Cape May, NJ Lost gold wedding ring, FOUND! by Ringfinder Jeffrey Laag


Received a text/call last night from a gentleman that proceeded to tell me his wife lost a custom engagement ring while they were swimming yesterday.
He said she lost it in waist deep water. They had gotten to the spot by boat, but I found a half mile trail, there and back, I could take without needing to launch my boat.
I get to the site and got set up, walked into the water and got a solid hit on my first target! Two scoops later and it was in the basket!!!
I texted him and we met up to give it back to him!
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Ring count for 2025: 75 (14 – recoveries)
GOLD – 11 (8 – recoveries)
GOLD/SILVER – 1 (1 – recovery)
PLATNIUM – 2 (2 – recoveries)
SILVER – 17 (3 – recoveries)
VINTAGE – 2
JUNK – 42
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“DIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME RINGS & BURY THE DRAMA!”

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June 7, 2025
It was on the fifth day before Dan’s first anniversary that he and his wife were enjoying boating on Cape Cod’s water, visiting a small island and a sandy beach with their granddaughter and family when somewhere along the way his one year old wedding band slipped off his finger.
The previous days of searching did not locate the ring. After hearing of a story of one of my previous finds, Dan’s wife took family recommendation about a group called TheRingFinders and and did a web search. Her search showed 4 entries for Cape Cod and she called me as I had over 200 returns and was the closest to her. Within two hours I was searching for the ring. Dan and Donna showed up about ten minutes into my cursory search. I had gone under the swing set and down to the water’s edge with only one signal, that of a of a penny. We then talked about Dan’s area of walking on the beach and I was close, but I was not close enough. The area were a dinghy was moved to and that of a swing set, where the granddaughter had enjoyed being push by Dan, would need a more thorough search.
I continued my search to the dinghy area and then up to the swing set area, finding a button and another penny on the way. I expanded the area under the sixth swing and very close to a leg of the swing set the best signal of the day rang into my ears. A small scoop into the sand, a quick shake of the scoop and there it was – the ring that would not stay lost for the evening’s anniversary party. What a day for the 78 year old couple, on their first anniversary! A day to remember.


Elide was pulling weeds and throwing them in the ditch back in May. After a time she noticed her ring was gone. With the help of her family they searched for days with no luck. Her daughter Tricia called me and asked for help.
We arranged to meet up and start a search, within 40 minutes I had the ring back where it belongs.
I love my Job.
Received a text last night asking for help to find an engagement ring lost in their backyard. We planned on me being there at 9:30 am.
Story goes, they were laying on blanket in the backyard when she had put ring on her pinky, stood up and it slipped off into the thick grass. They searched and searched, bought a pinpointer and even ordered a metal detector as well.
He found me online and asked if I could help.
I made the hour and half drive, get the location, turn on and set up my machine, take a step and boom there it was!
Love helping people find the little priceless things they lost and put them back in their life!
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Ring count for 2025: 66 (13 – recoveries)
GOLD – 9 (7 – recoveries)
GOLD/SILVER – 1 (1 – recovery)
PLATNIUM – 2 (2 – recoveries)
SILVER – 16 (3 – recoveries)
VINTAGE – 2
JUNK – 36
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“DIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME RINGS & BURY THE DRAMA!”

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While applying sunscreen, Tindra noticed that the clasp on her necklace had come undone, causing her charms to fall into the soft sand below. Tindra managed to locate one of the before my arrival. Since she knew the general area to search, the recovery of the final charm was swift, and Tindra expressed great gratitude.
Tindra explained: “The charms are family heirlooms from my family in Sweden. They’re gifted to babies when they’re born and one of my charms is over 100 years old. The “T” that I lost was from my Grandpa and gifted to me when I was a baby”
I got a text from Vinit, who explained that he had been playing volleyball on a sand court and lost his platinum engagement ring. He had posted signs around the court in case someone else playing on that court found it, but when he texted me, no one had called him. This was one of those rare occasions when the person knew exactly where they were when the jewelry was lost, the item was lost in sand (which is great to detect in), and it was in a place with almost no trash to complicate things. It took me only about 10 minutes to find Vinit’s ring and get it back on his finger where it belonged. Quick recovery, happy ending!





Jim was walking along a wooden pathway near the Pine Knoll Shores coastline and stopped to stretch his aching back. While bending over the railing to stretch out his muscles. As he raised up, his gold necklace snagged part of the railing. This caused his sentimental gold cross to fall about ten feet into the shrubbery and sand below. Jim had a couple of guys go in and look for the missing cross unfortunately, they were unsuccessful. One of the nice gentlemen, reached out to Crystal Coast Ring Finders to see if a metal detector would locate the lost gold.
Because of scheduling conflicts and weather conditions, the search was postponed for a few days. I met Jim in the morning and he showed me the location. This was a difficult area to even squeeze into for searching and once I arrived below the railing, I began my search using my metal detector as well as my Garrett hand held pinpointer. I came across many nails, screws and some fencing wire during the search and eventually worked my way down hill to where the men, who searched previously before me, had worked some of the sand into a pile. This was below the obvious area just below the railing. A few passes with my detector showed more nails and then a very good signal. After I grabbed a handful of the sand & debris, I spotted a very dirty golden cross in the pile. I met Jim at my truck and he declined having his picture taken so you see a picture of me after a very dirty, sweaty search.
Stacie lost her 14K white gold and diamond ring and narrowed the likely hiding place down to the backyard or the pool. Renting a metal detector to no avail led her to me. After eliminating the backyard, we located her gorgeous keepsake at the bottom of the pool. Another happy customer and the smile says it all!

Aaron called me saying that his fiancee Katie lost her engagement ring in the dry sand. She had removed it to apply some lotion, set it in her hat, and in the process of them setting up the umbrella and blanket, the ring ended up missing. Later, they had also moved to another location in the wet sand 80 feet away, so, it could be there also. I started in the dry sand which was the most likely. Aaron pointed out the original spot where they had the umbrella planted, so, I started just to the side of that. First pass, nothing, but, two thirds of the way back on the second pass, I got the sweet sound that rang up a solid 25 on my Equinox 900. Poked the pin pointer into the sand and pulled out a beautiful gold ring. A tearful Katie was so happy to have her precious love token back again. A pleasure to meet you both and thank you for the reward.