Emily lost her Oura ring while gardening at night. Her boys tried to find it with their toy metal detector but could not find it so they called the Ring Finders. She was “98% sure” she lost it in a specific area. There was so much metal edging, garden trash and overhead wires it was a bit difficult. After being unsuccessful in the area she thought I checked her path of travel. I spotted it, no detector needed.
I took a field trip to Peyton, Colorado today because Tony lost his tungsten carbide wedding ring. He was shooting a basket ball while sitting down when his ring flew off. He even got it on video, impressive. I heard the ring hit something on the video but could not see it. He was “sure” it was in the rocks. After a quick unsuccessful search in the rocks I started in the grass. After on pass near where he was sitting I found it! He seemed interested in detecting, so maybe we have another detectorist in the community!
Carl lost his 14k gold wedding band while doing yard work. He tried looking for it but the grass was so overgrown. His wife told me Carl is more sentimental than her and was upset that he could not find it. Their daughter tried helping find it as well but found us on Ring Finders instead. Carl explained he had gloves on and took them off and on several times. He lost his ring before doing the same thing and said it always found it in his gloves, except for this time. I started on the path of travel found it in about 45 seconds.
My first zirconium ring. Derek lost his wedding ring while walking his dog Max, this morning. He walked me through his path explaining his stops along the way. About 20’ from the start of his walk he shook some tree branches that were hanging down to the ground from the heavy snow we got. My spidey senses told me to spend some extra time here. As I was swinging the detector around the tree I saw it before I swung over it. The snow had melted by now but still is difficult to spot. It camouflaged so well with the rock. Zirconium is a low conducting metal, over 90% is used for cladding fuel elements in nuclear reactors due to its low neutron absorption cross-section. 🤯
Derek and Max were both so happy! I mean look at that smile on Max!
Olive lost her gold claddagh ring. She walked up to her friends house, as she approached the door she waved excitedly and felt the ring fly off. I should have taken a pic of the whole front yard but as you can see how thick the greenery and ivy were. She rented a metal detector but did not know how to use it. This is a common thing so if you don’t know how to use one ask someone that does. It will save you so much time and money. After about 45 minutes of not being able to find it myself with the detector I started shaking the ivy growing on the house. I tried looking down to see if it may have fallen. I was about 1/3 of the way when I looked down directly from the mailbox and saw a SMALL hint of gold. I thought it was foil it was so small but it was the ring. Tiny fingers. Tiny ring. The story of the claddagh ring is beautiful.
This gentleman lost his beautiful rose gold wedding band while walking to his car at night. He felt it fall off but did not see where it went and with all the snow it had made it difficult. After a couple of hours searching he found me on Ring Finders. It was late but reassured him we’d be there in the morning before all the busy traffic started in that area. He explained what had happened, walking on a sidewalk in a busy area full of restaurants. We got so lucky that there was an open space in the street parking area close to where he lost it. I quickly had him stand in that area assuring no car would park there while I searched. I quickly found his ring up along the curb embedded in snow. Looks like cars were pushing it and compacting the snow against the curb. Happy tears as he was just recently married. This is what I enjoy about metal detecting.
Angela was throwing the ball for her dog in her backyard and lost 2 of her platinum diamond rings. She found one on her deck where she was but could not find the other. Jeff and I looked for 2 hours with no luck after searching her yard and the neighbors yard a few times over. The other possibility was it fell into her decking… but the gaps were so small the likeliness was low but still a possibility. Guess what!? It somehow, someway found its way through the smalllllll gap. It would have fallen just right to make that happen. After Jeff took of the first slat off the deck we used our endoscope cameras under the decking. Each of us starting at either end. At the second set of sleepers I saw prisms reflecting of the camera light!! I knew that was it.We quickly got to the ring, Jeff slowly turned the hook the correct way and On the first try Jeff hooked the ring enough to drag it closer to us. Meanwhile I was calmly telling him to don’t lose it and pull it back 😇I stuck my hand in the rest of the way to grab it.
Brooklyn lost both her platinum wedding and engagement ring in her backyard doing yard work/playing with dogs.
Jeff would like me to note: she called him. Anyways…literal blood, sweat and tears. They found the wedding band last night in a neighbors yard with a flashlight as Jeff had suggested. We searched 4 neighbors yards, Jeff was bleeding from razor grass, I climbed a ladder several times, went down into window wells. After 2 hoursI decided I needed food. So after a quick lunch we regrouped. I decided to search with a pinpointer in deep, dense ornamental grass. The detector did not pick up anything there because of a metal fence right next to it. I was prepared to tediously use the pinpointer for awhile. After 2 minutes I found it at the base of the bush. The physics of how didn’t make sense. It would have had to fly straight up in the air to land where it was found.
I got a text late last night from Rebekah who was visiting from Texas. On Saturday she went on a hike in Fraser with her husband and friends. Hayden (husband) stopped to make a snow angel, while he was getting up he felt his wedding band fly off. They searched for a long time with no avail. They marked the area to come back and search. They looked for help on the internet thingy and after some research and a “no” from another detectorist they found me on Ring finders. I like a challenge and I really needed to get out. They were already so thankful that we were willing to drive out and try. Jeff and I packed up for some snow and headed west! They had brought a friend for reinforcements and to help in any way needed. After about 1/2 a mile hike…up, we got to their spot. Jeff and I started at opposite ends, less than a minute in I got a great signal, mind you it was not near where they thought, it was upslope a bit. I dug a bit with my pinpointer and about 2” inches deep I saw gold. At first I thought it was a bottle cap but then saw the platinum shine through. They were in disbelief and so thankful. They were just married 7 months ago and now they have a great story to tell. Well worth the drive, hike and
quick recovery!
“Objects with sentimental value are treasures that money can’t buy.”
Justine said “it doesnt have a lot of monetary value” but she made her own wedding ring as well as her husband’s. So you can imagine how special this ring was to her. She was visiting from out of town with her family and decided to play basketball with her son at a park nearby. She was sure she had lost it on the blacktop because that’s when she noticed something was not right. Quickly realizing her ring was gone, with her son’s help they searched the blacktop several times over and over. Assuming it had rolled or flew off into the grass, she called for help. I decided to start around the basketball court, did not take long as I did not go out far. With no success I had a hunch to just look over the blacktop before i expanded my search area. It was a small court so my guess was probably not there. But as soon as I took 2 steps onto it I saw my favorite color of blue. There it was. Maybe sometimes you just need a fresh set of eyes searching without emotion. Can you spot the ring on the blacktop?