I got a call from a lady saying that she lost her engagement ring in Lake Huron at Crescent State Park in Michigan. My daughter and I traveled 2 1/2 hours to meet the couple. After they showed me where it should be in the water, I got searching and found it in about 15 minutes. It was worth driving that distance to see the smiles on their faces.
This nice couple was referred to me by fellow Ring Finder, John Favano. Lauren and her husband were enjoying a beautiful summer day on a Lewes bay beach when tragedy struck! Her husband was tossing a ball back and forth while standing in knee deep water when he felt, saw and heard his ring fly off and “kerplunk” into the water at his feet. After looking for quite a bit they decided to track down a professional metal detectorist…I got the call around 4 pm Saturday and just happened to be on the beach 10 minutes away! I ran over and went straight to work…after finding quite a few bottle caps and pull tabs … about 20 minutes into the search I finally got the wedding band signal I was hoping for. After several attempts to scoop the target in 2 feet of water…I finally got it into the scoop. Looking down…I raised the scoop in triumph….there on top of all the sand in the scoop was a beautiful ring! I was very happy to be able to help this awesome couple!!!
I have a passion for helping people find their sentimental rings and that is exactly what my new friend Kathy had. Kathy and her family were at Navarre beach and sat down to enjoy the gulf. Kathy’s daughter told her that she should take her ring off to make sure she didn’t lose it. This is normally wise advice, but unfortunately it got placed on a towel and quickly came off while playing with the grandkids. This was a very important ring because it actually belonged to Kathy’s mom and it was the only ring she chooses to wear. Needless to say she was distraught and I’m very glad she called me. I came out quickly to Navarre before sunset and got the lowdown on where they were sitting and what had happened. I did a couple of passes back-and-forth with no luck. I asked her to go back over the events of the day and she pointed out a very nice group of Neighbors. I decided to take a pass closer to them since I thought they wouldn’t mind and I’m glad I did. I didn’t go very far until I heard a great gold tone and gave Kathy a big smile. When I pulled it up in the scoop she said, does that mean you found it? And I told her that’s exactly what it means and held the scoop out to her. Sentimental heirloom ring is back where it belongs. 😃 Thank you so much for trusting me Kathy.
I almost didn’t post this story but I wanted to make sure y’all know I’ve been standing watch. This gentleman called from a town I cover and asked that I not share his name or take his picture. I can absolutely do a stealth mission when needed. It was pretty straightforward, his wife put her Diamond wedding band in the cup holder of her chair and when she shook out the sand, it went flying. A few minutes in ninja mode 🥷 and I had it back to him. I got approval for a selfie and a pic of just the ring and I was gone like it never happened. 😉 Mission accomplished.
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Received a text from a young lady that stated she had lost her wedding ring set (two rings soldiered together) in a river that she was tubing on Friday July 3rd and asked if I could try and find it.
I said absolutely! The water was only about 2-3 feet deep and she lost it just before some rapids. So after work, I make the 3 plus hour drive and get to the spot. Grabbed my gear and headed down the little hill towards the river’s edge to assess the area.
Once in the water, I needed to try and figure out where she was based on the text message and screenshots received. I finally found what I thought was the spot and I get a good 72 VDI ring signal! It sounded loud and on top! The only issue was it was under a big log. I rolled the log to the right and scanned again. Now I’m really getting a good signal!! I went to get my goggles because I couldn’t see with the water moving and the suns glare. As I was coming back to the spot, the same “SUNS GLARE” actually shined down and I could see a silvery/white gold circle shining!! I reached down and pull it up!
I had to drive a ways to get cell signal back, but once I did I sent her the pictures and she was very happy!
Then I had to drive an hour to their house where I met her husband at the door! I said, “I hear your wife lost some rings!” He said, “Yes!” They both couldn’t believe it was still there and I found them! (on July 8th) Needless to say he was very excited to get them back as well!
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Total ring recoveries since joining “The Ring Finders” 115 total!
Ring count for 2026: 77 (18 – recoveries)
GOLD – 21 (16 – recoveries)
GOLD/STAINLESS – 1
PLATNIUM – 4 (4-recoveries)
SILVER – 16
TUNGSTEN – 2
JUNK – 33
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“DIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME RINGS, BURY THE DRAMA!”
I got a call from Sydnie on Saturday the 4th and she said her friend who was down from Ohio for the 4th had lost her engagement ring in the lake right behind her house. They were floating about fifteen to twenty feet from the dock. Before I could make it over there they had to return home without the ring. I was able to get there for the search on Tuesday. I geared up for the search using my Manticore with the Gray Ghost Amphibian headphones and a sand scoop. Fortunately the water was only around 4 to 4 1/2 feet deep there. The bottom was a very shallow layer of soft mud, maybe less that 2 inches, with a hard pan of clay underneath. That made it difficult to use a sand scoop, but I made it work. Closer in to the dock there was a lot of iron and other debris that made the going slow, but as I got further away from the dock those signals were further in between. The water was deep enough that I couldn’t see the screen on the Manticore, and the lost ring was white gold so I could concentrate on the low tones. After about an hour and a half I was at least twenty feet away from the dock, maybe a little more, and I got the tell tale double beep low tone that was very strong. The lost ring was white gold so I could concentrate on the low tones. I lifted the detector out of the water to see the screen and it said 06 for the target ID. With the hard pan clay down there it took me three attempts to get the target in the scoop, but there it was, a dainty white gold ring.
I got a call from a lady saying that her husband lost his wedding ring at Sanford Lake in Michigan. I met them both there to try to find it. The husband said he was in about a 75 foot long area along the beach in the water. He said that he didn’t go out farther than 30 feet. He was playing with his kids and crawling on the lake bottom. I figured that I would start at where he could crawl and keep his head above water. In less than five minutes and my first signal, I scooped up his ring.They were both happy to have it back and it made my day to get it back to him.
Chris contacted me on Sunday morning and said his wife had lost her ring in the front yard while throwing water ballons on the 4th. He showed me the area they were at so I started there. I was fairly certain that early on in the conversation he said it was white gold, so I was mainly concentrating on shallow low signals. But, after around 30 minutes I got a very strong 72 on the Manticore with the telltale double beep that said it was very shallow or on the surface. A 72 is definately not white gold, but a silver or copper tone, and of course I investigated to see what it would be. It was the lost ring, and after looking at it I saw a 925 inside the band. So it was silver and not white gold. His wife was estatic and said she went to sleep crying the night before. In my book they are newlyweds, only 6 months in. A successful recovery!
