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Wedding Ring Lost in Back Yard…Found and Happily Returned

  • from Redondo Beach (California, United States)
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Professional Metal Detecting Service if you lost a ring or something precious to you. Please don’t wait until tomorrow, time will work against a successful recovery. PLEASE CALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!  310-953-5268

Jason called me about his lost ring. He had been working in his yard when he then noticed it was gone from his finger. We arranged a time for me to come out and do the search, and I was on my way.

When I got there Jason showed me the area of the loss, and it wasn’t large. There was also a pile of dirt that he believed the ring could be in. I began looking all around the area he showed me, and then began to look on the dirt pile. As I was swinging my coil over the dirt pile I got a good signal, looked down, and there it was right on top of the dirt. He was surprised it had made it over that far, but was very happy to have it back.

Don’t let the County beach cleaning machines take your lost valuable, call as soon as possible! I will work hard, searching beaches, parks, and yards, using the most up to date metal detectors, to help you find what you thought might never be found again. I search, Beverly Hills, Hermosa Beach, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Newport Beach, Northridge, Pasadena, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Seal Beach, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Torrance, Venice Beach, Zuma Beach, and all parks, yards, gardens, and ponds (to 5 foot depths) in all of Orange County, all of Los Angeles County, Southern California, and Ventura County.

AGAIN, PLEASE CALL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! 310-953-5268

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Lost Tungsten Ring Found in Ann Arbor Michigan

  • from Detroit (Michigan, United States)
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Slips Happen…

And when they do, they can leave a person severely injured. But fortunately for David when he tripped and slipped on a parking block all he lost was his ring. Regaining his footing he scrounged around in the dark to find it to no avail. Now that of course was devastating for him because his wife bought him the ring with her first paycheck. Meeting them and getting the area narrowed down had me grid searching with my MXT metal detector. Lots of junk signals I passed over but a nice solid signal where tungsten registers on my detector had me reaching into the grass. I felt a ring-shaped object and pulled it up. Showing it to David had him running towards me, and as a trip advisor I yelled to go around the parking blocks this time! Holding it in his hands the only thing he was trippin’ on now was the recovery of his ring!

Jonathan

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Lost White Gold Ring w/ Diamond Found in Belleville Michigan

  • from Detroit (Michigan, United States)
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Kernel Cornundrum……

I got a call from Charani saying her wedding ring came off while playing in a corn crib with her daughter. I said I was all ears and excited to pop into something fun. Upon arriving I discovered that the loose kernels were about 1 foot deep. It reminded me of grainy beach sand. Off came my shoes and the grid search began. Searching where she thought the ring was, I got no signal. Moving farther out I got a nice solid signal. Pin-pointing revealed the location. Reaching down thru the corn we brought up handfuls and waited for the pin-pointer to signal. After a few scoops Charani brought up a nice piece of candy corn in the shape of her ring! As this great harvest of an a-maize-ing find left us smiling from ear to ear, we high fived and yelled shuck-yeah!

Jonathan

 

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Gold pendant lost in grass, found in Daytona Beach, Florida with a metal detector!

  • from Sanford (Florida, United States)
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Bruce called me about a lost gold pendant in his yard and wanted to know if I could help him find it. This gold pendant was a very special gift to him from his grandmother whom he had great respect for and who had a very special place in his life and heart. Apparently a few nights earlier he and his brother were messing around and as they got out of the car they began wrestling and Bruce noticed that one end of his chain was hanging down the front of his shirt. He quickly grabbed the chain and began feeling around for his special gold pendant that he has worn since he was just a young teen. He searched the car, the driveway, his cloths and finally began looking in the grass…but very soon realized the impossibility of finding it in the thick St. Augustine grass. Later that evening he found my number online and after our conversation he started feeling a small bit of hope. Two days later I arrived and began searching the small area where the short wrestling match took place. My first set of grid searching passes turned up the normal yard trash and I soon realized that my metal detector was set on Beach Mode so I switched it to Gold Mode and I soon got the signal I was praying I would find. Bruce was so thrilled and we had a good long conversation about what the pendant meant to him and just what all his grand mother meant to him as well!

So what have you lost and how can I help you today? Call, text or leave me a message at 321-363-6029 and let’s talk!

Mike McInroe…grateful to be a member of theringfinders.com

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THE THROW, THE GRASS, AND THE RING THAT WOULDN’T SHOW ITSELF

  • from Farmington (Connecticut, United States)
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THE THROW, THE GRASS, AND THE RING THAT WOULDN’T SHOW ITSELF

Some calls come in with a little more heartbreak behind them than others. This one came from a couple who were doing their best to hold it together, but I could hear it in their voices. They had lost something that can’t be replaced with a trip to the store.

It started with the most ordinary moment imaginable. A mom, a dad, and their son out in the yard, playing catch. She wound up and threw the ball to her son, and somewhere in that motion, both her wedding band and her engagement ring slipped right off her finger. They flew through the air along with the ball and landed somewhere out in the grass.

They didn’t waste a second. Both of them dropped to their hands and knees and started searching, combing through the lawn blade by blade. The ball game was long forgotten. Nothing turned up.

So they did what a lot of people would do next. They went out and bought a less expensive metal detector and got back out there. And to their credit, it worked, at least partway. They found the wedding band. But the engagement ring was still out there somewhere, and no matter how many passes they made, it wouldn’t give itself up.

There’s a reason for that. Engagement rings tend to contain far less metal than wedding bands. A slim setting with a small stone doesn’t give off much of a signal, and entry-level detectors often can’t pick it up at all. Finding a ring like that takes both the right equipment and the experience to know what you’re listening for.

That’s when they gave me a call.

I headed out to meet them, and they showed me right where they’d found the wedding band. That gave me a great starting point. I set up and began working the area in slow, deliberate passes, tuned in for the faint, subtle signal a delicate ring would put out.

It took about ten minutes. A clean tone came through, a few careful moments later, there it was. Her engagement ring, safe and sound, sitting in the grass just a short distance from where the wedding band had been.

I placed it back in her hands, and the tears came right away. Happy ones. After days of wondering whether she’d ever see it again, she was holding it. Her husband just stood there with a huge smile, relieved that he could finally stop worrying.

Moments like that are what make this work so special. It’s not about the metal or the stones. It’s about the memories attached to them, and I get to be the one who hands them back to a grateful person who thought they were gone for good.

It’s also a good reminder: if you lose something small in the grass, a basic detector might get you part of the way there, but delicate jewelry like engagement rings is a different challenge. Sometimes you need a second set of ears.

Lost a ring, earring, or other piece of jewelry anywhere in Hartford County? Don’t give up on it. Give me a call. There’s a good chance it’s still out there, just waiting for the right equipment to bring it back home.

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Lost Men’s Wedding Band in Addison County, Vermont

  • from Bristol (Vermont, United States)
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On September 24th I received a call at work from Bruce. He got my information from fellow “Ring Finder” Mike Baker as I was closer to Cornwall than him. After a 5 minute conversation I told Bruce I could help out that night around 6:00 after work but only had an hour of light left. I arrived at 6:00 that night and searched the lawn area where Bruce was working in the yard as that was the easiest part of the search. The tricky part of the search was where Bruce was trimming brush and then throwing it onto a pile and then into the woods.
I had no luck. I talked it over with him and said the woods are going to be tricky with all of the standing brush and not able to get good coil swings with it standing. I mentioned trimming the brush back from the lawn to improve the possibility of finding the ring and he said he was going to get it done. I reached out on the 1st of October to see if he was ready for to come back out and he was. After I got done with my responsibilities the morning of 10/3, I went back out to Cornwall and after about 15 minutes of a small grid search of the brush he had cleared I had it! Bruce was very impressed and pleased!
Glad to help Bruce and although I have located several lost rings this was officially my first as a “Ring Finder”!

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Lost Wedding Rings Recovered In Ventura at the Beach by Dave The RingFinder

  • from Santa Barbara (California, United States)
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If you have lost your wedding ring, a bracelet, golden grill, or a necklace, don’t waste the time or the money buying or renting a metal detector. Instead hire an expert metal detecting professional like Dave The RingFinder! Dave is the “metal detective” and knows how to stack the odds in your favor to get your precious jewelry back. Call or text Dave at 805-290-5009 so he can create a plan to get your ring back!

I got a call today from Megan who had been enjoying the sun and surf in Ventura today except for the fact that she lost both her engagement and wedding rings somewhere in the sand. She had taken them off for safekeeping and as usually happens, she proceeded to lose them. She was super distraught but I assured her that as long as she could put me in the general location I could find them. The beaches were packed all day due to the 100+ degree heat in Southern California so I had to wait until evening to search as the beaches were too crowded.

I got out to the area just before sunset and began to grid the area. After several passes and no ring I expanded my search and two passes later I got the double tone of two rings in the sand on my Minelab Manticore. First the wedding band and then the engagement ring. Another double ring recovery in Ventura by Dave The RingFinder!

Wait — Time Is Critical After a Ring Loss in Ventura or Santa Barbara County

Whether you lost a ring, necklace, bracelet, or other jewelry on a Ventura or Santa Barbara County beach, in shallow surf, in a backyard, at a park, or in an open field — the clock starts the moment it’s gone. Shifting tides, moving sand, and other detectorists can all work against recovery the longer you wait. Skip the metal detector rental and trust the expert — Dave The RingFinder.

Dave The RingFinder proudly serves:

Ventura County: Ventura · Oxnard · Port Hueneme · Camarillo · Thousand Oaks · Moorpark · Simi Valley · Fillmore · Santa Paula · Ojai

Santa Barbara County: Santa Barbara · Carpinteria · Goleta · Montecito · Summerland · Lompoc · Santa Maria · Solvang · Buellton

Notable beaches and recovery locations: Mondo’s Beach · Surfer’s Point · San Buenaventura State Beach · Rincon Beach · Carpinteria State Beach · East Beach Santa Barbara · West Beach Santa Barbara · McGrath State Beach Oxnard · Silver Strand Beach · Mandalay Beach

Dave also occasionally takes on recoveries in nearby Malibu by request — reach out if your loss happened outside the core service area above.

About Dave The RingFinder — Ventura County’s Metal Detecting Specialist

Dave The RingFinder has been recovering lost jewelry with a metal detector since 2011 and has operated full-time as a professional ring and jewelry recovery specialist since 2017. Also known as The Metal Detective, Dave brings professional-grade equipment, deep local knowledge of Ventura and Santa Barbara County beaches and tides, and a genuine passion for reuniting people with their most treasured possessions. Every recovery is personal.

Before you spend an afternoon chasing down a metal detector rental in Ventura or Santa Barbara County, make one call instead. Dave has the equipment, the experience, and the track record — and he works on your behalf from the moment you contact him.

📞 Call or text Dave 24/7: 805-290-5009
🌐 davetheringfinder.com

Lost something? Don’t rent — trust the expert. Dave The RingFinder is here to bring your jewelry home.

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Metal Detecting Service finds lost gold ring in grass, Umatilla Florida.

  • from Sanford (Florida, United States)
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Contact me for all your metal detecting and recovery needs. My name is Mike McInroe…Central Florida Ring Finder at 321-363-6029. On land, in the water, the grass, sand, in cars and houses…rings, jewelry, keys, phones, property markers and more!



This search began when Kimberly texted me about a lost gold ring in her front yard. She was planting flowers and setting up a new birdbath/water fountain and was working with a pile of decorative rocks. Later when she went to shower she realized her gold diamond ring was not on her finger. She thought her ring could have come off while she had her hands in the dirt while planting her flowers or maybe when she was washing her hands off with the hose over the grass. She spent an hour or so looking but soon realized she needed a metal detector and while searching the internet she came across theringfinder.com website and one of my stories and decided to give me a call.

When I arrived and looked the situation over there were a number of places where her ring could be hiding so I decided to detect the simplest place first…where she washed the dirt off of her hands. The grass was very thick but a good metal detector could easily punch down through the grass and detect a gold ring…but it was not there! I then detected the 20 small plants that Kimberly had planted thinking her gold ring could have easily slipped off while doing that action…and again no ring! Next were the decorative stones and no ring there either! Kimberly suggested pulling up the plants to make detecting easier and allowing the machine to detect deeper as well so I said ok and in the meantime I decided to cover the small grassy areas on both sides of the sort sidewalk leading from the driveway to the circular fountain and BINGO…right at the corner of the sidewalk and driveway my Deus 2 gave a sharp clear signal of #56 and as I parted the grass I could see Kimberly’s lost gold ring! Kimberly was overjoyed and so relieved and her picture gives a little glimpse of how she felt.

So how can I help you find what you have lost? Don’t wait…call, text or leave me message at 321-363-6029 and let’s talk!
Mike McInroe…honored to be a member of theringfinders.com

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Wellfleet Bay Wildlife, Wedding Band Lost, Found and Returned By Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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October 1, 2026

The last day of September was a beautiful day for a trek thru Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, something Emma and her family had done quite often. This was to be a special walk with her husband of only four and a half months. One of the first things the couple spotted was the big birds, wild turkeys, something not seen in Dijon, France where the happily married couple now reside. The sun was rising and so went the temperature. There was no need for the sweater Emma was wearing, so it was removed and draped across her arm.

Another 100 or so yards up the path and with a great view of Cape Cod Bay what could be wrong? Not only wrong, but devastating, a missing wedding band. It must have been lost in the last 100 yards, so many on the walking tour went looking all along the sandy path. As usual when a ring, bracelet, keys, or the like go missing; it must be right here, but can not be found by visual searching.

As this loss needed the recommended metal detector and someone to use it, Luke was called. Luke was working and had another afternoon engagement so he refered the request to me. I answered the call for help and with the permission from the Audubon attendants, set up a 10am search. I did not realize but a group of 6 or so family members would also be there to help visually look for the ring. Several times a ring would be dropped along the path and could always be seen with the naked eyes. I would occasionally toss a nickle into the over brush just to verify that my detector was working. It also never failed to ID the target, but no ring was found. After some 3 hours the family group had to depart, but I would stay to make the trek in the reverse direction.

The ring had to be somewhere along the path. This was verified by at least three people that Emma had the ring on her finger at the start of the trek. The path was less than three feet wide and narrower in some areas. Reasoning what might have happened, I would make my last detecting the left side of the trail as the wedding band was on the hand closest to that side. At the point were the ring was noticed being lost, I did a 180 and started back to the parking lot. This time walking in the center of the path and swinging wide to each side. Aha, a solid signal, but it was too high of a reading on my detector to be a gold ring, but I dug it anyway…it was a 1988 quarter. It was only the 3rd target I dug and the other two were just out of a need for a break from detecting. I stood up, swung the coil again and another solid signal right in the middle of the sandy path. I flicked my finger at the sand and there was the ring so many people had walked over looking for.

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Man’s Yellow Gold Wedding Band Lost in the Ocean, Found and Returned Ocean Isle Beach NC

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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On Thursday, October 1, 2026, just before 8 p.m., I received the following text, “Hey Jim, This is Skyler. My Family and I are vacationing at Ocean Isle beach (from Ashville) and I lost my gold wedding band around 4pm today while playing in the water with my daughter (between knee and waist depth) near the condo that we are staying in. I found you online and am wondering if you can assist? Please let me know. Thank you.” I took a quick look at the tide table and saw that he lost it about 2 hours before low tide and it was now 2 plus hours after low tide. The next low tides were Friday at 6 am or 7 pm. I called Skylar and got some additional details including the address of the condo and we decided that I’d be there before the 7 pm low tide the next evening and hung up.

As I’m sitting watching TV and thinking about this ring search, I looked at the tide tables again. I was thinking it’d be dark at 6 am but probably a calmer ocean that early in the morning. Plus no heat, no crowds and hopefully before anybody swinging a metal detector would be searching the beach. I text Skyler back and asked if they had taken any pictures of where they were sitting showing the condo in the background. He responded that they had not, but he could take pictures in the morning and send them to me. Within a minute or so, he text me a picture his wife, Taylor had taken that couldn’t have been any better. It clearly showed me exactly where they had been sitting in relationship to the right corner of the condo. He also said he was to the left of where they were sitting when he lost his ring while facing the condo. I made the decision then to be out there about 5:15 a.m. I sent him a text letting him know the change of plans.

When I got there I made my way out to the beach and although it was pitch dark, I was able to line up with the corner of the condo as shown in the photo.  I turned on my Equinox 800 and started a north/south grid line. Knowing I was looking for a yellow gold wedding band, I was expecting a VDI (visual display indicator) number in the high teens. On my third grid line, ankle deep in the ocean and my first target, I got a very solid and clear 20 on the VDI. I dug the target out of the wet sand. I turned on my headlamp but couldn’t see anything through the shells in the scoop. I reached into the scoop with my hand and put my index finger right through the ring. Bingo! I made my way back up to the condo and saw somebody standing by the pool watching me. He said “Jim?” I replied “Skyler?” and we shook hands. I asked him what his ring looked like as I pulled his ring out of my pocket and held it up for him to see. Needless to say, he was stunned when he saw it and replied, “That’s it!” We walked back up to his unit so I could get pictures. While we were talking, he told me that after he lost it, his 4 year old daughter told him something like, “Daddy, if I had superpowers I’d find your ring.” How sweet is that!! What a way to start the day, for both of us!!

Taylor – you saved the day with the picture you took. It was absolutely perfect. Thank You!

Skyler – Thank you for contacting and trusting me to help find your lost Treasure. I wish you and your family all the best, enjoy your vacation.

Jim

 

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