Received a call about keys that had been lost in snow. Actually wasn’t sure if that was the case. Could have been lost else ware. Husband was using a snow blower. About 10 minutes later I found them in the snow bank. Used my CTX 3030. 
Received a text message at 7:30AM from the husband. Wife lost her ring while dusting off snow from her pants leg. They looked for 2 days with many people helping her. She was very worried. T searched the area w here she thought it had gone. Nothing. Lots of people had tried to find it unsuccessfully. I used my standard CTX coil. Nothing. I switched to my smaller coil and went close to a car parked on the corner. BINGO! The car had blocked signal to my standard coil.
While shoveling snow the owner lost 1/2 of his gold bracelet. This bracelet came unscrewed and fell off. His wife has the same bracelet.
The owner rented a detector but was unable to find it. I was the last resort. He had given up hope of finding it. I came out and searched in the late afternoon…nothing! I told him I would come back the next day. I took readings of the one part. They were all over the place! Depending if the item was flat or on its side. No consistent read or sound.
I searched with all three coils and gridded the area several times. Because of the metal edging of the walkway I suggested that we use salt or water to melt the snow around the metal edging.
BINGO!!
Took two try’s but I found it..
I received a call from Judy this evening around 6 pm asking if I could find her wedding ring that she lost the night before while she was throwing ice melt on her sidewalk. I said if it was in her yard I would find it.
I met up with Judy at her home and she showed me where she had been throwing the ice melt. I turned one my trusty spectra V3i on and with 15 feet of where Judy was standing I found her white gold wedding ring buried in 3 inches of snow. She was very happy when I called her over and showed her where her ring was. Thank you, Judy.
Lost Ring Phone Support 🙂
Hi John,
My name is Alvaro ******** and I misplaced my aggie ring over the weekend at home. Normally I place my ring on top of the family dresser, and vaguely remember doing so. However, we have not been able to find it over the weekend. Are you able to assist with the search for this ring? It is likely inside the house in a drawer or crack(I think). We live in the Heights in a Bungalow. If you can assist us, please let me know how much you would charge for your services. Do you work off contingencies?
Thank you
Alvaro *********
832-***-****
Alvaro,
Thank you for contacting me, when I hear about these type of losses, I often recommend waiting for up to 72 hours, as the rings in these situations tend to show up on their own.
If that time has passed, and the ring is still missing from your home, you have to ask yourself these real questions.
1. Who has had access to the ring since you last remember seeing it. This list would include friends, family, service persons, etc?
2. Have you checked all the obvious places like your pockets, laundry basket, behind dressers, beds, etc?
3. Check the vacuum cleaner bag
4. Could the ring have bypassed any drain guard in any sink? If yes, you need to check the drain pipe traps.
MOST of my expertise in locating missing items (rings) is by utilizing the latest technology in metal detecting equipment. This work is traditional done in an outdoor environment. I have assisted people on these types of jobs before, sometimes a clean set of eyes can be a factor, but we need to focus on the fact that your ring did not disappear on its own.
Professionally, I often tell people to sit down and write out their daily activities of the day in question. This act often creates a recall we might not have had just thinking about the particular day or incident.
Let me know.
John Volek
281 330 7758
Hi John,
Thanks for the encouraging words; I took your advice and kept alert for it. Alas, my ring was where I least expected it; My closet.
Happy holidays
Alvaro
Great News and Happy Holidays
John
Stan and Rick with smiles!
Stan’s Ring
August was a fine month for boating and beach going. The only moment that was a downer was when Stan’s ring slipped from his finger while mooring his boat on the BassRiver. The spot had been one of his favorite places to watch other boaters and the surrounding homes.
October came and Stan read about TheRingFinders in an article about Rick returning two class rings. What the heck, he had nothing to loose and he called Rick. A meeting was set for the next weekend.
On the last day of November at 1pm. Stan, Rick’s friend Dick and Rick were ready to walk to the location of the ring’s loss and start searching. The river’s current was running fast and it was about 2 hours before low tide. Dick started the search above the high tide mark while Rick started searching at the water’s edge. Each worked down the sandy slope so their machines would not interfere with each other. About 10 minutes into the search after only two pull tabs and one sinker Rick saw a gold ring in his scoop. A quick look to verify the date and then Stan was given the honor of taking his ring from the scoop and he immediately placed the wedding band back on the finger where it belonged. One happy ending with SMILES!
Now there was only one thing Stan was going to do and that was to get the ring re-sized.
A note from Stan:
HI RICHARD, I CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR FINDING MY WEDDING BAND, MY WIFE CALLED
IT A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. I WISH YOU AND YOUR WIFE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND MANY
YEARS OF GOOD HEALTH.. STAN WOJNAR….. I WILL SEE YOU SOON . THANKS
AGAIN…
12/08/2013
I received a call today from Ryan and Jess regarding Ryan’s lost wedding ring.
Ryan and Jess reported Ryan was playing football in the front yard with family when
his ring flew off of his finger.
Ryan mentioned his wife Jess was not happy :), but after speaking to her she
insisted Ryan would be sleeping in-doors tonight regardless of the out-come.
Ryan reported one of his family members had located www.theringfinders.com after
his failed attempts at finding his ring.
I think you can tell from the smiles, today was a good day
I was happy very happy for Ryan and Jess, you could see the relief and happiness
in both of them when the ring was recovered.
Ryan and Jess
Ryan’s Wedding Ring
Equipment used on this Recovery: CTX 3030 and Pinpointer Pro
John
Perhaps this ring looks familiar! It should . I posted it about july 12th 2012 when I first found it in the garden for a customer. Well, today I received another call from the same customer. This time the ring came off while hanging Christmas lights. Ironically, it was found about 3 feet away from where I found it last year!
Maybe I should consider a package discount. 😉
12/04/2013
Hi John,
I work for The Woodlands Township in The Woodlands and I supervise the
boathouse next to the woodlands mall. Today at work, my worst nightmare
happened. I went to shake someone’s hand and they pulled my ring off and it
bounced off the dock into the lake. It is about 4.5 to 5 ft deep where it fell
in and it is in probably a 5 by 5 ft area next to the dock.
I found you online at www.theringfinders.com when I was looking for metal
detector rentals. Is there ANY way you can help me with this. My ring is/was easily
my most prized possession.
Please, if you get a chance I would love to hear back from you with any help
you might be able to offer me.
Thanks in advance,
Kyle
I met Kyle this morning at the Woodlands Boat House and Kyle gave me a first hand
account of how the ring was lost and where he believed it landed in the water.
The job appeared easy from the top side, I was thinking, I’ll jump in this tropical warm
blue water, grab the ring and job complete.
Well the water wasn’t tropical or warm and the bottom of the dock was concrete with
apparently a lot of re-enforced re-bar. I found the ring, lots of luck on this job. I was
thinking to myself, Kyle you just witnessed an early Christmas Miracle 🙂
I was really happy for him, It was clear from the beginning the Ring was very important to him.
Kyle was nice enough to grab a shot of the recovery
Kyle with a big thumbs up.
Nice Ring
It was a good day
John
Equipment used on this Recovery:
Minelab Excalibur II
Received a call from Matt last night around 7:30 to see if I was able to come out and try and find his key fob for his Volkswagen that he lost on Saturday on a toboggan hill while he was sledding down the hill with his family. I told him if the keys are on the ground I will find them for him. I told Matt I would be there in 30 minutes I meet up with Matt at his house and walked over to the hill with my trusty V3i, Matt told me that he spent some time on Saturday evening looking for the keys but it was too dark to see also he was out early Sunday morning with no luck. Matt showed me where he was sledding on the hill and he had a spare set of keys on him, I tested his key fob and was getting a visual display of 37! Within 5 minutes I received a clear loud 37! on my unit Bingo!!! Key fob was located buried in about 4 inches of snow, another happy client Thanks Matt.