Tom Tanner

  • Land/Shallow Water Search
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Cost For My Service

Whatever tip is fair. Tailored to the travel time & complexity. To be negotiated at start before search.

Search Types

Rumored family stashes, fumble-fingers rings, etc..., property marker pegs, crime-scene evidence searches, commercial/ag.

Search Locations

Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz counties.

Tom Tanner's Bio

58 yrs. old, self-employed. Work in Salinas, live in Monterey. Been metal detecting for over 40 yrs.

Types of recoveries over the years: Several deliberate caches buried by a family member, that .... later ... the next of kin only had a rough idea where their family patriarch had possibly buried a stash (basement, backyards, etc...). Done many ring recoveries. Done some agricultural needs (plow blades). Done some real estate property marker peg locations. Done some police evidence recoveries (ditched weapons, fired bullets, etc....)

Tom Tanner - Recent Blog Post

  • Garrapata beach, south of Carmel, ring found (2026)

    Got a call from a gentleman who lost his wife’s ring on Garrapata beach, ~ 20 minutes south of Carmel, CA.   Had put it in his jacket pocket for « safe keeping ».   But later had taken off the jacket and bundled it up to carry .  And , although they didn’t realize the ring was missing […]

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  • Ring recovery in Monterey, CA (2026)

    Got a call from Samantha.   She had been walking with friends through the downtown tourist district at night.  And … at a point…. stopped to make a frolicking motion with her arms and hands.   She felt all 4 rings, on one of her hands, fly off.   They got flashlight, and were able to find 3 […]

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  • Carmel Beach ring lost, then found (2025)

    Was able to help Leiana & her husband recover their lost ring on Carmel Beach.   She had gotten up from their beach blanket area, and was brushing the sand off their beach chairs, towels, etc…   And saw her ring launch, off yonder, to the dry sand.  Which immediately swallowed up her gold ring, hiding it […]

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  • Carmel Beach ring found (2025)

    Got a call from a couple, visiting from Miami, to Carmel beach .  She went to shake the sand off her fingers, and felt the brand new engagement ring fling off her finger (d/t they just got engaged, and the ring hadn’t been properly sized yet to-her-finger size).    They knew an approx. area where […]

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  • Moss Landing Sandholdt beach keys lost / found (2025)

    Lost keys @ Sandholdt beach, Moss Landing, found.   Thanx for the tip.

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Tom Tanner - Testimonials

  • Thanks for your help! (2021)

    You are a lifesaver!! Thanks for your help! Tom responded and arrived quickly. He was very understanding and kind. So happy to have found him and this community of Ringfinders!

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