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Buried Coins Sealed in Wax Recovered During an Oklahoma Hidden-Money Search

  • from Norman (Oklahoma, United States)
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No map. No notes. Just a general area where a father might have buried money.

After their father passed away, a family began clearing out his belongings and discovered that he had a knack for hiding valuables in creative places throughout the home. Those discoveries raised another question: could there be more hidden inside—or buried in the backyard?

Crys and I helped search both.

Inside the home, we examined potential hiding places for concealed cash and other valuables. Our search equipment includes a remote inspection camera that lets us look through accessible openings into wall cavities and other tight, hard-to-reach spaces.

Outside, we systematically grid-searched the backyard for possible buried valuables. That search led to something we had never encountered before: a buried cache of coins sealed in a block of wax.

The wax-covered coins shown in these photos came from the backyard. Other items were recovered during the search inside the home. Across both areas, thousands of dollars in cash and coins were recovered.

Every recovery is different, and this one was a reminder that sometimes the clues begin with a person’s habits rather than a precise location.

To protect the family’s privacy and security, we are not identifying the owner, sharing the property location, or showing all the findings.

Need help searching for hidden money, buried coins, or lost valuables in Oklahoma?

Whether you are settling an estate, following up on a family story, or searching for a recently lost ring, contact me to discuss what you know and how we might help.

Derik Keith | Ring & Relic Recovery
Call or text: 405-255-2274
ringandrelic.com

Serving Oklahoma, with world travel considered for recovery projects farther afield.

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A Seven-Hour Ring Recovery Search in an Oklahoma River

  • from Norman (Oklahoma, United States)
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I was contacted by a woman who had lost her ring while tubing on a popular river here in Oklahoma. She did exactly what I wish everyone would do after losing an item in the water—she took photos, documented the area, and provided as much information as possible about where the ring may have been lost.

With a good search area established, I set up my water-recovery gear and began working the river.

Several hours into the search, another person approached me and explained that they had also lost a ring in the same area I was already searching. Since I was there and equipped for the job, I added a second lost ring to the recovery mission.

After seven hours in the water, the search produced some surprising results. I successfully recovered the second person’s lost ring, along with five additional unclaimed rings from the same stretch of river.

Unfortunately, the original ring that brought me there was not recovered.

But that search isn’t over.

I plan to return as soon as conditions allow and continue working the area. Her careful documentation gives us a solid search zone, and until I’ve thoroughly covered it, there’s still a chance that ring is waiting to be found.

Sometimes recovery happens in minutes. Sometimes it takes multiple trips and many hours of searching. Either way, the goal remains the same: keep searching and return these lost items back to the people they belong to.  (Notice all the trash removed from the river during the search.)

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