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Yellow Gold Wedding Band and Engagement Ring Lost on the Beach, Found and Returned Carolina Beach NC

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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This adventure started out with a text message at 10:28 am on Saturday, August 19th. The text read, “Hi! My name is Samantha. I saw you on ring finders and was wondering if you’d be interested in a hunt on Carolina Beach? Or could you put me in touch with someone if I’m out of your range? I lost my wedding rings sitting on the beach yesterday. I would appreciate any help or advice!” The text included her number, so I called for more details. When we talked, we agreed we’d meet in a particular parking lot at 3 pm. I had already made arrangements to meet another lady on a different beach for a separate search at 12:30. I was finished with that search in time to drive the hour plus to Carolina Beach and meet Samantha on time.

As we’re walking the block to the beach, I learned there were actually 3 rings missing. She had lost her wedding band, her engagement ring, and a gold ring her parents had given her. Samantha said that she was in town to attend a bachelorette party. She had come a day early to enjoy a peaceful day on the beach reading her book. Once she had her chair in place, she took her 3 rings off and put in the cup holder to apply sunscreen. She had moved her chair once during the day. When she was ready to go, she folded the chair up and walked to the water’s edge to rinse the sand off the chair legs. When she got back to the car and looked at her hand, the shock set in. She immediately returned to where she was sitting and did a visual search and then did a pin drop on her phone for the location. When we got to the beach she walked us through the Saturday afternoon crowd to the spot of the pin drop. Surprisingly, there was only one guy sitting in the way. I turned my Equinox 800 on and started a perpendicular grid search from the dry sand to the incoming tide line. Within a grid line or two, I hit a 10 on the VDI (visual display indicator), a great number for a small yellow gold ring. I dug a scoop of sand out, checked the hole and had the target in the scoop. I dumped the sand on the beach and ran the coil over it and hit the target. I got down on my hands and knees and spread the sand out until I saw the ring. When I first showed it to Samantha, she didn’t think it was hers until she got a closer look and exclaimed (loudly) “that’s my wedding band.” She was so excited; I almost saw a tear, but she held it back. Ok, 1 ring down 2 to go. I showed her the hole and asked her if that was where she had been sitting. She replied that’s about where she was when she washed the chair legs off. I started the grid again from the hole, which had now filled in from the incoming tide. A few more steps and about ankle deep in water, I got another hit showing 10 on the VDI. I dug the target out and carefully washed the excess sand out at the water’s edge. I saw the engagement ring in the bottom of the scoop and walked over to Samantha and let her reach in the scoop and pull her ring out. That put her over the top with excitement, still no tears through, she was really trying hard not to cry. I continued the search for the 3rd ring for another 20 minutes or so and Samantha said she had to go. I told her when I found it I’ll call her and we’d work something out to get it back to her. I searched for another 30 minutes doing a complete search then did a cross grid and wasn’t able to find her 3rd ring. By this time the tide had come in enough that the water was covering my tracks. Although disappointed I couldn’t find the 3rd ring, Samantha was overjoyed she had her wedding and engagement rings back.

Samantha – Thank you for letting me help find your lost rings. So excited you got them back.

Jim

   

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Important Key Lost in House – Found by Intensive Search

  • from Paihia (New Zealand)
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Kim phoned me on behalf of a friend asking if I was able to do a house search for an important key.
I generally don’t do domestic searches for lost items purely because they can be. by necessity, very intrusive into peoples ‘space’.

Whilst conventional metal detectors are ineffective inside houses, I have a range of small coils, pinpointers and remote cameras to aid a physical search.

Kim explained the circumstances: Her elderly friend had lent their car to another elderly friend – who had misplaced the key.
It could have been anywhere from the car to inside the house, maybe in a wood shed…or, who knows?

Knowing the significant expense and hassle involved in an insurance claim, especially for an 80-something year old, I agreed.
Though it was over 100km away, the travel would largely be covered by a Pay-It-Forward recovery I had done recently.

I arrived the following morning and met with Jan, she was most apologetic as we went through retracing her steps as best we could, and I explained how I would be conducting the search.
Starting with the car, the last known point where she would have had the key, I began the systematic and meticulous elimination of areas.
With the car and driveway cleared, the search progressed up onto the deck and then into the house.

From here it was a matter of examining everything Jan had, or had potentially interacted with the previous day. On, in, under, beside, behind…

An hour later, in the bottom of a box of assorted dog leashes, treats and toys etc. a shape caught my eye.

I held up a key, ” This it?”

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Man’s Platinum Wedding Band Lost in the Sand – Found and Returned Kure (Cure-y) Beach NC

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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Right around 12:30 pm on Friday, August 18th, 2023, I got a call from Adib, saying he had lost his Platinum Wedding Band in the sand. He asked me if I had any advice on how to find it. There really isn’t any, other than getting down on your hands and knees and try sifting through the sand. I’ve had a couple of situations where the individuals tried finding it themselves and ended up moving the item feet from where it was dropped. I asked Adib not to dig, if he was, because he could either move it or bury it. He was also concerned with my travel time and didn’t want to see me drive over 3 hours round trip. I assured him that’s what I do when somebody loses something, and I didn’t have a problem with it. I grabbed my Equinox 800 and started my trip.

When I got there, I met Adib at his rental and we walked out to the beach. As we walked, I found out that he was there from San Francisco, CA. attending one of his buddy’s bachelor party. He said that he had taken his ring off and put it in his lap to apply suntan lotion. At some point, the ring ended up disappearing in the dry sand. He also said that he and his friends had been searching for the ring and when I told him not to dig, they stopped. Everybody had pretty much left the chairs and other items sit where they were so the area was well marked. Once I got a visual on the search area, we moved the chairs, and I started a small grid search in maybe a 10X10 ft square. After just one grid line, I got a strong 15 on the VDI (visual display indicator). The problems I had were the target was reading 8-10 inches deep on the depth meter, which was deep for only being lost for 3 hours. Secondly for a platinum ring, I was expecting a lower number in the teens. So I honestly thought that target was trash. I did take a couple of scoops but left the hole and continued the grid. After finishing the search area with no other targets, I went back to the hole. I took another couple of scoops and had the target out of the hole. I ran the coil over the clump of sand, found the target and scooped it up. I gently shook out the excess sand, and then I heard the sweet sound of metal rattling in the scoop. Looked in the scoop, saw the ring and held the scoop out for Adib to pull his ring out. Adib was thrilled he had his ring back. He ended up taking a selfie of him and I with him holding his ring up to send to his wife. This never gets old!

Adib – thank you for letting me help find your lost treasure.

Jim

   

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Lost Bracelet Found Under a Deck! Groton Long Point, CT

  • from Westerly (Rhode Island, United States)
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A lost bracelet was found in Groton Long Point, Connecticut! Decades ago this gold bracelet was given to Mary as a gift from her husband. She has rarely worn the bracelet for fear of losing it. One afternoon she was exiting her back door while wearing the bracelet, and it got caught on the screen door. She felt the bracelet pull off and immediately looked down to see an empty deck. She knew it had fallen between the deck planks but could not quite pinpoint the area and was having trouble accessing the tight crawl space under the deck. After some careful peeking through the deck boards with a cell phone flashlight, I was able the see a glimmer of gold (photos below)! I left my phone light shining through the planks this way I would know the correct area once I crawled into the tight dark space under the deck. Mary finally had her sentimental gold bracelet back after being lost for months!

How to Find a Lost Ring

Did you lose a bracelet in your yard? It happens all the time! Don’t waste time renting, borrowing, or purchasing a metal detector. Stop, mark the area where you believe the ring was lost, and give me a call. My jewelry-finding service covers Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and surrounding states.

Do you need help finding something of value?

Contact Keith Wille

Call or text | 860-917-8947

Email | uncoverthings@yahoo.com

Website | www.rediscoverlost.com

 

Mary with a Big Smile!

 

Close-up of the Gold Bracelet

 

Back Porch Area Where Bracelet Fell

 

Gold View Through the Decking

 

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Lost Wedding Ring Found in the Sand! Watch Hill, RI Westerly, RI

  • from Westerly (Rhode Island, United States)
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A lost ring was found in Watch Hill RI! This sentimental wedding ring was lost while a family was taking their annual visit to the Westerly RI beaches. Dad took off the ring put sunscreen on and dropped the ring in the sand. They didn’t realize the ring was missing for quite some time. But when they did, this was a painful loss as the ring contained a diamond from his late parents’ engagement ring and a diamond from another sentimental piece of jewelry. The family had lots of photos and descriptions from their day at the beach so I was able to find the general location. After a few hours and finding bottle caps and other beach trash, under my metal detector, I saw the distinct round outline of a wedding ring in the sand! I knew this was a unique wedding band so as soon as I brushed the sand off and saw the two diamonds, I knew I had the lost ring. I immediately sent a photo to the family and they were ecstatic! Check out the surprise reaction in the video link below!

How to Find a Lost Ring

Did you lose a ring at the beach? It happens all the time! Don’t waste time renting, borrowing, or purchasing a metal detector. Stop, mark the area where you believe the ring was lost, and give me a call. My jewelry-finding service covers Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and surrounding states.

Do you need help finding something of value?

Contact Keith Wille

Call or text | 860-917-8947

Email | uncoverthings@yahoo.com

Website | www.rediscoverlost.com

 

 

 

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Ring Lost Minnesota recovered Metal Detecting Scuba Diving

  • from Twin Cities Metro (Minnesota, United States)
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Gracie & Justin traveled back to Minnesota from the Oregon/Washington area to get married and celebrate with their family members. After the wedding, they all traveled up north to a lake to enjoy some time together. Justin was out swimming with his niece when he felt his wedding ring slip off his finger. He was in 10 feet deep of water and about 20 feet from the dock. They quickly marked the spot with an anchor and a float, which is exactly what you should do. They took some pictures and started searching for someone to help dive for the lost ring. They found the theringfinders.com web site and contacted me. I am over 3 hours from the lake, so we were trying to schedule the dive as soon as possible. While planning, they found another diver much closer who volunteered to give it a try. The diver was unable to recover the ring and only found a few cans. Gracie’s dad also found the lakes area dive club which operated out of that area. They sent a couple divers over and tried for a few hours, again no ring and just a few cans. So, Gracie reached back out to me, and we set up a time for one final search. I arrived at the lake, the sun was shining, and it was a beautiful day with temps in the low 80’s. Perfect dive weather. I studied the pictures they took previously and walked to the end of the dock. I threw an old ring I had into the lake at the spot they had marked with the anchor and float. (They had to remove the anchor and float when they left the resort) – I started my search and there were “signals” all over the place. I had to come up and empty my “trash bag” 3 times as it was completely full. After a couple hours of removing trash, I found my ring deep in the bottom silt. I swung my detector about a foot and got another nice hit. It was Justin’s Gold Ring!!! The ring was about a foot deep into the muck. After the dive I counted all the targets I had to remove, there were 117 total including: Beer cans, pop cans, paint cans, pop tops, fireworks parts, fishing lures, coins, fishing reels etc. I’m not putting anyone down, though I just want to point out how important it is to get an experienced ring finder when searching the internet for help. Metal detecting is a lot more in-depth than people think. It takes years of practice to know what the machine is telling you and how to properly recover targets. Congratulations to Gracie & Justin on getting their ring back, truly glad I could help!!!

Darrin ~

 

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Lost necklace in the sand, Brant Beach NJ, LBI, recovered by Edward Trapper, NJ Ring Finder

  • from Lavallette (New Jersey, United States)
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Larry sent me a message later in the evening about his sons cross and chain that were lost in the sand on LBI that day. He was sure of the location but was unable to find them because apparently they sunk deep into the sand. It was pretty late to go that night, so we arranged to meet EARLY the next morning. He drew me a map with all the details to where he and his family were set up, including approximate measurements from all fixed landmarks. I arrived around 5AM and headed out to the spot that was marked. I started to grid out one area when I saw the headlights of the beach rake, knowing my time was limited, quickly working the first spot with no luck. I checked my map again and decided to move south about 20′ and Bingo!!! there it was. Luckily the beach rake had only made 1 pass along the high tide line, before I was able to locate his sons beautiful chain and cross. I guess we could def. call it a “treasure map”. Just as I was snapping a few pics Larry was walking down the dune walkover, and was totally amazed I found them already. Another happy ending.

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Lost Gold Ring on a Busy Beach Day at Huntington State Beach .. Doesn’t Hamper Recovery

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)
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If You need help finding a ring or other valuable Call or Text .. Stan the Metal Detector Man .. 949-500-2136

*** I was a very summer day in Southern California and the beaches were packed. Finlay and his family were at Huntington State Beach when he lost his gold wedding band while brushing off sand with his hand. They search a small area for more than an hour before conceding that it was an futile task without the proper equipment.

While scanning the internet for a place to rent or buy a metal detector they found my contact information. He called, I got the location and was on the road. Even though it was less than 5 miles away. The line of cars waiting to get into the State Beach was more than a mile long at all three entrances. 

Plan “B” for beach access on days like this is to use my Segway. I found parking a couple miles south and rode the Segway to the location, using the bicycle/ pedestrian path. 

We connected by using the cellphone. The search area was small so the recovery was quick. They were a very grateful couple and it was my pleasures to be available to help them. We also have to remember how modern day technologies helped make this possible.

I am ready to help you now with any questions about this service call now I will pick up .. Stan … 949-500-2136.

”I WILL GO ANYWHERE “

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Still going strong!

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It’s been some time since we posted our finds online – we’ve been ring-finding all along but got way behind on reporting our ring and treasure recoveries!

Here’s a photo of a newly-wed who lost his ring in the water at the Fairmont Orchid Hotel, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii.

He’d been married for 2 days…Thankfully he felt it come off his finger in the water so it was only a matter of seconds for me to find it!

 

Ring recovery from the water at Fairmont Orchid hotel, Waikoloa, Hawaii

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Lost ring found!

  • from Ham Lake (Minnesota, United States)
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During a routine jet ski outing Ryan encountered some rough water while mooring. His ring caught on the handle bar dislodging his ring into the water. A short search retrieved his ring without using a beach scoop. Ryan was pleased to have his ring! 29 years of wearing it his ring is back on his finger. Thank you, Ryan!

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