This ring find began Sunday November 16th when I received a text that said, « Hi! Do you find lost rings near the Ko Olina Resort? » I of course said yes and was then connected to Ericka who was on vacation from Beaumont, California and had lost her Yellow Gold and Diamonds Wedding & Engagement Rings at Ko Olina Resort. Ericka had been in Lagoon 3 and Paradise Cove but didn’t realize until the end of the day that her two rings had gone missing. She initially thought the most likely place would have been shallow water of Lagoon 3. After a thorough search, I came up empty handed. Using a little detective work Ericka was able to see that in some of the videos they took the ring was on her finger at Secret Beach but not at Paradise Cove Beach. They had transited to Paradise Cove Beach via the water path between the two beaches. So on Wednesday November 19th I went to Paradise Cove Beach to start the hunt. Everything was going great. I even found another small gold band then a huge Hawaiian Monk Seal decided to park on the beach. Hawaii statute requires everyone to give them their distance and not bother their refuge. She wasn’t going to move anytime soon so I aborted the hunt and decided to hunt the next day. When I arrived, there were three Monk Seals on the beach, but thankfully, they were far enough away for me to finish the remainder of the search area. About 10 minutes into the search I got a really nice tone on the Manticore. After two scoops I found the Yellow Gold Wedding band. I heard another nice target and after another scoop the Yellow Gold and Diamonds Engagement ring was in the scoop. I looked skyward and said, « Thank You Jesus! » I went back to my car and texted Ericka the great news. She was obviously ecstatic. Ericka received her rings today in the mail. Its going to be a Happy Thanksgiving! Aloha to Ericka!
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