White Gold & Diamonds Wedding Rings at Ulua Lagoon Beach Ko Olina…FOUND!!!

  • from O‘ahu (Hawaii, United States)
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This ring find began when I returned from a hunt at Aulani Lagoon.  Shannon on vacation from Mt. Airy, Maryland left a voicemail saying his wife Kelly lost two White Gold & Diamonds Wedding Rings in the dry sand of Ulua lagoon.  While applying suntan lotion Kelly had taken off her rings and placed them on a beach chair.  Then as she went to adjust her chair the rings flew off into the sand and disappeared.  They had looked carefully but they were out of sight.  I told Shannon I would be over from the other lagoon in a moment and he told me there location on the beach.  As I headed down to the beach Shannon noticed me with my gear and waved me over.  We moved a beach chair out of the way and I started a grid search.  On the second leg I got a nice #10 on the Manticore and in one gentle scoop there were Kelly’s beautiful rings lying together in the scoop.  I let her reach in and retrieve them.  Shannon stated that wasn’t where they were looking and realized Kelly really adjusted that beach chair with some force.  All good, vacation saved.  Aloha to Kelly & Shannon!

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Ring lost at Ocean Beach found

  • from La Jolla (California, United States)
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Pedro was involved in a volleyball game, when his wedding ring decided to take a sand bath. He went online and found TheRingFinders.com and contacted Curtis Cox up the coast a ways. Curtis told him to contact me (thanks Curtis!) as I am a lot closer. When I met Pedro at the beach volleyball court, another detectorist they met on the beach was already there and searching the side of the court that Pedro had been in. I started on the opposite side up against the net and made a couple of passes post to post parallel to the net. With not even one target, I figured I should probably verify the other guy had been thorough with his side. The other guy detecting was already beyond the end line of the court, so, I started on his side up against the net and made a pass there. About 3/4 of the way across, I got a nice 30 tone on my Equinox 900 and told Pedro that this is a good sound for a gold ring. Sure enough, my pin pointer zeroed in on the target and Pedro’s ring was just under the surface of the sand. A pleasure to meet you Pedro, glad you won your game, got your ring back, and thank you for the reward.

On a side note, people should be careful who they ask for help in these situations. I think in this case, the other guy detecting was probably an upstanding individual and would have happily returned the ring, but, that isn’t always the case, as I know a couple of guys that won’t return anything, or, hold it hostage. In addition, you don’t know what sort of expertise these random people have either, and you may just give up if they don’t find the item, thinking that they eliminated that area as the target zone when in reality, they just missed the target, like in this case. All the members here that I’ve worked with know how to properly grid and area, know their machine, and I’m confident that they will return your lost item. Why take a chance, when you can get a GENUINE ring finder!

 

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Lost Property Markers (Irons) Found in Grosse Pointe Park Michigan

  • from Detroit (Michigan, United States)
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Defining the Boundaries……

….Is something all of us have had to deal with all our lives, from childhood when our parents set boundaries and now as adults where we set boundaries on finances, who we are friends with, and how much we want to deal with any situation and so on. Defining boundaries also creates an atmosphere of mutual understanding by showing respect for ourselves and gaining the respect from people in general. When John called me, he discussed his interest in locating his property markers to help him define the boundaries of his land before he started to trim some trees. Using my magnetic locator metal detector, we did some quick measurements to get us in the area for each concealed property iron. It was quick work with the magnetic locator to reveal each iron. Now with these fine lines clearly defined, it’s up to John and each neighbor to honor that boundary.

Jonathan

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