White Gold Engagement Ring Recovered In Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland
A winter birthday, a missing engagement ring — and a search that brought relief
Some recoveries begin with joy, turn into panic, and end in pure relief.
Laura’s story is one of them.
Laura had celebrated her 40th birthday surrounded by friends — laughing, relaxing in a hot tub, and even making snow angels in the fresh winter snow. It was one of those carefree moments you remember for years.
But later that same day, the joy shifted.
She looked down at her hand… and her engagement ring was gone.
Panic set in. She searched everywhere she could think of. The next day, desperate to find it, she went outside with a spade and a rake, trying to dig through the heavy snow. But the ring was nowhere to be seen.
When I spoke with Laura on the phone, I could hear the worry in her voice. I told her I could come to Muhos to search for the ring, and she was incredibly relieved. Sometimes, just knowing help is on the way makes all the difference.
I packed my XP Deus and my pinpointer into the car — and of course my wife came along to handle the camera so we could document the mission — and we left early in the morning. A three‑hour drive ahead of us, plenty of time to think about how much this ring must mean to her.
When we arrived, Laura showed me the spot where they had been bathing and playing in the snow. I took out my detector, studied the area, and began the search. The temperature was above freezing, and the snow was heavy and wet — the kind that hides everything.
But after only a few minutes, I got a strong, clean signal.
The kind of signal that makes your heart beat a little faster.
I knelt down, used the pinpointer to narrow the spot… and there it was.
Her engagement ring, shining through the snow as if it had been waiting to be found.
When I showed Laura the ring, she froze for a moment — then her face lit up. She hugged me and thanked me over and over again. The relief was overwhelming.
Later she told me something that stayed with me:
She hadn’t even been able to tell her husband that she had lost the ring. Not until I called and told her I could come and search did she finally feel hope again.
Ring recovered — 17th January 2015.
A moment of panic turned into a memory she’ll never forget.
How many people have been given a very special gift only to loose it shortly after receiving it? Jared got a unique gift from his mother for Christmas–a silver pendant– and lost it two days later while playing soccer! He is a good friend of mine and knows that I enjoy helping people find their lost rings and things. And the field where he lost his pendant is just across the street from where we live so I figured in my spare time I could begin a grid search of the 70X50 yard field. So early the next evening I set up my Whites DFX in Coin and Jewelry mode and started down the middle of the field. And as it was a very recent drop and the pendant being silver I figured it would give a loud signal and be just under the grass. Sure enough on my 5th pass down center field, there hidden in the grass was Jared’s pendant! So glad to help out and thanks Jared for the reward!
Jason called me Saturday evening from home in Corona, Calif. asking if I could help him. His friend had told him about TheRingFinders. He noticed his wedding ring missing after six hours of doing chores around his large property. Jason had spent a day and a half retracing all his activities in search of his wedding band. He lives on a large piece of property and had been doing a lot of work in almost every part of his yard. Almost everything he had been doing could have caused his ring to slip from his finger. He was taking down Christmas lighting decorations from his two story house, fences and trees. Dealing with hundreds of feet of cords coiling them up then putting them in storage boxes. He also took the Christmas tree from the house cutting off all the limbs to put them in large trash containers. On top of all that work he spend time cleaning his pool. All these activities were done without gloves and all these activities were the type of movements that would cause a ring to slip off a finger.
I found a white gold wedding band today for a young fella named Austin. He lost it while mowing roadside ditches this summer. When he parked the tractor he noticed his wedding ring was gone.
I received a call from Evan asking me if I could help him find his 18kt gold wedding band. I was a couple miles away so it was just a few minutes to get to the park where he had lost the ring the yesterday. He and his wife were sitting on a curb along the side of a service road in the park. They realized they were sitting on some ants. When he stood up he swatted the ants off his pants with his hands and felt his ring fly off his finger. He actually heard the ring hit the asphalt, but it had bounced off the side of the road. Heavy leaf and ivy covered the side of road and the edge of road was a steep slope. It could of bounced 20 feet or more down the embankment . After crawling around in the leaves and ivy I moved 50 feet down the road from where Evan had been sitting. A few swings with my CTX 3030 about 12 inches off the edge of the road laying in the leaves and rubble was Evan’s ring. The ring was not only special because it was his wedding ring. His dad had made the ring for Evan. It was a special search with some tuff conditions. Another time that I was thinking about coming back tomorrow with some other search coils and equipment. A couple more swings outside the main search area proved to be the solution to making this a successful search. And a lot of luck.
