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Lost Gold Signet Ring / Vintage Family Heirloom Recovered In Raleigh, N.C. on 10/20/2014
On Sunday Night on 10/19/14 I received a call from a nice young lady named Christine M. about a lost gold ring that was a Family Heirloom. She explained that she had lost the ring in the grass in front of the apartment building she lives in. She had just got out of a cab in front of her building and was walking up the walk way to the building when the ring slipped off her finger. Christine and her roommate attemped to locate the ring with no luck And even attempted to look up metal detector rental places online to find the ring. I agreed to come out the next morning between 8 & 9 am to help her find the ring.. Because of traffic I was running alittle late and got there alittle after 9 am on the morning of 10/20/14.. Christine was at work when I got there but her roommate show me the area she lost the ring.. I began my search and even expanded the search area some to make sure i covered all the area.. This was a very hard search to do, the area was so littered with buried trash target and iron and pulltabs.. I used two different detectors and made several passes to make make sure I covered all the area.. I dug over 100 trash targets along with 2 fake aluminun rings, a toy car and over $6.00 in loose change.. This ground was loaded with targets. After searching over 4 hours and still had not found the ring i was almost ready to give up as I covered all the area good.. I called Christine back up to let her know I could not find it yet and was thinking someone else might of picked it up.. I asked for more details and she explains the ring was a small ring and even texted me a pic to show me what the ring looked like.. I agreed to continue the seach.. As it turned out the reason I had so much trouble is the ring was a small gold ring and so much iron trash in the ground, the ring was stepped on and pushed into the ground.. The iron was so much that it was masking the ring which would of made it ring up of a iron target which i was not looking for.. So I decided to changed up my method of search and started crawling the area on my hands and knees useing only my hand held metal detector and after about about 30 minutes I found the ring .. I called her up to let her know I found it and waited around town another 4 hours until she got home to return it to her.. She was very happy to get it back and I was happy to help her..
School ring found after 42 years and returned
Here is an article that Justin Breen a local reporter did on the story. Pretty much covers everything.
BEVERLY — James Murphy Sr. never gave up hope believing he’d find the 1970 high school class ring he lost in 1972.
Friday, with assistance from a Northwest Side man operating a metal detector, the gold ring was discovered at the same Beverly home where it originally slipped off the ring finger of Murphy’s left hand.
« It drove me crazy for more than 40 years, » said Murphy, 62, a retired Chicago Police officer who now lives in Mount Greenwood. « I knew it was in that yard. I’m in shock still. »
Justin Breen says Murphy was brought to tears:
On Wednesday, Murphy called Ron Shore, owner of Norwood Park-based Windy City Detector Sales & Rental, Inc., which helps customers find long-lost items. Shore referred Murphy to Jim Evans, an actor who in his spare time conducts « search missions » throughout the Chicago area to look for anything from diamond-studded earrings to car keys lost in the snow.
« Seventy percent of my calls are from what I refer to as anger management issues, where the wife gets upset with the husband and chucks her ring and then regrets it, » Evans, of Old Irving Park, said with a laugh.
Murphy has regretted losing his 1970 senior class ring from St. Bonaventure High School — a private school in Wisconsin — since it disappeared on a September afternoon in 1972. That day Murphy was washing his brand-new, metallic dark green Ford Pinto in preparation for a date when he dipped his hand in soapy water and then flung his hand in the air. When he did, the ring went flying as well.
He heard two dings and then nothing. For two full days, he searched every part of the front yard of the Beverly house his grandfather built in 1926 and where Murphy lived from 1952-73. No ring was found.
« I had worn that ring every day, » Murphy said. « It was my pride and joy. »
The house was sold in 1973 and Murphy said the owner wouldn’t let him conduct further searches. But earlier this year, it was sold again, and this time, the new owner was accommodating to his wishes.
A ring that was lost in 1972 was found last week by Windy City Detector Sales and Rental Inc. James Murphy (r.) was the owner of the ring, which was found by Jim Evan
On Friday, Evans met Murphy at the house, asked him exactly where he was when the ring went missing, and then set up a 10-square-foot search grid with strings attached to stakes. Within 10 minutes, Evans located a metal button, a rusty nail, and then, buried six inches in the ground, Murphy’s ring, which was hidden in a clump of mud.
« I hugged everybody I could find, » Murphy said.
Evans charged Murphy $50 for the visit, and Murphy gave him $100 for finding the ring because that’s all he had on him. He plans to send him another $100 soon.
« I love this guy, » Murphy said. « I’m still as high as a kite. »
Shore said the key to locating lost items is to look for them right away. So he was shocked and thrilled Murphy’s treasured class ring was found after more than four decades.
« When he told me he lost it in 1972, it was a stretch that it would be found, » said Shore, who noted rings and other objects have a tendency to sink into the ground after a significant amount of time.
Murphy on Saturday took the ring to a jeweler, who cleaned and polished it.
And Murphy, who now has the jewelry back on his left ring finger, doesn’t plan to ever lose it again.
« This ain’t coming off again, » he said. « Maybe I’ll Krazy Glue it on. »
Engagement Ring Lost at La Jolla Shores… Found
I received a call in early Sept from Zach about two lost rings at La Jolla Shores. His fiance Maria had been out kayaking with her friends and on the return leg of the trip, got caught in a wave, overturned, and her engagement and promise rings came off in the waist deep surf. By the time I got the call, Maria had returned to San Bruno so I had to go by a map and description of the search area.
After gridding the area for three days (about 12 hours) I had to give Zach the bad news that I just couldn’t find them. I had found many other target so I figured it was unlikely anyone else had hunted the area and found them, but, I told him I would keep it on my « list » and check with others I knew to see if it had been found. Nobody fessed up so I put it on my « return at low tide » list so I could venture out a bit further in the ocean.
Fast forward a month…..nice minus tide and calm conditions made the area inviting to search. After about 2 hours of virtually no targets, I get a weak but promising sound in my Excalibur’s headphones. In about knee deep water, I sifted one full scoop and discovered a beautiful platinum diamond ring in the bottom. Since I had earlier received a photo of the rings, I knew right away that I finally had one of them. I searched another couple of hours centered around that find, but still couldn’t come up with the promise ring. A task for another day. I texted Zach with a photo and the question, « does this look familiar? » and received an excited reply « YES! »
He said he would fly down here in a couple of days to pick it up. Since he hadn’t been here when it was lost, he wanted to go to the site and see where it all happened, so, I picked him up at the airport early Friday morning and took him there, where we snapped a few photos and took a little tour of the area. Over a nice breakfast, I learned that he hadn’t told her about finding the ring. He plans on getting it resized and proposing to her again! Boy will she be surprised when she sees that ring again! (I hope you’re going to video that Zach!) Oh, and they were scheduled to have some of their upcoming wedding photos taken this coming weekend, so the timing couldn’t have been better.
Even though it was one of the most difficult and longest searches I’ve had so far (about 16 hours total), it was very satisfying to make this recovery. It was a pleasure to meet you Zach and thank you for the generous reward. Maybe you two will decide to honeymoon in San Diego, now that Maria’s painful memories are alleved somewhat. Wherever you go, I hope you have a great time and happy marriage!
Right about where the surfer is in the first photo is where I found the ring. Tide’s quite a ways in compared to when I found it, but you get the idea.
Lost Ring in Garden, Don’t Waste your Time Renting a Metal Dectector – Call a Ring Finder! – Madison, WI
I took a day off from work to take care of several errands around town that had piled up, so I was driving a lot, stopping in several businesses, and crossing many parking lots. Later in the day, I worked in my yard, weeding and cutting back branches with my pruners. I usually wear gloves when I’m gardening, but I didn’t think I’d be out for very long that afternoon, so I skipped the gloves. (Never again!)
Among other things, I inherited crooked little fingers and big knuckles from my father. I’m also left-handed, and my sister had given me some left-handed pruners. The big knuckles mean that my wedding ring has had several modifications to make it fit my finger right, with the last being hinges on the sides and a clasp on the palm side of the ring.
After I had done more gardening than I planned, I had another errand to run, and when I looked at my left hand on the steering wheel, my stomach dropped about a foot when I realized my wedding ring was gone and I had no idea when – or where – I had lost it. Because I’m usually pretty aware of it, I thought I must have lost it in the garden – but where? I was all over the yard and it could be anywhere – in the mulch, in the dirt, in the grass, in the overcrowded hostas, in the birdfeed bin – anywhere.
When I got home, my husband and I started to search, but it was getting dark, so we decided to try again later. On my next day off, I checked with the places that I had visited on the Thursday that I lost the ring, but no one had seen it. I still suspected it was in the yard, but I still didn’t know specifically where.
My husband kept up the search over the next several days, and I borrowed a metal detector from someone who answered my plea on our neighborhood message board. But I quickly realized that I did not have the skill (or the time to learn the skill) to use it effectively. Dan later told me that this is common when people rent a metal detector. Feeling more and more discouraged, I checked the Lost and Found listing on Craigslist, where a title jumped out at me: “Lost Ring?”
That listing led me to the www.TheRingFinders.com website and to Dan Roekle, who I contacted. After coordinating our busy schedules, he and his son Carter came over on a Saturday afternoon. I showed them the two specific places in the yard that I thought were the most likely places where my ring was likely to be. Dan commented on the large number of pieces of metal that he was getting hits on, mostly from the roof replacement that we had a few years back. He showed me one of the pieces and then he continued his search. A few minutes later, he came back to where I was and with a totally straight face, said “Sometimes we find other things, too” and opened his hand. There was my ring! He had found it in the middle of the leaves of a hosta plant – the perfect place to hide. The grin on my face still hasn’t gone away!
And there’s one more thing my father gave me – he was a clergyman who married my husband and me, so part of the service was blessing our rings. He died seven years ago, and knowing that I have back the ring that he blessed, means more to me than I had ever thought it would. Thank you so much, Dan and Carter!
Faith
Lost Wedding Ring Sugar Land, Texas (Recovered)
100+ Year Old Wedding Ring Lost in Alkire Lake Sugar Land, Texas (Recovered)
I was contacted by Jim yesterday evening regarding his wife’s lost Wedding Ring in Alkire Lake in Sugar Land, Texas. Jim said, his wife Kaye had been sitting out on their dock this evening and accidentally dropped her wedding ring. Jim said her ring rolled accross their dock and dropped into about 3-4 foor of water. Jim said he and a friend spent a little time in the water searching for the ring, but their search was unsuccessful. Jim said after the unsuccessful search he had located me on the internet through « The Ring Finders ». Jim inquired if I could assist him in the recovery of his wife’s wedding ring. Jim said they had a fairly accurate location of where the ring rolled of the dock and into the water.
I meet Jim and Kaye at their residence this morning and was given a first hand account of how the ring had been lost. Kaye showed me where she had been sitting and where the ring had rolled across dock and dropped of edge.
Lesson #1 if you are using a GoPro camera to capture this, make sure it’s on and actually recording. Kaye had given me a great interview explaining how the ring was lost and the history of her missing ring.
A quick summarization of what did not get recorded , Kaye said she has worn her Wedding Ring for the past 58 years, and it was handed down to her from her Grandmother. Kaye said her ring has family history back to the early 1900’s.
Kaye was saying and explaining what I already knew, the ring simply could not be replaced.
I repositioned the GoPro setting it up on a Tri-Pod to record the recovery. The bottom of the Lake was fairly hard-packed with a thick gumbo clay bottom surface. I felt pretty confident, I would be able to recover her ring based on the bottom conditions (first recovery out of this lake). I dumped each possible target scoop on a plastic sheet and Jim worked through it with his hands sorting through the mud. I had dumped about six or seven buckets when I hit a really nice clean signal near the edge of the dock in the target area.
Lesson #2 Let me back up her for just a minute and talk about the CTX3030, I opted to use the CTX3030 on this recovery, knowing it was going to be a shallow water recovery. I wear the wireless receiver for the headphones around my shirt collar always keeping it dry and well above the water. Interesting discovery today, if you submerge the handle-head unit display of the CTX3030, the wireless transmission to the headphones ceases. The water around the head unit must some how interfere with the signal transmission to the headphones receiver. I had my CTX3030 Gray Ghost headphones packed away in the truck and after a quick set-up adjustment everything worked great. (lesson learned)
I pulled up scoop number eight and could see Kaye’s Wedding Ring in the basket, I looked up to see Jim and Kaye sitting on the dock. I smiled at the GoPro giving it a big thumbs up…LOL now, thinking this was all being recorded. I grabbed the GoPro and hollered over to Jim and Kaye and held up her family heirloom, her missing Gold Wedding Ring.
I could immediately see the happiness and joy this brought to both Jim and Kaye.
I have often been asked what is the oldest ring you have ever found, and after today I have a response.
Jim and Kaye where extraordinary people and it was a great honor to return something so important back to them.
Equipment Used:
CTX 3030 wireless and Gray Ghost headphones
Sand Scoop
Nothing further,
The Ring Finders Metal Detecting Service
We can search virtually any location, some of the most common places are parks, lakes, beaches and even your own front yard…If you lost your “Ring” or other precious item…We can find it!
We train regularly and use the best Metal Detecting Equipment available insuring the greatest possibility of finding your lost possessions.
www.theringfinders.com/john.volek
Don’t wait… Call now!
John Volek
281-330-7758
Newspaper Article – Couple Relieved Ring is Found – Devil’s Lake State Park
Another publication in a local paper, the Watertown Daily Times. They wrote up a nice article about our Devil’s Lake Search. Click on the link below for the complete article.
http://www.wdtimes.com/news/article_68b09792-3551-11e4-986a-001a4bcf887a.html
Newspaper Article – All’s Well that Ends Well – Webb Lake Lost Ring Search
Another publication in a local paper, the Burnett County Sentinel. They wrote up a nice article about our Webb Lake lost ring find. Click on the link below for the complete article.
http://www.presspubs.com/burnett/news/article_4346a47e-338a-11e4-8715-0019bb2963f4.html
Lost Wedding Ring Katy, Texas (Recovered)
Lost Wedding Ring Katy, Texas (Recovered)
Texas Labor Day Slip and Slide, beating the Texas Heat…awesome.
I received a call from Sean on Monday-Labor Day, regarding his lost wedding ring. Sean said he had been at a friends house participating in some labor day festivities when he lost his ring. Sean said they had constructed a giant slip and slide for Labor Day and he had been sliding on it when he discovered his wedding ring missing from his finger.
The Slip and Slide Race:
Sean said the rules to the race were simple slide down the slip and slide, run to a table twenty feet away, chug a beer, and the flip the beer cup until it lands right side up. Once that was done your teammate could start the race and this would continue until all of your teammates completed the race. The best 7 out of 7 runs would determine the winner, my thought was it would be nice if you could still hit the slip and slide after beer 5-6? LOL Sounds like it was a lot of fun, but unfortunately Sean lost his Wedding Ring at some point during the fun.
Sean said once he discovered his wedding ring was missing everyone at the party stopped and assisted him in looking for his lost ring, but it was not found. Sean said he returned the following day and spent 6 hours working the search area with his fathers metal detector, but he was still not able to find his lost ring.
Sean said he located me on the internet at « The Ring Finders »
I asked Sean to send me a few photo’s of the area needing to be searched, I always like getting a view of the area prior to the search. Sean sent the following video of the labor day event and a picture of his lost ring. The video quality is poor, but you will get the idea.
I met Sean today at his friends house in Katy, Texas to search for his lost ring.
I think Sean had completely given up hope of getting his ring back after 2 hours of searching. We took a short break, and then I asked Sean to walk me through the events in detail (where he started from, where he ran too, etc.) and it was at this time we talked about how the slip and slide had been moved a few times to get it just right. I had Sean walk me through the locations of where the slid had been moved from on the previous set-up attempts.
I worked the outer edge of one of the ealier set-up locations and was awaken by a nice tone from the CTX3030. I looked down and saw Sean’s Ring sitting right on top of the grass.
Sean is an extraordinary individual and it was a great pleasure to be able to return his wedding ring.
Equipment Used:
CTX3030
TRX Pinpointer
Nothing further,
The Ring Finders Metal Detecting Service
We can search virtually any location, some of the most common places are parks, lakes, beaches and even your own front yard…If you lost your “Ring” or other precious item…We can find it!
We train regularly and use the best Metal Detecting Equipment available insuring the greatest possibility of finding your lost possessions.
www.theringfinders.com/john.volek
Don’t wait… Call now!
John Volek
281-330-7758
1980 Philadelphia Eagles NFC Championship Ring Found & Returned by Dave Milsted NJ
I received a call from Keith in May. He said he had lost his 1980 Eagles Championship ring while doing yard work. He was heartbroken and told me how much the ring meant to him. He has worn it since he received it 34 years ago.
Our schedules weren’t lining up. He was going away in a few days, and then I was going away. I told him I would come over later that day even if it was still raining out. We agreed on 1o’clock in the afternoon. He gave me his information.
It was raining very hard at 1pm. I was prepared, raincoat with hood, rain pants and waterproof hiking boots. I brought my water proof detector Minelab CTX-3030. It was a nice size yard. The street in front of the house was flooded from all of the recent rain.
Keith showed me what he was doing the day he lost the ring. I thought if it is here it should be an easy fine. WRONG!! Keith had trimmed all of the bushes & hedges, raked the entire property, put a lot of the debris in the street which is now flooded, started a mulch pile and planted new items in a flower garden. He remembers at one point looking at his hand saying this ring is giving me a blister.
I started in the easy sections, the open yard, nothing! I started moving to the different gardens. Uh-oh, they are all lined with iron to stop the roots from entering. Metal detectors love iron. It makes them sing. Even when trying to discriminate iron out of the range, there was so much it was hard to determine if there were any other signals. The machine I brought had an 11 inch coil on it. I could search the street because there is metal rebar under the surface. There was way too much debris out there to shovel onto the grass. If it’s out here the leaf sucker is going to get it.
I spent about 3 hours looking. No luck. Keith was disappointed and so was I. I really wanted to return this ring. I have been an Eagles fan for too many years. What an awesome story this would have been. I offered to come back at a different time when the weather was better. We said we would keep in touch.
A few months passed and I called Keith. He was staying in his summer cabin and wouldn’t be back in this area for some time. I asked if there would be anyone around, because I didn’t want to be on his property without someone being there. He said his wife would be there this week and it would be ok to go over to look. He had already started the inquiry of what he had to do to get the ring replaced. He needed approval from the Eagles & the NFL plus a police report.
I went over a few days later and met Michelle. She added a few other tid bits, like when he was done the yard work he traveled to North Jersey. My heart sunk. I thought to myself, that is why I didn’t find it last time. It’s not here.
I returned with and older but reliable machine, a White’s Spectrum XLT with a 3 inch coil. This is to help reduce the amount of signals from all of the iron in the gardens. I started searching the areas I couldn’t do in the rain, like the large slope of ivy in the back yard. The only thing I found back here was hundreds of mosquitoes. I moved to the mulch pile, moving stuff around, nothing. I’m getting frustrated. 2 hours later the last things to check are the gardens.
I expected the ring to pretty much be on the surface. It wasn’t lost that long ago. I finally get a good signal at close to 3 hours from when I started. I climbed under the bushes and moved away the debris. Nothing. I dig about a half an inch down. Is that gold? I dig a little more. It’s the ring!! I must have jumped about 10 feet in the air. The ring was very heavy, and very muddy. I went back to my truck and cleaned it up. Took many pictures, then I called Keith.
When I told him that I found it, he started to get choked up. He couldn’t believe that I had found it. He told me that he thought that is was gone forever. He said someone told him to pray to St Anthony, so he did. We made arrangements to meet a few weeks later when he would be back in town. He even let me keep the ring for 24 hours so I could show it off before I returned it to his wife. When we met we took pictures & he signed a few Topps Football cards that I had brought with me from his playing days.
Here is a letter from Keith Krepfle Philadelphia Eagles Tight End #84
Dear Dave,
From the bottom of my heart I want to thank you for finding my lost 1980 NFL Conference Championship ring with your metal detector.
I was reasonably sure I lost the ring while doing spring clean-up in the yard. The day I called you in desperation for help, you came over immediately to try and find the ring. Although the weather was miserably cold and pouring rain, you nonetheless scanned the yard for hours trying to find it. I was obviously disappointed when you could not find it, however you said you would like to return in warmer weather to try again.
I was not absolutely sure I lost the ring in the yard, and for weeks looked everywhere but unfortunately it did not turn up. By summertime I had completely given up hope and contacted the NFL League office to inquire about replacing it (custom molds for all Super Bowl rings are kept on file).
Then out of the blue in August you called me again, offering (at no fee) to come back for another search. On your second search, to my unbelievable surprise, YOU FOUND THE RING! under a landscaping bush. I was so thrilled when you told me, I actually broke down and cried with emotion/thankfulness.
I cannot thank you enough for your dedication, honesty, integrity and persistence, and whole heartedly recommend anyone contact you for help locating lost items.
You are truly and Angel of God!
Keith Krepfle
Philadelphia Eagles- tight end