I had a call from Nora saying she lost her wedding ring and engagement ring today. Last night we had a major snowstorm with at least 9 to 10 inches of snow. She came out of her apartment this morning and decided to throw a snowball at her husband. She shook her hands to get the snow off and her rings flew too. We got lucky and found them both thanks to a neighbor who was happily helping to look for them.
We got a call to go find a black Tungsten wedding ring lost in the backyard while playing with puppy. It took us about 2 hours, but the Equinox 800 detector found it with no problem. The VDI number was a solid 17 number in park mode. The couple was very happy to get it recovered. 
I got a text from David and Kaylee about his wedding ring that was lost in the snow. Their mailbox is down at the bottom of a snow covered 45 deg. incline that’s about 20 long. He slipped coming up the snow covered hill after getting the mail and put his hand in the snow to catch himself, the ring vanished.
After a few minutes of finding metallic trash (nails, pull tabs, etc.), I scanned a snow covered area with my Minelab 900 and a 75 popped up on the display. After moving some snow out of the way, I spotted the tantalum wedding band.
The class ring was found! I received a call from Dieter, owner of the Fishtown Pizza Truck, that Darby had lost her ring on the beach in the sand. The family was happy the sentimental ring was found!
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Dave posted on the local Russell Facebook group that he had lost his gold wedding ring in the sea at Long Beach in Russell while on holiday.
Several people recommended me to him, and he made contact.
He had unfortunately put a detailed location on Facebook, not a good idea these days as there are a lot of what I call “Ring Collectors” – less altruistic sorts who look for social media posts with the intention of an easy find for themselves. Urgency was paramount, only the other day, I had a ring ‘sniped’ after a Facebook post gave away too much. Nothing is more heartbreaking than turning up for a recovery only to see a recent focused grid pattern in the immediate area – and no ring.
I had an ongoing scuba recovery in progress, however that ring was very secure where it was, I needed to find Dave’s ring before it was lost. The timing of the tides meant I was able to make the first attempt immediately and I spent a few hours gridding the area Dave had indicated in his FB post. When I came out of the water, the tide was high enough to prevent ‘magpies’ from searching, and I knew I would have to return the following day on the next tide.
Had some more dialog with Dave that night about the circumstances of loss, and gave him a much higher resolution aerial view for him to mark where he thought he lost it.
The new area marked by Dave was smack in the middle of my first grid, it was fairly unlikely I had missed it – and even more unlikely someone had randomly happened across it in the 24Hrs between loss and Dave’s post. There are several obvious large rocks on the seabed, which Dave could not recall seeing. That meant he was further over than he thought. I started planning a new search area off to the side.
Day 2: I again arrived well before low tide in order to secure ‘my patch’, there was another metal detectorist in the vicinity, although he did not have a submersible machine. Straight down the beach and into the surf…
Another hour and a pouch full of aluminium trash later, I got a hit under the coil – only to lose it again as a breaking wave knocked me off my feet. However it wasn’t long before I had it again, and on the second scoop the coil was silent. I shook the sand out of the scoop and nestled in amongst the broken shell, was Dave’s ring.
Back to the car, and I sent him a picture to let him know it was now safe soon to be couriered to him.
This ring find began when I got a text Monday from Nicole who was on Oahu for a vacation with her brother Kevin. Nicole is from Connersville, Indiana. Nicole said she found myself online and wanted to know if I had any availabilities this week? She lost her Gold, Sapphire & Diamonds Wedding and Engagement Rings on Makua Beach in the dry sand. She spotted her Wedding Band but the Engagement Ring eluded her. They rented some Metal Detectors locally but that brand doesn’t work in a salt water environment. Giving up after a fruitless noisy search is when they found me. The weather has been extremely rainy and we were hoping for a break to hunt properly. That break happened this morning and Nicole and her brother Kevin were able to meet at Makua Beach to show me the area to hunt. Nicole guarded our vehicles “high crime area” and Kevin led me down to the beach. Kevin drew a box in the sand where they believed the ring would be and I fired up the Manticore to begin my search. OMG immediately the Beast was overloading on the massive amount of metal trash in the sand. This had been a homeless encampment and the trash was heavy. I tuned down the Manticore and decided only to hunt low tone shallow targets. Still plenty of interference but I worked thru it the best I could. I was praying I didn’t ignore the ring target when suddenly I got a loud #17 shallow target and as I retrieved the scoop I got a glimpse of a pretty blue stone. I shook the scoop gently and Nicole’s beautiful ring came into view. I shouted over to Kevin, “Got it!” he was shocked first that I even found the ring and then under ten minutes. We snuck up on Nicole seated in the car and showed her the results. Obviously she was overwhelmed with joy and was very thankful for the recovery. Not that a young lady ever ends up in the dog house….Nicole told me she could now tell hubby but with a sense of peace. Enjoy the rest of your vacation and a very warm Aloha to Nicole and Kevin!
Eleanor was weeding around their bach at Tokerau Beach in Doubtless Bay, just some light stuff to tidy up.
Later that day, she noticed her treasured gold and diamond engagement ring and her eternity ring were missing.
Searches of the weeded area and the lawn revealed nothing, so her daughter gave me a call.
Thirty seven years experience in recoveries, and state of the art equipment meant the two rings were swiftly located in long grass surrounding a clump of flax.
A cheaper detector, or novice user would have been unlikely to locate these lost rings as they were very fine, and tucked down deep in the dense foot-high grass of similar colouration.
Just over thirty minutes after arriving, hugs and handshakes were being exchanged now the lost rings had been found and were back in their proper place.
Ebony’s 14 karat rose gold and diamond nested wedding ring that vehicle ring finder Brian Rudolph was able to recover from the dashboard of a Kia.
Ebony excitedly holds up her precious diamond ring that she thought that she may never be able to wear again! Thanks to the skills of Brian Rudolph…the jewel was saved from the belly of her Kia’s dashboard!
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Ebony’s car was parked while she took off her wedding band and engagement ring to apply lotion to her hands. She carefully placed the rings on top of the dashboard of her fairly new Kia. Just as Ebony reached for her most important jewelry, the rings slid away from her fingers and the wedding band disappeared into the catacombs of the dashboard and could no longer be seen or retrievable.
Ebony knew that there was nothing that she could do to gain access to the area where her beloved wedding band was trapped. She had two choices: One, she could spend up to $2500.00 to have the dashboard removed in order to gain access to the precious rose gold jewel. Or Two, the distraught young lady could look online for a ring finder specialist who deals with recovering rings in vehicles. Ebony chose the latter direction! That’s when my client searched online and typed in: “how to find ring in dashboard”. Immediately, a YouTube video popped up on her phone and it was a vehicle ring search conducted by a great ring finder professional, a good friend and colleague of mine – The Seattle Ring Hunter, Jeff Morgan! Ebony saw the advertisement for the elite international directory of metal detectorists called THE RING FINDERS on Jeff’s video and that is when she made contact with me.
After I received all of the details that I needed to hear, I worked out a time to meet up with Ebony in order to conduct the search. When I arrived, my client showed me the dashboard and pointed in the direction of where the wedding band disappeared into the endless chambers of plastic and fiberglass.
Next, I retrieved the necessary gear to begin the recovery operation. In all honesty, I had no idea whether or not this recovery attempt could even be successful based on how complicated the situation was. My probe couldn’t find the ring anywhere in sight which told me that this was a tough search in every which way!
I searched and searched for the missing sentimental keepsake and eventually, after perhaps another 45 minutes or so, I viewed on my screen what appeared to be a piece of rose gold dangling on a strip of cable and wire. Even though I was excited about identifying the location of the missing ring, the method for retrieving the jewelry was entirely a huge question mark for me!
I tried and tried hard again to manipulate my scope and hook to maneuver them into position to grab ahold of the target. Unfortunately every attempt ended in failure. However, I didn’t give up. I kept trying new strategies to see if I could capture the gold and diamonds with some other method and or angle. And yes, I am so very happy to share that after a long period of time, I was finally able to recover Ebony’s beloved lost 14 karat rose gold and diamonds nested wedding band from the depths of that ferocious Kia dashboard! The jewel had fallen deep down into the middle of the inner contraptions and wiring of the dash and I was even impressed with myself with what I was able to accomplish that morning!
The most favorite part of the visit was calling my client up to share the fantastic news that I was successfully able to recover Ebony’s special ring (she had to go into work so I was left with the Kia to work on the search)! She was beyond thrilled at hearing the positive update! She couldn’t believe it! the young lady was getting her ring back! I saved Ebony a fortune by not having to go to the dealer to remove the dashboard and I helped to preserve a very important and sentimental keepsake! My client was so very happy that she found my services through Jeff Morgan’s YouTube video and THE RING FINDER’S website! What a fantastic finish!
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Bruce’s 14 karat yellow gold braided style wedding band that professional ring finder Brian Rudolph is able to recover for his client!
Bruce could not have been happier as he held up his priceless and irreplaceable wedding band that had been lost for days until metal detectorist Brian Rudolph came to the rescue!
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Bruce did not know where he lost his wedding band. He wasn’t sure if it fell off of his finger in the house or somewhere outside around his property. He could not even remember exactly the last time he noticed the special jewel before he realized it was gone from his hand.
Bruce looked everywhere for his irreplaceable, sentimental keepsake. When it was not found inside his home, he focused on the lawn and around places where he was weeding, pruning and cleaning up the garden pen.
Sadly, the gentleman was not able to find his priceless ring anywhere. At some point he looked online and found the elite international directory of metal detectorists called THE RING FINDERS. That’s when Bruce contacted me and we went over all of the details regarding the loss of his ring.
The next evening, I made my way over to Bruce and Debbie’s property with the hope that I would be able to solve this ring mystery. Bruce led me first over to the left side of the front of the house where he had been weeding. He had taken gloves off at different places around the property. He then took me to the backyard and showed me where he had pruned a tree that was covered by burlap to protect it from the present cold season.
Next, we walked around the center of the back lawn and he showed me where he chopped up sticks and debris in a wood chopper. We walked onto his back deck where he had been doing a few things and then finally he directed me over to the far corner of his backyard where he had his garden pen. He showed me what he worked on in that area and all of the places where he reorganized some of the garden hardware and other tools.
After I got all of the details down, I returned to my vehicle to retrieve all of the necessary metal detecting equipment that I would need to conduct this search. I first started in the front area along the side of his property. I laid down grid lines so that I would not miss a square inch. When I did not find the ring there, I went to the backyard and decided to focus first on the pruned tree that was covered in burlap.
Once I transferred my equipment over to the tree in the backyard, I turned up the sensitivity on the detector and began to metal detect all around the top portion of the branches where the burlap covered most of it. I wanted to see if maybe the ring got caught up in the top portion of the tree when Bruce had been cutting back some of the branches up on top. Unfortunately, no metal was found.
I then turned down the sensitivity on my machine and placed the detector coil underneath the burlap towards the ground. I wanted to see if there were any signals coming from below the tree trunk. This particular procedure was not easy because I was dealing with a metal fence surrounding the tree to protect it from animals and to keep the young creation from tipping over.
I slowly moved around the narrow tree and as I got about three fourths way around it, I got an interesting signal. The numbers that were showing up on my detector screen were just the numbers that I had been looking for. I wasn’t sure if I was picking up metal from the surrounding protective fence that was keeping the tree vertical, but I was determined to do a little more research on where that piece of metal was coming from.
I took out my handheld metal detector called a pinpointer and knelt down on the ground to further detect this one particular spot. I was extremely encouraged to discover that whatever this piece of metal was, it was isolated to the area at the edge of the trunk underneath the burlap.
After a couple of attempts to try to acquire the mysterious piece of metal that I had detected, I finally was able to grab a handful of dirt and leaves that did in fact contain the item in the midst of it all. And I am very excited to share that within my grasp, there it was…Bruce’s huge handsome 14 karat yellow gold braided style wedding ring! I found it!!!!! It was there at the bottom of the tree trunk the entire time!
What a moment! Bruce was beyond blown away by my findings! He couldn’t believe it and yet his eyes were beholding his beloved keepsake! He agreed that he didn’t think that he would have ever found his wedding band ever again! Having a professional ring finder on board for this particular search was indeed the final link that brought a very happy reunion between the man and his favorite piece of jewel!
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CALL BRIAN RUDOLPH WITH THE RING FINDERS AT (301) 466-8644!
VISIT THE RING FINDER’S WEBSITE TO READ MORE OF BRIAN’S SUCCESSFUL SEARCH STORIES at:
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HE WILL RETURN TO YOU WHAT HAS BEEN LOST!
VISIT BRIAN’S BUSINESS WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES, STORIES AND INFORMATION AT: www.MetalDetectingAdventures.net