Trevor Oxborrow, Author at The Ring Finders

Lost Gold Wedding Ring Found, Donner Lake, Truckee, California

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Got a text yesterday afternoon at 4:27pm, from Cody, requesting a lost ring recovery search for her husband’s wedding ring in Donner Lake. This wedding ring was very special having originally belonged to his late father.
He had been climbing a rock, three hundred feet or so, offshore in Donner Lake. His hand slipped and off came his ring in about 8 feet of water.
We arranged to meet at the entrance to the Donner Memorial State Park at 8:00am.
By 8:15am they guided me to a shoreline location closest to the offshore rock.
I geared up and began swimming out to the rock. With my XP Deus 2 metal detector and Blu3 Nomad dive system, I was able to recover his ring in a short amount of time.
At 8:40am I handed the ring over. He and Cody were very happy and relieved to have his father’s ring back on his finger.

 

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Lost Platinum Wedding Ring Found & Returned, Pope Beach, Lake Tahoe

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Got a text last night at 8:34pm requesting a lost ring recovery search at Pope Beach, Lake Tahoe.
Backstory: (Pope Beach the previous evening), Keaton placed his platinum wedding ring in his shirt, on the beach, before going for a swim. When he got back from the swim, he picked up his shirt and his ring fell into the sand and disappeared. He spent the better part of an hour searching, with no ring found.
Knowing of TheRingFinders.com way before he ever lost his ring, he knew exactly who to contact.
5:54am I started searching. Keaton provided a map, description of how he lost his ring and landmarks nearby.
All of which got me into the right area. My first solid signal, a 59 on my XP Deus 2 metal detector, ended up being his lost ring.
Keaton arrived at 6:30am, I handed the ring over, he was happy and relieved to have it back on his finger.

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Lost Gold Pendant Found & Reunited with Owner, Creek Beach, Lake Tahoe

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Thanks to Michael Dewey, fellow Northern Nevadan Ring Finder, who connected me with this client.
Lost gold Italian Horn Pendant recovered and returned to the Owner. The significance and loss circumstances of this gold pendant were posted by the owner on Facebook. I reached out and offered to help find his pendant.
This search turned out to be a very difficult recovery—mainly because of the large search area—and took almost three and half hours of underwater metal detecting at about ten feet deep.
The client was very relieved and so very happy to be wearing his pendant again.

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Lost Gold Wedding Ring Recovered & Reunited with Owner, Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe

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Thanks to Michael Dewey, fellow Northern Nevadan Ring Finder, who connected me with this client.
Got a text at 6:30am requesting a water search for a lost gold wedding ring offshore at Kings Beach. At that moment I was just arriving at Creek Beach, on the east shore of Lake Tahoe, to begin an underwater search for a lost gold pendant.
Knowing that Kings Beach gets hit hard by metal detectorists every day, I switched gears and immediately started the climb back to the parking lot and drove over to Kings Beach. Once I arrived, the client—who was in waist deep water searching—came back to the beach and shared the when/how/where of his lost gold wedding ring.
I geared up and got into the water to begin the first grid sweep of a fairly large search area. Halfway out to the farthest point—a red buoy—I got a solid 72 on my XP Deus 2 metal detector. I can only wish all water recoveries were that fast. Usually they take hours and hours.
The client was very relieved and happy to have his wedding ring back on his finger.

 

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Lost Citrine Wedding Ring Recovered, Truckee River, Lake Tahoe

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While I was in the Truckee River searching for a different wedding ring, near the River Ranch raft take-out, I got a voicemail requesting help finding another lost wedding ring in the Truckee River.
This new client described the ring loss location, which turned out to be six tenths of a mile upstream in a deep eddy. She sent the pinned map location via a text message. After driving the short distance, I was able to find parking and walk down to the river bank. Four ducks welcomed me as I donned my fins and diving mask, obviously expecting me to provide breakfast. Within five minutes, (using my blu3 Nemo dive system and XP Deus 2 metal detector), I was able to detect and scoop up the Sterling Silver Citrine Wedding Ring that was buried in sand about seven feet underwater.
The client was very happy to have her wedding ring back on her finger.

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Two Lost Gold Rings Found at Nevada Beach, Lake Tahoe

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Received a phone call at 12:23PM regarding a lost family heirloom ring at Nevada Beach. The caller was from LA County and wouldn’t be able to meet me at the ring loss location since they were currently driving back home. The client explained that their grandmother—wearer of the ring—noted the very moment she lost it and they all noted the location. That bit of info was encouraging. They returned the next morning to search for the lost ring, but were unsuccessful.
As I drove to Nevada Beach, further details were revealed. The grandmother had taken two rings off and intended to put them in her purse. As she was about to place the rings into here purse, they slipped out of her hands falling and disappearing into the deep sand.
Wait a minute …..TWO RINGS! Yes, she lost two gold rings the previous evening around 6:00PM and Nevada Beach was exceptionally crowded prior to the July 4th fireworks.
Two gold rings, one an irreplaceable family heirloom. Okay, now my big worry was whether the rings had been found by a treasure hunting metal detectorist earlier that morning—July 5th.
Arriving at Nevada beach I headed straight to the described ring loss location—seven to ten feet behind a bench to the left of the boardwalk. After searching for 10 minutes with no success, I remembered that the boardwalk to the south also had a bench immediately to the left. There are 3 boardwalks at Nevada Beach, but only 2 with a bench immediately to the left. So I headed straight to the south boardwalk.
After a couple of swings, I got a strong target, but it turned out to be a pull-tab. The second target was a solid VDI of 60 on my XP Deus 2 metal detector. At 2:48PM, I sifted my scoop revealing two gold rings. The client and client’s grandmother were very happy.
Two gold rings recovered in 2 hours and 25 minutes from being notified.

 

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Lost Platinum Engagement Ring Recovered at Tahoe Vista, Lake Tahoe

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Received a text at 5:42pm requesting metal detecting services at the Tahoe Vista Recreational Area & Boat Launch.
Early that day on the Tahoe Vista Beach, the client took off her engagement and wedding rings to apply sunblock on the kids. She placed the rings on the beach chair. Later she picked up the chair causing the rings to fall into the sand. They were able to retrieve the wedding ring, but were unable to find the engagement ring.
The client and her husband met me at the ring loss location at 8:00pm. The very first solid signal turned out to be the lost platinum engagement ring. Everyone was happy with the beautiful sunset ring recovery.

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Lost Gold Chain and Gold Coin Pendant Found at Lake Tahoe

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Gold Chain with Gold Coin Pendant Recovered and Returned to Owner!
When I’m out metal detecting, the number one question I get is “What is the most valuable thing you’ve found?”, well as of this morning I have a clear answer.
Three days ago I noticed a Facebook post about a gold chain lost on July 4th at Pope Beach, Lake Tahoe. Lesson to everyone out there, if you lose something valuable and metal DON’T post the location you lost it at—the Sand Pirates will find it and keep it!
I contacted the person who lost the chain and I offered to help find it. After a series of exchanges we coordinated a meeting at the gold chain loss location—8:30am this morning at Pope Beach. Thank goodness he chose to meet me, only with his onsite precise identification of where he went swimming, allowed this recovery to happen.
It took two hours of searching underwater with my XP Deus 2 metal detector and Blu3 Nemo dive system to find this gold chain and gold coin pendant.
Needless to say, the owner was happy!

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Lost Platinum Wedding Ring Recovered at Glenbrook, Lake Tahoe

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July 4, 2026: A text was sent at 10:35AM about a platinum wedding ring lost in the beach sand at Glenbrook. At 10:35AM I was underwater, at Kings Beach, searching for another ring. I didn’t read the text until 12:06PM when I got back to my truck. I advised the client I could be at the search location in 45 minutes. With July 4th traffic, I didn’t arrived until shortly after 1PM. The client showed me the ring loss location—a small patio sized beach. The stone and concrete retaining wall was causing some interference for my XP Deus 2 metal detector. After two passes I got a solid repeatable signal. At 1:14PM, I used my pinpointer and hand to reveal the lost platinum wedding ring. Ring recovered in less than three hours from being notified by the client’s first text.

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Lost Gold Ring Found Lake Tahoe

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June 25, 2026: Lost Gold Ring Recovered at Nevada Beach, Lake Tahoe. Got a call at 5:18pm about a lost gold ring at the north end of Nevada Beach, Lake Tahoe, near the kayak rentals. I arrived at 6:27pm to begin searching. Fortunately the client was able to meet me at Nevada Beach and we began retracing her steps from the parking lot to their beach hangout area under a tree just south of the kayak rentals. The client explained that this ring was very special being given by her mother. Not detecting any serious targets at the parking lot, along the boardwalk, and along the beach path towards the large pine tree, I felt more confident that the ring would likely be at their hangout area. Within three swings of my XP deus 2 metal detector, I got a solid 82 VDI. Reaching down, I scooped a handful of sand revealing a shiny beautiful gold ring.

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