Clare Winslow III, Author at The Ring Finders

Lost Gold ring found in Bear lake Kalkaska county

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I received a call from Kathleen, who said that her son had lost an irreplaceable ring in Bear Lake in Kalkaska County, MI.

Her son was playing volleyball in knee-deep water. The Gold ring was made from the gold wedding rings of his grandparents. They had the ring made once her son completed his goal of becoming an ordained minister.

I went to the location after dark due to drive time and other commitments. Kathleen told me they rented a metal detector but had no luck finding the ring.

I was in the water about 1 1/2 hours before finding the ring. When it wasn’t in the primary search area, I made the search area bigger, resulting in me finding the ring.

Kathleen sent me a picture of her son in the water with the rented detector.

 

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Gold wedding ring found in lake Michigan with a metal detector

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I received a call from Joe while driving home from work today. He lost his wedding ring in 5 feet of water in Lake Michigan.

Joe and his bride of 6 days enjoyed a day at the beach on their honeymoon.

Joe stated he was swimming in deeper water, turned around, and headed back to shore. He felt and saw his ring come off his finger.

He tried to dive and catch the ring, but it went under the sand.

I drove an hour to meet Joe to get the ring back. I was in water up to my chin. I got a good tone on the Excalibur II, then scooped up the ring.

Apparently, Joe told everybody on shore what happened. As I returned Joe his ring, the audience on shore started clapping and yelling good job.

I thank Joe and his new bride for the generous reward. I love finding the Gold ones.

 

 

 

 

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Lost wedding ring found in Lake Michigan with a metal detector

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This call started with a call from a local Detectorists asking for help locating a ring in 3 feet of water in Lake Michigan. He had been to the site twice already and couldn’t find the ring so he called me asking for help.

I called and talked to Laura to get some more information and then met up with DAVE that night after work. As I was setting up some snowplow steaks to make a grid pattern DAVE got a signal further to the south of his original search area. He was standing up in the water because the waves are about 2 1/2 foot high. He asked me to come over and examine the signal to see what it sounded like to me. Detector makes one tone for every target. I said it sounds good. I took two scoops to get it in my target pulled the ring out, handed it today for him to make the return to Laura.

 

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Wedding ring found at the Torch lake sandbar with a metal detector

  • from Traverse City (Michigan, United States)
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This call started on July 4th night. I found a black tungsten wedding ring on the Torch Lake sandbar.

Three days later, Scott called me looking for a black Tungsten wedding ring. He described it as black with a blue off-center ring around it. It matched the ring I had found perfectly.

I told Scott I had already found the ring on July 4 night. He said he thought it would be easy to find, but not that easy.

I shipped the ring back to a very happy Scott in the Chicagoland area. Scott was vacationing in the Traverse City area over the July 4 holiday.

 

 

 

 

 

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Lost engagement ring found in Arcadia Mi with a metal detector

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I received a call from Ruth that her son Henry and future daughter-in-law Garrity were in the water in Lake Michigan. Garrity felt her engagement ring slip off her finger. She and Henry frantically looked for the ring. The correct was too strong, and waves from Lake Michigan crashed into shore.

Ruth found me on The Ring Finders site and gave me a call. I agreed to meet after I got out of work that afternoon.

Once on site, I met with Henry and Garrity. They walked me to where the ring fell off Garrity’s finger. I had Garrity put a marker in the ground to give me a reference point to work from. I started a grid pattern, walking 10 feet to the drop-off, then turning around. As I turned around, I got a very faint gold signal. I thought this could not be the ring down this deep in 5 hours. That target turned out to be the ring. It was already down 5-6 inches after being lost for 5 hours. This is why ou have to get on calls as fast as possible. A combination of the strong river current and the incoming waves rove the ring down. If we had waited a couple of days, the ring would have been too deep to get with a detector.

This was a fun, quick recovery after work.

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Wedding ring lost in the water at a private residence on Lake Leelanau, Mi found with a metal detector!

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I received a call from Micheal about him losing his wedding ring in front of their summer home on Lake Leelanau.

Micheal was throwing a football and saw the ring fly off his finger. I got in the water and found the ring in less than 10 minutes.

I snapped a beautiful sunset picture after finding the ring.

 

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Wedding ring lost in a local Traverse City lake for 20 days found with a metal detector

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I received a call from Jen about her husband losing his wedding ring in a local Traverse City lake.

The search area was a large sandbar area about waist-deep water. I had to use my boat to drive out to the area.

The first time I went to look for the ring, I had winds and big waves blowing across the area. I searched for about 3 hours without finding the ring.

I took my detecting buddy Dave the second time out because the search area was so large. Dave ended up finding the ring in the end of a log after about 2 hours of us searching.

 

 

 

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Lost ring in Frankfort, Mi found with a metal detector

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I received a text from Valerie saying her husband lost his wedding ring in a local river.

The ring was lost in the area of the SleepingBear Dunes Federal Park. Metal detectors are not allowed in the area. I work with the head ranger to get permission to use a metal detector in the area needed.

I went out the first time in the area Valerie highlighted without finding the ring. We talked and narrowed the search area down for the second trip to look for the ring. I was successful in finding the ring on the second trip to look for it.

Valerie and her husband were back home after vacation, so I ended up mailing the ring back to them.

 

 

 

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Lost Gold ring found in Suttons Bay, Mi with a metal detector.

  • from Traverse City (Michigan, United States)
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I received a text from Michael that he needed help finding the Gold wedding ring he had placed in the cup holder of a beach chair.

He and his wife packed up to go home, forgetting about the ring in the cup holder.

This beach gets hit by metal detectors almost daily. I told Michael I would leave immediately to get this ring before someone gets it tomorrow morning.

I got to the beach, found Michel, and set up a grid line. Walked about 10 feet and got a 12:23 signal on the ctx3030. I knew if this were the ring, it would be a wider, bigger ring.

I brushed the sand with my foot, exposing the ring. It was just what I thought it would be, a big old chunk of Gold. I always like finding Gold!

 

 

 

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Lost ring in Long Lake Grand Traverse County, Mi found with a metal detector.

  • from Traverse City (Michigan, United States)
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I received a call from Dave about a sentimental ring lost in Long Lake in Grand Traverse County, Mi.

I knew from the story this is one ring I had to find. They thought the ring had flown off a finger by a sweeping motion with her hand.

I told Dave the ring is there, I would find it. The only issues are all the stuff in the water over the years to sort through.

I told him this could take 10 seconds or 10 hours. I did find a lot of stuff in the water. Old coins, matchbox cars, screws, bolts from the dock, washers, nuts, and a shotgun shell casing.

I searched the primary area they set out and did not find the ring. I then decided to search under the dock; after 2 hours of searching, I finally found the ring at the edge of the dock, making everybody very happy.

 

 

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