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Wedding ring lost/found in an Oregon yard

  • from Oregon City (Oregon, United States)
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I received a message from Tamy saying she had lost the wedding ring she had worn for 43 years while doing yard work.
The first question I asked was how confident she was that it was actually in the yard. She replied “60 to 70%”

Being that we are practically neighbors, I made the short drive to her home the next morning. Tamy and I walked through the events leading up to the loss. She said she had placed both her rings in her pants pocket, along with her cell phone. She filled two containers with birdseed and walked through the yard to fill the bird feeders in an area below the lawn. She then walked back into the yard, doing a couple of small chores as she went. During her time in the yard, she had taken her phone out of her pocket, but wasn’t sure where that had been. We agreed on the most likely locations to search. She went inside to work, and I began a systematic search of the thick lawn and bordering plants.
I was about a hour and an half into it, only hitting targets much too deep to be a freshly dropped ring. I began thinking I was taking the wrong approach.
About then, Tamy came out with her two beautiful shepherds to check in. I told her I thought it was unlikely she had dropped her ring in the area I had been searching since her hands were full and she wouldn’t have been using the phone. She recalled talking with her sister on the phone after filling the bird feeders, while walking through the yard and past a particular landscape feature.
I decided to focus on the area of yard between the bird feeders and the afore mentioned feature. Soon after I started, Riker the shepherd came over to help. (Actually he was bringing sticks to try and get me to play) A short time later, I hit a faint but promising sounding signal in the grass. I couldn’t see anything, so I used my pinpointer, I located the target, moved the thick, green grass, and there it was.
Tamy was in the house, so I sent her a message asking if she could come get the dogs.
She came out and I told her “I’m 100% sure the ring is not in the yard.” She looked disappointed until I held up her ring and said, “Because it’s right here.”

It took her a second to realize she had her ring back, followed by a series of “Oh my gods”, then a big hug.
We walked back into the yard so I could show her where I had found it, and she told me the amazing story husbands proposal and the history of the ring.
It’s always awesome to help someone find something so special. I also got to meet a neighbor and make a new friend.

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Wedding ring lost in the park….

  • from Oregon City (Oregon, United States)
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The other evening, I received a message from Anthony saying “I’m pretty sure I lost my ring in Raleigh Park and I need help finding it.”

I wasn’t able to go search at that time, and being this is a public park, and time was essential to search, I suggested he contact the other local Ringfinder to see if he could come out immediately. I also told him if the other Ringfinder couldn’t help, I would go out the next morning and search.

A short time later, Anthony told me he left a message, but hadn’t heard back. He sent a Google image of the park, with a section circled where he and his wife had been playing with their dog. I let him know I would go out the next morning and do the search.

Arriving, I used the image to locate the right area. There is a Pickleball court on the lower section of the search area, so I was able to that fence as a reference for my grid search. The area was pretty clean, not counting the obligatory pull-tab. On the fourth pass, I hit a good high tone on the Manticore, but couldn’t see anything under the coil. Moving the grass with my foot, I saw the faint outline of a ring. I took a quick pic, then picked up what I had been looking for.
I sent Anthony a message telling him I thought I had found the right area to search. He replied asking if I had any luck. I said absolutely, and sent a picture of his ring.  He was in the middle of dealing with a pet emergency and was at the vet hospital, so couldn’t meet me. I told him I would do some metal detecting at some other parks in the area, and to let me know when we could meet to get his ring.

A bit later, I got his call and we met and I returned his ring.

Its always a happy day when I can return something, and make someone smile ?

Best wishes for your pups health and thanks for your generosity.

 

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Lost engagement ring lost on Oregon beach. Found with metal detector.

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This Sunday morning, I received a message from Angie, telling me she had lost a ring on Sand Island, at Rooster Rock State Park the previous day. This area is a very popular, clothing-optional beach east of  Portland, in the Columbia River Gorge.

I asked her to explain how she had lost her ring. She said she had removed the ring and tied it into her top, thinking it was a good place to secure it before going swimming. She and her friends enjoyed the day at the beach, beating the hot weather. When it was time to go, she put her top back on, packed up their stuff, and headed home. Shortly thereafter, she realized her ring was gone. They immediately went back to try and find the ring on the crowded beach. They had no luck, but someone suggested she drop a pin with Google Maps to lock down the location.

Angie had posted her dilemma to Reddit, and she was referred to look for a Ringfinder. Being the only Oregon listing, she contacted me. We agreed to meet up in the closest parking area at 0900 for the search. I want to get on it as soon as possible, and hopefully get there before it was too crowded and hot.

We met and discussed the plan. I told Angie the search could take two minutes, or two hours, so I handed her a beach chair, grabbed my gear, and we started our hike. It took about twenty minutes, and a wade through shallow waters to reach the spot she had pinned on her phone. She gave me a rough estimate of where she had been, so I started a search pattern.

The beach was remarkably clean, so on the first pass I found an aluminum pull-tab and a penny. Angie joked if I could find a few thousand more, she could buy a new ring. About halfway through the third pass, I heard a nice tone in my headphones. I dug into the sand with my hand and there was her ring. I let out a little laugh, and Angie asked if I had found something interesting. I said “I sure did. Your ring.” She was sitting about 15 feet from me and it took a couple seconds before she processed I was holding her ring up. She jumped from the chair and ran over to get her ring. I almost thought she was going to cry, but then her face lit up and she did a little happy dance on the sand! When she finished, she asked if it was okay for her to hug me, and I told her sure.

We packed-up and made the trek back up to the parking lot. Total recovery time was one hour, including the hike to and from the beach. Super helpful that Angie had marked the location, and was able to be there to guide the search.

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Lost Silver Pendant Found

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I received a call from a young lady asking if I would be willing to come help her find a pendant she had lost a few months ago while mowing the yard. She described it as sterling silver with diamonds, “about the size of a penny.” Being Oregon, there had been inches of rain since it had been lost, followed by a good length of hot, dry weather.

She had found my listing on Ring Finders and knew it was more than a 500 mile round trip, but hoped I would be willing to make the trip if she covered the fuel cost. I told her I would head down the next morning and got my gear loaded-up for an early start. I took the Equinox 700 and Pro-find 35 pinpointer, along with my AT Gold as a backup.

After my 4 hour drive down, I met Abigail, and she showed me the area of the yard she was certain the pendant had been lost. She told me she had used an older metal detector that was in her family to search the area, and I could see she had also dug out a section of the grass by hand. I pulled out the Nox 700 with a 11″ coil and began going over the area. I quickly discovered this area was littered with metal. Abigail watched as I pulled out a few nails and couple of screws.

After about 30 minutes, I realized I needed a new approach. I switched over to my 5″ coil and started agian. Right away, I handed Abigail a penny, followed quickly by a second one. Just a few feet away, I heard a good tone, but it was faint and the VDI showed it to be several inches deep. I had to check, so I hit it with the pinpointer and pulled-up a clump of dried grass and saw the faint edge of something shiny, A bit of scraping with my finger and out popped the missing pendant! (I’m guessing the erroneous depth reading was due to the size of the item and how it was laying)

I palmed it and swept the pinpointer around a few times. I stood up and asked Abigail if she could tell me again what the item looked like. She said she had a picture of it on her phone and started scrolling. I asked, “Does it look like this?” and dropped the pendant in her hand.  I think all of us love to see that suprised, happy look.

Oh, and I did point out that it was smaller than a penny.

 

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Lost Ring Oregon City, Oregon…Found

  • from Oregon City (Oregon, United States)
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I joined up with The Ring Finders to apply my metal detecting experience to help reunite people with their lost, treasured items. What could be better than taking a hobby you love, and using it to help a neighbor?

Call or text me so we can work together to find whatever it is you’re looking for.

Thanks

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