Received a call from a woman that lost her engagement ring at the LightHouse beach in Evanston, Il
She put the ring on a towel, well you know the rest of the story.
I did a grid line where she thought she lost it and found it on my very first scan, within about an inch inside the grid line.
She was one happy camper.
This is the best job in the world!!
I got a text from Jonathan, whose wife had dropped a ring over Labor Day weekend while standing in the water. Ironically, she was getting ready to go tubing and took her wedding and engagement rings off to hand them to someone in the boat for safekeeping. The engagement ring made it into the boat, but the wedding ring did not. Although the water was only about mid-thigh in depth, Falls Lake only has a foot or so of visibility even at its clearest, so spotting the ring visually was out of the question. Jonathan immediately dropped a pin on his phone to mark the spot and took pictures of the shoreline where they were. They felt around on the bottom to see if they could locate it, but the bottom was covered in sticks, leaves, mud, and small rocks, which made a “hand-search” all but impossible.
Jonathan contacted me and we made arrangements to ride over in his boat to the spot where the ring had been dropped. Although Falls Lake is relatively free of trash, it isn’t completely clean. After searching for more than an hour, I had three aluminum cans, three pull tabs, two bottle caps, a quarter, and a penny for my efforts. I felt like I had scoured the depth that Jonathan described pretty completely and decided to search a little shallower. At the new depth, I scooped up the ring in about 10 minutes. I thought Jonathan was amazed until he called his wife to tell her – she was over the moon! Definitely a happy ending to this story.
Received a call from a man in Glen Ellen, Illinois
Lost his 18k Gold wedding band in the yard.
He lost it one day prior to calling me to come out and yet it was at least
2 to 3″ in the ground. He would have never seen it, he must have stepped on it while searching.
Anyway, happy ending, thats all that counts!!
Jon’s family arrived for a few days vacation and spent the morning enjoying the beach, waves, and weather. Jon took off his necklace, which held his late grandfather’s wedding band, and placed it on his lap. It wasn’t until they returned to their room that Jon realized his necklace was missing. That evening, Jon’s wife made a social media post hoping for its return, but I felt she revealed too much information about its location. I came across her post, sent her a private message, and reached out to her after some detective work. We connected quickly, and I headed to North Topsail Beach. Despite doubts about finding the necklace after 12 hours, I met Jon, who described the events of the day before heading back to his room. I began my search, and after a few passes, my machine picked up a non-ferrous signal. Using my pinpointer, I located the target, scooped into the sand, and uncovered the gold chain, pulling it from its sandy hiding spot.
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I was contacted by a husband, (Ben), saying his wife lost her wedding ring in the front yard and that they had tried finding it with a metal detector, but had not located it. They had a very large front yard, but had marked off an area they thought it would be, because he had to run the mower. The area he thought it would be had not been cut. The temperatures those days were at the 95 degree range and I was in the full sun with no relief from any shade. The first day I spent around 4-5 hours finding nothing but surface items that sounded like a ring, small pieces of foil. I had completely covered the entire area he thought it would be. I was spent from the heat, so I came back the next day and expanded the search area. After around 4 hours I was well outside of the original search area by around 60 feet or so and I got a consistent 17 on my Manticore and it seemed to be on the surface because of the double beep. I had found it, but there was a problem. It was in the area that had been mowed and had been damaged from being run over with the mower tire. The band had been bent, had a small stone missing, and the main setting stone was loose. So as soon as I could I put it in a small zip lock bag so if anything else came loose it would not get lost.
July 30, 2025
Sandy Shores Resort in Mauston, WI offers users an exciting inflatable obstacle course. The inflatables sit atop a clay lined pool landscaped to bring the lake experience to users. Ringed by clean, soft sand, it offers ample seating for those just wanting to enjoy the sun. It’s the beach br
ought to south-central Wisconsin.
Sebastian was enjoying the floating inflatables when, while climbing back up out of the water, he felt his wedding ring slip off into the water. As a newlywed, he really wanted this ring back, and had been looking for the ring for four days, diving down and searching by feel. At the depth where his ring was lost, it was completely dark. He even tried some ideas provided by a local detectorist to no avail. When he called, he was desperate for success.
After speaking with Sebastian and receiving a few aerial map images by text, I agreed to the search. The owner of Sandy Shores was gracious and gave me permission to dive before the park opened for the day. Sebastian provided the perfect location to begin my search and after a few minutes diving in the search zone, I found his ring.
Like many jobs in life, if you have the right tools, some experience, and a willingness to try, there is often success. Sebastian provided detailed information to guide me. I brought the tools and the experience in using them. Together, we returned this precious reminder of their wedding day.
I got a text from a gentleman who had lost his wedding ring while mowing the grass. He said he had lost it about two weeks earlier and had searched for it (including borrowing a metal detector), but had been unable to find it. In the two weeks it had been lost, we’d had a number of major rainstorms, so I expected the ring at best, to be sitting on top of the soil and at worst, to have started to sink down into the soil. We made arrangements to meet the same day, and arriving at his house I could see that roughly half of his yard had been mowed and half was a little “overgrown”. He explained he was concerned that if it had fallen off in an unmowed area and he ran across it, the mower blade could have flung it elsewhere in the yard. For that reason, he stopped the mowing and started the search. When I arrived, he showed me where he was when he noticed the ring was no longer on his finger. Given that clue as a headstart, I began grid searching the yard, making sure to overlap my sweeps. On the fifth pass I got a rock solid signal and checking with my pinpointer, saw the ring. It was not visible from above – it had fallen through the grass – but was sitting on the soil, covered with grass clippings.
Every ring recovery is special, but this one was especially nice. He was overjoyed to get his ring back, but his wife was absolutely beside herself. Very glad to be a part of another happy ending!
Zac contacted me via text message Wed night after finding me in the Ring Finders Directory. That evening he was on the street in his front of his house in Newark, DE…he picked up a stick and went to throw it and he saw and felt his gold wedding band fly off his finger…he heard one distinct “ting” where it hit street somewhere but he never saw the direction it went. He searched for hours with his eyes and rakes/brooms before reaching out to me. I told him I would be there first thing the following morning. I originally thought this would be a quick job…the ring bounced once on street and then into the grass across the street but nope…it wasn’t in the grass across the street. This is where ring finding and metal detecting experience counts! I told Zac to go grab a metal washer…we’re going to re-enact the crime…I had Zac stand where he was with washer in his left hand (he was left handed) and pretend to throw stick again and let washer fly…guess what? it didn’t fly across the street it actually flew toward his home on the opposite side. There wasn’t any grass on that side…just some mulched beds with some shrubbery. I proceeded to scan under the first shrub I came to and immediately heard the signal I was looking for…a gold ring on the surface has a very unique signature on metal detector! I bent down and lifted the low branches of the shrub…and there was his beautiful gold ring!!! With Zac 10 feet away ..I held the ring up with a triumphant look….OMG the look of relief on his face was priceless! Its so fun and rewarding to be able to come through for people…I was so happy to get the ring back on Zac’s finger!!!
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I got a call from DJ, who had lost his wedding ring playing beach volleyball on a sand court. DJ and his wife had not been married long and while every wedding ring is important, “new” ones are just a little more special. He explained that he’d actually been driving home with his wife (who also plays volleyball) when he noticed that his ring was MIA. I met DJ out at the court the next morning and started searching. The good news is that there is almost zero trash on a beach volleyball court, so other than a nickel and a metal bead, the ring was a straightforward recovery. You can tell from the picture that DJ was ecstatic about having the ring back on his finger – another happy ending!
North Topsail Beach, NC By Crystal Coast Ring Finders
Steve was spending some time in the ocean during a typical hot Summer North Carolina day. He mentioned he was swimming in about chest deep waters, jumping in the waves. A large wave hit him and he felt his ring was gone!
Steve called me just after low tide that same day and I arrived the following day to search. I found another man’s white gold band, in the ocean, a few miles away about an hour before. I started my search parallel with the shoreline working my way out into the deeper water. After finding nothing but a couple of pieces of trash, I started a vertical search. After just a couple of passes, I got a good signal. I was disappointed when I dug up a pop can tab. A few steps later in the water, my machine displayed the very same target identification. This time it was Stephen’s white gold wedding band! I walked to shore and took some pictures. Steve was about to go out with family for pizza and I sent him the photo thinking they had already left. A large number of family members and Steve and his wife poured out onto the beach with surprise and joy!
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