This ring find began when I got a text Monday from Nicole who was on Oahu for a vacation with her brother Kevin. Nicole is from Connersville, Indiana. Nicole said she found myself online and wanted to know if I had any availabilities this week? She lost her Gold, Sapphire & Diamonds Wedding and Engagement Rings on Makua Beach in the dry sand. She spotted her Wedding Band but the Engagement Ring eluded her. They rented some Metal Detectors locally but that brand doesn’t work in a salt water environment. Giving up after a fruitless noisy search is when they found me. The weather has been extremely rainy and we were hoping for a break to hunt properly. That break happened this morning and Nicole and her brother Kevin were able to meet at Makua Beach to show me the area to hunt. Nicole guarded our vehicles « high crime area » and Kevin led me down to the beach. Kevin drew a box in the sand where they believed the ring would be and I fired up the Manticore to begin my search. OMG immediately the Beast was overloading on the massive amount of metal trash in the sand. This had been a homeless encampment and the trash was heavy. I tuned down the Manticore and decided only to hunt low tone shallow targets. Still plenty of interference but I worked thru it the best I could. I was praying I didn’t ignore the ring target when suddenly I got a loud #17 shallow target and as I retrieved the scoop I got a glimpse of a pretty blue stone. I shook the scoop gently and Nicole’s beautiful ring came into view. I shouted over to Kevin, « Got it! » he was shocked first that I even found the ring and then under ten minutes. We snuck up on Nicole seated in the car and showed her the results. Obviously she was overwhelmed with joy and was very thankful for the recovery. Not that a young lady ever ends up in the dog house….Nicole told me she could now tell hubby but with a sense of peace. Enjoy the rest of your vacation and a very warm Aloha to Nicole and Kevin!
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I cannot express how grateful I am for your amazing work not only that you found my tiny ring but that you found it in under 10 mins while my brother, his girlfriend and I searched frantically for hours. HOURS!! On the drive back home my brother and I couldn’t stop talking about how incredible it was that you found my ring just like that with what seemed like you just snapped your fingers and it popped up. We went home and expressed our excitement with the rest of the family and everyone like me were excited and in awe that it’s been found. I am so glad I decided to search you up instead of continuing the ring search on our own. I can now stop stressing and enjoy the rest of my vacation. Definitely a highlight on this trip. A BIG, BIG mahalo to you Joe for your incredible work!!
-Nicole
I cannot even express how grateful I am for Joe and not just for finding it but finding my ring in under 10mins. I mean my brother, his girlfriend and I spent hours, HOURS frantically looking for this tiny thing and couldn’t find it, but Joe goes out there and with a blink of an eye finds it just like that. On our way back home, my brother and I couldn’t stop talking about how incredibly quick it took for him to find it. I’m so glad I decided to search you up instead of continuing the search by ourselves. We got home and shared the great news with our family and with so much excitement they started cheering with us! Definitely a highlight of the trip! A BIG BIG mahalo to you Joe for your incredible and promising work! I can now stop stressing and enjoy the rest of my vacation!
-Nicole
I am sooooooo thankful to Joe! I was so sad to lose my ring and that night and the following day my brother Kevin and his girlfriend London spent hours walking back and forth on the beach and digging in the sand. We even spent money renting cheap metal detectors and found nothing. I was so brokenhearted! I saw Joe’s page and gave him a message. He immediately called back and the next day went out with us to Makua Beach and 10 minutes later found my wedding ring! I gave him a big hug and felt so relieved! He was very professional and kind and took my sadness seriously as he searched for my ring! Joe! You’re my hero! I highly (times infinity) recommend him!!!!