If you have lost any jewelry including rings or other items made with metal, make sure that you call me to attempt to locate it. I search beaches, water up to 4 1/2 ft deep and land (with permission). Remember, the sooner you call, the more likely it is of finding the item. However, even if some time has lapsed, it’s worth a call.
Larry Griffith
04 86 37 77 17
Two comments we never hear enough of, “That’s my wedding ring” and “Now my wife is not going to kill me” Well it may not always be in those exact terms, but close. It’s not that we ring finders thrive on people loosing precious items, but those words mean the item has been found. Both these sentences were used by Darren last Saturday JULY 13. While swimming in a local lake and playing with his nephew, Darren felt his ring come off while throwing his nephew in the water. I got up Saturday morning at 4:30 and had a nice drive to Nottingham NH. The country side and sights here always seem to amaze me. I followed Darren from town down to the lake house his uncle owns, about a ten minute drive. This was about twice as long as it took me to find his ring. Darren gave me great directions on where he believed the ring had gone. Good thing I didn’t follow them to the letter. Don’t get me wrong I do listen very well to what people tell me and it is all very important, but there are reasons we do things the way we do them. The basic grid search and the tossing of enough practice rings helps you stay on track and educates you on where rings go when they leave a finger. Darren’s ring was in the area he said, in 5′ of water, but a little closer to shore and buried in the mud. Apparently it had been stepped on while being previously sought. Thank goodness the water was warm. We got the ring and a few clams to boot. Darren is smiling, so all is well with me too.
Thanks for reading,
Guy Fuller
If you stumbled onto this blog/website because you lost a ring (or any type of jewelry) in Miami, Miami Beach, Hollywood or Ft. Lauderdale, or South Florida you came to the right place. What we do here at “Theringfinders.com” is we are a group of metal detectorists who help reunite people with their lost jewelry. I am located in South Florida and do most of my detecting and retrieving on Miami beach (in and out of water). I also can detect parks, lakes, backyards, campgrounds, and playgrounds… Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me, time is of the essence when it come to finding your lost object.
Below are several of my success stories
Last weekend I received a frantic message from Ana explaining how she lost her ring down on Miami Beach while visiting family. I had actually just gotten back from trying to help another person look for their lost ring (this was an all day event, on a boat and underwater). It was 7pm already and the light was fading, I was exhausted, and I didn’t know if I had enough natural light left for an easy dry sand hunt. But I figured if I didn’t make it out there quickly another metal detector would surely find it. So I raced back over to the beach and met her and her husband, two young lawyers. I asked them to use their sandals as corner post so I could grid the area. By this time the sun had just set and I had to use a head mounted flashlight. Although she wasn’t sure if she even lost it in the sand, I knew if it was there I would find it. So I started to grid off there area and came across two coins, knowing the tones of the coins and read out they give I skipped over them. I don’t even think panic set in for her because after just 1 min of searching I found the ring. When I showed her the ring she thought I was lying (I myself couldn’t believe how fast I found it). This was my fastest find to date (Disclaimer: finding lost jewelry in less than a minute is not the norm:-). After several hugs and a very generous reward we all left happy. Below is a picture of the happy couple after she got her ring back. I was so glad I could help them, they were so grateful and kind.
Anna and her husband right after they were reunited with their ring
Below … After labor weekend we were contacted to find a wedding ring 14 ft down in a private marina in the Florida Keys. After a good three hours fighting through the silt and boulders my friend Chris was able to find it. The couple had only been married one month and the ring had been sitting down there for three weeks. They were more than ecstatic when he pulled it up. They had been trying on their own for those three weeks but had no luck and were close to giving up. ANOTHER RING REUNITED !!
Chris and Louis Diving with metal detector for lost ring
Below is a happy customer who just earlier lost a special ring her Grandfather gave her just before he passed way. Her friend found my info on the internet and called me and told me her friend lost a ring as she was disembarking from a friend’s boat in the Coco Plum Marina. It had fallen into the murky water right next to the docks. I was used to searching for rings on the beach and ocean, so this would be a first for me, and boy was it a different environment. Visibility was a “O” and the floor had about 12 inches of silt. But after about a half hour of pulling up beer tops I finally got her ring!!! Boy was she Thankful.
One month later I get another frantic call from a guy in WISCONSIN of all places that his wife just lost her 1 ct Diamond Tiffany ring. The funny thing about this story is that she was just stopping by Miami on her way to St. Petersburg. She decided to go to the beach before her next flight took off and managed to lose her ring while she was walking around the back area of the Diplomat. After playing phone tag with her and her husband I was able to meet her out on the beach. He had already booked a flight to Miami because he was worried about the ring so I needed to find it fast in hopes he could cancel his ticket. It just so happened that she lost it on one of the most windy and stormy days this November and I was sure I was gonna be able to get in the water. Luckily she lost it high enough in the wet sand that it hadn’t been sucked in the ocean yet. This was another quick find and another satisfied customer. She was so embarrassed that she managed to lose her ring during a few hours layover, but was relieved because it didn’t ruin her trip
Same story different day…..except this time a friend lost and engagement ring and felt soooo bad. I received a call from a woman wondering if I could find a ring she lost in Ft. Lauderdale the night before. I told her theres a good chance another person metal detecting has found it but ill give it a try. She said she was on her hands an knees until midnight searching through the sand. When I got there the beach was crowded and I couldn’t find it between the blankets, but everybody was very nice and moved their stuff for us and now a circle of spectators was forming. It had been a while and I had gone over the spot they told me for a good 15 minutes with no luck. So I decided to look a little down the beach where the tractors drags the dirt and sure enough it was in a pile of seaweed. When I found it everybody started clapping and she collapsed to the floor and started crying. She then went on to tell me the real story behind the lost ring…. which I told her would remain a secret:-)
Its April again and now the calls are coming in. The images below are of Lizeth on Hollywood Beach who was on vacation from NJ. She called and said she lost her custom Diamond wedding ring on the beach after putting on sunscreen. She too said she spent hours on her hands and knees looking for it. I told her just don’t move and I’ll be there in 45 min. 46 min later she and her Husband were thrilled because it only took me 1 min to find it:-) I love those quick easy jobs. Especially the ones that help save a couple vacation.
Thank you for the Awesome Reward.
Monday 7-15-13
I got a call this afternoon at 4pm from Joshua. He had been at Bolsa Chica State Beach last Friday 7-12-13. Between 9 and 9:30 pm. Friday night he was in the surf about knee deep water when he felt his ring slip off into the water. I was able to get good directions from Josh and I calculated the approximate tide conditions at the time he lost the ring. The tide was about 3 ft high when he lost it. There had been 6 high tides of 4 to 4.5 ft during the 3 days sense losing the ring. I decided to try catching the falling tide this evening it will be 1.7ft at 10pm. I started at 6 pm.
This beach has soft sand and slopes at a steep angle. It also has a lot of black sand that makes it a challenge for metal detecting. I wasn’t about to go into the wet surf as long as the tide was still going out and my past finds have been fairly close to where they were dropped. While waiting for the tide to fall I went away from the main search area. At 8:15pm.. Bam ! I got a signal and it was Josh’s ring , 7 inches deep.. The ring was 50 yards south of where it was dropped, but did not seem to wash down into the lower surf. Basically it just got pushed 50 yards south. I sent a photo of the ring to Josh and we set up a meeting to return his ring. He told me the ring was very sentimental because, he had bought in Jerusalem, Israel several years ago on vacation.
I was nice to meet Josh and I’m glad to be able to return his ring.. I had to stay possitive because 3 days in the surf is tuff. The waves and the sand change by the hour and 8 or 9 inches is more or less the limit of most metal detectors for ring sized objects.
Email received through Ringfinders.
I was so happy to come across your info online. We live in Kelowna and this past Monday,My Husband and I were playing football in the water at the beach. We were wrapping up the game to go dry off and I said….”okay last throw honey”. He went to catch the ball and his ring went flying off into the water as well. We looked for close to 2 hours. I went and borrowed a mask and snorkel and we did a grid, and had people helping us, but to no avail.I`m hoping your metal detector can help? We know the exact location it fell. We are only married just over 6 months and I`ve spent the last two days crying. The emotional value, With the engraving is so special and I hate thinking that its gone. We were in shallow water, Up to our knees standing, the ring is dark grey, tungsten carbide ring with the engraving “worth the wait”. Is there any way you can help? It would mean the World to me!! Feel to reply to my email or call me. Thank you Ken!! I am sure you can help.
The returned Ring brought tears to the wifes eyes.
Received e-mail from Stephen on Thursday July 11, that he had lost his wedding ring the night before while he was playing soccer in the rain at a soccer field in west Edmonton. I spoke to Stephen in regards to his lost ring; he was not sure where about he had lost it. I meet up with him at the field and he showed me where he was playing. He told me he was taking turns playing goal keeper and his ring could be anywhere on the field. after about 20 minute searching “bingo” I found his gold wedding ring about 20 feet from the goal post I called him over he could not believe his eyes that his ring was reunited once again, Another happy client.
We got a call from the gentleman above late on a Friday afternoon. Said he had fallen out of a boat on a small private lake in Weatherford,Tx and wondered if we would come try to find it. I said we would be happy to but it would have to wait a week as were on our way to the airport to leave for vacation in Cancun for a few days. I loved his response, he said “well it ain’t going nowhere”. We agreed I would call him in a week when we returned.
As promised we called the following week and spoke with John about his ring, he explained that he and a friend were coming in from fishing on a small boat, he had stood up just at the moment his friend decided to pull the boat up a little higher on the bank. When that happen, John lost his footing and fell into the lake. He said he could feel his wedding band slipping off but could do nothing about it. The waters edge was slippery and covered in algae and dropped off about 5-6ft in depth.
John found “The Ring Finders” website and located us.
Ellen & I drove 75 miles to the spot on the highway to meet John and have him and buddy lead us back on the dirt roads to where the lake was. I set up my gear and went into the lake, it was amazing how deep it got so close to the shore. John told me while I was in the water that he had used swimming pool cleaning poles to try and drag the ring up on shore and he also had a friend bring out his metal detector but no luck finding the ring. I spent maybe 20 minutes in the water getting a feel for the area where John thought the ring would be. I was getting lots of hits on my detector and using my water scoop was very difficult in the muddy bottoms. As I went to change hands with my equipment my detector passed over a flat rock covered in algae and my Garrett AT Pro went off loudly so I knew something was there. I reached over with my hand and felt along the top of the rock and there was John’s wedding ring. My wife and John had been talking along the bank and I said “hey John would you like to have your ring back?” and held up his gold wedding band . He was flabbergasted, he said over and over “I thought I would never see it again”. These reactions are what make this so much fun.
My wife was filming with her IPhone and began to ask John some questions. He said this was the first time this ring had been off his finger in 57 YEARS. He buddy then said, ‘tell them what you did’. John replied with a sheepish grin, “I did not tell my wife” he said I have a friend who owns a Pawn Shop who got him a temporary wedding ban to wear until we could hopefully find his ring. We laugh and laughed. Then John said…. “I wonder if the Pawn Shop with take the other ring back”.
It was a wonderful day.
Another great find for “The Ring Finders”
Don & Ellen Wilson
We received a call from a lady who said “thank God I reached you”I have a lost ring for you to find. I said OK and ask for the details. She described it as a Men’s gold wedding ban. I ask her where is was lost and she said in her backyard. I ask as I always do, “are you sure that’s where you lost it” and she said she was positive.
I said OK then we can find it, then I asked the most important question. How was the ring lost, what was he doing when he lost it……. there was a long silence and she said “I know it’s there because I threw it there”. I said that was no problem and we would drive the 28 miles to Trophy Club,Tx around 7pm to let the heat go down, it was 101 degrees warm.
We arrived at a beautiful home, got our equipment out, the lady kindly showed us where she was when she threw the ring and then my wife her re-inact the event (this is a must we have learned). We spent maybe 20 minutes detecting the yard and there was a lot of underground trash. We knew the ring would “Hit Hard” on our detectors because it had only been 3 days since it was lost and men’s wedding bands are typically large in size.
We were correct in our assumptions and the Ring was returned for another happy customer for “The Ring Finders”.
Don & Ellen – The Dallas Ring Finders”
PS…. the husband was in counseling while we were looking for the ring.
Service Call July 2013
The client in this case believed her mother may have buried Gold and Silver Coins on her property. An initial search revealed nothing, although we maybe looking at a few other locations in the future.
The client disclosed documents from several years ago indicating purchases of the Gold and Silver.
The mystery continues.
John
