Surf City, NC: Lost Wedding Ring Found By Crystal Coast Ring Finders

Justin was spending time in the ocean along the Surf City beach and told me he noticed something in the sand. The waves were rough that day and as he tried to grab the item, he felt his wedding ring slide off to be lost in the surf. I attempted a recovery that same day against the rising tide and stronger waves but it wasn’t safe and my attempts were not productive. I told Justin, I’d return the next day and try again.
The waves were rough and the wind was strong but not as bad as the previous day. I completed many passes both in and out of the water with my CTX-3030 with only shreds of aluminum and 1 can pull-tab for my efforts. I then started to go over the areas I missed in the water using my GPS map and in ankle deep water at low tide I received a faint signal. After about 4 scoops into the surf, the signal was gone and I still didn’t know what I had removed. I dumped the pile of sand and shells on the beach and used a pinpointed to find Justin’s ring hiding under the pile. This beach was recently replenished with sand from a quarry and heavier items sink quickly in the surf. I think after another high tide, I would not have been able to find his deeply buried ring.




Got a message from Leah asking for help in locating a friends wedding band at Sea Girt beach. I told her to get me as much information about it and i’ll head right down. While driving to the beach I got a call from Inger the woman who lost the ring, she is visiting from Norway. She was able to give me a pretty good idea as to where to look for it. It seems while enjoying the day at the beach she put her jewelry in the cup holder on her beach chair. When it was time to leave she started putting it back on and started to gather stuff up and didn’t get the chance to put her ring back on yet. Not knowing this her son went and folded up the chair and the ring went flying into the sand. Everyone started to look for it but didn’t have any luck. I got to the beach and she told me about where to look and to look for the holes they dug and the dig marks looking for it. Sure enough I saw where they were sitting and digging and after about 10 minutes I had her ring in the scoop. I called her to tell her the good news and made arrangements to meet up with her the next day. A happy ending for all.










