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RingFinder- Farmington, CT- Recovered Women’s 18k Gold and Diamond Engagement Ring

  • from Farmington (Connecticut, United States)
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THE CONE, THE CATCH, AND THE RING THAT NEARLY VANISHED.
It started with a text earlier this week. A woman had lost her 18k gold and diamond engagement ring — not at the beach, not at a lake, but in her own backyard. In a way that nobody could have predicted.
I arrived early Sunday morning to meet the family and get the full story. Here’s what happened.
She had set her engagement ring — along with three other rings — on top of a plastic pylon while she and her husband played catch in the yard. A completely reasonable thing to do. What happened next was not: her husband, not knowing the rings were perched on top of the cone, casually tossed it aside. The rings scattered into the grass.
They searched immediately. Then kept searching. They even went out and bought a metal detector from a local hardware store, determined to find it themselves. While they were able to recover 3 of the 4 rings, the most treasured engagement ring remained elusive. The grass held its secret. That’s when she reached out to me.
I got to work. Grid after grid, back and forth across the lawn. The detector chattered with targets — every one demanding attention, every one needing to be ruled out before moving on. Time passed. Hope, I’ll admit, was getting thin.
And then — bang.
There it was. A beautiful 18k gold engagement ring, glinting back at me through the cut grass like it had been there all along, waiting for the right person to come along and look in exactly the right way.
I looked up at the wife’s face when I handed it back.
That smile. That’s why I do this.
If you’ve lost jewelry — in your yard, at the beach, at a lake, anywhere in Hartford County — don’t give up and don’t assume it’s gone. Give me a call.
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► Serving all of Hartford County, CT
► Beaches, parks, lakes, yards & more
► Underwater searches up to 20 feet deep
► 10+ years experience
► $30 flat fee to search · Pay what you can if found
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RingFinder- Farmington, CT- Recovered Men’s Platinum Wedding Band

  • from Farmington (Connecticut, United States)
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WHERE YOU THINK IT IS, ISN’T ALWAYS WHERE IT’S AT.

Earlier this week, I got the text. A wife, clearly shaken, explained what had happened: her husband had been out back playing catch with their dog when his platinum wedding band — diamonds and all — slipped off his finger somewhere in the yard. They searched. Then searched again. They even borrowed a metal detector from the local library, determined not to give up.

But the ring stayed hidden.

That’s when she texted me.

I showed up early Saturday morning. She had done everything right. She gave me a precise description of the general area where she thought it had gone down. And in a move that genuinely touched me — they hadn’t mowed that section of the lawn. Not a single pass. They were afraid the mower might damage the ring. That kind of care tells you everything about what this ring meant to them.

I started with horizontal grid lines, working the area methodically. Out here, patience isn’t optional — it’s the whole game. My pinpointer lit up again and again. Nails, coins, bits of old wire. Every target gets checked. Every one.

I finished my first grid and hadn’t found it. That moment always tests you. Do you second-guess the search area? Start over? I decided to push forward — and just before I was about to run the grid a second time, I expanded my search boundary slightly. Just a few feet beyond where I’d been working.

Bang.

There it was. A gorgeous platinum and diamond wedding band, sitting in the dirt like it had been waiting for me.

I can’t fully describe the feeling of that moment — pulling something like that out of the ground, knowing what it means to the people waiting inside. That’s the whole reason I do this. Not the hunt, not the gear, not the history in the ground. It’s the look on someone’s face when you hand them back a piece of their life.

If you’ve lost jewelry — in your yard, at the beach, in a lake, anywhere in Hartford County — don’t give up. Give me a call.

 

 

Manticore- General Settings- 50 VDI

► Serving all of Hartford County, CT
► Beaches, parks, lakes, yards & more
► Underwater searches up to 20 feet deep
► 10+ years experience
► $30 flat fee to search · Pay what you can if found

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RingFinder – Farmington, Connecticut

  • from Farmington (Connecticut, United States)
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$30 YOU’LL NEVER REGRET SPENDING

You’re at the lake. The beach. Your own backyard. And somewhere between the laughter and the moment you look down — it’s gone. The ring your grandmother gave you. Your wedding band. That bracelet you’ve worn every day for twenty years.
Most people assume it’s gone forever. Here in Hartford County, there’s someone who proves them wrong.
My name is Terry O’Brien, and I’m based in Farmington, CT. I have over ten years of experience of finding what everyone else has written off as lost. I search beaches, parks, yards, and lakes — and for underwater searches, I can go down to 20 feet deep. If it’s there, I’ll do my best to find it.
I charge a flat $30 to cover gas. That’s it for showing up. If I find your item, you pay only what you can afford. No pressure. No awkward negotiation. I’m just a guy who genuinely wants to return something that matters to you.
 Lost jewelry isn’t just metal. It’s a story, a memory, an irreplaceable piece of someone you love. I gets that — and I treat every search like it matters, because it does.
► Serves all of Hartford County, CT
► Beaches, parks, lakes, yards & more
► Underwater searches up to 20 feet deep
► 10+ years experience
► $30 flat fee to search · Pay what you can if found

Don’t write it off. Reach out.

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