Received a text from Richard today about him having lost his gold wedding band in their backyard while doing some spring cleaning. The good news is that he saw the ring flying off his finger as he was moving a log. The bad news was that he mowed the tall grass in hope of better seeing the ring. Everything turn out fine as the ring was found in less than a minute. Another happy camper. Life is good.
Chase and his friend Kevin were a couple of my first Ring Finder customers back in 2015 when they both lost their wedding rings on the same day, in the same location! Sunday morning, Chase texts me saying, “I did it again.” This time on a private beach on Lake Michigan near South Haven. Searching The Ring Finders site, he saw I was still listed. Instead of contacting the Ring Finder for the South Haven area (sorry Dave 😊) Chase contacted me again. He had put sunscreen on and stepped into the ice cold water to rinse off his hands and thought that was probably when he’d lost it but didn’t actually feel it come off so it could also be on the beach somewhere. Hoping I didn’t have to step into the ice cold Lake MI water, I did a quick search on shore where he thought he and the family were the day before. No such luck. I scanned the shoreline 5’ or so into the water for about 5 minutes; that was about all I could handle, the water was PAINFULLY cold. No ring. I searched the beach some more while my feet thawed in the warm sand and tried again a few feet further out in the water. Still no ring. I was pretty sure at that point it wasn’t in the water so I searched at little further north of where I’d started, hoping I didn’t have to step back into the ice cold Lake MI water. Bingo! Another happy face for my Book of Smiles 😃
While kayaking, Linda lost her Apple phone a few feet off the dock into 4 feet of water. The water was cold and visibility nonexistent, and the phone could not be found. The next morning, using an Excalibur II, an appropriate signal was located very quickly and the phone was brought to the surface in a sand scoop. Of course that would be too easy, and the phone, only partially in the scoop fell back into the water. It then took about 30 minutes to bring it up again. The big surprise however was when Linda turned it on, it worked after sixteen hours submerged in the lake! Just as happy as Linda was her grandson, who was worried how it could call Grandma if her phone was lost.
Area Marked with String of Lights
Jennifer’s Ring
Recent graduate Jennifer was home from college, putting up a string of outdoor holiday lights when she felt her class ring slip off. She immediately searched the tall grass but couldn’t find the ring. She took the string of lights and made a ten-foot circle around the area and called me.
Thanks to Jennifer’s quick thinking, the successful recovery took only moments!
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Uriel was playing in an impromptu volleyball game when his ring flew off while hitting the ball. He thought it landed somewhere close by, but, after looking and searching, it didn’t show up. An online search brought Uriel and his friend to TheRingFinders.com site. His friend called me, and Uriel called Curtis Cox further north. Since I was a lot closer, I got the nod. As usual, the traffic on a Memorial weekend Saturday was a nightmare. I’m glad my wife came with me to circle around with the car as I went out to meet Uriel and search for his ring. I searched the inside boundaries of the court with only one target……a full Busch beer can! They can celebrate with that later! With nothing else in the small court, I started just outside of it. Got a nice hit on the first pass, and it was his ring. Total search time was only a few minutes. Drive time to the beach and back home was over 2 hours for just a 26 mile round trip! A pleasure to meet you Uriel, and thank you for the reward.
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Allison called me about a very special lost wedding band that belonged to her mother. She was tossing a football to her children while on the beach in Ocean City, NJ, when the ring slipped off and fell in the sand. We met shortly after her call, and she showed me the area where she threw the ball. It wasn’t long before the ring was found with the metal detector and close to her heart again!
!Read more stories about lost rings in the sand!
Jordan was on the beach in Destin, fl on a church retreat. She took all 4 rings off and set them in her chair. Unfortunately, someone folded her chair and they fell out. Luckily for her I was in the area and was able to come out quickly. Recovered all 4 rings in less than 3 minutes. Fast recovery and she was very kind.
This young lady was enjoying her beach vacation when her rings disappeared/fell out of her backpack. She was feeling helpless as she didn’t know where they could be. The family called me and turns out they fell right where they were sitting. Recovered them within minutes. Very happy to return these rings.
Marlee and her family were visiting the beach and they went into the water. She noticed her rings were on so she took them off and was holding on to them while walking back to shore. Unfortunately 1 ring didn’t make it. Fortunately for her she found my number and I was able to recover the ring within minutes in 3 ft of water. Needless to say ahe was very happy and some tears were shed.
