Citadel Ring Lost, Found in the Dry Sand and Returned Pawley’s Island SC

September 1st, 2025 by Jim Wren
from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)

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On Saturday, August 30^th, I received a call from Tabathia saying her husband Matt had lost his Citadel Ring in the surf and asked if I could help find it. She explained that Matt was rinsing his hands off at the ocean’s edge when he noticed his ring was gone. She also mentioned that they got caught in a rainstorm and had to quickly pack up and run for the car. I agreed to help and took a look at the tide tables. Neither that evening nor the next morning was going to work. We agreed to meet at 6 pm on Sunday and I could work the outgoing tide. Tabathia sent me a text with the address and confirming some of the other details.

Sunday evening, I sent Tabathia a text telling her I was on my way. She responded they were also on their way and would give me an update. I was about 15 minutes out and got a text from Tabathia saying, “The parking lot is a mess and full. If you want to text when you are close, I can try to get up there to get you a space.” As I was driving down the street to get onto the beach parking, the cars were lined up bumper to bumper. As I got closer to the lot, I noticed a parking area that was chained off with a man across the street from it barbequing. I took a shot and rolled down my window and explained to him that I was going to look for a man’s Citadel ring on the beach and pointed to my sign on the side of the car. Without hesitation, he walked across the street and moved the chain so I could pull it the spot. He wished me luck and I made my way to the beach to meet Matt who was waiting for me. As Matt and I made our way to meet Tabathia and their 3 children, he showed me the area his ring should be in. I met Tabathia and went to work searching from the top of the slope out to about thigh deep. After doing the slope with no luck, the 3 of us came up with plan B of searching the top of the slope. Matt and Tabathia, both showed me the approximate area they had been set up the day before. I did about 5 lines and hit a monster of a signal, a couple of scoops of sand and I saw Matt’s gold Citadel ring in the sand. I picked it up, walked back to where they were sitting and held it up for them to see. Their expressions were priceless, which is why I love finding people’s lost treasures and getting it back where it belongs.

Tabathia and Matt – Thank you for calling me to help find Matt’s hard-earned ring.

Jim

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Lost Ring Found at Seacliff State Beach

June 12th, 2025 by Dan Henderson
from Santa Cruz (California, United States)

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Today I got a text from Bo who asked for assistance finding a lost ring. I called him and learned that his brother Alex had lost his wedding ring while throwing a frisbee at the beach. He said his brother literally felt it slip off his finger. They were right at the water line when this happened so I was a bit concerned that the ocean could have carried it further out than where it first landed. I checked the tides and advised that I would be there in a couple hours during the upcoming slight low. I’m glad they called as soon as they lost it since it was likely that it could have gotten carried out to sea with another tide cycle.

I met Bo and Alex along with their family at water’s edge and they explained exactly where he threw the frisbee from and the direction that he threw it when his ring slipped off his finger. I started pursuing a tight overlapping grid in the precise location. The site was unusually clean for our local beaches. Within about 10 minutes and on my 4th or 5th pass I found the one and only target of the day – Alex’s ring!

It was great to help this appreciative family out.

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Lost Engagement Ring found at Colt State Park Rhode Island

August 20th, 2021 by Gary Bonin
from Charlestown (Rhode Island, United States)

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I received a call on Tuesday, July 20th, from a nice couple, Francesca and Sharon. They had only recently got engaged, and Sharon lost her engagement ring, a lovely antique ring, a few days earlier. They were at Colt State Park for a day of fun. While swimming, Sharon’s ring fell off in the water. They searched for the ring for a few days but couldn’t find it. That’s when they decided to look for help on the internet and found my profile on TheRingFinders website, I went to the park the same day they contacted me, but I couldn’t get out far enough into the water as it was high tide. I met Francesca at the park three days later when it was low tide to continue the search. After two hours of searching, I located the ring. Francesca was amazed that the ring was found after being in the ocean for five days. She couldn’t wait to put the engagement ring back on Sharon’s hand.

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Lost Engagement Ring Found in Coventry, RI

July 14th, 2021 by Gary Bonin
from Charlestown (Rhode Island, United States)

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I received a call for help from Jessika, who had lost her engagement ring while doing yard work. Jessika told me that she and her fiance Kevin tried to find the ring, but after two days they still hadn’t found it. They even bought a metal detector and still had no luck finding the ring . That’s when they decided to search the internet for help. They found TheRingFinders website and decided to call me. Kevin showed me the areas where they thought it could be, and I started my search. In about twenty minutes, I found the ring. As you can see, Kevin was very happy the ring was found and couldn’t wait to tell Jessika, who was at work. When he called her, I could hear her excitement. She couldn’t believe that I found her ring .

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Gold wedding band lost at South Beach Boca Raton Florida… found..

April 30th, 2019 by Craig Marten
from Fort Lauderdale (Florida, United States)

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Gold wedding band lost at South Beach Boca Raton Florida… found..

It was a rough search . I arrived at high tide, and the seaweed made the search impossible. but as the high tide went out the seaweed cleared. And over 5 hours I finally found the ring right where he said it was.

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White Gold Diamond Ring Lost in the Sand in Litchfield, SC. Found and Returned

April 22nd, 2019 by Jim Wren
from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)

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Rhonda called me about 8:30 pm saying I had been referred to her by the Minelab Distributor in the area, and was hopeful I could help find one of her lost rings. She said that she had lost 5 rings in the sand after she had taken them off to apply sun tan lotion. She went on to say, that her and her boyfriend had found 4 of the 5 but couldn’t find her diamond ring. She was wondering when I might be available to help look for it. I don’t like waiting to do a ring search because too many things could happen between the time of loss and me getting there to search. So, I told her I’d be there in about 30 minutes, got the address, grabbed my detector and was on the road.

I called her when I got there and she met me in the parking lot. We walked out to the beach and luckily she knew exactly where the area was that the ring was lost. I think it took longer for the detector to turn on and me to get ready then it did to find her ring. She put me dead on the spot, 3 swings and I got the tone, looked at the numbers on the detector and saw the 9/10 and knew I had white gold. I took a small scoop of sand, checked the hole to make sure I had her ring and searched the scoop. I very gently pulled her beautiful diamond ring out of my scoop. She was a little shocked that it turned up so quickly. A great happy ending to their vacation.

Rhonda, thank you so much for trusting me to find your lost treasure. Have a safe trip home.
Jim

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Lost Ring Orange Beach – FOUND! 2 Day Search!

July 29th, 2018 by Dave Cartee
from Orange Beach (Alabama, United States)

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Well, this was a tough one but it turned out great! Crystal and her family were staying in Orange Beach, AL while they watched her daughter’s team compete in the World Series of Softball. Two days ago they were enjoying a much needed break cooling off in the Gulf of Mexico right before the sun went down. Crystal was standing in waist deep water trying to catch one of the bouncing water balls when tragedy struck. As the ball hit her left hand, both she and her husband saw her engagement ring fly off her hand and into the water. They looked and looked and raked their hands through the sand with goggles and masks and all of the volunteers they could get but they were unlucky and couldn’t find it. A very distraught Crystal did get a bit of luck later however when she found me on TheRingFinders and sent me an email. So yesterday after getting what I consider to be very thorough starting point directions, I began my search in the Gulf. I spent hours and ended up gridding out a really large area and I dug everything from fishing lures to a cell phone deep in the sand. I just couldn’t find it. I was bummed out and beat up from all the digging and I made the call to a very sad Crystal. Well I will say that the occasional one I can’t recover absolutely haunts me and I lay there when I got home last night thinking about anything that I could have done differently. After checking the tide graphs again, I decided that I would try even deeper and use a different mode on my machine. My wife gave me the okay this morning and even offered to come along. I started out neck deep and after only 2 passes I heard a strong signal. I switched the machine over so that I could hear what it was made out of and instantly heard that awesome gold tone. After a couple of gentle scoops, I had Crystal’s ring headed back to where it belongs. She was so sad yesterday, it was fun to hear her beside herself with happiness today. I’m very happy for you Crystal, thank you for giving me the chance to find your ring for you.

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Long Lost Boston College Ring Found at Horse Neck Beach in Westport MA

March 20th, 2017 by Gary Bonin
from Charlestown (Rhode Island, United States)

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In August 2016, while searching for a lost wedding ring in the water, I came across a Boston College ring buried underwater in the sand. Someone had tried to scratch out the owner’s name, but with the help of a magnifying glass, I was able to identify the name, Christopher P. Martin. I searched the internet and social media for months trying to find him. I even called Boston college twice to enlist their help in locating this graduate but that didn’t help. After six months of searching, I decided to contact WJAR Channel 10 to see if they could help me in my quest to find the owner of the ring, and they agreed. After the story aired on Channel 10, I still didn’t hear anything. My wife had an idea. Through the Boston College website, she connected with the Facebook of the Class of 1998. She messaged both Chris Martin and a college friend of his with a link to the Channel 10 story. Her detective work and the Channel 10 story paid off! The friend forwarded the link to Chris Martin, and he contacted me. Chris told me that his apartment was broken into about 15 years ago and his Boston College ring was stolen. He agreed to do a follow-up story about the ring return with Channel 10. With the help of my wife and Channel 10, I was able to reunite the ring with its owner. As you can see from the videos and photo, Chris was very happy to have this ring back! videos…….. Local man finds lost Boston College ring and Missing ring reunited with owner

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Metal Detecting East Matunuck State Beach for Lost Engagement Ring & Wedding Band

September 25th, 2014 by Keith Wille
from Westerly (Rhode Island, United States)

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Found Platinum Engagement Ring with Diamond & Platinum Wedding Band with Multiple Diamonds

After a day at the beach, I got home to realize I had lost my engagement and wedding ring. I rushed back the next morning in hopes of finding someone metal detecting and eventually found one in the area to rent. I searched for 4 hours to no avail. My husband and I went back a few days later, renting the metal detector and searching for 4-5 hours again. And again, coming home empty-handed.

Losing jewelry is a horrible feeling, and that feeling is amplified by 1000 when they are wedding rings. No amount of insurance money would bring back MY rings.

I had seen advertisements online for the Ring Finders, but I was hesitant to contact them. I had my doubts about identifying the location of my ring for them to find. But after two unsuccessful trips, I figured there was a 50/50 shot they would return them, and I took the odds.

I emailed Keith around 6:30 on a Saturday night and had an email back within an hour that he would be calling in the morning. He called as promised and agreed to meet my husband back at the beach in around an hour. My hesitation was beginning to ease!

We showed him the area where we believed the rings had been lost – the place we searched over and over with our rented detector – and he found them in less than 20 minutes.

The successful result speaks for itself! We could not be happier with our decision to reach out to Keith and are beyond thrilled that he could locate the lost rings. In talking with Keith afterward, I found out that he does survival and search/rescue training for his career. He certainly takes that professionalism and determination over into this field. I highly recommend Keith searching for anything of significant importance.

Lost your rings in the sand? Contact me now:

Call or text | 860-917-8947

Email | uncoverthings@yahoo.com

Website | www.metaldetectionkeithwille.com

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