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Ten Bears FOUND in the Grass at Lincoln Park in Corona, CA!

  • from Corona (California, United States)
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I received a frantic message a little after 10pm last night from Jeff. Unfortunately, I didn’t see it until this morning. Jeff said he lost his silver Indian Head ring, called “Ten Bears” in Lincoln Park the day before. He walked the area 3 times with no luck, and could I help.

I met up with Jeff in the park and he told me he had been walking the dog there. As dogs do, the dog wanted to go one way and Jeff wanted to go the other way, several times. At some point the ring slipped off his finger while trying to control the dog’s leash. What made this urgent was that he told me the ring was his dad’s. His dad passed away in 1986 and the ring was inherited by him.

This is a popular exercise park with a jogging/walking trail and exercise stations as well as a kid’s playground and gazebo picnic area. Since it’s been about a day and a half since it was lost, I was concerned someone may have already found it. After pointing out the approximate route he and the dog took, with an emphasis on a particular area, I started my grid search there. The grass had been cut in the morning and Jeff lost it that evening.

After about three passes with my metal detector, I literally saw it laying in the grass before my coil swing could reach that spot. I picked it up and, like I do when I know it’s the item, asked him, “Does it look like this”? Jeff got emotional, and rightfully so. After all, it was a piece of his dad’s memory. He gave me a big hug and thanked me over and over. These are the ones that are emotional for me when it’s something passed down from a parent or grandparent.

Call or text me right away! Fortunately, the grass got cut before the loss!

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Lost Ring in Strawberry Plains

  • from Knoxville (Tennessee, United States)
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Lee had a problem that started with a simple afternoon of yard work. After losing some weight recently, his ring had become noticeably loose on his finger. While working outside on a hot, sweaty day, the ring finally slipped off and disappeared somewhere in the grass.
Lee decided to try finding it himself and rented a metal detector. Unfortunately, his yard turned out to be full of metal objects, and the detector was constantly giving signals. After searching without any luck, Lee went online and discovered TheRingFinders.com. He gave me a call, hoping I could help.
I headed over to his house and started searching the yard. It didn’t take long at all—about 10 minutes later, I got the signal I was looking for and pulled Lee’s ring from the grass!
Another ring recovered and another happy customer. Sometimes having the right equipment—and knowing how to use it—makes all the difference.
I’m glad Lee reached out before that ring became a permanent part of his yard!

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Lost Gold Ring in Gallatin, TN Found By Nashville Ring Finder

  • from Nashville (Tennessee, United States)
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Alex called me around 7:45PM on July 2nd from a park in Gallatin, TN. He’s from NY and was in TN visiting friends and family at a park and was enjoying a nighttime game of volleyball. Alex had only been on the sand volleyball court for about five minutes and only hit the ball twice when he realized his 22K gold and diamond ring wasn’t on his finger. The game came to a halt and everyone began sifting through the sand with their fingers looking for the heavy gold ring. After about an hour Alex’s brother found my contact info on TheRingFinders directory.

I made the 45 minute drive to Gallatin and met Alex at the park. He and his friends were still playing volleyball on the same court much to my surprise, but maybe they were hoping someone would step on it and feel it under their feet. I began a grid search and immediately began getting lots of signals, resulting in lots of pennies, dimes, pieces of aluminum can and other miscellaneous metal bits. At one hour and twelve minutes into the search I got the tone I was hoping for. It was Alex’s ring, about two inches deep in the sand and at least twenty feet away from where Alex thought his ring would be. Alex was extremely happy and said it would have been very painful for him to return home to NY without that ring.

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Lost Ring in Murfreesboro TN Found With Metal Detector

  • from Nashville (Tennessee, United States)
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I got a call from Mitchell on June 6th, 2026 a few hours after he lost a very special ring in his backyard. It was a warm day, so he and his kids had a water balloon fight in their Murfreesboro, TN back yard. He felt the ring fly off his finger. The lush green grass in his yard, or possibly even one of the adjoining neighbor’s yards swallowed up his ring. He spent hours walking barefoot in his yard, hoping he’d find it by stepping on it, to no avail. He then found my information on TheRingFinders directory and gave me a call.

Mitchell’s father had owned the ring for many years and gave it to Mitchell just last year. Mitchell cherishes the ring and had worn it daily, so finding it was a must. I made the 45 minute drive from Nashville and met with Mitchell. He eagerly showed me where the water balloon fight took place. He anxiously watched as I started a grid search with my metal detector, and luckily he didn’t have to wait long. At the five minute mark I got the signal I was hoping for, it was Mitchell’s gorgeous white gold and diamond ring. Needless to say, Mitchell was all smiles. What a great feeling to reunite people with their lost treasures.

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Lost Ring In The Yard After Craft Project

  • from Knoxville (Tennessee, United States)
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Sometimes a lost ring story starts during the most normal, everyday moments at home.
Daniela had been spending some time with her child working on a clay project at the kitchen table. To keep her rings from getting messy with clay, she took them off and placed them on the tablecloth while they worked.
When the project was finished, Daniela gathered everything up and carried the tablecloth outside to shake off the clay crumbs. In the process, she completely forgot that her rings were still sitting on the cloth. With a quick shake of the tablecloth, the rings were unknowingly flung out into the yard.
A little while later, Daniella realized her rings were missing. After retracing her steps, she remembered that they had been sitting on the tablecloth when she shook it out in the yard. The search began right away.
She was able to find one of the rings in the grass, which confirmed what had happened. Unfortunately, the second ring was nowhere to be found. Knowing it had to be somewhere in the yard but not having any luck locating it, Daniela’s husband jumped on the internet looking for help. That’s when he came across my information and reached out right away.
I arrived shortly after and began a careful grid search of the area where the tablecloth had been shaken out. When rings are flung like that, they can travel farther than people expect, so a slow and methodical search is always the best approach.
Before long, my metal detector gave a solid signal in the grass. Just beneath the surface was the missing ring. After a quick recovery, Daniela’s second ring was safely back where it belonged.
What started as a fun craft project with her child turned into a stressful situation, but thankfully it ended with a successful recovery and a very relieved family.
These kinds of losses happen more often than people think. Taking rings off for just a moment during everyday activities can easily lead to them being misplaced or accidentally thrown somewhere. The good news is that with the right equipment and search techniques, many of these rings can still be found.
Another great recovery and another happy ending.
Phillip Mendez
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Engagement Ring Lost in Cheektowaga NY Found in the Snow Covered Tennis Court

  • from Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
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Alex contacted us after running out of options trying to find his wife’s lost engagement ring. To make things more interesting she had actually lost two rings. Alex was lucky enough to recover the wedding ring himself but the engagement ring was still missing and that one was not going to be easy to replace.

The rings were lost the evening before during a walk with the dogs that somehow turned into a game of fetch inside a snow covered tennis court. Because apparently tennis courts do not take the winter off they just change sports.

Between the dogs running full speed snow flying and a lot of movement the engagement ring quietly slipped off and disappeared into the snow. It was not until later that night that the missing ring was noticed and the panic set in.

I showed up the next day and was able to locate the engagement ring quickly before it decided to spend any more time chilling in its snowy hiding spot. The ring was returned to a very relieved and happy couple.

Another successful recovery a great story to tell and a friendly reminder that winter tennis and jewelry do not mix.

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Sauble Beach Ring Recovery Lake Huron

  • from Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
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We received a text message from a client who had lost his wedding ring on Friday. It was now Sunday, and he reached out hoping there was still a chance to recover it. He was not able to meet us at the beach because he lived quite far from the area, and to be honest, it seemed like he was not fully convinced the ring could be found after two days had passed.

He sent us a couple of photos showing where they had been sitting on the beach and gave a description of the area where they had been swimming. With daylight fading fast, we headed straight to the location. It was getting dark, and we knew we did not have much time to work before the light was completely gone.

After a short time we got a strong signal. We dug it up and discovered a ring, but there was one problem. It did not match the description he had given us. We kept going, working the search pattern carefully and hoping we had not missed anything.

Just before we ran out of light, the detector hit again. This time when we looked down, we knew instantly it was the right one. We called him right away, and he could hardly believe that we had actually found it after all that time.

Another recovery and another very happy client.

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Wedding ring set found in Horsetooth Reservoir

  • from Denver (Colorado, United States)
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Recently I received a call from Trina asking me to try to locate a ring lost in Horsetooth Reservoir. She and her husband Ben had spent the day hiking around the reservoir and wanted to cool off in the water. She wadded out into the water; the water level drops off quickly so about 10-15 feet from shore and she was already up to her shoulders and cooling off nicely. Even though she could touch bottom easily she had to mover her hands in a treading water motion in order to stay in one place due to waves from the nearby boaters. It wasn’t long when Trina felt her wedding ring (handed down from her great grandmother) slip from her finger. Trina and Ben spent the next several hours trying to find her ring with no success. That night she found my number and contacted me and soon we made arrangements for Stephanie Hobbs and I to come and do a search.
Sunday morning Stephanie and I gathered our gear and began our hour long drive north. Stephanie brought her XP Deus and associated gear, I brought my Minelab Manticore, waterproof headphones, pouch and two water scoops.
Upon arrival at the reservoir, we were VERY fortunate to find a parking spot and pulled in (timing is everything). Trina and Ben met us as we pulled in, they live in Cheyenne, Wyoming so it was no short drive for them either. They took us down to the location of our search site and Trina showed us how deep she was in reservoir.
Stephanie and I spent over two hours in the cold mountain water searching trying to locate the rings.  At one point I needed to get out of the water to prevent hypothermia and warm up on the large rocks that lined the shore. The scoops that I had brought were useless as the area of our search had large flat rocks that left crevasses with a thin layer of mud on the rocks. I tried feeling for the ring with my bare feet and pulled up many rocks (I may have monkey feet), that was unsuccessful. Finally, I decided to detect mark the spot by Stephanie holding my scoop upside down and I would dive under the water and try to feel for the object (hopefully the ring). This was a good idea but not great. Stephanie suggested that we use her MI6 probe since it is waterproof, what a great idea. Eventually we wondered out to deeper water, up to my chin. I heard a great signal (31) with a perfectly round dot on the line of my Manticore. With Stephanie perched on two larger rocks so that she was above water holding the scoop to mark the spot and my detector I started to dive again. After several handfuls of muck, I finally surfaced with the rings in my hand.
Ring Recovered 7/27/2025
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Lost Ring in Backyard in Knoxville

  • from Knoxville (Tennessee, United States)
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I was contacted by Adam because he lost his wedding ring in his backyard. Adam told me he took his ring off an set it ontop of his phone on his deck prior to working in his yard. As a rain shower approach he grabbed his phone and ring to go inside and dropped his ring in the grass somewhere. He searched the previous day and couldn’t find his ring. While his wife was looking to rent a metal detector she came across theringfinders.com and found me. I arrived the same day he called and found his ring in about five minutes.

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Lost Diamond Wedding Ring Near Ogden, Utah- Found

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Received a call from a couple after searching for their beautiful diamond wedding ring while working in the yard. They were out planting flowers and getting the house ready to list. Losing the wedding ring couldn’t have come at a worst time and knowing how fast houses move on the market in Utah, I made it a priority to get there as soon as possible. I arrived the next evening with my daughter and went on looking for the ring. I covered the entire area they thought it would be but no luck. We opened up the trash cans and went through the trash just to make sure. I decided to try one more time and literally close to the last piece of lawn, I got a very iffy signal that was a lot lower then what I was expecting for a gold ring. Much to my surprise, it was the ring. My daughter quickly yelled out “The Ring” and ran over to give it to them. So happy I was able to recover this one and so happy I got to spend a little time with my daughter doing it! Check out the full experience on my youtube channel here- https://youtu.be/lmj4gX1N2oU?si=AMezhkPW3-DVmC6_

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