This was a tough one! She put her ring on a towel for safe keeping and forgot! Her husband used towel to wipe his face and left the beach. Unfortunately it did not fall off where they were sitting. The ring did not leave the towel until further down the beach. I traced their walking path and found it! 
After a day of gardening Greg discovered his wedding ring was gone. He searched and searched but no luck.
Greg reached out to me and we arranged a search the next day. Using my new Minelab Mantacore with the 9″ coil we struck Gold. I so love my job.
This ring find began Friday, 26 July when I got a call from Katie from Bakersfield, California and was staying at the Ko Olina resort. While enjoying the cool waters of the lagoon with family her white gold and diamonds wedding and engagement rings that were soldered together came off in about four feet of water and disappeared into the sand. Since it was late afternoon I agreed to come back Saturday morning for the recovery. When I arrived I started my grid search from the pictures Katie provided the night before. After a thorough search and no ring Katie and I discussed following up Sunday with a scuba search since she was right at the slope that drops to 10 feet of water. Sunday was very silty and the hunt again was unsuccessful as I couldn’t see my grid. Katie was obviously sad and I told her don’t give up hope I just needed another chance on a calmer day and the use of my bright orange grid line. That time came Tuesday so after work I headed to the lagoon for another scuba hunt. It surely was calm with great visibility. Thankfully there were very fee targets so I didn’t silt up the area. Then in about 8 feet of water I got a booming #26 on the Manticore. On the second wave of my hand over the target a beautiful ring exposed itself and the diamonds were sparkling in the afternoon sunlight. Yes, finally! I immediately showered off and went to my car to text Katie a pic as she had returned home to California. Obviously she was ecstatic and as you can see it arrived a few days early and its back on her finger. Much Aloha to Katie!
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Two weeks ago after the fireworks in Vancouver I found a wallet shortly after 2:30 AM on the ground behind my van. It had a lot of ID and credit cards, I knew this would be missed. I quickly put an ad on the craigslist lost & found and waited for the call. I got no call, so I went through the wallet and found what looked like his work number and reached out to let them know I found an employees wallet, and if they could message him and give him my contact info.
2 weeks later I was about to take the wallet to the Vancouver police to drop it off as I never heard from the person, strangely that morning I got the phone call from Conrad asking if I still had his wallet. We met and I gave him back his wallet, I asked him why it took so long to contact me? His answer was he only got the message yesterday that the wallet was found, so his work did not respond too quickly to my original message, but the end result he got his wallet back with a lot of his ID.
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I received a text message in regards to a lost earring at Spanish banks beach, I quickly called the young lady to discuss the search. I found out this was a very sentimental earring that was gifted to her by her friends in France when she left to Canada, five years ago. Most all jewellery I find has amazing beautiful stories attached to then and I get the opportunity to reconnect people with their lost items and help continue these stories.
We met at the beach and she showed me the area where she believe she had lost it the night before, I began my search and fortunately it wasn’t a very big area, but it was a very small earring and I didn’t have the other one to test so it was a matter of cleaning out the whole area changing detectors and using the sniper coil. 35 minutes later I found her beautiful earring!
My travels today took me to Cloyne area in Ontario. Received a phone call from Joan about her son Vince having dropped his huge white gold wedding band while swimming with the kids two days ago. The issue is that it was dropped at a rental cottage, about 30 feet away from the dock, where it is full of weeds and silt. The other issue is that the ring was sitting in about 6 to 7 feet of water. After sweeping most of the weeds away, with the detector, and removing all unwanted trash signals, I finally heard a very faint signal which turned out to be his ring. The ring had been pushed in deep into the silt. Four hours of searching which was well rewarded by Vince’s priceless reaction and that of his family as well. Great recovery. Life is good!
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Jane shows off her wedding ring lost five years ago and recovered by Ring Finder, Bill Leasure.
NORTH CALDWELL, N.J. — Bill Leasure of The Ring Finders network in New Jersey, recently achieved a heartwarming success by recovering a lost wedding ring for Jane. The gold band had been lost five years prior during a kitchen remodel, slipping behind a countertop and disappearing into the wall. As a special birthday surprise, Jane’s family enlisted the help of Bill who employed specialized equipment to carefully locate the ring. After some skillful maneuvering by fishing the ring loose, Bill managed to recover the ring, much to Jane and her family’s delight.
Bill’s recovery efforts highlight the broader work of The Ring Finders, a group specializing in locating lost jewelry and other valuables. The network boasts a high success rate, with members recovering thousands of items, each with its own sentimental value and story. Bill often travels around North Jersey to recover lost jewelry.
This recovery not only reunited Jane with a precious symbol of her marriage but also provided her with an unforgettable birthday gift, showcasing the impact and importance of The Ring Finders’ work in preserving memories and serving the communities in which they live.
Late yesterday afternoon I got a call from Amanda. She was visiting from Wisconsin and had lost her platinum engagement ring out in the Gulf. They had looked for hours but weren’t able to find it and really wanted me to come before dark so they didn’t lose their spot on the beach.
My wife who is my good luck charm decided to come with me and we headed towards the beach.
When I got there, Amanda was with a big group of family. Some of them thought it was to the east and some to the west, some thought it was deeper and some shallower. Some had faith and some thought there was no way on earth I could find it. 😃 I love a challenge!
Amanda and a couple of family members came out with me and I got more information as I tried a few passes with no luck. I finally used a few of my tricks and changed areas based on what I heard from Amanda. Sure enough, I went just a little ways and to the astonishment of the family, I gently scooped up Amanda’s ring. 😃💍
Vacation saved!!!
On Tuesday evening, July 30th, I received the following text at 8:20pm.
“Hi, I lost my wedding band this evening surfing at Scarborogh Beach. Given the story you have on your website, it looks like this kind of thing happens out there. Please let me know next steps and what your fees are, as I’d be very interested in having you help out.
And fyi I was surfing roughly in front of the beige locker/structure about 200 yards north of the lifeguard stand. I can take a picture of the approximate location tomorrow morning.
Thanks,
John”
I replied to John, with the following,
“John, So sorry to hear this. Let me see if I have a photo.
I will say, that the rough seas and rip currents won’t help. It could actually move the ring, some distance. Fortunately the sand at Scarborough Beach State Park, is extremely hard packed and it won’t sink very deep, in the next week or so, but could be moving, as I mentioned.
I don’t charge for my time or my metal detecting services. I do require a Transportation Fee, to cover my gas, tolls, wear and tear etc..
The tides will also have to come into play as the searches go much better, at low tide, so I can cover more ground”.
John agreed and I sent another text, with some questions, for John and he replied,
“1) yes, I was diving off my board and diving through a wave and it came off somewhere in that process
2) about 6:30pm tonight
3) I wasn’t very far out since it was about an hour from peak high tide so waves were breaking close to shore. I bet I was somewhere around where your scoop is in that photo, considering that it was high tide and I was mostly surfing in front of that beige locker.
4) Gold on outside, I believe white gold on inside, inscribed on underside with “forever”
I then looked at my scheduled commitments, tide charts and weather forecast. It looked like Friday 8/2/24 was the best day for me. Low tide would be at 4:15pm and I would arrive at Scarborough Beach State Park at 1:00pm and follow the tide, out, until 4:15pm. This would be almost 3 full days, since the ring was lost. Thankfully SBSP has a very hard packed sand, with lots of rocks and shells, just under the sand. This condition will not allow the ring to sink, out of range, for a few weeks. Unlike areas, in Old Orchard Beach, where the sand, in some areas is almost like quicksand and jewelry will be out of range of my detectors, in days, not weeks.
Cheryl and I arrived at 12:45pm and the line to get into the park was backed up, out onto the Black Point Road. The line moved quickly and once on the beach, we looked around and it was extremely busy, on this 90 degree day. We then walked down to the surfing area and set up our chairs and umbrella. Cheryl would have a front row seat, to watch me grid the surfing section.
I decided to perform a horizontal search, to the water and just follow the tide out. The tide wasn’t a very low, low tide, but from John’s description, I thought the tide should expose enough of the wet sand, to expose the ring.
After approximately an hour and twenty minutes, I caught up to the receding tide and decided to swing back up and start searching, via the same grid pattern, a little higher up on the sloping beach. I made one north and one south grid search and started my third one, when I received a very promising signal. A low tone and 12-13 on my VDI screen, signaling a non ferrous, low conductive metal. A great combination for gold, but also a nickel, foil and a few other common metals, could be under the sand. I plunged my scoop, into the wet sand, dug a hole and threw it up onto the surface. I couldn’t see the ring but something caught my eye, as the sun was hitting it. I wiped some sand off of the item and I saw a gold ring. Could it be John’s? I picked the ring up, rinsed it off and saw that it was both White and Yellow Gold, as John described. I looked at in inside of the ring, for an inscription. I saw an inscription of “FOREVER”, again, just as John described. I had found John’s Wedding Ring, in approximately 1 1/2 hours.
I then made a video and took a few photos and sent them to John. His reply,
“Incredible! Thank you so much. Just left you a message so look forward to connecting when convenient.”
We made plans to meet at the Saco Hannaford at 7:30ish. It was now just about 3:00pm and I was able to sit in the beach chair, under the umbrella , with Cheryl and enjoy this fine summer day.
Cheryl and I met John and his wife Jennifer at Hannaford’s and an extremely happy John, emotional Jennifer both gave me a big hug. They have been married for 21 years and they were just so happy to have John’s wedding ring back. John did tell us that he has surfed hundreds of times and this is the first time his ring has come off. John also told me it will also be the last time, as he will not wear it while surfing anymore. As we were about to leave, an overjoyed, teary eyed, Jennifer, presented me with a coin. From the DNA DOE PROJECT, the coin represents Innovation, Compassion, Integrity, Transparency and Service. I couldn’t be any prouder and happily accepted the coin, from Jennifer.
As Cheryl and I left, John and Jennifer were still standing, next to their vehicle, hugging and emotional. Knowing just how much the wedding ring means to John and Jennifer, I am extremely grateful that I am able to help people like them out, in their time of need.
