Lost Ring On Beach, Harvey Cedars NJ, recovered by Edward Trapper, NJ Ring Finder
The family had been enjoying a beautiful day at the beach the day before. For safekeeping, his daughter placed her ring in the cupholder of their beach chair. At the end of the day, they packed everything up and headed home. It wasn’t until they got back that she realized the ring had been left behind in the chair.
They immediately returned to the beach and searched the area for quite a while but had no luck. That’s when Robert decided it was time to call a professional—Ed Trapper, NJ Ring Finder.
We originally planned to meet that evening, but our schedules didn’t line up. I wasn’t too concerned because I knew the area isn’t heavily detected, so the chances of someone else finding the ring overnight were very slim. We agreed to meet early the next morning before beachgoers and swimmers began setting up for the day.
When I arrived, Robert and his family had done an excellent job marking the search area with sticks, making it easy to locate the exact spot. I started by making a pass around the perimeter. About halfway down my second search lane, I got a perfect signal. One scoop later, there was the ring, safely sitting inside my sand scoop.
The smiles and relief on the family’s faces made the early morning trip well worth it. Another treasured piece of jewelry was back where it belonged, making for another successful recovery by NJ Ring Finder.
Gregg called and asked if I would be able to help him find his wedding ring he had lost on the dune walkover in Holgate NJ. We were having some unusual swarming mosquitos, and when he was heading over to the ocean they bombarded him when he was almost at the top. When he tried to swat them away, unfortunately his wedding ring flew off his hand and most likely landed up on the dunes somewhere. We arranged to meet the next afternoon, knowing his ring would be safe in that location. I had read on one of the local Facebook pages how bad they were after days of heavy rain, but never experienced anything quite this like this. I pulled up in the driveway, and no sooner had my door opened, I would venture to say, there were 20 or more in my truck. With that said, out came the sweatshirt and bug spray. I really hate mosquitos. Greg and I went over again exactly what had happened, as we walked quickly to the spot he had marked with some little sticks and stuff. I turned on my machine, put on the headphones, and for whatever reason it would not quiet down. I asked him to stand facing exactly the way he was, and to demonstrate the swatting motion he used when the ring went flying. It looked like it probably could have flown up in the dune grass, but with the motion he showed me, my hunch was it went straight down. So, as these nuisance bugs are like a cloud around us, I moved back to where I turned on the machine, which was also the spot he was when the ring came off. And now I know why the machine was so noisy!!!!! Bingo!!!! It was sitting right on top of his ring. The more detective work one can do the better. The entire hunt only lasted about 10 minutes at best. Making memories again on LBI.
