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LOST RING FOLLY BEACH SC

  • from Summerville (South Carolina, United States)
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My name is Jeff Monaldi.

I became a member of The Ring Finders with a goal of helping you find your lost ring, jewelry or valuable item.

You could rent a metal detector, but they aren’t at the level serious detectorists use and rely on to get results – especially in challenging conditions.  A better suggestion is to hire a metal detecting specialist with expertise and high-quality equipment for the best chance in finding what you thought was lost forever.

Search locations include Summerville SC, Charleston SC, Isle of Palms SC and Folly Beach SC beaches and surrounding areas. I search predominantly local area beaches, surf, and ocean (scuba diving depth depending on conditions), accessible parks and yards with authorization as needed.

Available day, night, and weekends as much as I can support.  Please contact me as soon as possible if you have lost your item on the beach or in the water and note the time and tide conditions.  Thank you for your trust in The Ring Finders membership team’s proven reputation and success!

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LOST RING CHARLESTON SC

  • from Summerville (South Carolina, United States)
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My name is Jeff Monaldi.

I became a member of The Ring Finders with a goal of helping you find your lost ring, jewelry or valuable item.

You could rent a metal detector, but they aren’t at the level serious detectorists use and rely on to get results – especially in challenging conditions.  A better suggestion is to hire a metal detecting specialist with expertise and high-quality equipment for the best chance in finding what you thought was lost forever.

Search locations include Summerville SC, Charleston SC, Isle of Palms SC and Folly Beach SC beaches and surrounding areas. I search predominantly local area beaches, surf, and ocean (scuba diving depth depending on conditions), accessible parks and yards with authorization as needed.

Available day, night, and weekends as much as I can support.  Please contact me as soon as possible if you have lost your item on the beach or in the water and note the time and tide conditions.  Thank you for your trust in The Ring Finders membership team’s proven reputation and success!

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LOST RING ISLE OF PALMS SC

  • from Summerville (South Carolina, United States)
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My name is Jeff Monaldi.

I became a member of The Ring Finders with a goal of helping you find your lost ring, jewelry or valuable item.

You could rent a metal detector, but they aren’t at the level serious detectorists use and rely on to get results – especially in challenging conditions.  A better suggestion is to hire a metal detecting specialist with expertise and high-quality equipment for the best chance in finding what you thought was lost forever.

Search locations include Summerville SC, Charleston SC, Isle of Palms SC and Folly Beach SC beaches and surrounding areas. I search predominantly local area beaches, surf, and ocean (scuba diving depth depending on conditions), accessible parks and yards with authorization as needed.

Available day, night, and weekends as much as I can support.  Please contact me as soon as possible if you have lost your item on the beach or in the water and note the time and tide conditions.  Thank you for your trust in The Ring Finders membership team’s proven reputation and success!

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LOST RING SUMMERVILLE, SC

  • from Summerville (South Carolina, United States)
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My name is Jeff Monaldi.

I became a member of The Ring Finders with a goal of helping you find your lost ring, jewelry or valuable item.

You could rent a metal detector, but they aren’t at the level serious detectorists use and rely on to get results – especially in challenging conditions.  A better suggestion is to hire a metal detecting specialist with expertise and high-quality equipment for the best chance in finding what you thought was lost forever.

Search locations include Summerville SC, Charleston SC, Isle of Palms SC and Folly Beach SC beaches and surrounding areas. I search predominantly local area beaches, surf, and ocean (scuba diving depth depending on conditions), accessible parks and yards with authorization as needed.

Available day, night, and weekends as much as I can support.  Please contact me as soon as possible if you have lost your item on the beach or in the water and note the time and tide conditions.  Thank you for your trust in The Ring Finders membership team’s proven reputation and success!

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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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Lost Ring Found in Water, Not On Volleyball Court By Ring Finder Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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September 20, 2026

Christopher lost his wedding band while playing volleyball on a sandy beach. All of his friends helped in searching for the ring with no luck. They even obtained a detector and a rake to aid in their hours of effort. It was time for some experienced help. First by Leah, Christoper’s wife. She searched the web for help and found TheRingFinders.com, the Cape Cod location and my name and number. She called and I was on my way.

As I approached the beach I could see all the signs of previous search efforts. There were the rake marks, the footprints of a search pattern, holes, and piles of sand and lastly I saw a detector laying off to the side. I was shown the area the loss most likely occurred at and all the other areas that it might have been lost. I started to search at the most likely area and moved on from there. In some 2 hours I had searched over the entire area without finding the missing ring. Back at the most likely area I started to cross the area with a diagonal pattern in relationship to the square one I had already done. Still no ring and now the sun was setting. Now the question, the same as before, “Where is the ring.”

The next search would be in the morning at low tide. Even thou Christopher said he did not go to the water, that was the only area I had a thought that while setting the volley ball up for a teammate that the ring may have been launched into the surf.

Two hours before low tide I arrived only to see an empty parking lot. The entire MIT group had left and only the owner was at the Air BnB. I got right to the water’s edge and started a search parallel to the beach and working into deeper water. After another hour of searching and two feet from the low water line I finally heard a signal that sounded like it should be the wayward ring, and it was.

The search was over that is until the package containing the ring went into the out-to-be delivered USPS system. Both Christopher and I agreed that it was the results of the four days of the Nor-Easter storm and that the package must be picked up at the Post Office. That happened on October 1st. Add a smiling photo and finishing touched to the story and I was on my way to find another wedding band not on the beach but somewhere in an Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary.

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A Priceless Diamond RIng Recovered in Joliet, IL!

  • from Lockport (Illinois, United States)
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Blake reached out to me after his wife lost her sterling silver diamond engagement ring in their Joliet backyard. The ring held special meaning because the diamond had belonged to her mother, who had passed away.

Blake had already searched the lawn carefully with a rake and even tried using a small metal detector. During his search, he managed to find her wedding ring, which had been lost at the same time, but the engagement ring was still MIA.

The next day, I headed to Joliet to help with the search. A steady rain was falling, so the weather wasn’t ideal for metal detecting, but I knew how much finding this ring would mean to Blake and his wife.

When I arrived, Blake showed me the area where his wife believed she had lost it, and I immediately began a grid search.

Right away, I started getting some promising signals. In the first 10 minutes, I uncovered, in order, a dime, a penny, another penny, a small unidentified circular object—and then a 1976 Kennedy half dollar! Not a bad start for my first few minutes detecting the yard.

After taking a moment to admire the Kennedy half dollar, I went right back to my grid search. Less than a minute later, another signal stopped me in my tracks. The numbers and the tones emanating from my detector were right where I would expect a silver item to register. Could this finally be the ring?

I unholstered my pinpointer and narrowed the target down to a tiny spot between the blades of grass. By now, the steady rain had turned the ground into mud. I carefully worked my fingers into the soil, knowing there was something just beneath the surface but still unable to see what it was.

Then, about an inch down, I caught a glimpse of something curved.

I carefully cleared away a little more mud, and the unmistakable circular shape of a ring began to appear. I reached down, pulled it from the ground, and wiped away the mud.

There it was—the missing engagement ring, with that precious diamond still sitting securely in its sterling silver setting.

A big smile came across my face. It had taken less than 15 minutes to recover this priceless family treasure. Seeing the happiness and surprise on Blake’s face when I showed him the ring told me my work was done here.

Another lost ring back where it belongs!

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3 Ring White Gold Wedding/Engagement Ring Set Lost in the Ocean, Found and Returned North Myrtle Beach SC

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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On September 28, 2026, around 4:30 p.m., I received a phone call from Amy-Grace saying she had just lost her Wedding and Engagement ring in the ocean. I told her I’d be there in 20 minutes and ask her to send me the address, which she did.

When I arrived, I was able to park at Amy-Grace’s rental and walk down to the beach. On the way, I met Amy-Grace who was walking back to their rental with her daughter. She told me about what time and how deep she was when she lost it, which was right at low tide. She also told me her sister and husband were on the beach waiting for me and would show me the loss area.  I was already an hour after low tide, so I needed to get started.

I met Amy-Grace’s sister and husband, Tom. Neither one was real sure but thought she lost her ring a little diagonally to the left of where they had their chairs set up. Other details I got where they were looking for shells along the shell beds near the shore. I fired up my Equinox 800 and started an east/west grid search working my way north and along the shell beds. The tide was coming in fast, and it wasn’t long before I was taking waves up to my back. After a little bit, Amy-Grace came back out to the beach and put me in a completely different area about 15-20 yards or more north of where I had been searching. I’m now almost 2 hours past low tide and the sea breeze was blowing in enough to cause the waves to kick up. At this point I wasn’t making any progress, so I told Amy-Grace I’d be back the next day at low tide which was at 4:12 p.m. While I was talking to Amy-Grace she repeated that when she lost her ring set, that she was lined up with a streetlight pole that could be seen from where we were standing.  So, I had a good starting point for the next day.

The next day, Tuesday I arrived just before 3 p.m. and met with Tom, who said Amy-Grace was at Walmart getting food for the family. Not a problem, I knew where I needed to start the search. I lined up with the light post and moved north, just to extend the search area. I’d rather be long than short on the search area. I started my east/west search, going south and out at least thigh deep to make sure I was beyond the shell bed. I was on my sixth line and dead even with the light pole when I got a solid 9 on the equinox’s VDI (visual display indicator). I knew a lady’s white gold ring would show between 9-12 on the VDI. Bingo! I dug a full scoop of sand and checked the hole 3 or 4 times to make sure I had the target in the scoop. I washed the sand out of the scoop, looked in and all I saw were shells, a whole scoop full. I started removing small amounts of shells with my fingers and shaking the scoop again. I finally removed about two thirds of the shells and saw the bottom part of her ring. I reached it and grabbed it and washed it off in the water. I walked over to Tom and asked him what Amy-Grace’s ring looked like, already knowing I had it. He looked at me and as he’s describing it, I held it up for him to see. His expression said it all! He said later that when I asked that question, he had a feeling I had found it. Now we had to wait for Amy-Grace to come back from shopping to surprise her. When she returned to the beach, the tide had turned but it was still workable. I put the ring on my index finger and was pointing to confirm where I thought the ring should be, she never did see her ring. As she’s walking away to take me to the spot, I called her name and as she turned around, I held the ring up in front of my face. It took her a second to realize that I had her ring. Tears started flowing and I got a huge bear hug. I love returning someone’s treasure that they thought was gone forever.

Amy-Grace – Thank you for trusting me to help find your lost treasure. So happy it’s back where it belongs.

Jim

 

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