Find lost ring in South Wisconsin Tag | The Ring Finders

Month-Long Lost Wedding Ring Found! – Waterloo, Wisconsin

  • from Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin, United States)
Contact:

Wisconsin dairy farmer, Tim Wiedenfeld was clearing brush along a fence line close to his church when his loose-fitting yellow-gold wedding ring went missing. A branch caught the rim, flipping it up into the air. Then it disappeared amongst the leaves and vegetation. Despite Tim’s best search efforts and those of another metal detectorist, the ring could not be found. Tim wondered if a Bobcat they were using had pushed it down the hill into a large pile. It was a disheartening thought. Was it gone forever?

An acquaintance of Tim’s reached out to me a few weeks later and I arranged to meet him on location. Sometimes a fresh pair of forensic eyes can be helpful. I arrived a half-hour early and surveyed the area. Using photos taken earlier, I was able to match their locations and piece together the chronological events of the day. The remains of a heavy-gauged wire-mesh fence represented a metal-detectorist’s worse nightmare; they overwhelm detectors, masking the presence of nearby metallic objects like gold rings. Before taking out my metal-detecting equipment, I looked slowly and carefully underneath the wire fence, watching for unusual metallic glints. That’s when I spotted a tiny flash in the afternoon sun. Upon investigation, Tim’s wedding ring appeared in the mud where it had been pushed almost out of sight some four weeks before! I marked the spot by poking a stick into the ground and then proceeded to clean up the ring before Tim arrived.

Tim’s truck appeared shortly. I let him tell me the story. He showed me where he was standing when the ring came off his hand. His account, the circumstances and trajectory all aligned forensically with the ring’s hiding place. I leaned over and pointed to the spot under the fence where the ring had come to rest. Then I opened my hand to reveal Tim’s precious ring. Tim was both shocked and overjoyed!

Someone once called me the Sherlock Holmes of lost rings! I’ve been metal detecting and solving lost-ring cases since 1976. Technology, like modern state-of-the-art metal detectors, is amazing. But as incredible as this technology is, there is still room for old-fashioned forensics.

If you or someone you know has lost a ring, don’t let its story end. Call me. Who knows, we just might be able to add yet another smile to my growing list of over 150 happy clients!

Tags:
Category:

Heirloom ring recovered from the snow! – Watertown, Wisconsin.

  • from Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin, United States)
Contact:

When Watertown, Wisconsin resident, Mariah Kruschke was twelve years of age, her grandmother passed away from cancer. Before she died, she gave Mariah an 18k ring to remember her by, a ring she wore every day since. Then, the unthinkable happened! The ring slipped off Mariah’s hand into the snow in a field in front of their country home. She felt the ring leave her hand but despite two and half hours searching and raking through the snow, it could not be found.

Mariah’s brother, Justice, even obtained a metal detector, but the presence of underground wiring and other metallic debris resulted in a cacophony of signals, making the endeavor futile. That’s when they located my listing on theringfinders.com directory of metal detecting specialists. I have over 40 years forensic metal detecting experience.

I received a text from Justice and arranged to meet on location that same evening. The half hour drive was extended another half hour due to a mapping error on the cellphone I used. But at last, we connected at the Kruschke’s home. It was dark by this time. It was also a bitterly cold night, one made colder by an angry wind. I donned a headlamp and followed Mariah and Justice to the area where the ring had gone missing. Evidence of their search efforts was clear from the large area of grass where the snow had been raked away and melted down in hopes of revealing the ring.

A quick search of the cleared area confirmed it was not there. Expanding the search grid resulted in hearing the signal I was listening for in my headset, the unmistakable sound and conductivity numbers consistent with a recently lost gold ring. Upon investigation and using a special metal-detecting probe, the ring’s hiding place was at last disclosed deep in the snow where it had fallen. I retrieved the precious ring and walked back to where Mariah stood shivering in the dark frigid night. “Maybe this will help to warm you up, Mariah,” I said as I slipped the ring into her hand.

Tears, relief, a hug and smiles followed.

If you or someone you know has lost a ring, recent or long ago, on land, in water or in the snow, don’t let the ring’s story end. Call a member of The Ring Finders near you. It’s what we do! We’d love to put a smile on someone else’s face. After all, it’s more than a ring!

Tags:
Category: