How to find lost jewelry and coins in the Palisades fire Tag | The Ring Finders

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  • from Redondo Beach (California, United States)
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Steve’s Emergency Metal Detecting Service For You if you lost a ring or something precious to you. Please don’t wait until tomorrow, time will work against you, please CALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, CALL NOW!  310-953-5268

Maria contacted me about the loss of her house, and wondered if I would be available to help her find some missing items that were left behind. I let her know when I would be free for the search, and we arranged to meet at a local restaurant because her house was in a gated community.

When I arrived I really wasn’t expecting what I saw. The house was partially standing, and it was built with a steel infrastructure which was all over the place. She told me that one of the most important items to find was a diamond engagement ring that had been given to her by her husband who had passed at an early age. she showed me where she last believed it had been, but on the second floor which was now on the first floor. So I began to work. I found many parts of figurines with a couple intact. I also found a bunch of doll arms and legs. I used a reciprocating saw to remove some of the steel beams in order to get at some of the rubble underneath them, and began finding coins. I felt I had found the area where the ring would be, so I kept sifting. I worked that area until I was scraping the floor all over, but no ring. After 5 hours, I had 168 coins, numerous doll arms and legs, and 2 intact chains along with 4 chain fragments.

Maria asked if I could come back to look again in a different area, so we agreed on another day for the search. When I arrived, Maria was already shoveling rubble to be sifted, and I got right to work. I worked for another 3 hours, and we were able to find the ring she really wanted to find as well as 2 others, and 2 earrings. With all of these searches I find that the people I am helping are hurt, very hurt, but not broken. There is a deep resilience in their character that I admire.

I did come back a 3rd time, and was only able to find a few chain fragments.

Don’t let the County beach cleaning machines take your lost valuable, call as soon as possible! I will work hard, using the most up to date metal detectors, to help you find what you thought might never be found again. I search, Beverly Hills, Hermosa Beach, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Newport Beach, Northridge, Pasadena, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Seal Beach, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Torrance, Venice Beach, Zuma Beach, and all parks, yards, gardens, and ponds (to 5 foot depths) in all of Orange County, all of Los Angeles County, Southern California, and Ventura County.

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LOST JEWELRY & COIN COLLECTION IN PALISADES FIRE FOUND & RETURNED.

  • from Santa Monica (California, United States)
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I got a call from Scott who lost his home and all the family’s possessions about two weeks ago to see if I could help him find his wife’s jewelry and his coin collection. Today was one of the first days that the property owners were allowed back to the Palisades since the fire began on January 7th. We met in Santa Monica. When I followed him into the first national guard checkpoint on PCH in the Palisades then had to go to through another sheriffs  checkpoint and wait one hour for an escort to the fired zone. After a quick explanation of the lost valuables I put on my protective gear and began the search with in two hours of sifting through the ash and debris I found at least 200 silver coins, then we moved on to search for his wife’s jewelry but the debris was larger and had to be tossed aside before I could start sifting again, within 45 mins time frame I found over 25 pieces of Scott’s wife’s jewelry consisting of rings, bracelets, chains, brooches, earings and a couple of jade pendants. Luckily I was able to use my 30 years of experience with fire recovery to help this nice but devastated family be reunited with some of their family heirlooms.

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