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LOST – Men’s Gold Chain with Pendant and Silver Ring – Kill Devil Hills, Outer Banks, FOUND!!

  • from Ponce Inlet (Florida, United States)
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Sunday morning, I got a Facebook Message from Jordan.  He said that while he and a friend were on the beach yesterday, he had lost his gold chain and a ring.  He couldn’t meet with me because he was at work.

I asked him about the location, and he said that it was about 75 to 100 north of the Avalon pier.  I told him that I would check it out.  When I arrived at the beach it was so crowded that I had a hard time finding a parking spot.  When I parked and went to the beach it was so packed that I couldn’t really cover the area that I thought it might be.

I decided to come back around 6pm when people would be leaving.  I covered the area Jordan told me about thoroughly.  I decided to go nearer to the pier just in case he was wrong about the location.  Just then gentleman approached me.  He said he had lost a gold chain yesterday while wrestling with his friend.  I asked, “Was it Jordan?”  He replied, “how did you know that?”

I let him know that Jordan had contacted me this morning.

He showed me an area about 20 yards from the pier that he thought they were in yesterday.  It wasn’t long until the XP Deus II fired a strong 81 and I saw the glint of a gold chain in the sand.  Randy and the friends he was with were jubilant!!

Not long after, I found the ring only a few feet away.  MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

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Lost – Lady’s Gold/Silver heirloom ring – Outer Banks – FOUND!!!

  • from Ponce Inlet (Florida, United States)
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It was Friday afternoon around 6pm when I got a call from Rick.  He told he that his wife, Dawn, had lost her ring a few hours ago on the beach and they were very certain that they knew it’s approximate location.  As usual I ask if it was in the water, and he replied that it was in dry sand.

I arrive at the Location about twenty minutes later.  As I met Rick and Dawn for the first time and he said, “I’ve been thinking since we spoke and we lost it a few hours ago, I’m really not sure the tide hasn’t risen above it.”

We went down to the beach and Dawn led the way to where she thought she had lost it.  I fired up the XP Deus II and swept as I followed them.  After I had only gotten a few steps I got a great hit in the wet sand (81!)  I scooped it up, sensing that it was shallow, verified that I had it and continued with Rick and Dawn without missing a beat.

We went on about 30 yards and Dawn turned toward the dune and said, “It’s somewhere in this dry sand.  I asked her if she had a picture?  She got her phone out and started going through her images.  While she did that I reached in my scoop and behold…a ring.  Just then, she showed me her image of the ring.

I held up the ring from scoop and said, “That sure looks a lot like this one!”

Dawn and Rick were very happy to have their ring back!

 

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Lost Diamond Engagement Ring – Cape Hatteras National Seashore, NC – FOUND!

  • from Ponce Inlet (Florida, United States)
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I got a call from Maeva on Thursday morning around 7:30 am. She said that her sister, Bianca, had lost her wedding ring on Hatteras Island and needed help.  She said that they had to leave to go back to Canada today and they really needed my help right away.

I told them that Hatteras is a no-go for metal detectors and is administered by the National Park Service.  I would have to get permission and probably be observed by a NPS employee.  They understood.

As I drove, I called the NPS and explained that the ladies from Canada had lost their ring and had to return home today.  I met with Maeva, her sister Bianca and their mom Nathlie.  Bianca, who owned the rings, told me that they lost 3 rings.  One ring was found immediately near the parking area.  The other two were a wedding set but the one they really wanted was the engagement ring with the most diamonds.  They showed me the area that they had been in from the parking area to the beach and explained that they thought they lost it when she opened her purse.

The NPS contacted me and arranged for Mark to supervise my detecting.  I began at the area the ladies had found one ring thinking the others would be close.  No such luck.  The area was target rich with lots of trash items, but after about 30 minutes I had a good hit.   It was the engagement ring!

Later I Facetimed Bianca.  I told her that I had good news and bad news, which do you want first?  She said give me the bad news.  I said that I had only been able to recover one ring.  Then I moved the camera to show her the engagement ring.  She was ecstatic!

Thanks to NPS employees Mike and Mark who made this recovery possible!

UPDATE:  Shipping this ring to Canada was complicated…complete with the owner being taxed for what Canada thought was a purchase and me having to make a statement that I was simply returning a lost possession.  I took nearly a month to make it home.  

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Lost Lady’s Diamond Engagement Ring – Southern Shores – Outer Banks, NC – Found

  • from Ponce Inlet (Florida, United States)
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Tyler texted me around 9:30pm on Saturday.   His message was, “my fiancé is in the Outer Banks and lost her engagement ring today.  Would you possibly be able to help?”  I answered, “possibly, please have her give me a call.”  He said that she probably would not call until tomorrow.  I explained that in OBX, tides and weather move things around so the sooner the better.

Joanna called a short time later.  She explained that she was in the water at close to high tide and a wave hit her, knocking her over, and the ring was gone.  I met Joanna at the rental the next day and we walked to the beach.  I explained that in the Outer Banks wave action and energy is tremendous so the chance that I find it after two high tides is rather remote.  She understood.  Joanna went back to the rental to pack-up since they had to leave early.

As is my custom, I prayed.  Then, I began the search.  I fired up the XP Deus II and started where she said they put their items down.  I continued to the waterline and the surf was rougher than I expected.   I decided to go as deep as I could at the exact spot she thought she lost her ring.

I got an immediate hit.  It was a 41.  Could it be?  Fighting the waves I dug the first scoop and a second.  Nothing.   A big wave crashed around me.  I took a third scoop and the signal disappeared.   I had whatever it was.  As I spread the sand over the beach a beautiful diamond glistened in the sand!

I texted Joanna that I needed her to come back to the beach because I had questions about exactly where it was lost.  She said that she would as soon as they finish packing.  I hooked the ring to a clip for safety and waited.  When she appeared I asked her to describe again how she lost it and where while I videoed her.  When she finished I unclipped the ring and said, “Does it look like this?”  TEARs of Joy.  As we walked back to the rental house Joanna’s friends came out and shared in the celebration.

 

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LOST – Men’s Tungsten ring – Kill Devil Hills, OBX – FOUND!!

  • from Ponce Inlet (Florida, United States)
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Late Tuesday afternoon I was driving north to Corolla when I received a call from Austin.  He had lost his wedding ring in the sand in Kill Devil Hills.  I told him that I was about 45 minutes away but I wanted to try to find it anyway because you never know.  In my experience, the sooner you look for a lost item, the better.

When I arrived, just after seven, it was completely dark and no moon.  Austin took me to the beach and it was pitch black.  Luckily, someone in the apartment building we were in front of cut on their flood lights.  Also, Austin had marked the spot where he thought he lost it.

This is the first time I had used the XP Deus II on a ring recovery but I had about 3 weeks of using it under my belt.  I fired it up and almost immediately I got a hit.  But whatever it was went right through the scoop.  I had another pass and got a great hit.  Voila!  It was the ring!  Austin was very happy, as was I.

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LOST – Lady’s white gold cluster diamond ring – Kill Devil Hills, OBX – FOUND!!

  • from Ponce Inlet (Florida, United States)
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On Friday my wife and I went on a fishing boat.  We didn’t catch much, but we had a beautiful day complete with a pod of mamma and baby dolphins near out boat.  When I got back, I was taking a nap when I got a call from Stephanie, who works with me at Beach Realty and Construction in Kitty Hawk.

She explained that she had lost her white gold cluster diamond ring which she had since 1971!  She said she had backtracked everywhere she was yesterday including calling some offices she had visited.  The only other thing she could think of was some yard cleanup she did when she returned from her appointments.  She had taken some tomato plants out of a planter box and had tossed them in an area of vines to pick up later.

I fired up the Eq 800 and began a cursory look about the tomato box.  I got a great hit…only to find two metal trivets under the box.  I went on to the area where she had tossed the plant.  I was getting multiple hits and lots of them.  But they were underground and if the ring was here, it would be on top.

Just then, I got a target that was changing…2, 7, 4, 6…but it was right on top.  All of a sudden,  in the ivy I spotted the glimmer of shiny silver!  I reached down and picked up the ring that was hidden in the green ground cover.  Voila!  Another happy person receives her ring back!!!

 

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Lost – Men’s gold wedding band – DeLand, Florida – Found after 4 years!!

  • from Ponce Inlet (Florida, United States)
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I was visiting my Brother-in-law, George, and his wife Lori in DeLand, Florida.  When we were talking the first evening, George mentioned that he had lost his gold wedding ring.  I asked him how long he had been missing it and if he had an idea or where it was.

George led me out to the front yard and showed me an area in the yard where he thought he had lost it.   The ring, (which had also been his late father’s wedding ring), had been lost four years ago.  He was mowing at the time and said it could have hit the deck or even the mower blade which could have thrown it significantly.  They spent hours on several days looking for it.

I fired up the Equinox 800 and immediately got several suspected targets.  None panned out and it was getting late, so I said I’d try again in the morning.  The yard was full of metal, and it was a target-rich environment.   Target after target was ruled out until I decided to go back where I started.  Almost immediately I got a hit.  As I dug the target, I saw the gold of the ring shining.  Found!

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Lost Men’s Wedding Ring – Duck – Outer Banks, NC – Found

  • from Ponce Inlet (Florida, United States)
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Al and Daniel, brother’s from Detroit and Baltimore, where tossing a football on the beach.  It was a beautiful day in the Outer Banks.  Suddenly, with the last toss, Al felt his ring slip off.  They looked and looked but couldn’t find it.

The next day around 10:30, I got a call.  Daniel told me that his brother had lost his wedding ring on Duck Beach.  It was in the dry sand. above the water line.  I headed out and met them at the access.

The brothers set a perimeter of where they thought the ring had slipped off.  It was quite a large area.  I covered the area both North and South and then East and West but only found trivial metal items.  I told Al that I would start expanding the search.

As I started expanding to the south (out of the area of possibility) about 10 yards and after several passes I got a deep hit.  It was the ring.  The Minelab machine had done its job again and Al was elated!!

 

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Lost Men’s White Gold Wedding Ring – Corolla – Outer Banks, NC – Found

  • from Ponce Inlet (Florida, United States)
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I received a text from Brian at 5pm on Friday night.  He indicated that he had lost his ring on the beach, in the water, the previous Sunday.  His wife had been looking for someone to search for it and had just today found my information.  He was wondering if it would be worthwhile to look for it.  I told him that chances are slim due to some rough surf we had but I would try.

Brian and his wife were heading back home from their vacation, but he sent me a picture of the  home at the spot he had lost his ring.  As is my custom, I prayed before I began.  I started with a search parallel at the water continuing up to the dry sand.  Nothing!  then I did a vertical search of water to dry sand encompassing the house in the picture plus 50 yards on both sides.  Nothing.  Two hours had passed.

Just before I decide to give up, I prayed again and went to go middle of the house and a little bit deeper.  As I stood in about a foot of water, I saw sand and shells go by and then…a ring!  I put my coil on the ring to hold it just as another wave crashed in. (very rough surf due to the tropical storm off our coast). When the wave subsided…nothing!  I dug my scoop  the last place I saw the ring just as another wave crashed in.  I lifted the scoop up and found the ring!!

I texted Brian, “a miracle happened today!”  I sent him an image of the ring and said I hope it’s the right one.  He answered back, “Oh my gosh!!!  Yes that is it!!!

Update!!! Brian has his ring back! A man whom I’ve never met texted me and told me where he lost his ring six days prior…I found it!!! So happy to reunite Brian and his wife with their wedding bring

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Lost Men’s Gold Wedding Ring – Kitty Hawk – Outer Banks, NC – Found

  • from Ponce Inlet (Florida, United States)
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I got a call from Kristin at about 4:30.  She said that her husband had lost his gold ring, which was his late father’s ring, on the beach.  The tone of her voice indicated that she was very concerned.  I asked her the normal questions about if it was in the water and if she know about where it was lost.  She indicated that it was in dry sand and that they thought of buying a detector but the stores where out of stock.  I told her that I could be there in just a few minutes.

When I arrived they told me that the ring had been placed in a cupholder of the chair.  Kristin and Tim showed me where their chairs where before they picked them up.  I fired up the Minelab and in just a few sweeps had a great hit.  It was the ring.

Another happy family.

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