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Ring lost in Washington river, found with metal detector

  • from Oregon City (Oregon, United States)
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Sunday afternoon, I received a text from Aaron, saying he had lost his wedding ring while doing a “cold plunge” in the White Salmon River, located in Washington State. Aaron was asking if I could come help find the ring the next morning.
He said the water was probably not more than 3 feet deep, but was worried the current may have taken it away. I assured him that the water current wasn’t likely to move the ring very far, and that it would just sink and settle into the bottom close to where it was lost.                 The place where his ring was lost was about two hours away, but I was able to able to head out and meet him Monday morning.

 I arrived at the spot by the river and met Aaron and his wife. As we walked down to area where he had done the “plunge” I had to ask him why they decided to go into this really cold river. He said it was a tradition amongst his friends to do a plunge before a wedding.

I put on my waders and boots, and went into the cold water. After several minutes, my detector hit a very promising target, but it was about four feet under water and buried in some large rocks. The only way to explore it would have involved getting pretty wet, so I marked the spot and moved on, thinking I could return later if nothing else was found.           As I continued, I heard a strong sound in my headphones. I used the pin-pointer mode on the Manticore, then my pinpointer to sift through the gravel and sand. Through the water, I could see the faint outline of a ring. Aaron and his wife were standing on the shore watching as I dug around, and I told them it seemed like people fished in this area. There was a little disappointment , until I held up the  ring and said “People also loose their rings here.”
Many happy smiles, handshakes, and high-fives followed. They said they didn’t really think it would be found. I jokingly said it was disappointing they doubted my ability’s, but I was very happy to return the ring to Aaron,s finger.

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Lost Gold Wedding Ring Found in Tigard, Oregon

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I received a text from Kyle saying he had lost his gold wedding ring in his front lawn several days ago. He and his wife had tried several different approaches to locate it, but had no luck. He said he had found me on Ring Finders, and asked if I would be willing to come help him out. I told him I could be there the next morning, and we were set.

I arrived and met Kyle, who showed me the area he suspected the ring had departed his finger. On the day in question, we had some heavy rains in our area. As he was moving the trash bin to the curb, he stopped to shake out a tree limb that was being weighed down by all the water. When he let go, the limb snapped-up and he felt it catch on his ring. The area had a nice, thick lawn, which about 3″ tall. Kyle went back in the house to work, telling me to give him a yell if I needed anything, and I pulled ot the AT Gold and started under the tree. I immediately got an interesting hit, but it seemed too deep and scratchy for a gold ring, so I moved on. I started an East-West grid across the lawn. After my second pass, I just had to go back to the signal under the tree. I had to cut a small plug and about an inch down, there it was…a AA battery. Back to the grid.

Right away I heard another good one just on the edge of the lawn. Scraping away dirt I didn’t see anything, but the pinpointer told me there was something there. I pealed back the sod and pulled out a  bent, copper bracelet that had been there a long time. Not being what I was after, I set it aside and moved on. Maybe two steps further and I heard that golden tone. Sweep from the other direction and knew. Pulled apart the grass and there it was. About a 25 min. search.

Us Ring Finders are always looking for interesting ways to return folks lost items, so I called Kyle thru the window, asking him how big the ring he had lost was. He came outside, saying he thought it was something like a size 12. I held up the braclet-thing and said, “So, it’s not this big then?” We had a chuckle and talked about the item, then I pointed to the ring in the grass, asking him “Or is it more like this?” He seemed genuinely suprised to see his ring again and said he ‘Could just hug’ me. We went with a hardy handshake.

Nothing better than these expressions!

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