Tom Townsend

  • Land/Shallow Water Search

Cost For My Service

I work on a reward basis, what it is worth to you and what you can afford for me to come out and find your lost item. If your item isn’t found, there will be a $25 call out fee (30 mile radius of G.R., further distances negotiable). Cache and insurance claim searches, if found, on a pre-negotiated percentage of value.

Search Types

Jewelry, keys, heirlooms, etc. Estate searches, beaches, parks, lakes & streams (up to 5 feet deep), campgrounds/RV parks, anywhere with legal permission from the land owner.

Search Locations

Primarily West Michigan but will travel wherever needed.

Tom Townsend's Bio

I’ve been finding and returning lost items to their rightful owners since I was 10 years old. I even received an Outstanding Citizen Award from the local police department for returning the $800+ dollars I’d found that belonged to a local business owner who’d dropped the day’s business receipts while getting out of his car. I’ve become very proficient over the last couple years with the Garrett AT Pro metal detector and look forward to helping you find your lost treasure with it.

Tom Townsend - Recent Blog Post

  • Lost Tantalum Ring in Hudsonville – Found! (2026)

    Josh texted me last Saturday night saying he’d lost his tantalum wedding band after a long day of landscaping.  I drove out to Hudsonville the next day to try and locate it.  Josh said he was a newlywed and he’d only been wearing the ring for 8 months.  We started the search in the rock […]

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  • Lost Phone in Coopersville Stream – Found! (2026)

    I received a text from Jill during all the flooding last month saying her son, Cam, was climbing around on the foot bridge over Deer Creek near Coopersville and dropped his phone.  Cam said the phone was waterproof and desperately wanted it back.  The flooding was so bad then that a normally thigh deep creek […]

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  • Lost at Grand Rapids Airport – WWII Heirloom Wedding Ring – Found! (2026)

    I received a text from Henry who had lost his wedding ring on New Year’s Day in the parking lot at the Gerald R Ford International Airport.  He had returned 3 times to try and locate it with no luck.  He and his wife had recently moved to the Grand Rapids area from TX and […]

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  • Platinum Wedding Ring In Lake MI (2025)

    Dave and his family, from Iowa, were visiting Grand Haven State Park on Lake Michigan when he lost his platinum wedding band playing catch with his son.  Having already returned home, he texted me a Google maps image showing approximately where he was in the water.  I wasn’t able to get out to the lake […]

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  • (2025)

    I received a text from Ashley who had lost her ring on the beach near the Little Point Sauble Lighthouse on Lake Michigan.  Ashley and her family had already returned home, some 3 hours away, so she sent me a picture of where they were on the beach in relation to the lighthouse.  That helped […]

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