The Morning of July 11th, 2022 I received a voicemail from Dana. She said that her husband had lost his wedding ring the night before at the annual Ribfest near their home. She said that the crews were there taking down the tables and chairs but they had already secured permission from the crew and the local police to conduct a search. I brought along my wife Jennifer since the ring was lost in such a large area, I figured 2 people could cover more ground much quicker. After meeting up with Dana and her husband John we grabbed our gear and the 4 of us walked over to the area where John had been sitting during the festivities. John gave us a rough outline of the areas where he had moved around to during his time there and where he had been sitting most of that time. I decided to start at the farthest point and work back towards where John had been sitting, while that’s where Jen started. John and Dana said they were going to walk back home and to call or text them if we found it. Before I could get to the far end Jen said she had a strong, shallow signal, so I went back to help her retrieve it from the hard packed dirt. Bam! Jen’s first signal! Right where John said he was sitting was John’s ring! In less than 10 minutes I sent Dana a text with pictures saying « Good news!! »
A huge thank you to Tim and his wife, Jennifer, for finding my husband’s wedding ring that had slipped off while at the local Rib Festival. We had a ton of people helping search the grounds, put posts on social media, and had a report with police as well as the festival lost/found, but no ring was found. My husband feared it may have fallen into a paper towel while washing his hands and ended in the trash, or someone found it and kept it since there were hundreds of people at the fest. He was pretty certain he was never going to see it again.
The ring was lost on Saturday, and come Sunday night we still had no luck finding it. My Dad found TheRingFinders.com, and suggested I call. Monday morning, I secured permission to have a metal detector search of the area, and then I contacted Tim. My husband and I were hopeful, but knew the likelihood of the ring being found was very small. We were completely shocked and overjoyed when Tim texted me a photo of my husband’s FOUND ring!! It had been pushed into the ground and there was no way we would have seen it.
We are so grateful to Tim and Jennifer. They were so kind, helpful, and determined to do all they could in finding the ring. My husband and I had previously searched the grounds for hours and Tim and Jennifer were able to find the ring in minutes! I am so grateful I made the call.