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Lost engagement ring lost on an Oregon beach

  • from Oregon City (Oregon, United States)
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I received a message from Vincent a couple weeks ago, asking if I could help find his fiancé s ring he had lost on the beach in Rockaway.
The ring was put in his hat for safekeeping, and placed on a large log where they had set-up for the day. At some point, he put on his hat, and the ring was gone.
It was almost a week since the loss, and he had acquired a metal detector, and returned to search for himself, but had no luck.

Vincent sent me a map of the area, highlighting the log and the section of beach they had been on. He also sent photos of the of the ring, a 4.5 karat pink diamond in a rose gold setting.
I was able to drive out there the next morning, always wanting to get to a public place as soon as possible. I arrived early before too many people were on the beach, and found the large log he had described. Searching that area, I only found a couple of aluminum pull tabs.
I then began an east/west grid search of the area.
Again, more aluminum. Then I hit a faint but repeatable signal with good numbers. I kicked back the sand and saw nothing. Moved some more sand and saw a big, pink rock. Bingo!
I sent Vincent a message telling him the ring was definitely not around the log he had thought he had lost it. I then sent a picture of the ring.
After several excited messages, we agreed to meet up in the PDX area to return the ring.
We met up and he told me he was going to wait for a bit and re-propose with the lost ring. I agreed to wait to post the details until after that.

Vincent returned Sierra’s ring to her on her birthday. Sierra called me to express her appreciation for me returning the ring.
Returning something so special to people who thought was gone forever is better than any reward.

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Priscilla Beach Plymouth MA Engagement/Wedding Band Ring Found & Returned

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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June 13, 2024

An enjoyable day on the soft sand, in bright sunlight shining down turned into a day of despair and anguish over a missing ring. Victoria’s sister bought a detector to help locate the missing ring. A day of searching yielded nothing but a bit of trash. Victoria (Vicky) had a great bit more luck – she found a link to TheRingFinders.com which led to a call for help that I received. An enlightening and enjoyable conversation and a meeting for the next day was set-up.

I arrived about 5 minutes early and was greeted by the property owner. All was all set and I now had the area to search. From the rear porch steps, across some lawn, down a short set of steps and more lawn nothing alerted my detector. Next was a long set of stairs which had thickly covered land on either side. The blooming vegetation would be impossible to detect in, I said a quick prayer that the ring was not lost while Vicky was ascending the stairs, but rather it was indeed on the sandy beach.

At the bottom of the stairs and now on soft white sand I began to search again. At the end of my first pass next to the vegetation I turned to start a second pass. Two swings later and there it was, the sound from my headphones, that said “Here it is, dig!” One shallow scoop into the sand a quick shake and three small rock obscured my view of the ring. I pull the rocks out and was amazed at the beautiful ring that I had just found. OH NO…Vicky and Ginna were about half way down the stairs. The ring went into my pocket, we greeted each other and then I reached out to shake Vicky’s hand again. This time I had her ring in my hand, a surprised look and then the swelling of eyes and emotional disbelief over came the calmness that she had just a few seconds before.

As usual, pictures and stories about the ring and previous day’s search with Ginna’s new metal detector.

This lead to a few minute of instructions on how to use the detector and how to understand what the display could tell the operator. A couple of rings, a coin and a piece of iron were “detected”. Now I assured them had they waved the coil over the ring and understood the tone and display, she would have found the ring. And in the future she will be able to locate more desirable objects with less or no time “wasted” digging parts of lobster traps 10 inches down in the sand.

This return was another wonderful experience for me, not only because of the find and return, but that I think I have peaked the interest in metal detecting and what it has to offer for two wonderful sisters. I also learned just how much the ring meant to Vicky and her husband as he had designed the ring as an engagement ring and then had two more rings added to the engagement ring to transform it into the one beautiful wedding ring.

I just love my hobby, especially with times like I had today. Thanks for letting me help.

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