I received an email from a guy that lost his Silver Wedding Band while playing football with his two young boys. He was very distraught from the lost of his wedding ring. After about a hour of doing a grid search in the thick grass. The sliver wedding band was found just under the wide grass blades. He was very happy to have to ring back on his hand.
Lost Man’s Silver Wedding Ring in Gahanna, OH. “FOUND”
Car keys are important specially when you only have one key! I received a call yesterday from a young man who explained that he thought he lost his car keys with alarm fob the night before while partying with his friends on the beach. He called me from 3rd beach the following day and I asked him to take pictures of the location so when I got there at night I’d have a good chance to find the car key.
I know the beaches get hit hard by the local treasure hunters so I put out an email to a friend to see if he or anyone he knew were hunting 3rd beach the night before. The answer back was no…
I got the details/pictures over the phone from the young man and off I went at 10 pm to search for the lost key. After arriving I realized I was in the party pit! Fire pits and bottle caps and pull tabs every where! Almost every swing you got a signal…
I dumped my pouch of crap twice in the garbage and took one load of caps and pull tabs to show you all…I spent 5 1/2 hours searching the area for his lost car key because I knew it would cost a small fortune to have one cut.
After the first 2 hours I realized I was searching the wrong area…(Always good to have the person there to show you the area) Luckily one of the pictures he sent me had a unique log that look like it had deer antlers, I was able to find that log and I knew I was in the hot zone.
I always show you videos of my recoveries and blog my story of success…But it doesn’t always have a happy ending! I didn’t find his car key but not for a lack of trying. More then likely the key & fob were sitting on the top of the sand and in the morning someone eyeballed it…Or it was lost some where else…
I always say…I can only find what’s there to be found…If its there…I will Find it!
I found enough to cover my gas…
10- $2.00 coins
3- $1.00 coins
12-25 cent coins
15-10 cent coins
7- 5 cent coins
20- 1 cent coins
3-Rings-1 silver
1-Pair of ladies sun glasses
Bottle caps & Pull Tabs…To many to count! But they are now where they belong…In the Garbage!
We got the call on Saturday evening, Ted had been working on his home all day, cleaning the gutters, small repairs and such. After a long day of satisfying of projects on his home he went in to clean up and shower, that’s when he realized his wedding band was missing. He panicked as we all would. He and his wife looked extensively all over their yard around the home, both front and back yard. He got the ladders back out to search the gutters, went through all the trash, all his clothes only to realize he still had NO RING. He decided to see what services were available on the internet and found “The Ring Finders” website which directed him to my wife and I just 20 minutes away. Ted called and explained the situation, I told him that we would be over after church on Sunday and not to worry. We met up about 12:30 on Sunday, Ted showed us around the home. My wife and I both geared up with our detectors and began the search, naturally beginning on one side of the home working our way around to its opposite side. As I was going along the side of the home, I intentionally turned with my detector heading toward the neighbor’s water hose which was loosely coiled in the side yard. (Knowing the ring could have gone that far due to the height of the gutter line.) My detector responded with a loud ping when it crossed over the water hose and though I thought it was strange, I knew a water hose would not have any type of metal in it, just at the end where the handle was. I moved the hose and ran my detector over the area again and still received a loud ping. I reached down using my Garrett pinpointer and hit the target – the ring had been pushed down flush in the mud in the grass. That moment of locating a lost item always puts such a great smile on my face. I called out to my wife and said get the camera, I have found the ring.
Two Lost Gold Diamond Rings at Calve Barn in Mt. Sterling, OH “FOUND”
I received an email from a lady that lost both of her Gold Diamond Rings while helping her neighbor feed some calves. Some of the calves were sucking on her fingers as she feed the others. Before she lefted the barn, she realize that both her rings were missing. It was dark out and it would be impossible to look for both rings since there is straw and calve manure everywhere in the barn.
I came with my rubber boots and my metal detecting and started searching though the straw and calve manure. Found the five stoned gold ring within 15 minutes of searching. But the other bigger diamond ring was no where to be found after another hour of looking. I then switched to a smaller coil and moved some calve pins. There was the other ring, in the corner where the bigger coil could not get to. Her face lit up when she saw the other ring.
I always say everyones lost jewelry has a story attached to it and everyone’s story is different. 
This young lady lost a silver locket that was given to her by her grandmother, it was lost in the sand at Kits Beach and she didn’t realize that she lost it until she got home that evening. How do you replace something so special that was given to you by someone so special?The best thing this young lady did was post on the lost & found on the craigslist and then reply to my email. I just sent the info on my service called ”The Ring Finders” and said I could help. She told her mother and they took a look at my directory/website and made the call.After discussing the search I was on my way to the beach to meet them both and look for her locket. I knew that there was a chance that another treasure hunter could have found it before me, I contacted a friend that I know searches Kits Beach and he said he didn’t find it so I felt like we had a chance. 
After just 20 minutes of searching the area that the locket could have been in… I found it…Funny thing was it wasn’t in the area I was searching. She received a text message from a friend that sent her a picture of where they were sitting and she showed me a reference marker between two benches and two garbage cans.While I walked up to take a look at the text message I got a signal and kicked the sand to see her silver locket…The story of her locket continues and I was so happy that I could find it for her. Thank you for the kind reward! I love my job! Lost something? Call me ASAP! You can watch the video of the search below… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au6icMKEzTM
Joe Szemer, Andrew Szemer, Tom Jones, Nemo Filimonovic and Elizabeth Filimonovic
August 10 while having an SRARC board meeting, a call came in for a lost ring on St. Pete Beach. Elizabeth Filimonovic explained that she had set her husband Nemo’s wedding band on his shirt that was lying on the sand. When he picked up the shirt the ring was lost in the sand. Tom Jones, Joe Szemer, Andrew Szemer and Mike Miller went to the beach at 10:30 pm. The team got to the beach and found the ring within the first 10 seconds after the hunt started.
The following evening the ring was returned to the happy couple. Upon meeting Elizabeth and Nemo, the comment was made, “Nemo, as in Captain Nemo?” Elizabeth replied, “No, as in Finding Nemo.”
Doug Brosack, Stan Flack, Mike Miller, Unknown Couple and Tom Jones
The day before their 3rd anniversary, this man lost his wedding band in the Gulf of Mexico. The detecting group were on the beach to meet another couple that had lost a platinum wedding band the previous day. Tom Jones saw this couple thinking that they were the people he was meeting and approach them. He found out that they were not the couple he was meeting. In turn the gentleman said that he too had lost his wedding band yesterday. The four detectorist hunted for about 45 minutes then the Tungsten ring was found.
To everyone’s surprise the couple had disappeared. 30 minutes later the lady shows up and was in tears when she learned that the ring had been found. She phoned her husband who had resolved that no one would be able to find his ring and told him to “get down to the beach now.” The couple was so happy that their anniversary weekend getaway had been saved.
After everyone parted ways Tom realized that in all of the excitement no one remembered to exchange names or contact information.
They will be remembered as the “once again happy, 3rd anniversary couple from Queens NY.”
Stan Flack, Doug Brosak, Tara McNamee, Mike Miller, Kevin McNamee and Tom Jones
After going on theringfinders.com Tara McNamee called Tom Jones at 10:37pm on Aug 4th to tell him that her husband had lost his platinum wedding band in the Gulf of Mexico that day. Tom informed her that he had already organized a hunt for another platinum ring for the next morning at 8:00am just 4 blocks up the beach from where the ring was lost. They agreed to meet at 9:00am to start the hunt.
The next morning after finding the first ring by 8:30, the search party moved down the beach to search for the next ring. Five minutes in the water one of the searchers found the ring before the couple got to the beach. Upon arrival the couple was elated to learn that the ring had already been located. Tara said that she had prayed to St. Anthony since her father, Anthony, had recently passed away.
Whether it was good directions from Tara or divine intervention it brought back the smiles on this wonderful couple from Queens, NY.
Mike Miller, Stan Flack, Sean Lelchuk , Tom Jones, Doug Brosak
August 4th, Sean Lelchuk found theringfinders.com website and contacted Tom Jones with the Suncoast Research and Recovery Club asking for help finding his platinum wedding band he had lost in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico that afternoon. Tom quickly called several volunteer members of the club and organized a hunt for the following morning at 8:00am.
The next morning the group met at the beach behind the resort where Sean was staying. After 45 minutes of searching the water and the wet sand the ring was located. The group came out of the water and the ring and Sean’s smile were returned.
Just yesterday around 3 pm I received a call from a young man that lost his wedding band at a construction site in Abbotsford.I quickly called our other member from Abbotsford to see if he wanted to do it as it would be nice for him to get some practise but I never heard back from him so I made arrangements to meet Chris who lost his ring that evening.Abbotsford is a good hour drive for me so by the time I got off work and grabbed my equipment and met Chris at a gas station it was 10 pm. I followed him to the construction site where I signed in and followed him to his job site where his ring was lost. We looked over the 2 possibilities and we both felt that the ring was lost at the 2nd location. I grabbed my light to do the interview and off I went to search for the ring…
It only took a minute to get a signal and a huge Smile! I feel just as excited to find the ring as the person I find it for! 
Chris was so very happy, he called his wife who sounded very excited and emotional that the ring was found!It’s so refreshing to see what a ring means to a man as we know how emotional the ladies get when I recover their lost rings. Chris loved his ring very much and loved the lady who gave it to him and I’m so glad I was able to continue their story! Thank you for the kind reward Chris!I love my Job!Lost Something? Call me ASAPYou can watch the recovery below…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5P30Aaj8ak