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Lost Yellow Gold Blue Diamond Pave Eye Ring at Hawaii Loa Ridge Park…FOUND!!!

  • from O‘ahu (Hawaii, United States)
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This ring find began when I got a text Saturday morning from Hailee, visiting from California and attending a wedding on Oahu that said, « Aloha! I lost my ring and I’m looking for help.  I dropped it in a lawn, up Hawaii Loa Ridge, I know the exact location. »  Peter and Hailee agreed to meet at my house today so they could drive me up to the exclusive neighborhood for the ring hunt.  When we arrived Hailee pointed out the area and I began a grid search.  She told me they had about ten people looking the day it was lost, so there was the possibility it was stepped into the wet ground.  I noticed a sprinkler head in the grid and was pleasantly surprised the piping and wires were not.  First target was a dime just under the surface.  Then another target I couldn’t identify.  I was now expanding out the grid from where the ring was thought to be.  Hailee’s daughter had accidentally pulled it off her mom’s finger while they were taking photos and they thought it had gone in front of them.  I got a nice solid surface tone.  I stooped down and ran the pinpointer over the thick grass and got an immediate beep.  I moved the grass blades and there was Hailee’s beautiful ring looking up at me.  I told Peter « Found it! »  Being straight up and down it was nearly impossible to see and it was behind where Hailee had been.  Hailee was obviously overjoyed as this was her favorite ring.  Her and Peter were so grateful it was found!  Another vacation with a happy ending.  Aloha to Hailee & Peter!

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Yellow Gold Engagement Ring Lost in the Dry Sand, Found and Returned Sunset Beach NC

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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On June 10, 2026, just before 4 pm, I received a voice mail saying, “Hi, this is Mark. I’m calling Mr. Wren about finding a lost ring at Sunset Beach, NC. You can call me back at this number. Thank you.” I immediately called him back to get the details. When I called, I talked to Mark’s wife, Annemarie and she stated that she was at the beach and decided to take a swim. When she reached the water, she realized she still had her mother’s engagement ring and her grandmother’s wedding band on. She walked back up the beach, took her rings off and rolled them up in a towel to keep them safe. After a long swim, she returned to her spot and grabbed the towel to wrap herself up in and get warm. She forgot about the rings until she saw one fly out of the towel. She was able to flag down a roving lifeguard who helped find the wedding ring. I asked her if she could meet me, but she wasn’t able to until the next morning. Sunset Beach gets heavily detected, and I told her if we wait until the next day there’d be a good chance the ring would be gone. She finally told me where she had been sitting, which was under the pier. So I grabbed my detector and made the 30-minute drive. When I arrived, a good friend had also decided to hunt Sunset Beach. He always detects under the pier and then moves out east or west. I told him what I was there for and we walked out to the pier. I wasn’t real sure which section of the pier she was under. I ran into the lifeguard that helped find her wedding band and he pointed out the area. I turned my machine on and made a couple of swings and got a solid 9, showing me a yellow gold target. One scoop and I had the ring. I called her and we made arrangements for me to deliver it at 9 am the next day, which we did.

Annemarie – Thank you for allowing me to help find your mother’s engagement ring.

Jim

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2 Special Wedding Bands Combined into 1 in Tribute and Love for his Mother, Lost in the Ocean. Found and Returned on Carolina Beach NC

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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On Thursday, June 4, 2026, and just after 6 p.m., I received the following text. “Hello Jim, I found you on ring finders and I am visiting Carolina Beach with my family. I lost my wedding ring at 4:45 p.m. today almost directly in front of lifeguard stand 5. I honestly would replace it if it was just a wedding band, but half of the ring is my late mothers who died when I was in my twenties. Thanks for your time and my name is Damien. I immediately sent him a text to call. I got more details on the situation and told him that we missed the tide for the day. We made arrangements to meet the next day before low tide.

On Friday, low tide wasn’t until 5 pm, giving way to stronger winds with higher and harder waves. Damien was waiting in his driveway when I arrived, and we made our way to find a place to park. We got lucky and got permission from one of the rental owners to park in his space. When we hit the beach, it was as I expected with lots of wind and good size waves. Damien pointed out the suspected area, which was between the #5 lifeguard stand and maybe 30 yards north. I started an east/west grid line getting out as far as I could with no luck. After close to a couple of hours and getting pounded by waves, I called the search off. I knew I’d be back; it was just a question of when.

Looking at Saturday morning’s low tide, the tide tables showed it was going to be around 5 am. That would mean I’d have to get up at 2:30 am to make the hour and half plus drive. I opted to wait until Sunday and hit the 7 am tide, leaving the house a little after 4am. On Sunday, everything went as planned and I arrived at the beach before 6 which gave me a little over an hour to search.

When I walked out on the beach, the wind and waves were as good as they were going to get. I started west of the lifeguard stand and got out about chest deep; farther than I expected to search for his ring. About halfway across the search area, as I made my turn to head back to shore, I swung the coil out and got a loud, solid signal. As I stuck the scoop in the sand, I noticed the target had settled inside the trough. The trough is what causes the waves to crash, which is exactly what was happening. Two scoops and I had the target out. I washed the sand out of the scoop in the waves and heard the clatter of the ring. Looking inside the scoop, there was Damian’s very special ring. While I was admiring the ring in my scoop, the coil was getting covered in sand that was washing into the trough with the waves. As I pulled the coil out of the sand, I broke the coil ears that connect the coil to the shaft. This flaw is one of the very few pitfalls of the Equinox 800s.

I took a picture of the ring and made my way back to the car. I headed to the rental Damian, and his family was staying in to give them a good morning surprise. Unfortunately, they had left the night before and had driven home. So at 7:13 am, I sent the picture along with a text saying, “You awake?? Yours?” At 8:39 am on my drive home I got a response, “That is it! Give me a sec, literally just woke up.” I called him shortly after and he was truly surprised his treasure was found. He texted me a little later saying how grateful he was that his special ring was found. He also stated in the text, “Half of that gold in the ring was from my mom who passed away in 2011. You can see the line in the ring where it separates it.” He sent me his address, and I got the ring in the mail Monday.

Damian – Thank you for trusting me to help find your very special and sentimental wedding band.

Jim

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Cape May NJ Lost Wedding Ring and Engagement Ring Found by Ring Finders South Jersey John Favano

  • from North Wildwood (New Jersey, United States)
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Lost Engagement Ring and Wedding Band Recovered in Cape May, NJ

A beautiful beach day in Cape May almost turned heartbreaking.

Josh and his wife were enjoying the beach together. The weather was perfect. The ocean was calm.

At some point, her engagement ring and wedding band went missing.

The couple searched the sand carefully. They retraced their steps several times.

Unfortunately, the rings could not be found.

Knowing the sentimental value of the jewelry, Josh searched online for help.

He found RingFindersSouthJersey.com and contacted me, John Favano.

As a member of The Ring Finders since 2016, I have helped recover hundreds of lost items.

I spoke with Josh and gathered important details.

The information helped narrow the search area.

I arrived in Cape May shortly afterward with professional metal detecting equipment.

After reviewing the situation, I began a detailed grid search.

Every search is different. Accuracy and patience are important.

Within a short time, I received a strong signal.

The engagement ring was found first.

Excitement quickly filled the beach.

The search continued for the wedding band.

A few minutes later, another promising signal appeared.

This time it was the wedding band.

Both rings were safely recovered.

The relief on the couple’s faces was unforgettable.

What started as a stressful situation ended with smiles and celebration.

The couple was able to continue enjoying their beach day..

Lost jewelry can often be recovered when action is taken quickly.

If you lose a ring in Cape May, don’t give up hope.

Ring Finders South Jersey specializes in lost ring recovery throughout Cape May County.

If you need a ring finder in Cape May, NJ, help is only a phone call away

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1997 Denver Broncos Super Bowl XXXII Championship Ring Lost at Kahala Hotel Beach…FOUND!!!

  • from O‘ahu (Hawaii, United States)
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This ring find began when I got a call from Annabel, from Colorado, who was enjoying a day at the Kahala Hotel Beach when her sister Christianna lost her 1997 Denver Broncos Super Bowl Ring in chest deep water about an hour prior.  I told Annabel that I lived 10 minutes away and would pack up my gear and head over.  Unbeknownst to me the King Tide was at it’s peak high and it was going to cause havoc.  Christianna stood in the water where she lost the ring to be my marker but it was now neck deep and throwing both of us around.  I did what I could but only one target emerged and it kept running away from me.  I searched all the way into shore with no luck.  Annabel, Christianna and I discussed a crack of dawn return the next morning, when my phone app showed an extreme low tide, where I could hunt much more thoroughly.  Annabel had a matching ring, so I had her swing it under my coil for a VDI of 47-49.  When I arrived the next morning the sun was just breaking the horizon and the beach was at the lowest tide I have ever seen there.  Pipes that are usually submerged in three feet of water were exposed.  I drew my grid lines from what Christianna showed me the day before and I entered the water.  Amazingly, it was crystal clear all the way out.  I got to the end of my grid line, placed my marker pole and turned around and headed to shore. Suddenly, in knee deep water I got a scream and a 47 on the VDI.  I looked down and could see the magnificent ring laying in the sand and sunlight.  I bent over picked up the ring and said,  « Thank you Jesus! » I then proceeded to my car to text Annabel, as her number was the only one I had.  After seeing the picture,  she texted, « WOW INCREDIBLE!!!! »  You are good!!!  She added that Christianna would be able to meet me today for the return.  Turns out she was with a relative in Kahala,  four minutes from my home.  After a warm hug and a wonderful smile,  Christianna can now return home with her sentimental ring.  She also told me that today marks 7 years since her dad, Pat Bowlen passed away.  I know he’s looking down with a warm smile too.  Aloha to Christianna and the Bowlen family!

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Lost ring, FOUND! Poverty Beach Cape May, NJ By Jeffrey Laag of Ring Finders Cape May!

  • from Cape May (New Jersey, United States)
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Received a call from Patrick’s sister. She explained that her brother believed he “might” have lost his ring at Poverty Beach here in Cape May at some point today. Patrick was currently returning to his home to check around the house but he believed it may have slipped of at some point while he and his family were enjoying the day on the beach. Patrick wanted to thoroughly check at home and preferred to meet in the morning if his search at home didn’t produce any results. Later in the evening Patrick confirmed that he couldn’t locate the ring at home. Patrick did mark his location with a gps pin and forwarded it to me. We agreed to meet at the beach ahead of the crowds at 7:30am the next morning. I arrived around 7am and decided to start a little early. I proceed to the coordinates Patrick provided and began carefully searching the area. After a brief search, I swung my coil over his ring and managed to recover Patrick’s ring in about 10 minutes! I called Patrick, whom was just leaving his home to come meet me, and told him the good news, we met at our local firehouse offshore and he was reunited with his ring. Another happy client!
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Tiffany bracelet recovered in Avon NJ

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  • Avon NJ. Got a call about a lost Tiffany bracelet lost on Avon beach. Nancy was enjoying the day at the beach when she took off her bracelet that her father gave her years ago and went to put it in her beach bag but didn’t know she missed the pocket and it fell into the sand. When she got home and saw it was gone she went back to the beach butcouldnt find it. 2 days went by till her friend told her of our service, thats when she called. I met her at the beach and detected the area where she thought she was sitting but didn’t find her bracelet. We figured it might of been found already and called off the search. I could see her tearing up thinking she lost it forever and felt really bad for her. I thought about it the next day at work and knew how much it ment to her and felt the need to go back after work and try again, this time expanding the area thinking she wasn’t sure where she was. Starting 20 out from where I ended the day before I started working toward where I ended the last search. 4 passes in I was looking down while detecting and happened to see part of the bracelet sticking out of the sand and couldnt believe I found it. I called her and gave her the good news and she was so grateful I didn’t give up and went back to look again. This one was really a happy ending for the both of us.
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A botanist lost her keys at Tilden Park and we helped to recover them!

  • from Walnut Creek (California, United States)
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Bay Area Ring Finders: Brendon Chapman… Metal Detecting Service/Call ASAP     925-580-2590

I have fallen victim to misplacing my car keys just at my home, panic set’s in quickly once you realize…. I can’t imagine how hopeless it would feel to loose them out in nature while on a hike.

Meet Cody, a botanist who spends a lot of time working outdoors. Recently, while working at one of our local regional parks, she did just that.  Her vehicle parked merely feet away from her task, locked out from access and unable to move off of the trail.  Her work had her bushwhacking amongst the park flora investigating if rare species existed around a 100′ circumference of a work point.  Think tall grass, twisting berry vines and poison oak, thick brush and tree’s.  To make matters worse thick duff and leaves and remnants of old building materials litter the ground.  At some point her keys slipped from her possession lost to the wild.

Lucky for Cody, a spare set of keys could be driven from her home not to far from the site and she would not be forced to abandon her vehicle at the location.  She spent a healthy amount of time searching the area before deciding she might need additional help in order to recover the lost keys.

I was away on a camping trip with the local cub scout pack when I received her request for help, but she graciously waited a full week for our schedule to align.  We met early the following Saturday and headed out on the trail to the location.  I might have been a little overwhelmed when I saw the search zone, but we quickly got to work bushwhacking our way through the overgrowth.  We did find some oddities along the way and trash definitely made the metal detector chatty.  I found a neatly made bird nest nestled on the ground with four little eggs.  It was not the item we were looking for, but it was a treasure non-the-less.

We were under a grove of tree’s searching and as we moved off, there on the ground were the keys we were looking for…We made the recovery!

Cody and I celebrated that we had located them and that we would not be trudging along the overgrown hillside any longer.  All that remained were a few quick photos and a short walk back to the trailhead.

Thank you Cody for taking me on an early morning adventure in the hills.  I won’t soon forget our time on that search.

 

 

 

Bay Area Ring Finders: Brendon Chapman… Metal Detecting Service/Call ASAP     925-580-2590

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Sea Isle City NJ Lost Wedding Band Found by Ring Finders South Jersey

  • from North Wildwood (New Jersey, United States)
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Lost Wedding Band Recovered in Sea Isle City, NJ

Lost a ring? Give a call 215-850-0188 Ringfinderssouthjersey.com

 

Quick Metal Detecting Recovery on the Beach

Sea Isle City, NJ is a wonderful place to relax with family and friends. Unfortunately, beach days can sometimes lead to lost jewelry.

I recently received a call from a visitor who had lost a wedding band while sitting on the beach in Sea Isle City. The ring had slipped out of a cup holder attached to a beach chair and disappeared into the sand.

The owner knew the general location where the ring had been lost. That information made all the difference.

Fast Response to a Lost Ring Call

As a member of The Ring Finders, I specialize in locating lost rings and jewelry using professional metal detecting equipment. When I arrived at the beach, I listened carefully to the details of the loss.

The ring owner explained exactly where the chair had been positioned. They also described when they noticed the wedding band was missing.

Those details helped narrow the search area significantly.

A Few Sweeps and Success

After setting up my detector, I began making careful sweeps around the chair location. The search area was relatively small because the owner provided excellent information.

Within just a few minutes, I received a strong signal.

I placed my scoop into the sand and lifted it carefully. As the sand drained away, a beautiful wedding band appeared inside the scoop.

The relief on the owner’s face was immediate.

Sea Isle City Ring Recovery Service

Losing a wedding ring can be stressful, especially during a beach vacation. Sand can hide jewelry quickly, and shifting beach conditions can make recovery difficult without the proper equipment.

Fortunately, this recovery ended with a happy reunion.

If you lose a ring, necklace, bracelet, watch, or other valuable jewelry in Sea Isle City, NJ, don’t wait. Mark the area if possible and contact a professional metal detectorist right away.

Fast action often increases the chances of a successful recovery.

Every recovered ring has a story, and this Sea Isle City wedding band recovery is another reminder that lost doesn’t always mean gone forever.

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Lost diamond wedding ring set, FOUND! Wildwood Crest, NJ By Jeffrey Laag of Ring Finders Cape May!

  • from Cape May (New Jersey, United States)
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I received a call from Jeff. Jeff explained that he and his family had just arrived at the beach and his wife was tending to their children when his  wife’s diamond rings “flung off” her fingers and disappeared into the sand! Jeff and his wife began searching frantically with no luck. Their activity drew attention from from some other families on the beach whom also joined in on the search. After several hours of searching with no luck, Jeff began searching the internet at the recommendation of a relative for assistance. After a brief google search, Jeff landed on Ring Finders Cape May.com  I was preparing dinner at home when Jeff called, but I decided to take the 15 minute ride over to help him immediately as the radar was showing inbound storms that “may” impact our area and didn’t want to wait. Shortly after arriving, I met up with Jeff and recovered his wife’s rings in about two minutes! Another successful recovery, another happy couple!
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