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Gold Necklace With 2 Gold Pendants, Lost In The Ogunquit Beach, Maine Sand, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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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. 😀❤️🙏

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Lost White Gold Cartier Love Ring at Four Seasons Beach…FOUND!!!

  • from O‘ahu (Hawaii, United States)
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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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Golden Medalion Lost in the Sand at Hermosa Beach…Found and Happily Returned.

  • from Redondo Beach (California, United States)
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Steve’s Emergency Metal Detecting Service For You if you lost a ring or something precious to you. Please don’t wait until tomorrow, time will work against you, please CALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, CALL RIGHT AWAY!  310-953-5

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.

Don’t let the County beach cleaning machines take your lost valuable, call as soon as possible! I will work hard, using the most up to date metal detectors, to help you find what you thought might never be found again. I search, Beverly Hills, Hermosa Beach, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Newport Beach, Northridge, Pasadena, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Seal Beach, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Torrance, Venice Beach, Zuma Beach, and all parks, yards, gardens, and ponds (to 5 foot depths) in all of Orange County, all of Los Angeles County, Southern California, and Ventura County.

CALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, CALL RIGHT AWAY! 310-953-5268

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Pictures From A Day At The Beach Leads To Lost Gold Wedding Band Being Found On Very Wide Beach

  • from Emerald Isle (North Carolina, United States)
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Emerald Isle, NC

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!

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White Gold Wedding Ring Lost At The Kids Park. Braeside St. Albert

  • from Edmonton (Alberta, Canada)
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Sebastian contacted me, requesting my assistance in locating his wedding band, which he had inadvertently lost a few minutes prior to our conversation. He informed me that he was present with his two daughters at the park, where he was pushing one of them on the swing. Suddenly, he felt his ring slip off his finger and into the sand, becoming invisible.
Sebastian diligently searched the area he believed his ring had landed, but unfortunately, he was unable to locate it. Fortunately, I was only five minutes away from his current location. I promptly informed him that I would be there shortly. Upon meeting Sebastian, within a few minutes, his ring was miraculously returned to his finger.

 

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Family Heirloom recovered

  • from Ashland (Kentucky, United States)
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Received a call from someone who lost a very important ring asking me to help locate and recover. Turns out this ring is a family heirloom pasted down from generations. Ring was found fairly quick in the woods behind a fence. Customer was very pleased over this recovery.

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Yarmouth, MA via Alaska to Find a Hearing Aid by Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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August 5, 2025: Yesterday afternoon my home phone rang and the number showed up on my TV. 907 is an Alaska area code, I had to find out about the caller and answered the call. As the call started about a loss and need for help, I was ready to pack and head for Alaska. I had been in Alaska back in the 1980’s and enjoyed every day there. The call went on about Kenneth’s mother, Virginia, loosing a hearing aid while doing some yard work. Though I was not lucky enough to have to go to search in Alaska, but rather in my town of Yarmouth, MA.

So far this year I have a 100% success rate for finding lost hearing aids – two of them. For now, after the phone call I would call Virginia in the morning and arrange to search for the hearing aid that would spend the evening in the garden. OK, all set 9:30am and the search will begin. Virginia, a bit older than I am but really sharp and very interesting to talk with from her life in Alaska working on the pipe line, sky diving with her grandson on his 16th birthday wish of her grandson, getting caught overnight between two avalanches, and to a more mundane life style of being a volunteer librarian who has now has lost two hearing aids. Virginia found the first in a evening’s rainstorm just outside her car and not inside the library where she thought it had been lost. Good news, it still worked and she had not stepped on it.

Now it was my turn to search for a hearing aid after her best try the day before did not turn it up. I started the area search with a 7” coil on my detector, I should have put the 4” coil on at it would have got into areas that the 7” one would not fit into. Not to worry, my handheld pin-pointer could cover all the smaller areas I could not reach otherwise. I started searching the ground and moved upward onto one of the climbing plants. Maybe the hearing aid had been caught on a branch. No, back to the ground and after three other metal objects, I had a signal that turned out to be caused by the close proximity of a metal object, in this case the minuscule battery of a hearing aid.

Virginia was nearby and was over whelmed by my success. The hearing aid survived the night in the garden and now ready to help Virginia hear her granddaughter’s speech more clearly. It was the granddaughter’s questioning of her grandmother “Why do you always ask me to repeat myself?” that prompted Virginia’s son, Kenneth, to arrange a hearing test that ultimately lead to Virginia’s use of hearing aids, especially when with her granddaughter. Little devices that can really help the quality of life of everyone around as well as the wearer of the hearing aids can remedy the need to request someone to repeat themselves. I also wear them and can relate. Going back I can remember my grandmother’s hearing aid, a little box that hung on her chest, had a wire going to her ear and made horrible squeals. No matter, GRANDMOTHERS are the best!

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Extremely Sentimental Rings Found at a Vermont Beach

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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8/6/25

I got a voicemail around noon today from a woman who had lost 3 rings yesterday. She and her husband had been visiting Vermont from out of state and were close to the end of their vacation when she lost her wedding, engagement and a silver ring at a public beach at one of our awesome state parks. They also had accidentally fully discharged their electric car’s battery which added some extra stress and inconvenience.

Not only was it her wedding rings, but her engagement ring was made with her grandmother’s diamond. That and being lost in a public place put top priority in getting there quick! So, as soon as I could I met them at the beach. She showed me the 3 areas they might have been lost, and we started with the most likely place. After about 20 minutes, I got a very promising signal with mixed tones. I pushed the pinpointer into the sand and there was her wedding ring! Did it again and out popped her engagement ring! Seconds later we found her silver ring. All 3 were within inches of each other!

What a fantastic moment! I’m so glad they are going home tonight with her rings.

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Tungsten Wedding Ring Lost In The Old Orchard Beach Maine Ocean Surf, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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Sunday evening, July 27th, Cheryl and I were driving home, from a Boston Red Sox, game, at Fenway Park. While just outside the Boston city limits, I received a phone call from Lisa. Lisa told me the story of her husband, Ed, losing his Tungsten wedding ring, the previous afternoon, around 2:00pm. They are from Connecticut but were vacationing in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. They had placed a Facebook post on a few local Facebook Pages, asking for people to be on the lookout for the lost ring. If found, please contact her (more on this later).

Ed had been in the ocean, with his sons, tossing a football around. When Ed got out of the water and back up on the beach, where Lisa was, he noticed he was no longer wearing his wedding ring. What had been an incredible vacation, suddenly became a nightmare. Ed had lost the ring approximately an hour after high tide and now the tide was going out. Lisa, Ed and the sons went out to search for the ring but couldn’t find it. As you all know, by now, it is extremely unlikely you will visually find a ring, that was lost in the surf. Once a ring lands on the ocean floor, the surf and waves will bury it in the sand. Lisa said that Ed was really upset that his wedding ring he had been wearing, for 19 years was gone. Lisa then asked me if there was anything I could do to help. I told her that I could help but by the time I got home, it would be dark out and I would need to consult the tide chart, to see when the tide would be low enough, for me to search. Once I arrived home, I determined that I could get down to the beach, around 5:00am and search. I let Lisa and Ed know I would be going down 1st thing in the morning, to search but had a few concerns.
First concern: the ring has now been lost almost 2 full days and the area the ring was lost in is the most heavily metal detected area, in Old Orchard. Ed had lost his ring directly in front of the Ferris Wheel, at Palace Playland Amusement Park and very close to the OOB Pier. This area is the most densely populated area of the beach, on a hot summer day and Metal Detectorists know that. On any given summer day, you could see 5 to 10 different detectorists searching the area, throughout the day. Today, Sunday was a rainy day so hopefully there wasn’t anyone metal detecting there.
My second concern was that the location of where the ring was lost, was made public, when the Facebook Posts were made. As I have told all my followers previously, never, ever disclose the exact location of a ring or other valuable that has been lost. This is not only my suggestion, it is also the recommendation of the Police Departments. Broadcasting the exact location can increase the Risk of Theft: Publicly announcing the location of a lost valuable item, especially online or on social media, can attract thieves or those who would attempt to steal it before you have a chance to recover it yourself. Unfortunately, there are people that watch lost and found posts, just for this type of situation. They are not unlike looters, looking to take advantage of someone’s misfortune. So please, never, ever disclose the exact location of something lost. You can still make a social media post but be general about the area. For instance, instead of saying a ring was lost next to the pier or Ferris Wheel, just say you lost a ring in OOB but unsure of the area. If someone contacts you to help, you can then meet them at a predetermined location and watch them search. You just don’t want to have a bunch of people searching for your ring, that you don’t know. Again, even the Police recommend not to disclose the exact location. I mentioned this to Lisa and she agreed that it made sense and took the post down, now that I would be searching for Ed’s wedding ring. One good thing to come of her post is that Lisa told me that she had 7 or 8 comments about contacting me, The Ring Finders of Maine. This is how Lisa found me and ultimately contacting me, after researching my history of recovering lost items.
Ok, back to the story. I arrived at the beach, pre dawn , at 5:00am and the beach was extremely fogged in. You could only make out the outline or silhouette of buildings, amusement park rides and the pier. The fog was that thick. I had many photos provided to me by Lisa and they were excellent tools in putting me in the exact area. The tide had been going out for a few hours and where the ring was lost, should now be out from under the water and only under the wet sand. I started my grid search horizontally to the beach and water and up near the beach bank, leading to the dry sand. The area was very eerie in the darkness and fog with no one in sight. Starting approximately 50’ south of the Ferris Wheel, I headed towards the pier, to approximately the middle of the Carousel. This was overshooting the area I needed to search but you just don’t know if the ring had moved or how far the ring had flown off of Ed’s finger, while throwing and catching the football. So even though Ed was in front of the Ferris Wheel, who’s to say the ring didn’t end up 20 feet in front or behind him. After my first few grid lines I finally received my first non ferrous target. I believed it was too high of a conductor to be his tungsten ring and was most probably a quarter, with a VDI reading of 89. Once the target was located, it was a quarter, as I suspected. Resuming the grid search horizontally, I just wasn’t receiving any more non ferrous targets. I started to worry because it seems that someone has recently metal detected the area. There were very few targets, in a very busy area. After 30-40 minutes I received another non ferrous target and the VDI was bouncing between 63 and 75. Hmmm, interesting target. My Minelab Manticore gave it a depth of approximately 1” to 2”. I scoop the sand from where the signal originated and threw it up onto the hard wet sand. I started wiping the sand away, with my pinpointer and located the target. I then saw what look like a dark gray or black edge of a ring. I reached in and pulled out a very large black ring. I had found Ed’s ring. WOW!!! Lost for 2 days, in a heavily detected area shows that no area is truly hunted out. You just need to do your due diligence and sear the area well. Once I washed the ring off, I placed it on top of my sand scoops handle and made a video, to send to Lisa and Ed. Once they received the video, I got a reply

Oh my goodness!!!!!! This is the most amazing news!!! You are an angel!!!! We cannot believe this!!! THANK YOU!!!! ♥️💕♥️💕🥰🥰🥰My husband and I want to hug you!!! you are really an angel!!! I cannot believe how fortunate we are for people like you! I also thanked god for connecting me to you and your ability to find it.”
I replied

“😂🤣So happy for you both. I get lots of hugs and feel absolutely great knowing that the ring will soon be back on his finger. Thank you for your very kind words. I truly appreciate them. ❤️🙏”

Always a truly great feeling to help others get their very loved and sentimental rings back. It also feels fantastic to see and be told all the nice things that Lisa texted to me. This only motivates me to help more people. Who doesn’t like praise heaped upon themselves.
Since Lisa and Ed were already back home in Connecticut, I told them that I would mail the ring back to them. No need to make the drive back up to Maine when they could get in two days, via the mail. Even though I won’t be able to meet Lisa and Ed, they told me they would take a photo, once the ring arrives and send it to me. I love being able to help others out in their time of need and putting a smile on their faces.

So today, a full 10 days, since Ed lost his wedding ring, he received it, via USPS Certified Mail. I mailed it 8 days ago but for some reason, it took the USPS scenic route, with 3 or 4 days visiting Boston, Massachusetts. Then to NYC, for another 2-3 days of sightseeing and finally heading north, up to Connecticut. Once the ring arrived at their home in Connecticut, Ed and Lisa took a photo and sent it to me, sharing their smiles and the cherished wedding ring of 19 years. I truly have the best job in the world 😀❤️🙏

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Harwich, MA Ring in the Sand, Found and returned by Richard

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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August 3, 2025 I was arriving at a beach for a search for a lost handmade ring for a woman named Amanda. As I pulled into the parking space I was aware of a woman looking a bit lost sitting in a depression in the beach’s dry sand. I was sure that had to be Amanda. As we started a conservation it was evident that the person was not Amanda. She told me that her name was Busra and she had been helping Amanda, who was around the corner of the sand dune. But why are you so sad for Amanda, I can find her ring. No, I thought that I could see how far her ring would sink into the sand if I dropped mine. And she had an hour or so ago. By now Amanda had shown up and was ready to have me search for her ring.

I took about 30 seconds before leaving Busra to scoop her ring from its sandy resting place and give it back to Busra. Then it was off to look for two, not one more ring. See Amanda’s blog on how that went.

As for Busra, she followed us around to the other side of the dune to watch me searching there. During the minute or so and for some time before I showed up at the beach the two women became close friends and I think their friendship will last a long time because of the entire ordeal of having lost a ring, helping each other find their ring(s) together and how they helped each other. I on the other hand am just grateful to three wonderful women: Elise, Amanda’s mother for passing the information about TheRingFinders.com onto her daughter, Amanda for contacting me and to Busra for making such a memory happen.

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