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LOST A RING? WE CAN FIND IT! THE RING FINDERS SOUTH JERSEY

  • from North Wildwood (New Jersey, United States)

Everyone’s jewelry has a story attached to it and that story ends when its lost in the sand or ocean… The Ring Finders service will help bring their story to life again and continue that story by finding what people thought was lost forever. Rings, wedding bands, diamond engagement rings, diamond earrings, diamond tennis bracelets, watches, gold pendants…

People who have given up the search now have a second chance! A chance to have a professional treasure hunter search for your lost item with the best equipment and know how.

The Ring Finders cover all South Jersey Shore points from Brigantine to Cape May including Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Avalon, Stone Harbor and the Wildwoods!

Diamond Stud Earring Lost in Sand .. Manhattan Beach, CA. .. Found

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)

Dustin called me from Manhattan Beach. He and his friends were actually on the beach at the volleyball courts where they had been playing.
Trisha was one of their friends that was just sitting on the beach as a spectator. As she began to leave she realized her 2 ct. diamond stud earring was missing. She assumed that her 3 year old daughter may have pulled it from her ear while they were watching the volleyball game.
Chelsea was one of the friends who told her about TheRingFinder.com.
When I received the call, I asked if they had the other earring? It was a one of a kind, no matching earring. They also told me that four people had been scouring the sand for the small earring. Those were not good things to hear, but I agreed to meet them within an hour if one person could wait. Chelsea and Dustin would stay as Trisha had to get her child home for her afternoon nap.
I have just purchased a high frequency coil for my XP Deus metal detector for this type search. I also brought three different sifting screens to use if I couldn’t get a decent signal from my detector. It was a small area 20’x 20′.. I set up my detector with the highest sensitivity and at 55 kHz frequency ( good for super small objects). The first pass only turned up one small piece of aluminum. At least there wasn’t too much trash that could hamper the search.
I did my cross grid getting a faint repeatable signal. With a small handheld screen I scooped fairly deep (3″+). Bingo!! diamond stud earring in the scoop. Total search time was less than 15 minutes. It was a beautiful stone sparkling in the sunlight.
Everybody was surprised, they told me that they believed it may have been lost before Trisha got to the beach. They were also ready to go home because I had alerted them that this could take a few hours if we had to go to sifting mode.
This call was referred to me by a Steve Smith also a member of TheRingFinders.

 

Lost Ring Playing Volleyball .. Corona Delmar Beach, CA. .. Found

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)

Marius contacted me, asking if I could help him find his Tungsten Carbide wedding ring. He was at Corona Delmar beach playing volleyball with his friends. He was still at the location when I arrived.
Marius did not feel the ring slip from his finger but he did know it was on when he started playing. When they stopped to take a break, he discovered his ring was missing.
I like this type of search because it was a fresh drop, defined location and large ring. He did play on both sides of the volleyball court but this should not take long to grid search.
After about an hour I started to lose my confidence. My head started to question whether Marius really gave me the correct information. I started a cross grid in the opposite direction and expanding 15 feet outside the court.
It only took about five or six passes before I got the strong signal I was looking for. After digging the signal, it turned out to be Marius’ wedding ring.
Another learning experience for me. I felt this was going to be fast and easy, ( wrong ). The ring was actually 15 feet outside the court very close to their beach chair and personal items.
Marius said he will never wear his ring while playing sports. He wasn’t looking forward to tell his wife how careless he had been.

Lost House Key .. Huntington Beach, CA. .. Found

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)

Carol was taking care of her friend’s house and dogs while they were on vacation. After locking dead bolt lock on the door from the outside, she walked to her car parked on the street. That’s where she noticed only house key she had was missing from her key fob.
Carol’s mother, Debbie came to help her look for the key. After two frustrating hours they were unable to locate the single key. Most of the short walk to the car was cement except for about 40 feet of grass between the sidewalk and the street.
When they contacted me I was only a mile away. We met about 20 minutes after the call. After hearing Carol’s story, I planned to eliminate the grass area first using my normal metal detector. Then I would take my hand held pinpointer detector to search the small planters in the patio entry area.
A neighbor saw me with the metal detector and joined in on the search by visually searching the patio area. Bingo, the key had dropped into a planter and the neighbor was able to see it before I got out my pinpointer. The important thing was Carol had her key back so she could feed the dogs.
This call was a referral from Steve Smith a fellow member of TheRingFinders metal detector service.

Engagement Surprise .. Laguna Beach, CA. .. Using Metal Detector

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)

Chelsey had called me with a strange request. Her brother, Arron was planning a special way to ask his girlfriend to marry him. He wanted to take her to dinner at the Montage Resort in south Laguna Beach, CA..  His plan was to walk on the beach after eating and to have me find a small treasure box next to them with my metal detector.
I wasn’t sure how we would accomplish this but I met Arron’s sister on the beach known as Treasure Island. We buried the box with the engagement ring. She marked the location with some small sticks. It was a beautiful location and it was about to be sunset.
Arron and Mandie walked out onto the beach while I was detecting near them. As They stood almost on top of the box, I approached them with my detector. I had the speaker mode on, so there was an audible signal they could hear.
When my detector sounded off, I looked at them, saying there is something big just under the surface. I asked them if they could retrieve it. Mandie looked confused, but Arron reached down to scoop up the box. I turned and walked away. He opened the box where a beautiful engagement ring was. Then he dropped to his knees presenting the ring to Mandie, asking her to marry him. We also had a photographer who was sitting on the beach. She recorded everything.
It was a fun to be a part of this special moment for Arron and Mandie.

Arron and Mandie just after he proposed to her.

Arron’s sister Chelsea burying the treasure box.

Wedding Ring Found in Huntington Beach

  • from Sunset Beach (California, United States)

On August 9, 2016 Amy had posted that she had lost her wedding ring three days prior on a Facebook Community Forum I belong too. I immediately reached out to her and told her I could help her find the ring. She told me the diamonds were her Husbands Grandmothers and they had them set into a new custom made ring. We arranged to meet at the beach where she removed the ring to apply sunscreen. Luckily she had a good recollection of the area they were sitting. After about 30 minutes of grid searching I found her sentimental ring. Amy was so thankful, she contacted me the next weekend and invited me out for dinner with her family.

Lost Rose Gold Wedding Ring .. San Clemente, CA. .. Found and Returned

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)

Alan and his wife, Cynthia are from Utah. They call this, their maternity vacation to celebrate the coming of their first child which is due in two months.
Alan had taken off his rose gold wedding band while putting on sunscreen, setting it on his towel. Forgetting the ring was on the towel, he pick up the towel as they were leaving the beach. Within a few minutes he realized that the ring had fallen into the sand.
Even though he knew the location, he could not find the ring. Alan did a Google search which pulled up TheRingFinders.com., he was able to stay at the location till I got there an hour later. Timing was important and made this a quick successful search.
Alan was amazed at how well the metal detector found his ring in the location he searched for hours.

Lost White Gold and Diamond Wedding Ring .. Huntington Beach, CA. . Found

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)

It was near 8:45pm on a week night when Giovani called to ask if I would be able to help him find his wife’s wedding band that he dropped in the sand. I asked him what beach he was at when at when he lost it. Also if it was in dry sand or in the water.
He was half way home about 20 miles from Huntington City Beach when I talked to him. I told him I would go to the location right away. He was thinking that we could meet the next day, but he was willing to turn around and drive back to the beach.
He had told me it was about 12″ inches from the metal frame of the lifeguard tower. This could be a problem, if it was next to the metal skids, so I brought a large sifting tool.
The area was small but so was the petite white gold ring. I’m not sure what position or how deep the ring was. I did get a faint tone that did turn out to be his wife’s ring. Katelin was standing there as I passed my sand scoop for her to see her cherished wedding ring in the bottom of the scoop. It was almost 10 pm and very cold out. We took a couple photos and got on the road to return home. Giovani and Katelin were very grateful to have their special ring back after several hours of thinking it was lost forever.

Lost Keys In Sand .. Balboa Beach, CA. .. Found

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)

Casey has moved to Newport Beach recently from the east coast. She had lost keys in the sand the night before contacting me.
Casey was very concerned and upset with herself because the keys were not hers, she had borrowed her cousin’s bike with the lock. If we couldn’t find the keys it was going to be more work and expensive to have somebody with the proper tools to come remove the lock.
I was very close to the location and we met about 30 minutes after she first contacted me. Casey was able to walk me very close to where she had been sitting  yesterday. It didn’t take long to locate the two keys on a single key ring. But! It could have been a failed search if I didn’t have my detector in the all metal setting. I get lazy sometimes because I do use discrimination setting at the beach where there are all types of metal trash. These keys and the key ring were basically ferrous metals that I could have missed with the wrong settings. It also helps to ask questions about what kind of metal the missing item is. We might of been able to use the magnet, but the metal detector is faster.
It was a quick successful search and a very happy lady that was smart enough to search the internet to solve her problem..

Small Battery Lost in Artificial Turf .. Huntington Beach, CA. .. Found

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)

Barbara found me while searching the internet for metal detector rentals. She cares for retired greyhound racing dogs. One of her dogs had torn a toy that had three small button type batteries in it. She was concerned that one of the dogs had swallowed the toxic battery.
After taking the dog to the veterinary and spending a lot of money for X-rays. She was worried that the dog could still find the one missing battery and swallow it. Barbara explained that these dogs are almost like little kids, they chew on all kinds of objects.
We set up a time I could meet her husband at the house. He would have a sample battery to help me set up my detector. The area where the battery should be was all artificial turf, which sounded like it would be a simple search. Not so simple, this turf had many nails holding it in place. I started to adjust my settings on my metal detector but the little S.S. button battery was almost the same tone and ID number as the nails.
I had also brought a large magnet with me. Just before setting up my metal detector, I thought I might try dragging this 8″ magnet over the main search area. I picked a likely spot and with a little luck I heard a metal to metal sound (click), that turned out to be the missing button battery. (a first for me).
I carry this magnet to pull ferrous trash out of some messy search locations. It was just what I needed for this search. Barbara was so grateful, telling me this had worried for a couple days and now she could sleep better.
I like to say I will try anywhere and anything thing. One more example!