Dan in Sharpsburg, GA contacted me about a hearing aid he recently lost while doing yard work. Fortunately, he had a good idea of where it came off which greatly helped reduce the search area. It took a few hours, but I finally got my metal detector over it and was able to recover it and return it to him in one piece this morning.
Florida resident, Alex Furlong, was enjoying a swim in a privately-owned pond in Waldo, Wisconsin, when his wedding ring was lost. Married only two and half weeks, Alex and his bride, Anna Rose, had taken care to remove their wedding rings from their hands before entering the water. They set their love tokens on the end of a paddleboard resting on the shore.
While returning to the beach, Alex noticed a monstrous blackfly sitting in the middle of the board. To save Anna Rose from being bitten, he lunged at the fly wth the paddle in hand, but the impact sent the rings catapulting up into the air! Amazingly, Anna’s rings landed back on the paddleboard, but Alex’s 14k band bounded down the board and dissappeared into the murky pond. Despite their best search efforts, the devastated couple could not locate it.
The Furlong’s found me on the Ring Finder’s online directory of metal-detecting specialists. I received a phone call from Alex later that same afternoon. I was searching for another ring at the time and so arranged to meet Alex on location at 5:00 a.m. the next morning. The Waldo pond was near Sheboygan, just over an hour’s drive from my home in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Upon arrival, Alex led the way in the early-morning haze to the spot where the ring had disappeared. A buoy in the water marked the location.
Using my XP Deus 2 underwater detector and an Extreme titanium water scoop, I began sweeping the bottom of the pond. Not far from shore, I heard a clear signal in my headset; it emanated from a metallic target deep in the mud. The conductivity numbers were consistent with a yellow-gold ring. I extracted a large scoop of mud and sand from the area and checked it again with my detector. The target area was now quiet. This meant the metal object now had to be in my scoop. After shaking the scoop’s contents out in the water, a small handful of pebbles remained. Another shake revealed the glimmer of gold —a man’s wedding ring! 
Carefully extracting the ring, I confirmed it indeed belonged to Alex! Alex told me earlier, two ancient Greek words were inscribed inside the band, ἀγαπᾶτε ἀλλήλους. I recognized these words of Jesus from my biblical-Greek studies. Translated into English, they read, “love one another.”
The early-morning sunlight made the smile on Alex’s face all the more radiant, a smile that tells the rest of the story!
Alex, may the story of your ring continue for many, many years to come as you and Anna Rose faithfully “love one another.”
If you or someone you know has a lost a ring, recent or long ago, on land or in the water, give me a call. I would be honored to add your smile to the growing list of people who, like the Furlongs, are so glad they did.
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Debbie called after her son-in-law’s wedding band disappeared in the sand. I arrived about 20 minutes later, gathered the details, and started searching with my metal detector.
Just a few swings later, the missing wedding band was found!
Nothing beats seeing the relief when a sentimental item is safely recovered.
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Lost Wedding Anniversary Rings Recovered on the Beach in Ocean City, NJ
A relaxing summer evening on the beach in Ocean City, New Jersey, quickly turned into a stressful experience for Kelly and her friends after a fun game of egg toss.
Before joining the game, Kelly wisely removed her rings and placed them on a towel to keep them safe. When it was time to pack up and leave, she reached for her jewelry and immediately realized something was wrong. Only one ring could be found. Despite everyone carefully searching the sand, her other two rings had disappeared.
Like many beach recoveries, the soft sand had completely hidden the missing jewelry.
Fortunately, someone recommended Ring Finders South Jersey, and Kelly contacted me that same evening. We arranged to meet early the following morning before beach traffic and changing conditions made the search even more difficult.
After arriving at the location, I listened carefully as Kelly explained exactly where the towel had been and retraced the events leading up to the loss. Using professional metal detecting equipment and a systematic grid search, I began scanning the area.
Just a few sweeps later, my detector gave a strong signal.
Buried only inches beneath the sand were both missing rings.
Watching Kelly’s reaction as I placed the rings back into her hand is one of the reasons I love what I do. The relief and happiness on her face said everything.
These were not ordinary pieces of jewelry. They were a beautiful one-year wedding anniversary gift from her husband, making their recovery especially meaningful.
As the owner of Ring Finders South Jersey, I have helped recover hundreds of lost rings, necklaces, earrings, and other sentimental valuables throughout Ocean City and the South Jersey beaches. Every search is approached with experience, patience, and proven recovery techniques to give each customer the best possible chance of being reunited with their treasured item.
If you’ve lost a wedding ring, engagement ring, anniversary ring, necklace, bracelet, earring, or other valuable jewelry on the beach, don’t give up hope. The sooner a search begins, the greater the chances of a successful recovery.
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I got a call from Sydnie on Saturday the 4th and she said her friend who was down from Ohio for the 4th had lost her engagement ring in the lake right behind her house. They were floating about fifteen to twenty feet from the dock. Before I could make it over there they had to return home without the ring. I was able to get there for the search on Tuesday. I geared up for the search using my Manticore with the Gray Ghost Amphibian headphones and a sand scoop. Fortunately the water was only around 4 to 4 1/2 feet deep there. The bottom was a very shallow layer of soft mud, maybe less that 2 inches, with a hard pan of clay underneath. That made it difficult to use a sand scoop, but I made it work. Closer in to the dock there was a lot of iron and other debris that made the going slow, but as I got further away from the dock those signals were further in between. The water was deep enough that I couldn’t see the screen on the Manticore, and the lost ring was white gold so I could concentrate on the low tones. After about an hour and a half I was at least twenty feet away from the dock, maybe a little more, and I got the tell tale double beep low tone that was very strong. The lost ring was white gold so I could concentrate on the low tones. I lifted the detector out of the water to see the screen and it said 06 for the target ID. With the hard pan clay down there it took me three attempts to get the target in the scoop, but there it was, a dainty white gold ring.
July 4th found Manitowoc, Wisconsin residents, Emily Zucchi and her family, enjoying a swim on Eagle Springs Lake, near Eagle, Wisconsin. As she waded out into the water from shore, Emily suddenly realized her wedding rings were missing from her hand! Everyone began searching but, given all the activity, visibility in the churned-up water was minimal.
I received a phone call from Emily asking for help. She found me on the Ring Finders online directory of metal-detecting specialists. Arrangements were made to meet up with Matt, Emily’s brother-in-law, at the public boat launch later that afternoon. After a 20-minute boat ride we arrived at the location. Other family members were waiting.
Water searches can be challenging. This is because it is often difficult to recall where exactly one was in the lake when the loss occurred. In Emily’s case, a log on the shore acted as a reliable reference point.
I set out four marker buoys to establish the initial search area. Being a popular gathering place, the lake bottom was littered with bottle caps, pull tabs and other metallic debris. It would be a challenge to ferret out the white-gold wedding rings from amongst all the other targets.
Being a weekday, hardly any other boats were on the water. Visibility was amazingly clear, clear enough for Emily’s brother-in-law, Billy, to spot a tiny circular structure in the sand, not far from shore. Imagine his surprise when, reaching into the water, he retrieved Emily’s wedding band!
This discovery meant Emily lost her rings very soon after leaving the shore. Forensically, this raised a question. Did Emily lose her engagement ring before or after the wedding band? Most women wear their wedding rings in a traditional order; the wedding band first, followed by the engagement ring. If this was true in Emily’s case, the engagement ring had to have come off her hand closer to the shore, that is unless she happened to be wearing them in reverse order.
I decided to continue checking the marked area with the goal of ruling it out. As it turned out, the engagement ring had indeed come off after the wedding band. A signal some 20’ away in the search zone proved to be Emily’s precious ring. The love tokens were reunited again at last! Since Emily was not present, Matt, her brother-in-law, did the honors in posing for the photo with both rings in hand. 
If you or someone you know has lost a piece of jewelry, recently or long ago, on land, in the water or in the snow, don’t let its story end. Call right away. I’d love to add your smile to the growing list of clients who, like Emily, are so glad they did.
July 2nd, 2026, found Janis Ammann enjoying a refreshing swim with her daughters and grandchildren at City Beach, on Lac Le Belle in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Then, without warning, her wedding rings along with a highly-sentimental gold band slipped off her hand into the murky water. Losing her wedding rings was traumatic. But losing the band that had once belonged to her mother, made the loss even more devastating.
Despite their best efforts, feeling the sandy lake bottom with their feet and hands, the rings could not be found. An hour later, Janis left the swimming area with a grieving, heavy heart. It was like leaving a piece of her behind.
A couple days later, on July 4th I received a text from Janis’s daughter, Angela. She found me on the Ring Finder’s online directory of metal-detecting specialists. She asked if I’d “be interested in helping to (hopefully) find it.” Being the July 4th holiday in America, I knew the beaches would be crowded. I also knew metal detectorists would be busy searching for lost items. Time was of the essence and so I made my way to City Beach within the hour.
On arrival, I was horrified to be met by a gentleman leaving the beach with a metal detector in hand. My heart sank. Had he found the rings? Would he give them up? A brief conversation with the man led me to believe he had not been in the area where the rings went missing. Maybe, just maybe, the rings were still there.
Angela sent me a Google Map with a pin showing where the family had been when the rings went missing. I waded into the water and carefully began sweeping the lake bottom. Not far from the marked area, a faint signal invited further investigation. Imagine my joy to see a thin gold band gleaming in the bottom of my scoop! It was the heirloom ring! Then, about six feet away, I heard another signal—the wedding rings belonging to Janis!
I sent a photo of the rings to Angela who in turn telephoned her mom with the happy news. Janis initially thought it was a cruel joke. How could her daughter do such a thing? Then the truth sank in; unbelievably, her precious rings were safe and sound! 
Janis and her husband drove to my home in Waukesha, Wisconsin that same morning, to take delivery of the priceless love tokens. And the smiles on their faces tell the rest of the story.
If you or someone you know has lost a piece of jewelry, recently or long ago, on land, in the water or in the snow, don’t let its story end. Call right away. I’d love to add your smile to the growing list of clients who, like Janis are so glad they did.
Chris contacted me on Sunday morning and said his wife had lost her ring in the front yard while throwing water ballons on the 4th. He showed me the area they were at so I started there. I was fairly certain that early on in the conversation he said it was white gold, so I was mainly concentrating on shallow low signals. But, after around 30 minutes I got a very strong 72 on the Manticore with the telltale double beep that said it was very shallow or on the surface. A 72 is definately not white gold, but a silver or copper tone, and of course I investigated to see what it would be. It was the lost ring, and after looking at it I saw a 925 inside the band. So it was silver and not white gold. His wife was estatic and said she went to sleep crying the night before. In my book they are newlyweds, only 6 months in. A successful recovery!
Nick contacted me and said that his wife had lost her wedding band while preparing a raised plant bed, but she wasn’t sure which one. He and his wife has a matching tungsten carbide band set. The first bed I checked had a good signal, but it turned out to be a larger deep signal. The second bed was larger in size, but all of them had galvanized metal sheeting for the side walls. That was a problem, but I managed to work around it. In the second bed I found a signal that was showing a 30 on the Manticore, but was close to the metal side wall so that number may have been skewed. That 30 on the Manticore turned out to be her ring. It was about four inches deep. The total seach time was only about twelve minutes.
Wedding Ring Recovery Success Story in Longport, New Jersey
When you’re enjoying a beautiful day on the beach in Longport, the last thing you expect is to lose your wedding band in the sand. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened recently when a visitor was tossing a football with family and friends.
During one throw, the force of the motion caused his wedding band to fly off his finger and disappear somewhere on the beach. After spending considerable time searching the area by hand, there was still no sign of the ring. With thousands of grains of sand and a large search area, finding a small gold band can feel impossible.
That’s when they contacted me, John Favano of Ring Finders South Jersey.
Using Experience, Detective Work, and a Grid Search
The first step in any successful ring recovery is gathering information. I asked questions about where they were standing, the direction of the throws, how far the football was traveling, and where they first realized the ring was missing.
Using those details, I narrowed down the most likely search area and established a systematic grid pattern. Rather than wandering randomly with a metal detector, a structured grid search ensures every square foot is covered efficiently and thoroughly.
After carefully working the area with my metal detector, I received a promising signal buried beneath the sand. Within moments, the missing wedding band was recovered and safely returned to its owner.
Why Beach Ring Recoveries Require a Methodical Approach
Beach recoveries are often more challenging than people realize. Wind, foot traffic, shifting sand, and inaccurate memories can quickly make a small search area much larger.