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Stud Earring Lost While Shoveling Snow in Franklin, Tennessee… FOUND!

  • 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…610-504-6135

On Wednesday evening (January 17th, 2024), I received a call from Amy stating she had lost her white gold and diamond stud earring (which was a gift from her husband) while shoveling snow from the driveway of her home in Franklin, Tennessee.  On Sunday night into Monday evening, Tennessee and Alabama received a snow and ice storm along with artic temperatures that put the area out of commission for about a week.  I told Amy that I would make it out for a search once the roads were clear and I had time off from my normal day job.  It wouldn’t be until Sunday (January 28th), that I could safely travel the 1.5-hour drive to Amy’s house.

I met Amy at her home in Franklin, TN around 2pm on Sunday.  Outside, was a brisk 42 degrees Fahrenheit with no sunshine and occasional drizzle.  Since this earring was a stud, I was worried about the amount of metal and whether I could get a reading on my detector.  Amy had her second earring, so I scanned it with my Minelab Equinox 900 with the 6” coil.  I didn’t get a signal in any of the Park or Gold modes.  I then checked the earring with my Garrett Pro-Pointer AT and Nokta AccuPOINT pinpointers.  I received a reading on both, but the Nokta had the stronger signal.  I planned to use that pinpointer to scan the sides of the driveway.  This was definitely going to be a tough search considering how small the earring was, how large the driveway was, and that I had to use an almost 10-inch handheld metal detector.

I had Amy tell me exactly what happened.  Amy shoveled her driveway in two sections.  First was the steep driveway and the second was the steps to the house and outside the garage.  After finishing the first section of the driveway, Amy went inside the house to re-layer, and she put on a sweater.  She said she felt the sweater tug on her earring.  She went back outside and finished the second section.  Amy said the earring backing was still on her ear when she went back inside the house, but the stud was gone.  Since fingers shrink when they are cold, I felt her ear shrunk when she went outside, plus the earring was loosened up from the sweater, so I decided to start my search in the second section of the shoveled driveway.

I had Amy show me one more time how far she shoveled in the second section by the garage and steeper part of the driveway.  We were walking over, and Amy exclaimed, “there it is!”  Amy had eyeballed her own earring laying in plain sight on the driveway!  Amy told me that she couldn’t believe it because her husband had checked the entire driveway.  He even used a flashlight at night, hoping the diamond would gleam back.  Thankfully, the earring was not run over by a car and damaged, or even caught in the tire tread and driven away.  Amazing!  We celebrated for a few minutes, took some photos, and then I was on my way back to Huntsville, AL.

Maybe it was the heavy rain or wind that moved the earring into plain sight that day.  Or maybe and what I truly believe – is that it was divine intervention and the power of prayer.  I always pray before I leave for a search and when I get home.  I ask that the Holy Spirit guide me to the person’s lost item and then I praise God, the Father when it is found and give Him all the glory.  Truly a blessing being a member of Chris Turner’s The Ring Finders and getting to go on these adventures.  Looking forward to the next search…

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One Cooooool(d) Find! Lost key fob – Found in Harrison City, PA (near Pittsburgh)

  • from Indiana (Pennsylvania, United States)
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Lost your ring, other valuable jewelry, cellphone, keys, or other metal object…call or text Brian Carpenter at (814)244-2300 as soon as possible. I am a ring recovery specialist serving Pittsburgh, Indiana (PA), and most of Western PA. Why rent a metal detector when you can get a trained operator with top of the line equipment at the same time…

I received a text from Brenda asking if I could look for her key fob which was lost in the snow. Her husband had been shoveling the driveway the day before and it fell out of his hoodie pocket. She did know if it was in the snow around the driveway or down in the sewer at the end of the driveway.

It was a balmy 18 degrees on the car thermometer when I arrived…almost warm enough for shorts and to work on my tan. I got straight to work and did not find much of anything…a piece of foil, a paperclip, and some type of tiny pieces of what looked like a chain but no key fob. The driveway was a problem as there metal all around the perimeter, so much so that I set down the machine and took out my pin pointer and checked the entire area with it.

After about an hour Brenda came out and was very disappointed I was unable to locate it. We talked for a few minutes and I told her at some point they might find it after the snow melted if it was not in the sewer. As we were talking she informed me with that being the only key fob for the car the dealership would have to remove the computer to make a new key and it was going to be an eye-popping amount of money. She thanked me for coming out and gave me my travel fee and a bit extra (very kind but not necessary). I decided that on my way out I would look one more time…I made it back up to the area of the steps that lead to the side of the house where I had found the foil earlier. I had another sound, guessing it was more foil I reached back in. Low and behold I found the key fob.

I went to the porch and rang the doorbell and returned the key fob to Brenda. I was relieved to have found it which would save her a pile of money and aggravation and she was just so thankful. I am glad I checked again and I had thought I had done a very thorough search prior to finding it, but I had to remind myself of one of the cardinal rules of metal detecting – always go back over your hole to make sure there is nothing else in it. I guess that holds true even in the snow! I was happy to be able to help and as always it was nice to meet another kind and generous person like Brenda.

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Lake Union Dock Dropped Cell Phone Recovery

  • from Mercer Island (Washington, United States)
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SeattleRingHunter 206-618-8194  Lost Item Recovery Specialist LAND & SCUBA

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After a busy 4th of July holiday I received a call for yet another lost iPhone dock dropped into Lake Union in the heart of Seattle. I gathered the necessary details, collected my gear and headed for or another underwater adventure. The individual that lost this phone was not able to meet up but provided precise details of the vessel they were stepping off of when the phone fell and plunged into the the lake.

With my inflatable kayak, SCUBA gear and recovery equipment I easily located the slip where the vessel was docked. Fist attempt was to use the underwater camera to see if I could spot the phone visually for a potential magnet recovery however the silt proved to be to loose to support the phone on the top of the lake floor. This was absolutely not going to be a visual recovery. After a quick chat with the live-aboard at this boat he confirmed the story as an eyewitness account having seen the phone drop so there was absolute reassurance that there was a lost phone somewhere on the lake bottom.

A dive down to forty feet I was met with quite a bit of typical trash from the years of dock life from above. However with focused efforts I eventually in zero visibility was able to get my under water metal detector over the target. Fishing around in the cold dark silt I eventually pulled the iPhone out of its watery grave for a second chance.

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I lost my ring how do I find it with a metal detector in the yard, snow, lake and sand. I need an experienced recovery SCUBA diver near me to find my lost wedding ring, cell phone, wallet and car keys.

January 27, 2024

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Two Snow-Pile Rings Found! Pewaukee, WI

  • from Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin, United States)
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I’ve lost track of the number of stories I’ve heard and read where a mundane application of hand lotion resulted in a lost ring. Except, in the case of Sussex, Wisconsin residents, Jake and Lindsay Villwock, it was two rings that went missing; Lindsay’s engagement ring along with her wedding band.

Establishing a timeline of activities is critical to any lost-ring search and recovery process. The Villwock’s timeline on January 13th was heavily populated with activities. The day followed a significant snowstorm here in Southeast Wisconsin. Not, only that, the events covered a lot of miles. They were traveling to go skiing. The rings could be most anywhere.

The timing of one activity was vague. Lindsay recalled taking her rings off while riding in their truck and placing them in her lap, this to apply hand lotion. She did not remember for sure putting the rings back on her hand. Subsequently, Lindsay had stepped out of the truck on at least two locations. Once was at a Quick Trip service center about half way between the Wisconsin towns of Slinger and Richfield. Did the rings fall off in the parking lot there? Jake returned and searched the area unsuccessfully. He even shoveled the fresh snow into a pile out of reach of the snowplow just to be safe.

Jake contacted me after seeing my listing on The Ring Finder’s directory of metal-detecting specialists. I met him the following afternoon at the Quick Trip location and quickly determined the rings were no longer there. Did someone already find them? It was a good possibility. Jake notified both, the manager and the local police in case some good person turned them in.

Jake related how for several weeks prior to ‘popping the question’ to Lindsay, he would fondle the engagement ring in anticipation of that moment, rehearsing what he would say. He also had the ring inscribed with, “I always knew.” Jake suppressed the sickening thought that the ring was now gone forever.

A few days later, Jake contacted me about another event on their timeline. They had stopped by Jake’s parent’s home in Pewaukee. The parking lot had been plowed when they arrived. Jake wondered if perhaps a subsequent clearing of the snow had pushed the rings up into the waist-high piles that lined the parking area. It was a long shot, but worth a look.

I met Jake on location on the 25th, 12 days after the rings went missing. His best recollection narrowed the search area to 3, maybe 4 parking spots. Using an extra-large, deep-seeking search coil on an XP Deus II detector, I began scanning the massive mounds of snow. About 15 minutes into the search, I heard a very faint signal, one that registered in the conductivity range of gold. Digging deeper, I used a hand-held probe to isolate the target. “It’s probably just an aluminum-foil gum wrapper,” I thought to myself. Foil wrappers sometimes give off a signal similar to a gold ring. But it was not a gum wrapper; it was in fact, Lindsay’s engagement ring! It’s inscription, “I always knew” was unmistakable.

I tucked the precious love token into my glove for safe keeping and continued looking for the wedding band. Unless someone already had found it, it had to be close by. Unaware of my discovery, Jake helped by shoveling layers of snow off the pile while I scanned their contents. Eventually, I heard the signal I was hoping for. Using the hand-held probe once again, and with Jake hovering close by, we slowly dissected a fist-sized clump of ice and snow until only a golf-ball-sized ball remained. Splitting the icy mass open, a flash of yellow gold announced the presence of Lindsay’s wedding band!

Jake was ecstatic! The find buoyed his hopes that the engagement ring could also be found. That’s when I broke the news to Jake, first telling him I was certain the engagement ring could not be in the snowbank. Then, holding out the ring in my hand, I explained, “…because I have it right here!”

Words fail to adequately capture the emotions of that moment. But in addition to Jake’s smile, he was literally trembling when I took a photo of him holding both rings.

I texted Jake the following morning to ask how the “reveal” to Lindsay went. He replied,

“So the reveal went great! I actually waited while! I wound up giving them to our two-year old and told her to bring these to Momma. She walked over with her hand up in the air saying, “Mamma… here…” I think Lindsay expected some goldfish snacks or something. When she saw what was in her hand she got very choked up!”

If you or someone you know has lost a ring…, or two, don’t let their story end! Give me a call today.

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Lost Rings in the grass, Orlando, Florida….Found with Metal Detector!

  • from Sanford (Florida, United States)
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Mike’s Emergency Metal Detecting Service just for you if you lost a ring or something precious to you. Don’t wait until tomorrow because time will work against you! Please call ASAP…Call Now…321-363-6029

Gabi called me to ask if I was available to help her find some lost rings. She and her fiancee had spent an evening enjoying some of the Orlando Florida attractions and as they were walking back to their car they had a disagreement and Gabi’s engagement ring and her fiancee’s ring ended up lost in the thick saint Augustine grass! They spent the rest of the evening and into the dark searching for their rings..and even went back the next day! Gabi decided to check into renting a metal detector and that is when she came across theringfinders.com website and after reading a couple of my stories she gave me a call and we were able to meet up that afternoon. I was hoping Gabi could bring her fiancee as well because it is most always best to get two people’s opinions on the situation instead of just one. After meeting up and driving to the location I began my search along a long stretch of grass just to the side of a busy road and soon realized that there were allot of targets that sounded similar to a lady’s gold ring. I asked Gabi what her ring was made of and she said she thought it was either white gold or silver, she wasn’t real sure. So I decided to investigate every shallow signal reading in the mid to high range and I used my pin pointer allot day! It took a good hour and a half to thoroughly cover the whole area and I could see that Gabi was beginning to lose hope of me ever finding their lost rings and then…BOOM! I got a sweet, shallow, small silver reading and at first glance I could only see some sort of tape or paper and after a closer look I saw a flash of a diamond. I reached down and picked up Gabi’s lost engagement ring and held it up for her to see and I asked, “Is this your ring?” Gabi was overcome with emotion and knelt beside me and gave me a long hug and all I could say was, “Thank you God for helping me find this young lady’s ring!!” Ten minutes later I got another solid, shallow high tone and there was Gabi’s fiancee’s ring down in the thick grass. This time I let Gabi use my pin pointer to do a final location and what a thrill to see the sheer joy and relief and happiness in her face!

Have you lost a ring or phone or keys in the grass, in your car or in the sand and need help?

Call or text ASAP at 321-363-6029 and lets talk about how I can help you!

Mike McInroe….blessed to be a member of theringfinders.com

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Rose-Gold Wedding Ring Found – New Berlin, WI

  • from Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin, United States)
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A recent winter storm in southeast Wisconsin dumped nearly 18 inches of snow.

New Berlin, WI resident, Mitchell (Mitch) Rose, was navigating the drifts between two apartment buildings when he was forced off the sidewalk by a snow-laden crabapple tree. After getting back onto the cement walkway, Mitch reached down to brush the snow off his leg. That’s when he felt his loose fitting rose-gold wedding ring leave his hand and disappear somewhere in the whiteness. It had only been 18 months since his wife gave him the ring on their wedding day. Now it was gone. “Surely it couldn’t have gone far,” Mitch consoled himself. But despite his best search efforts, the ring was nowhere to be found.

Renting a metal detector, Mitch felt certain he would locate the lost ring. But the detector seemed alive with chirps and screeches, signaling all kinds of metallic objects in the vicinity. He was just about to give up and wait for Spring when he found The Ring Finder’s online directory of metal detecting specialists and reach out to me.

On arrival, Mitch led the way to the area where he had brushed off the snow. The motion and direction of his hand movements were noted and I began a systematic search of the area, using an ever-expanding search pattern. The sidewalk was full of reinforcing iron. And the usual buried electrical and phone cables made their presence known with their EMI (electrical magnetic interference) signals.

Almost an hour of systematic searching failed to detect a unique rose-gold target. Then, further up the sidewalk and barely distinguishable from the reinforcing mesh, a signal invited investigation. Nearly 10 inches down, Mitchell’s ring suddenly flashed its presence. The smile on Mitch’s face says it best of all, “It’s more than a ring!”

If you, or someone you know has lost a ring, even long ago, don’t let its story end. Call today to discuss your lost-ring case.

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Found Wedding Ring – Oreland, Pa

  • from Ambler (Pennsylvania, United States)
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Last Friday night we received a text from Serena to say that her husband’s wedding band slid off his finger while outside in the bitter cold.   Problem was it landed in 4″ of fresh snow.  We agreed to meet up in their backyard the very next morning for our first ever snow hunt.  After getting the particulars – location where they thought the ring landed and the material of the ring, the search was on.  It lasted all of 20 seconds – success!  Another satisfied customer of the AMDC.

 

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Lost Keys found in Fergus Ontario

  • from Cambridge (Ontario, Canada)
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I lost my VW (2012) key fob in the ice and deep snow while visiting my Sister’s animal farm to help her with some farm maintenance.  I lost the other key fob some year ago, so I was not able to drive the car home. I rented a metal detector but was still not able to find my key fob, not to mention how I felt in the extremely cold weather we experienced last week.  I thought it was a lost cause.  I searched the internet and noticed Ron’s name on the Ring Finders web-site.  I called him Wednesday night and he returned my call immediately.  He assured me that he could come the next day (Thursday) to search for my key fob. Fortunately, Ron found my key fob in about 2 hours, as mentioned, in extremely cold weather. I can’t tell you how it felt when Ron handed me the VW key fob. Thanks Ron for your concern and kindness shown and quick response.

Sincerely,

Tonia

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Large Gold Ring Lost in the Sand at Manhattan Beach…Found and Happily Returned.

  • from Redondo Beach (California, United States)
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Steve’s Emergency Metal Detecting Service For You if you lost a ring or something precious to you. Please don’t wait until tomorrow, time will work against you, please CALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, CALL NOW!  310-953-5268

I received a call from Jane on a rainy Sunday night about a lost ring. She and a friend had been at the beach, and decided to go in the water, but wisely removed her ring before going in and placed it with her belongings. When she came out of the water she picked up her things forgetting about the ring, and by that time the ring had vanished in the soft sand. I let her know I would come right away, so she said that she would wait.

When I found them they were waiting near the slope down to the water with a light rain coming down, and I could see next to them a large square area of disturbed sand where they had been searching for the ring. I asked Jane exactly what happened, and exactly where the loss probably occurred, and got a bit of disagreement between her and her friend about the where. Although the area was large, I decided to begin in the middle, and work out one side, and then the other. I began my grid, and about halfway into the first pass got a very strong signal and scooped the sand. I checked the hole, and knew that whatever it was, it was now in the scoop. As I shook the scoop to rid it of the sand I felt something heavy. When looking in after the sand was gone, I saw a very large gold ring just as Jane described. I held it up for her, and she and her friend were astonished that it was right in the middle of where they had searched, but were unable to find it. She was very happy to have it back, and I was thankful to be of help.

Don’t let the County beach cleaning machines take your lost valuable, call as soon as possible! I will work hard, using the most up to date metal detectors, to help you find what you thought might never be found again. I search, Beverly Hills, Hermosa Beach, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Newport Beach, Northridge, Pasadena, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Seal Beach, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Torrance, Venice Beach, Zuma Beach, and all parks, yards, gardens, and ponds (to 5 foot depths) in all of Orange County, all of Los Angeles County, Southern California, and Ventura County.

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Men’s Wedding Ring Lost In The Snow, While Ice Fishing On A Maine Lake, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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On Sunday January 21, 2024, I saw a text, on my phone, that had come in at 10:44am. It was now 12:40pm, 2 hours later. The message stated

“Hey, I lost my wedding ring yesterday while ice fishing in east waterboro. I am relatively certain that it is somewhere on this approximately football field sized patch of ice underneath an inch or two of snow. I found your number online. Do you have the opportunity and ability to search for it at some point”?

I immediately called back and told Luke that I was available to go search and could be there around 2:00pm. He had lost his ring, he thinks on Little Ossipee Lake, in East Waterboro, Maine. This was about 20 miles from my home. Luke told me he was home with his infant daughter and would not be able to meet me at the location until his wife, returned home , in the late afternoon. Luke sent me a photo of the area he had been ice fishing in, along with the address, of his friends lakefront camp, they had been at.
I arrived at the address right at 2:00pm, after a 30 minute drive. I saw the tracks and ice fishing holes, on the ice, that were in Luke’s photo. I texted Luke and let him know I had arrived and with such a large area to cover, should I start on the right side of the area or the left. Luke said the drilled holes on the right side 1st and drilled more holes to the left. The area may have contained 10-15 ice fishing holes, plus all the tracks going from hole to hole. I decided to start where Luke had started and detected the tracks, to the holes on the right side, of the area. Being a frozen lake, with approximately 2 inches of snow on it, I was moving along quickly, with my 17 inch CTX-3030 coil. Being above the lake, I was receiving absolutely no signals at all and this expedited the search.
After approximately a 1/2 hour, I received the unmistakable low tone sound of gold, along with a VDI reading of 12-19. Definitely a great Non- Ferrous target, in the gold range. I took out my Garret Pinpointer and located the target. I started wiping the snow away with my pinpointer and I saw the outline of a Gold Wedding Ring. I had found Luke’s Wedding Ring.
I sent Luke 2 photos of the ring and his reply was “You Are The Man”. I then asked Luke if he lived local because I could bring him the ring, where his wife was still not home. Luke provided his address, about 10 miles away and I drove right over and gave him his ring back. Luke was smiling ear to ear and said his wife is going to be so excited and happy.
I just love being able to help and return such sentimental and precious items to people. Although the temperature was only 16 degrees and I was detecting in the wide open, in the shade, I warmed up really fast when I saw the ring. Another happy day, all around.

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