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Lost 22K gold ring found at the park in Charlottesville, Virginia.

  • from Charlottesville (Virginia, United States)
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Jonathan called me last night. He was at one of the local parks playing sports with friends when his necklace chain opened and the ring that was hanging on it fell off. This ring is a gift from his mom for his 18th birthday. The park is only about 20 mins from my house, so I jumped in the car and headed right over. Unfortunately it was getting dark, raining, and there was lightning nearby.  We searched as long as we could, but decided to meet back there in the morning at 7 am. After about 40 minutes I was able to find the ring hiding in the thick grass of the play field. I was so glad to be able to help Jonathan and his mom. They both work hard in our local healthcare system helping people when they really need it.

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Lost wedding ring found in North Chesterfield, Virginia.

  • from Charlottesville (Virginia, United States)
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Kyi is a really nice guy who contacted me about his wife’s lost wedding ring. Unfortunately her bag was accidentally left on the back of his pickup truck’s hardcover. As they were turning onto a main road, they noticed when it fell over and off onto the side of the road. Some items were missing including earrings and the wedding ring. They were able to recover the earrings and Kyi searched hard for the ring, even buying his own metal detector to help.  He could not find it and a few months passed before he found the Ring Finders site. I was able to meet him the next morning and he gave me a good description of the search area. Being along the side of a busy road there were a lot of metal bits that got hit by the big roadway mowers. After a few hours of removing most of the metal signals from the area I found something I really didn’t want to see. It was almost half of a woman’s white gold ring very bent and scratched as if it may have been hit by the mower more than once. I felt really bad for Kyi and his wife, but at least now they know what happened.
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Lost white gold ring found at Roaring Run Falls, Virginia.

  • from Charlottesville (Virginia, United States)
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Lost your ring, jewelry, cell phone, keys… Don’t wait until it’s too late. Text or email ASAP 24/7 Mark at 434-987-0568.
Megan contacted me because her husband’s ring came off while they were enjoying a beautiful natural water slide a few weeks earlier.  I was able to search the water at the base of the slide the next morning. After a few hours I found a men’s white gold wedding band about four feet under the water. Mission accomplished I thought, but then I remembered that the ring had a special inscription. The ring that I found did not have any markings other than 14k. I sent Megan some pictures and she confirmed that this unfortunately was not the ring!
What are the odds? Of the hundreds of rings that I have found, I had never found a white gold ring, so it seemed unlikely that there would be two very similar men’s white gold rings in the same exact spot.  I had searched thoroughly, but went back a few days later to make sure I didn’t miss the other ring. After a few more hours, I was sure the ring was not there.  A lot of the water is clear enough to see to the bottom, so I am afraid that someone must have picked it up. I really wanted to find this one and hated delivering the bad news.
On a positive note, this was such a beautiful place to search.  My wife is not normally with me while I am detecting, but with my medical issues I have some limits as to how far I can drive and she was nice enough to drive me. We have been through a lot with my illness and are getting ready to celebrate our 25th anniversary. Because she was there when I found my first white gold ring and it happened to be a nice ring in my exact size, I decided to adopt this ring as a replacement for my own lost white gold wedding band. A nice memory out of a failed search effort.
 
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Two Very Important Lost Rings Found After Kids Day At The Beach

  • from Emerald Isle (North Carolina, United States)
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NORTH TOPSAIL, NC                                                                                        By: Crystal Coast Ring Finders

I was taking advantage of the calm Atlantic Ocean waves by metal detecting the waist deep waters of Emerald Isle, NC.  My phone, in it’s waterproof case, rang and I came out of the water to return the call.  Jeff informed me his wife Kim had lost 2 of her rings on the beach about an hour away from my current location.  I told Jeff I would load up the truck and head that way as soon as possible.

Upon arrival, Kim & Jeff informed me she was spending the day at the beach and removed her rings to apply sunscreen to the kids.  She became distracted and wasn’t sure where she placed them but feels they were on the beach blanket.  It wasn’t until she returned home to shower that she noticed her rings were missing.  Kim went back to the location and tried to search and found the area (because of a dead crab nearby).   Kim was unable to dig out the rings from the sand.  Marking the location was very important as I started to grid search the area and after one pass, I turned to start a second search line, and my metal detector sounded off very loudly.  I looked up at Jeff & Kim and smiled.  I was almost certain I had found them under the sand.  My pinpointer confirmed the location and I used my hand to scoop the rings to the surface.   Kim came a running after spotting the large cigar style ring.

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2 Lost Rings Found With Metal Detector, Lavallette, Lavallette NJ, recovered by Edward Trapper, NJ Ring Finder

  • from Lavallette (New Jersey, United States)
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Ashley was enjoying a day at the Jersey Shore with her family when she took off her rings and placed them on a towel to apply sunblock. Like many others in similar situations, she got distracted and forgot about the rings. A while later, she shook off the towel and only then remembered where she had left them. Her family searched for a while but had no luck. Unfortunately, Ashley had to head home, but she asked her family to call me for help with the recovery.

After receiving the call, I went to the beach, where her family had secured the area. Just a few swings of the detector later, her rings were safely in my scoop. I sent Ashley pictures of her recovered rings, and she was amazed.

This was another reminder of how important it is to act quickly and keep the area secured when something is lost.

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Four rings lost and found at Popham Beach State Park in Popham, Maine

  • from Rockport (Maine, United States)
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I was referred by fellow Ring Finder Dennis Boothby to Kimberly who had lost 4 rings while vacationing at Popham Beach, and had already returned home to Pennsylvania. When I was initially contacted one the rings had been found in the sand and turned into the Park Ranger. I travelled to the site without optimism as a week had passed and the rings being on a public beach could have easily been found by another detectorist. After about 30 minutes of searching I recovered the rings in the general vicinity of where Kimberly had reported them being lost. I made the phone call to report my success which was well received with a joyous and tearful response.

 

 

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Diamond Stud Earring Lost in the Dry Sand, Found and Returned Ocean Isle Beach, NC

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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On 7/29/25 just before noon, I got a call from Nancy saying she had lost a Diamond Stud Earring on the beach and wondered if I could help find it. My first question was if it was lost in the dry sand. She responded it was. I only have one detector that can find stud earrings, my Gold Bug 2, and it’s useless in wet sand or the ocean because of the mineralization. Plus, there’s just a small post on stud earrings and it’s usually not enough metal for most detectors. So, I felt we had a good chance of finding her earring. I was just finishing up my yard work and told her I could be there in about 45 minutes. She agreed. Enroute to the beach, I called her asking if I could park in her driveway. Parking isn’t easy on the beach communities. She sent me her address and directions out to the beach to where she was.

When I arrived, it was a quick walk out to the beach to where Nancy was set up. She showed me the area. She explained that a bug was on her ear and when she went to brush it away, she hit her ear and the earring flew off. Before I got started, I asked if she had the other earring that I could test. She did, which made it a lot easier. I tweaked the Gold Bug detector and started searching a 5×5 foot plus area. To help me sift the sand, I brought along a child’s sand sifter with tiny holes. I got a few targets that turned out to be very tiny pieces of aluminum. I must have tested her other earring 4-5 times to make sure I was able to detect it. Finally, I got a signal that was good enough to check out. I laid down in the sand, ran the sifter under the small area and filled up the sifter with sand. I started feeling through the sand and uncovered Nancy’s earring. I was as shocked as Nancy was when I handed her earring back. She told me that her husband had gotten her those earrings when they were in Grad school and before they got married. She also said how they were very sentimental and special to her.

Nancy – Thank you for allowing me to help find your lost treasure. Enjoy the rest of your vacation.

Jim

 

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Men’s gold wedding band lost- Pompton Plains NJ driving range

  • from Mahwah (New Jersey, United States)
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Alex, married just one year was with his wife at the driving range. He put his wedding ring in his pocket because it affected his swing. Returning to his car, he pulled out his keys, and inadvertently out came his ring. They both searched the area on their hands and knees, and were distraught. Anxiously as soon as they return home at 11 pm, Alex reached out to me. Although I was going on vacation the next day I met him when the range opened the next morning. His worries were soon over. I recovered his cherished wedding ring from a grassy section leading to the parking area. He was overcome with happiness and immediately gave me a big hug. This made my day and my wife was happy too.

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Ring Saved at P.F.Hoffmaster Park, Norton Shores, MI

  • from Holland (Michigan, United States)
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Received a referral from Tom T, fellow ringfinder, he was busy and gave it to me. Matt and family were on vacation and camping at the park this week. Met him at the park this morning and we had a long walk from the camping area to the beach where they were playing in about knee deep water. He had marked the spot with a log placed up behind on the sand dune. In about 30 minutes I found the ring about 25 steps from shore. Married for 15 years and we saved the day and the vacation memories.

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Platinum and diamond ring found in Elgin, Il.

  • from Rockford (Illinois, United States)
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Shortly after getting home from work (Monday) I received a phone call from Jennie inquiring if I still do ring searches. I assured her that I most definitely do, do ring searches. She told me the story about how over the weekend, on Saturday, she was at her sister’s house for a pool party in their new swimming pool. She said that she was getting ready to get into the pool to cool off since the temperatures were in the low 90’s that day! She took off a pair of shorts and layed them on the trampoline. She then, took her platinum and diamond engagement ring off, and put it in one of the pockets of the shorts for safe keeping.  Later, when she got out of the pool and went to retrieve her shorts is when she noticed that her shorts had been moved from where she originally set them down. She immediately searched the pockets looking for her precious ring. To her horror, her ring was missing! She and her entire family immediately started searching for the missing ring. They tried everything from diving to the bottom of the pool with goggles on in search of it, to going out and buying a metal detector the next day and searching for it with that! Still without finding it. Running out of options and hope, Jennie grabbed her phone and searched “Ring Finder”. That’s when The Ring Finders .com popped up! Jennie then searched her local area and found me there. After reading some past return stories and reviews from my happy clients, is when she decided to call me. I told her that I could be there in a half hour or so, I just needed to gather my things and I’d be on my way. After arriving a short time later, Jennie and her sister met me outside. After a short introduction I grabbed my trusty Equinox 800 and Garrett pinpointer and followed Jennie to the backyard where the ring was last seen. Jennie gave me a description of the events that took place on Saturday there by the pool and trampoline. It was evident by the matted down grass that the family had searched the area a lot with no luck. The first thing was to move the big steel framed trampoline out of that area so that it wouldn’t interfere with the metal detector.  I then started doing a small grid pattern in the area that they thought that the ring might be in. Nope, not there.  I then decided to grid the entire area, it wasn’t very big. After my 4th pass of my grid pattern,  up near the house, where the stairs lead down from the deck and meet the ground, and about 10 or 12 feet away from where they had been searching, I got a low, choppy, 6-7-8 on the detector. Like every other signal I grabbed my pinpointer and gave the grass a couple of passes in the area of the signal. That’s when I got a flash of something shiny hiding deep in the grass! There it was!! Jennie’s ring!!!

Success!!

Another smile for the book!

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