Shawn Sherrill, Author at The Ring Finders

LOST PISTOL NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN, NC….FOUND!!!!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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Received a call that a gentleman had lost his pistol after hunting, laying it on the hood of his truck and driving off.

After taking a curve, he heard it slide off and hit the road. He tried going back to find but was unsuccessful.

We agreed I’d meet up with him Saturday afternoon and try and find it for him.

I get there and walked about 400 yards on one side and almost 400 yards back on the opposite side when he found his lower. About 10 feet up I found the upper and part of his holster and he found a bullet.

I think when it hit it got damaged some,  I feel it got ran over too. Nether the less, it’s found and he doesn’t have to worry about someone else having it.

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LOST IPHONE IN POND NEAR GREENSBORO, NC….FOUND!!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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Alex texted me saying his wife had dropped her cellphone in their family pond while kayaking and asked if I’d be able to come out and try and find it.

Well, not going to lie, after the recent cold snaps I was very hesitant to say yes. I told him as long as it wasn’t over my head I was willing to try.

Alex said the water was chilly and that it was about chest deep water and he had a Life360 last location spot where they think it went into the water.

I told him I would head there after work today and try to fish it out.

I arrive, we jump in a canoe and kayak and paddle across the pond to the spot. I parked the canoe on the edge so I could just walk out to the spot.

About 10 mins later I got a loud can hit and was able to use my feet to push it into my scoop.

“DIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME PHONES, BURY THE DRAMA!”

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300 PRC TITANIUM SUPPRESSOR LOST NEAR ELLERBE, NC….FOUND!!!!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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Well this was an EXTREME first for me!

Got a call from a range safety officer at a near-by long distant gun range. He advised me a gentleman had shot his titanium suppressor off his 300 PRC and it had traveled about 100-150 yards.

The terrain has wash out ditches and briars. “GOOD TIMES!”

So after work, I headed to the range, met up with this gentleman and two other guys that had been searching for it for hours already.

I get set up and start walking and veered to the left of where he shot and there it was! I had searched what these wound ring up as on my XP DEUS II and it told me 88 and above (WRONG) it was a 69/70 VDI. Luckily I saw it! Only took me about 10 mins to find it. I got very lucky to have walked and veered to the left!

“DIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME SUPPRESSORS, AND BURY THE DRAMA!”

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LOST GOLD EARRING NEAR RANDLEMAN, NC……found!!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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Received a text from this sweet lady saying she had lost a gold erring while cleaning around a grape vine row. The back had fallen off and unfortunately the gold earring popped out of her ear and into the grass/leaves.

I get the layout and the details. She has the other earring so I used that as my target range. (VDI 30-32)

I get my machine all set up and start down one side and within 10-12 feet I get a hit!!! It was her earring!

I found out it had been lost for about a month after I started my search.

“DIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME EARRINGS & BURY THE DRAMA!”

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LOST PLATINUM WEDDING SET IN GREENSBORO, NC…..FOUND!!!!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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I received a text from a sweet lady that lost both her rings while cleaning up acorns in her backyard.

She was putting them into a roadside trash bin and realized later that her rings were missing. She dumped out one bin and checked and didn’t see them or find them with a friends metal detector. I scanned that first then I scanned the backyard and didn’t find them.

Then she mentioned the other trash bin, so I pulled it over and dumped it out on the tarp with the other acorns I had already scanned and I got a hit. First I found the diamond ring and quickly scanned again and there was the wedding band just a few inches away.

She mentioned her late husband had lost his gold ring in the yard somewhere so I asked if I could try and find it. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get over it. She wasn’t sure where he was or what he was doing when he lost it.

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Total ring recoveries since joining “The Ring Finders” 128 total!

Ring count for 2026: 140 (32 – recoveries/1 – return)

GOLD – 35 (24 – recoveries/1 – return)
GOLD/METEOR – 1 (1-recovery)
GOLD/STAINLESS – 1 (recovery)
PLATNIUM – 7 (6-recoveries)
SILVER – 28
TUNGSTEN – 4 (1-recovery)
TITANIUM – 1
JUNK – 59
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“DIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME RINGS & BURY THE DRAMA!”

 

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LOST WHITE GOLD WEDDING RING TEGA CAY, SC…..FOUND!!!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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Received a text from a young man that said his wife lost her rings in their front yard and asked me if I could come find one of the two rings. They ended up finding the engagement ring but were unable to find the wedding ring.

We agreed to Sunday morning and I get there, get my machine dialed in and start my search. The area was about 5×5 area and took me less than 5 mins find it! Took me longer to set up the machine than it took to find the ring.

They weren’t home at the time so I placed the ring in a secure spot until they got back home and they sent me a photo of his wife holding up the ring.

Another recovery and a precious ring back where it belonged!!

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Total ring recoveries since joining “The Ring Finders” 126 total!

Ring count for 2026: 138 (30 – recoveries/1 – return)

GOLD – 35 (24 – recoveries/1 – return)
GOLD/METEOR – 1 (1-recovery)
GOLD/STAINLESS – 1 (recovery)
PLATNIUM – 5 (4-recoveries)
SILVER – 28
TUNGSTEN – 4 (1-recovery)
TITANIUM – 1
JUNK – 59
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“DIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME RINGS & BURY THE DRAMA!”

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LOST GOLD WEDDING BAND AT WHITE LAKE, NC…FOUND and MAILED TO OWNER!!!!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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UPDATE:

The ring I recovered on 8/5/26 and mailed to its owner in Chester, VA has made it safely back, been resized and shouldn’t come off again!

Back story: family was on vacation from VA, visiting White Lake, NC. While spending time with family in the water she felt both rings slide off into the water. Her husband was able to recover the engagement ring, but lost the wedding ring in the sand.

Week later, after being contacted by her sister, I made the drive down and go to the spot! About an hour and a half later I had the ring in my scoop!

I texted her saying it has been safely recovered and asked for her address so I could get it back to her asap!

She was super excited and couldn’t believe I had found it, much less willing to mail it back to her!

This is what I love to do and what I enjoy the most after turning someone’s tears to joy, sadness to happiness again and the feeling of devastation to hope and then gratefulness to have any item back!

Numbers are the same as my last recover because I had already counted it into my numbers on 8/5/26!

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Total ring recoveries since joining “The Ring Finders” 123 total!

Ring count for 2026: 129 (29, – recoveries/1 – return)

GOLD – 33 (23 – recoveries/1 – return)
GOLD/METEOR – 1 (1-re
GOLD/STAINLESS – 1 (recovery)
PLATNIUM – 5 (4-recoveries)
SILVER – 27
TUNGSTEN – 4 (1-recovery)
TITANIUM – 1
JUNK – 53
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“DIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME RINGS & BURY THE DRAMA!”

 

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LOST GOLD/METEORITE WEDDING BAND NEAR MATTHEWS, NC……FOUND!!!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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Received a call from a friend of this young lady. She told me her friend lost her wedding ring in the backyard. She continued telling the story that she had lost it while playing with a volleyball in the pool. She hit the ball and felt her ring fly off. But they wasn’t sure what direction it flew in.

I asked what the ring was made of and she told me. “Gold and Meteorite” so I wasn’t 100% how that would affect the signal. I arrive at 8 pm and searched and searched. I started my search looking for a VDI range id 27-72. I don’t want to miss it.

After 45 mins went by, I decided to change my setting so I went to 0-72. I made a pass over a spot I had pass previous

I get a 62-64 hit and I wasn’t sure how I missed it, bus nc t I found on my return pass! Now it’s back where it belongs.

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Total ring recoveries since joining “The Ring Finders” 123 total!

Ring count for 2026: 129 (29, – recoveries/1 – return)

GOLD – 33 (23 – recoveries/1 – return)
GOLD/METEOR – 1 (1-re
GOLD/STAINLESS – 1 (recovery)
PLATNIUM – 5 (4-recoveries)
SILVER – 27
TUNGSTEN – 4 (1-recovery)
TITANIUM – 1
JUNK – 53
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“DIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME RINGS, BURY THE DRAMA!” XP Metal Detectors BLU3

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LOST TRI-GOLD WEDDING RING AT WHISPERING PINES, NC…..FOUND!!!!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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I received a referral from The Dive Guys (Alex Cogley-thanks again!) about someone needing a gold ring found over at Whispering Pines!

He got me in contact with Tiz Jefferson and she informed me her husband had lost his tri-gold wedding ring about 6-8 weeks ago while keep an eye out for about 7 kids in a swimming area. He felt it slide off and was like OH NO! They even bought a metal detector and tried to retrieve it themselves.

I set up a date and time with her for today at 5:30. I got to the site at about 5. After scanning the main area for almost an hour with no luck, I decided to expand my search area and I went deeper and in mossy areas for the last 30 mins. Then I get a signal at about 7 feet deep and 2 feet of moss. As I followed my pin-pointer to the target, my finger slipped into a ring and I knew I had finally found his ring!!!

I popped up holding the the ring up high as I swam back to shallower water. At first they didn’t realize I had found the ring, until I removed my mouth believe and said “I found it”!!! They both were so excited and happy to have it back. Before 7pm he had his ring back on his finger!!

After taking my gear off and putting it away, we snapped some photos and Mrs. Jefferson snapped a bunch of me in action!

Thank you for contacting and allowing me to recover your lost ring! I love returning lost items and seeing the excitement and joy from owners as despair turns to relief!

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Total ring recoveries since joining “The Ring Finders” 122 total!

Ring count for 2026: 128 (28 – recoveries/1 – return)

GOLD – 33 (23 – recoveries/1 – return)
GOLD/STAINLESS – 1
PLATNIUM – 5 (4-recoveries)
SILVER – 27
TUNGSTEN – 4 (1-recovery)
TITANIUM – 1
JUNK – 53
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“DIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME RINGS, BURY THE DRAMA!” XP Metal Detectors BLU3

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LOST GOLD WEDDING RING IN RIVER NEAR BREVARD, NC….FOUND!!!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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Received a call from this gentleman “3 month newlywed” saying he had lost his gold ring in the river while floating! I told him as soon as I get off work I’ll make the nearly 4 hour drive to rescue his ring.

I arrive at 5 pm and follow him to the spot. We parked and made a steep decent to the waters edge as we get to the bottom, he said “right here is where I think I lost it”, but he wanted me to start a little higher and work my way down just to make sure. Not a problem!

The water was 1-2 feet deep in spots and I didn’t have my goggles. It was moving pretty good and was colder than I expected. The river and the rocks held many challenges as I made my way down river trying to stay on the path he took, keep my balance, check every spot I could with the @XP deus II and the HF coil! ONLY WOULD’VE WORKED HERE!

After two lures and a signal I couldn’t get to, I get another hit while sitting on a mossy rock trying to find 3rd signal.

I held the pinpointer in my left hand and used my first two fingers. As I followed the vibration to the target, I made two swipes with my fingers and I felt the familiar feeling of a ring slide on my finger!!! It had been found!!!

It was a challenge, but I overcame and adapted to the conditions and not having all my gear!

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Total ring recoveries since joining “The Ring Finders” 122 total!

Ring count for 2026: 127 (27 – recoveries/1 – return)

GOLD – 32 (22 – recoveries/1 – return)
GOLD/STAINLESS – 1
PLATNIUM – 5 (4-recoveries)
SILVER – 27
TUNGSTEN – 4 (1-recovery)
TITANIUM – 1
JUNK – 53
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“DIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME RINGS, BURY THE DRAMA!”

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