Received a call during a storm of a lost engagement ring in the water. Believed to be waist deep, slipped off her hand before the storms rolled in. When I got the first opportunity to go in, she walked ahead of me assuming it was further out. Just a few steps into the ocean, about knee deep, I hit the target in less than a couple of minutes. Quickest return as of yet! I always love to see the joy on people’s faces when we can find that lost item!
I got a call from Keith early Sunday afternoon. He and his wife of less than a year, Kaylee, were enjoying Memorial Day weekend on Daytona Beach when a strong wave hit him in the surf. Instantly, he felt his wedding ring slip from his finger. He saw it briefly in the water and tried to grab it before another wave buried it beneath the sand.
I told him I’d head that way shortly. On the drive over, I said a prayer asking for guidance.
When I arrived, the conditions were rough. Strong waves, rising wind, and a hard northerly current made it difficult to stand in the waist-deep water. I fired up my Minelab Manticore and searched the area Keith described, but after several passes I decided to return Monday at low tide.
The next day I carefully gridded the exposed beach and searched north with the current, but still no ring.
On Tuesday, after another nearby search, I decided to give it one more try. When I arrived, Keith was there with a borrowed Nokta Triple Score detector. I gave him a quick tutorial and we both started searching.
A short time later, just south of the original area, I got a beautiful signal. Only a few inches down, after all the wind and pounding surf, was Keith’s wedding ring.
I held it up and shouted to Keith.
“No way!” he yelled as he ran toward me.
After three days, the ring was finally back home. Praise God
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Angela was throwing the ball for her dog in her backyard and lost 2 of her platinum diamond rings. She found one on her deck where she was but could not find the other. Jeff and I looked for 2 hours with no luck after searching her yard and the neighbors yard a few times over. The other possibility was it fell into her decking… but the gaps were so small the likeliness was low but still a possibility. Guess what!? It somehow, someway found its way through the smalllllll gap. It would have fallen just right to make that happen. After Jeff took of the first slat off the deck we used our endoscope cameras under the decking. Each of us starting at either end. At the second set of sleepers I saw prisms reflecting of the camera light!! I knew that was it.We quickly got to the ring, Jeff slowly turned the hook the correct way and On the first try Jeff hooked the ring enough to drag it closer to us. Meanwhile I was calmly telling him to don’t lose it and pull it back 😇I stuck my hand in the rest of the way to grab it.
Brooklyn lost both her platinum wedding and engagement ring in her backyard doing yard work/playing with dogs.
Jeff would like me to note: she called him. Anyways…literal blood, sweat and tears. They found the wedding band last night in a neighbors yard with a flashlight as Jeff had suggested. We searched 4 neighbors yards, Jeff was bleeding from razor grass, I climbed a ladder several times, went down into window wells. After 2 hoursI decided I needed food. So after a quick lunch we regrouped. I decided to search with a pinpointer in deep, dense ornamental grass. The detector did not pick up anything there because of a metal fence right next to it. I was prepared to tediously use the pinpointer for awhile. After 2 minutes I found it at the base of the bush. The physics of how didn’t make sense. It would have had to fly straight up in the air to land where it was found.
I got a text late last night from Rebekah who was visiting from Texas. On Saturday she went on a hike in Fraser with her husband and friends. Hayden (husband) stopped to make a snow angel, while he was getting up he felt his wedding band fly off. They searched for a long time with no avail. They marked the area to come back and search. They looked for help on the internet thingy and after some research and a “no” from another detectorist they found me on Ring finders. I like a challenge and I really needed to get out. They were already so thankful that we were willing to drive out and try. Jeff and I packed up for some snow and headed west! They had brought a friend for reinforcements and to help in any way needed. After about 1/2 a mile hike…up, we got to their spot. Jeff and I started at opposite ends, less than a minute in I got a great signal, mind you it was not near where they thought, it was upslope a bit. I dug a bit with my pinpointer and about 2” inches deep I saw gold. At first I thought it was a bottle cap but then saw the platinum shine through. They were in disbelief and so thankful. They were just married 7 months ago and now they have a great story to tell. Well worth the drive, hike and
quick recovery!
“Objects with sentimental value are treasures that money can’t buy.”
Justine said “it doesnt have a lot of monetary value” but she made her own wedding ring as well as her husband’s. So you can imagine how special this ring was to her. She was visiting from out of town with her family and decided to play basketball with her son at a park nearby. She was sure she had lost it on the blacktop because that’s when she noticed something was not right. Quickly realizing her ring was gone, with her son’s help they searched the blacktop several times over and over. Assuming it had rolled or flew off into the grass, she called for help. I decided to start around the basketball court, did not take long as I did not go out far. With no success I had a hunch to just look over the blacktop before i expanded my search area. It was a small court so my guess was probably not there. But as soon as I took 2 steps onto it I saw my favorite color of blue. There it was. Maybe sometimes you just need a fresh set of eyes searching without emotion. Can you spot the ring on the blacktop?
This gentleman lost his wedding ring while bagging leaves. I joked and said “it will probably be in the last bag”. Jeff and I both tagged teamed this one. If Jeff got a signal, I retrieved. After one pull tab and a foil piece and of course the last bag, (9bags) we found the ring.
Testimonial:
Wow. Absolutely incredible, unforgettable experience.
What I thought was a normal Saturday went a little sideways when my wife realized she had accidentally lost her wedding band and engagement ring!
Luckily we found her engagement ring on the driver’s seat of her car, but after 2 hours of scouring the car, the area around the car, and the landscaping around that, we started to worry the wedding band was gone for good..
I was googling what metal detector works best for white gold when reddit recommended I try ring finders. When I hopped on ring finders Stephanie Hobbs was the closest ring finder to me, and I gave her a call!
She immediately answered and was able to be at our place looking in 1 hour, and for a very small reasonable flat fee!!!!
Her and her boyfriend Jeff both responded to our apartment, and after about 15 minutes of looking THEY FOUND THE RING, tucked away behind the TIRE OF OUR NEIGHBORS CAR. My wife and I had both LAID DOWN looking there multiple times! But what we didn’t have was Stephanie’s INCREDIBLE eye !!!
While this happened Jeff was painstakingly fishing his endoscope camera UNDER THE CARPET OF MY WIFE’S CAR WHERE THE WIRES GO to make triple sure that the ring didn’t roll down there somehow!!
The whole time we are chatting with Stephanie and Jeff realizing these might be two of the nicest, most kind hearted people we have ever run into. Absolutely amazing people to chat with and hang out with, all while being absolutely PHENOMENAL at ring finding.
I honestly don’t know what to say, my wife and I will never forget this day and will plan to stay in touch with Stephanie and Jeff in case they ever need anything.
The persons from the prior post , (last night’s hunt) were able to now give a little of the back-story. Thank you for allowing me to add that
to my page. (And thank you to the R.F. website host/designer for bringing the people together ) Here it is :
“… My stepdad lost his ring while playing football on the beach. It wasn’t just any ring.. My mom had customized it and gave it to him a few years ago. My mom had been battling cancer, and she passed away earlier this month, so losing the ring was honestly devastating for our family. We only had an hour before sunset and we weren’t far from the shoreline! With the tide, the fading light, and such a huge beach, we honestly felt completely doomed and thought there was no chance we’d ever see it again…until I called you.
What you did for us means more than I can put into words. Thank you for taking the time, effort, and care to help find something so deeply sentimental and irreplaceable. You gave my stepdad a piece of her back, and we’ll never forget that.
We are beyond grateful for your kindness and for the work you do helping people recover things that mean so much to them. Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts…..” 