I had a call from Grace who had lost her precious gold ring whilst throwing a ball during a game of rounders with friends.
I met up with Grace, and by looking at photos that had been taken during the game , we managed to narrow down where the ring should be laying , and about 5 minutes later my Manticore detecter got a solid repeatable signal , and a very happy and relieved Grace was reunited with her extremely precious gold ring.
This ring find began Wednesday, when I got a text from Marion, who was helping her friend Betty who lost an identical Wedding Band that had slipped out of her PT shorts pocket while doing her Physical Readiness Test. During their hunt, Marion used her band as a prop to get the proper visual and when she got distracted for a moment, her ring was lost in what she called, “The crunch field of despair.” They both hunted the field for two days with no luck. Schedules were chaotic, however, we agreed to meet up at lunch today. When I arrived, Marion was already there searching the field. We laid out a search area and I went to work gridding. Thankfully, over the last two days, Marion and Betty cleaned up much of the shiny metal that had littered the field. The grass was dry and short so just looking down most targets could be seen. Finally, after about 15 minutes I got a nice solid and tight #28 on the Manticore. I bent down and as I moved a tuft of grass Marion’s shiny wedding band came into view. I yelled over to her and she rushed over to see it for herself. We noticed it was actually nearly dead center in the box. We searched for Betty’s ring in the field but it wasn’t found. There is still much more area to cover especially a jogging path as Betty doesn’t know when the ring actually fell out of her pocket. One down, one to go. Praying! Aloha to Marion and hopefully soon to Betty.
Last week I received an SMS regarding a lost ring in the Côte d’Azur area of southern France. How would I have known this would be my MOST complicated venture. I made arrangements to drive nearly 3 hrs each way to search for a not-so-valuable wedding band but it had sentimental value . Simple so far, right? When I go that far, I often take a 2nd detector just in case I have problems. When I finally reached the location, I had problems finding a parking spot but finally found one a few blocks away. However, after donning my wet suit, etc., I noticed that my main detector had a broken disk mount …ouch! Well, that leaves my secondary detector. However, when removing my back up detector, I found the headphone bracket was broken…darned! Not willing to quit, I took this detector with the intent to use only one earphones. When I entered the water, I heard strange noise and realized that I had not “sealed” the box properly and the detector was damaged beyond repair. I had to apologize and drive 3 hrs home. The client asked if I could return “tomorrow “…UGH (another 6 hrs round trip). I said OK and went home and mounted my large coil. I returned the next day and searched the specific area that the customer said the ring was POSITIVELY lost…NOTHING. Since I had driven so far, I decided to search other areas in the same beach. There wasn’t much but I did find a questionable ring about 25+ft away. Oh well. I phoned the customer to say the search was unsuccessful. After returning home, my wife inspected the ring determined that “perhaps” this was the customer’s ring even though it was found quite a distance from the reported loss. My wife followed up with the customer via SMS and sent photos. The customer believed that the ring was his. We sent the ring from France to the customer in England last week and today the customer confirmed the ring was received AND was the one he lost. Apparently the ring has a long history and now has something more to add to it’s history.
I received a call from a young husband and new father saying that his wife had recently lost her ring in their backyard.
I drove out to their lovely Craftsman-era rental in Berkeley after work and went to work. This young couple, tired in their new roles as parents, were distraught over the loss of the ring.
When looking for lost items like rings, it is important that I get all of the information before beginning my search. Where were you sitting/standing when it fell off? What were you doing? Where did you hear it land or bounce?
We all believed it was most likely under the porch and that when it flew off of her finger it hit the deck and slipped between boards. I spent several hours under the deck sweeping away leaves, clearing out wire, nails, and other metal odds and ends and yet I could not locate the ring.
It was getting dark so I offered to return on the next available day as they were heading out of town. The following Tuesday I was back out and determined to find it. On this second trip I knew I had to think outside the box. I sat on the porch where she had been sitting when she lost the ring, imitating her movements from that evening, and even spent a little while under the porch again, this time with her help. During the week between my visits the Meyer lemon trees in the planter at the end of the deck were trimmed back a bit making it easier for me to really get in there with minimal pokes and pricks from the thorny branches. The planter was rotting and there were many gaps for items to fall into so I concentrated on these areas. I was running out of options and I really hate not being able to successfully return an item that I am called out to find. Digging through rotted wood, leaves and the odd ping pong ball, I reached down and pulled out this beautiful gold ring.
In the end, it was less about having a metal detector, and more about perseverance. People often think it will take mere minutes to locate their lost items with a metal detector. Many people give up within the first 20 minutes and I have to encourage them to let me keep working. Sometimes they leave me, thinking they will never see their precious item again. But if the item is there, I will find it.
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**Kara took her three kids to Huntington City beach for the day. After returning to her car, she dropped her purse on the curb strip grass. several items fell out of her purse, including he gold diamond wedding ring set. She was only able to find the engagement ring.
After returning home, she contacted me and we set up a time to meet the next morning. We were sure it was safely hiding in the grass and not in the street or side walk.
The next morning we met at the location of the loss. It was a quick recovery because Kara had the address of the home directly in front of where the purse spill happened. The small eternity style was not visible in the long blades of grass as the ring worked its way deep. This happens often when people start raking their finger through grass or sand. The metal detector is the right tool for this type of recovery.
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Christopher and Jenna just moved into their new house in the country and Jenna was doing some gardening around the pine trees bordering the driveway. She put her ring in her pocket and then started to pull some weeds from around the pine trees. Then she went for a ride on the go-kart around the yard with the kids. After all of this activity her ring was missing from her pocket. Hoping she did not lose it on the go-kart, I started searching around the pine trees. Getting close to the last two trees I spot something shiny in the grass and swing the coil across it getting the sweet sound of gold to confirm it is the ring. I go to the house and get Christopher to come out and pick up the prize. 10 years of marriage and we just made their day a little brighter.
As Cheryl and I were out running errands, this morning, I received the following text
“Hi we are in Ogunquit Beach my son’s girlfriend lost a necklace yesterday evening do you come this far? Tide came in overnight but didn’t hit where we were sitting I looked this morning again”
I replied
“Hi, So sorry to hear this. I do go to Ogunquit, Maine: Beautiful Place by the Sea.
So was the necklace lost in the dry sand, along the high tide mark?
A concern would be that necklaces don’t immediately sink into the sand, like a ring. They have too much surface area to sink, unless stepped on. If it were laying on the surface, anyone could have seen it.
Another concern would be other metal detectorists at the beach. The area is heavily detected.
Which area of the beach? Near the Norseman Resort?”
Mary Ellen replied,
“It was down the beach near the 1st bridge marker 3
Dry sand was on her towel and she didn’t realize it and picked up her towel after getting out of water. Yes, right near the edge of the the high tide mark and yes we were concerned someone just picked it up. We did go down last evening right after she realized it was missing and looked around. I was looking for someone with a detector this morning. I do see them down there a lot but no luck. It had a pennant and gold chain ”
Mary Ellen and I then made plans to meet me at Ogunquit, Maine. I would park at her sister’s condo and her sister, Julie would walk me down to the area where the necklace and pendants were lost. Cheryl and I arrived and were met by Julie, Julie walked us down over the bridge, past the Norseman Resort, Tidal Suites-On Ogunquit Beach, Maine, lifeguard stand and volleyball court area. Julie saw Mary Ellen’s husband standing at the spot, where the necklace and pendants were lost. Mary Ellen, her son Josh and Josh’s girlfriend, Simi, were not there. So, Without hesitation, I was shown the area the family had been at the previous day. No more than a 10’ X 10’ area. I turned the detector on and demonstrated how the detector works, to Julie and Mary Ellen’s husband. I had brought a gold necklace and pendant, dropped it onto the sand, to demonstrate that it wouldn’t completely disappear. It didn’t disappear and you could still see approximately 1/2 of the necklace. I then ran my coil, over the necklace so that they could see and hear, what I was looking for. Once the calibration and demonstration were over, I told Julie that I would start a grid search from the high tide water line, towards the dunes for about 10’, turn around and grid search, on the way back. I had taken 2 steps forward and received my first signal. It wasn’t a great sounding target, very scratchy sounding and a 21 on the VDI screen. I put my hand into the sand and found nothing. Hand in the sand again and again nothing. I was thinking it was a small piece of aluminum or foil. Since it was a non ferrous target, I then took my pinpointer out and located the target. As I wiped the sand away, I caught a glimpse of something Gold. I then saw a very thin necklace attached to a gold pendant. I literally just found the lost necklace, in 15 seconds of actual search time. I couldn’t believe it and picked the necklace up and both Julie and her brother in law were in disbelief, as he triumphantly raised his hands. He then called Mary Ellen, to tell him the good news. Mary Ellen, Josh and Simi were on their way down the beach and Josh started running to us, when he heard the news of the necklace and pendants being found. When Josh saw the necklace and pendant he was smiling ear to ear, as was Simi and Mary Ellen, when they arrived, a few moments later. The mood was jovial and I was being thanked, over and over. I asked Simi if there were any sentimental ties to the necklace and pendants being found she told me that the Necklace and Cross Pendant, were a Christmas gift, from her parents. The rectangular and heart pendant was a gift, from Josh, at their 18 month anniversary. I would say they were very sentimental. I was just so happy for Simi and Josh, as they were just beaming with happiness, the the necklace was once again on Simi’s neck.
A little while later I received a text from Mary Ellen. She texted
“Thank you!! I am so glad I texted you this morning
Also You’re welcome!
Broke my heart when Simi was crying last night so glad it was found .”
I am also very happy, to have turned Simi’s tears, into a bright smiling face. No better feeling than reuniting others, with a lost item they thought was lost forever. 😀❤️🙏
This ring find began when I got a voicemail last night from Ronnie who was on vacation from Vallejo, California and staying at the Four Seasons Resort at Ko Olina. While enjoying the cool water of the lagoon at some point his recently purchased White Gold Cartier Love Ring came off and he only noticed when he got back to his room. He tried looking for it but the waters were stirred up and impossible to see. Four Seasons Security convinced him I would come out and hunt the ring for him as he had been a bit hesitant at first. I immediately called Ronnie and agreed to come out after work the next afternoon. Ronnie gave me all the details I needed to start the hunt. The tide and surf was up but I was in the most protected area off the lagoon so the hunt was relatively easy. I found a few foil targets then on about the 7th leg of my grid I got a booming tone on the Manticore. Surprisingly, it took three scoops to recover the ring in belly depth water. I went back to my car and texted Ronnie a pic of his ring then followed up with a call. We met down buy the beach attendants booth for the return. A few handshakes and hugs and Ronnie was so relieved his vacation was saved. Aloha to Ronnie!
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I received a call from Hector’s girlfriend telling me that he had lost a very personal medallion in the sand at the beach. It was already dark when she called, but knowing that the County machine cleans that beach daily, I let them know I was able to come and do a search right away.
I met Hector at our agreed to meeting point, and he then walked me out to the area of the loss. His girlfriend was out there holding the place, which was very helpful because finding areas at the beach at night can be a little tricky. I was able to see where they had been searching, and began my search there. It wasn’t long before I got a great signal, dug, and had Hector’s medallion in the scoop. It had been his Grandfather’s, and meant a lot to him. Another successful search, with a happy ending. Hector did not want his face in the shot, but he was smiling.
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Anne messaged Crystal Coast Ring Finders. She explained she may have lost a gold ring on the beach. She removed her ring and placed it in a backpack. They used the backpack to bike ride a few miles up to a nearby park. The next morning, I met Anne very early and we proceeded to the location. Anne lost the ring two days prior and tried to locate the ring while raking the sand surface the day after she lost it. Upon arrival, I could still see where she searched and started my hunt over that area. Unfortunately, I did not find anything except a few pieces of garbage metal. I asked Anne if anyone took any pictures of the area and this was the key to figure out exactly where they had set up during the beach visit. I began searching more to the Southwest. My XP Deus II locked onto a very loud signal. Seconds later, Anne’s custom made green gold wedding band was back in the sunlight.
Thank you Mabel (Anne’s young pup) for the assistance and entertainment!