Randy Coates

  • Land/Shallow Water Search

Cost For My Service

I work on a ''Reward Basis'' you pay what it's worth to you and what you can afford to have me find your lost item. I have a call-out fee of $25.00 if the item is not found, this covers my fuel expenses. (Maybe more or less depending on where you are located)

Search Types

Offering metal detecting services on land or in water less than 6 ft deep. Lost jewelry, rings, or other items.

Search Locations

Traverse City MI, Torch Lake in Rapid City MI, and Charlevoix MI. & surrounding areas.

Randy Coates's Bio

My name is Randy Coates I am 34 years old, I have 25+ years of metal detecting experience, have recovered many lost items and rings for people over the years, over 100 successful recoveries and returns. I love this hobby and love helping people recover their lost items. Look forward to helping more.

Randy Coates - Recent Blog Post

  • Sand dunes in the background (2026)

      Received a call for a lost ring on the sand bar near Sleeping Bear sand dunes.  Could not get there right away but had owner take pictures and video of their location from the boat and also had them leave a item there which they decided on a coke can full of sand and […]

    Voir l’article

  • Found off the end of the dock (2026)

      Got a late at night message about a lost ring at the end of the owners dock.  Was able to get on the road kinda early and had it found by about 10:15 am.  Knew right where it had come off at, and was nice to have a fairly easy recovery. Thank you for […]

    Voir l’article

  • Wedding ring found in the river (2026)

    Got a call for a lost ring in the river.  Customer dove off their boat and luckily hadn’t moved rhe boat til I got there.  Was a quick one to find and reunite with its owner.  Glad to help and thank you for the call!

    Voir l’article

  • 2 rings lost at once, found both! (2026)

    Was called out to a lake near Traverse City to find 2 rings lost while setting up a swim area for the season.  Water was deeper than my usual searches but was able to find both rings in the end using a underwater detector and mask and snorkel. Took some time but wasn’t going to […]

    Voir l’article

  • Christmas time find in Alden MI (2025)

    Received a call to go look for a ring that was lost at a Christmas tree farm near me.  Owner had a very good idea where she had lost it and was spot on. All the small details helped with this one for sure.  Was buried in the snow but after about an hour of […]

    Voir l’article

Back to United States