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Found Cellphone Deep in Vermont Snowbank

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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2/14/25

At work today, I got a call from a guy who needed help finding a cellphone. So, we made arrangements to meet at his driveway as soon as I got out of work.

His driveway was very long, steep, and zigzagged up the hillside. He had been out doing things in the driveway while his plow person was doing the plowing, when he realized that his phone was missing from his pocket. They looked for it with no luck and figured it must have been plowed deep into a pile. He did some shoveling but didn’t find it.

We started at a huge pile on one of the corners, where he was pretty sure it might be. I swung all over it without getting a good signal. So, we shoveled some off the top and I got a signal you could barely hear. We dug down about a foot and the signal got louder. I dug down with a plastic trowel, stuck the pinpointer in and got a good signal. Dug down even further and there it was. It was 2 feet below where my first signal was!

Awesome moment! His phone had extremely important data on it, and it wasn’t even damaged.

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Found Cell Phone Deep in Snowbank

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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1/31/25

Got a call from a teenager’s dad last night. The night before, his daughter had rushed out to move her car so the snow plow guy could do their driveway. Her phone was in her pj bottom’s pocket at the time. She went back inside and realized her phone was missing. By then, the phone had been plowed into a snowbank somewhere.

They tried calling it, digging around with shovels and even borrowed a low quality metal detector. They gave up and found my number. We made arrangements for me to go there after work today.

So, with my brand new detector in hand, I got started. In about 3 minutes I got a good signal. There was her phone, elbow deep in the snow. The detector found its first target, very impressive! A very happy teenager, who was without her phone for 2 days!!!
Such an awesome hobby :))

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Ring Found In Snowy Vermont

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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1/12/25

I got a message last night from a woman visiting Vermont who had lost her engagement ring. She had been skiing at Stowe, but was pretty sure she lost it at the rental house in a nearby town. Luckily, she had a picture of her just before they left the ski area showing that her ring was still on her finger. The rental house had a nice sledding hill in the backyard, so she took a sled down the slope with no gloves on. She was pretty sure that’s when the ring had come off. Just in case, they did a thorough search of the house before contacting me.

I got there early because they had to leave by 11:00. We got started and within about 3 minutes I got the perfect ring signal. I pushed some of the snow to the side with my boot and pushed the pinpointer into the snow, got a signal with that and there it was! We were all smiling about that!!!

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Found Extremely Important Keychain in the Leaves

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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11/22/24

I got a call earlier this week from a gentleman who had lost something extremely sentimental to him, and was desperately needing it to be found.

Early this year, his significant other had come down with a serious medical issue that took her life way too early. She had a real big heart for animals, and dogs….and of course, him! Her keychain had several dog charms attached to it, and he kept it with him at all times, no matter where he went. It was a part of her.

One day he had been out raking and had also ridden his bike down a leafy hill where he lost control and fell. Later, he discovered his pocket was empty and his heart sank. He searched through the rakings and where he had fallen, with no success. After some web searching, he found my listing and gave me a call. His voice shook with emotion and I instantly knew how important this search was. We made arrangements to meet when I didn’t have work.

Today, I met him at the house and he showed me the search areas. Luckily, in under 5 minutes, I got a signal, looked down and saw a Toyota symbol peeking out from under a leaf. It was her keychain with all charms intact! He gave me a huge hug! He said it was about the best thing that could happen to him.

I am so fortunate to be able to help in situations like this. I’m very glad it was a success!

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Found Ring in the Leaves, Burlington VT

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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11/1/24
I got a call this morning from a lady who had lost her wedding ring. Unfortunately, I was working and couldn’t do a search until afterwards. I told her I would call as soon as I got out, to see if they had found it.

She and her husband had been at a doctor appointment and when they came outside, she lost it in the parking lot. The wind was howling and leaves and branches were being blown all around. They searched for awhile and then rented a metal detector. Crowded parking lots are difficult to search because the metal in the cars raise hell with detectors, even 3’ away!

So, she called me at the end of the afternoon to say they had given up and wanted me to help.
I went straight there after work and luckily most of the cars were gone by then. I detected for awhile and saw the last 2 office workers pull out. I went straight over to where they had been parked, detected a pile of leaves that was under the car, got a loud signal and there it was!! Her ring is a round band, so it had rolled a long way, probably aided by the wind!

I brought it to her, her town was on my way home, and was greeted with the nicest smiles, some flowers for Donna and some home grown fruit. What a good day!

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Wedding Ring Lost a Year Ago Found

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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9/29/24

I got a call from a lady who lost her wedding ring last year. She was loading a compost bin when she got attacked by angry bees. During the chaos, her ring went flying off. They searched but couldn’t find it. For the past year she had hoped to hear about someone local who might have a metal detector, and then she saw my ad.

This ring has quite the 30 plus year history. She had to get it cut off her finger once, had it resized another time, had it re-hammered by the original goldsmith who made both their matching rings.

I went to their house today and found it in under 5 minutes. She was so happy and relieved to have it back. As we were standing there having a nice visit about the long history of the property, I offered to let them use one of my detectors to try to find something that may have belonged to the original owner 250 years ago.

While showing them how to use a detector, I got a nice signal, and about 3” down a silver 1783 Reale showed up! Probably last held over 200 years ago by the owner. It was a double miracle day!

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Wedding Ring Found in Tree Farm

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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9/28/24

Got a call yesterday from a guy who lost his wedding ring a few days ago. He was having dinner with friends when he noticed it was missing. He runs a very busy tree farm and as you can imagine works very hard and covers a lot of ground during the course of a day. He thought a likely place to start looking was around the base of 4 chestnut trees that he had done extensive work on that day. But, it could also be on another property about 10 miles away!

I went there this afternoon, and he walked me around. I could tell he was very upset about losing it. That empty ring finger was bugging him!

I got started. About an hour into the search he came out to offer to cut down some of the tall grass and weeds. I told him that it probably would come to that. I had one last chestnut tree to search around and was doing the path on the way when I got a very loud tone. He wasn’t far away so I yelled for him to come over. I pushed the pinpointer around in the weeds and there it was! A miracle! I had honestly expected this search to turn into several days and many hours.

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Wedding Ring Found in Vermont

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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9/28/24

Yesterday I got a call from a fellow who’s wife had lost her wedding ring. She had been out on their raised deck when she felt and heard her ring fall off and hit the deck floor.

He searched throughout the boards and on his hands and knees under the deck for a long time with no luck. Sometimes it’s amazing how rings can hide so well in a relatively small area!

So, went over this morning, he showed me the area and I got started. Searches this close to a house and deck are usually full of nail, screws, flashing bits and other construction materials. This one was no exception, tons of signals! After about a half hour, I moved a large rock and got a good signal. There it was!

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Found Wedding Ring in Garden

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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9/22/24

Walked in the door after doing a water search in an icy cold river for a wedding ring, anxious to get to painting(ha ha), when the phone rang. It was a lady who’s partner had lost a gold wedding band. After doing some weeding and things in the community garden, went to dust off dirty hands on the pants, when the ring went flying off.

The nearby library had a pinpointer to loan out for just such occasions. They searched with that for a couple hours, then found The Ring Finders listing. So, I went right there, she showed me the area, and in about 15 minutes I got a signal so loud it sounded like a car honking! I pushed my pinpointer into the vegetation and it tapped on something hard while sounding off. There it was!

She gave me some homemade pesto which I am very anxious to try soon!!

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Found Wedding Ring in VT river

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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9/7/24

I got a call a few days ago from a woman who’s husband had lost his wedding ring in a Vermont river. They were tubing with their little daughter. He had gotten a little far out in front, so he put on the brakes by dragging his hands along the rocky river bottom. Unfortunately, his ring got knocked off his finger, so he jumped out of the tube and went straight to shore. When his wife and daughter caught up, they all searched for it. But the water was a tiny bit too deep and fast to find it without a detector.

So, I went right there after work and searched for about 2-1/2 hours with no luck. We arranged to meet this morning for another search. I was a little concerned about another storm coming along and sweeping it down the river for who knows how far. Our storms have been causing so many destructive floods lately, it’s unbelievable how far gravel, big rocks and trees can be swept along. My wife and I are leaving for a week’s vacation tomorrow, so the pressure was on to find it today!

We met at 8:00 am and got started. Luckily, the river had gone down a little more. In about an hour, I got a good signal. I looked down into the water and saw a color that I liked! It was a slight reddish tone of rose gold that his ring was made of. It must’ve been stepped on because only a tiny bit was showing above the gravel botton.

It was a fun search for a very nice little family on a beautiful river. I loaned them a detector so they could search their land for historical relics. Hope they find something cool!

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