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Lost Engagement Ring in Solano County…Found!

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

The thing that I enjoy most about doing this work are the stories, and this was a really good one!

Mary and Frank are an elderly couple living in Solano County!  Mary had first contacted me to discuss a very important engagement ring, a yellow gold solitaire ring given to her 23 years earlier.  She had been doing a bit of gardening in the backyard when she thought to herself that it was probably a bad idea to have her wedding and engagement ring on while performing this work.  Like so many others have done, she removed the rings and put them into a pant pocket and went about her work. Later, when she tried to retrieve her rings only the wedding band was found.  She admitted to being so disappointed that she had used a bit of profanity and had been loosing sleep over the entire ordeal.

Mary had been previously married and enjoyed scuba diving. Her outings found her in contact with Frank, a boat Captain.  Frank is a Veteran Naval Aviation Navigator serving 3 tours in Vietnam and a sailing enthusiast who at the time co-owned a 40′ Valiant sailing vessel used to travel as far North as the San Juan Islands and South to Mazatlan and Cabo San Lucas.  The group enjoyed many trips together and a 30 year friendship. 23 years ago things had changed in their lives and Frank proposed to Mary and they have been married ever since.  To Mary, the ring represented 53 combined years of friendship and love.  I had to find this ring!

Mary led me to a beautifully manicured backyard and told me the story of how and when the ring was lost.  We decided to start with three target areas which included a small lawn area that was searched with no luck.  The second area didn’t reveal much either.  In our third target area between two small shrubs, a 12/13 on the Equinox 800…we made the recovery!!!

As I held up the ring, Mary was overcome with emotion and gave me a long and strong embrace, her nightmare was over. We took some pictures to commemorate the occasion and spent the next 20 minutes talking about travel, life, and family…the important things.  When we went into the couples beautiful home to give Frank the good news he too was excited, gave me a good handshake and made a really funny joke about kissing me!  Thank you kindly for your service to our country Frank!

To Mary and Frank I wish you all the health and happiness in the world.  Your story made me extremely happy and was an inspiration.

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

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Long Distance Recovery, by Dave Milsted

  • from South Jersey (New Jersey, United States)
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Allisa called me last week with a unique request. She had lost two rings on her four-acre property and wondered if I could help find them with my metal detector. She had already recovered her engagement ring but was desperate to locate her missing wedding band. Another detectorist had quoted her $250 per hour, but I don’t charge for these searches; I work on a reward basis. The catch? Her property was a three-hour drive away.

She explained that in a moment of frustration, she had thrown both her wedding band and engagement ring. The engagement ring was found, but the yellow gold wedding band, adorned with many diamonds, was still missing. She and her husband had searched extensively, even weed-whacking and raking the area, but to no avail.

I initially offered to drive up on Sunday, but Allisa hesitated, concerned about the distance. Instead, I suggested a simple trick she could try that very night. I told her to go out to the area after dark with a powerful flashlight and scan the area where she had found her engagement ring. I emphasized the importance of doing it before any rain or dew settled on the grass. She agreed to give it a try.

The next day, I received an ecstatic text message. Within ten minutes of following my instructions, Allisa had found her wedding band! She was overjoyed, and honestly, it made my day too.

I Love My Hobby!!

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LOST JEWELRY COINS AND CERAMICS IN THE PALISADES FIRE FOUND AND RETURNED

  • from Santa Monica (California, United States)
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Louise called me and asked if I could help her find some jewelry and coins that she lost when her house burned down  in the palisades fire. I met her at her property several days later when our schedules would allow . I started to rake and then move the metal debris out of the way. then began to shovel and sift the material through screens. After about an hour I found a pearl and gold necklace that was important to her. Then I found a gold ring and some other silver bracelets and rings. I found some harmonicas which were sentimental finds because she is a musician. I found some silver coins just before I was going to quit for the day. Then at the very end  I found some ceramics that she had mad by hand. It turned out to be a successful search.

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Huntington Dog Beach Diamond Ring Recovered from Sand by Stan the Metal Detector Man

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)
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Call or text Stan the Metal Detector Man if you need help or information to find your lost item.. 949-500-2136


*** I was coming off the beach near Huntington Dog Beach when I was approached by Logan. I expected him to ask me the million dollar question. “ What’s the best thing you have ever found?”  Beach detectorist get that question many times a day.

This time was different, Logan’s wife, Liz had just dropped her white gold diamond ring minutes before he spotted me coming off the beach. He asked for help to find it. She told me that she felt it come off and it was a white gold diamond ring.  It should have been a quick recovery, but she did not tell me it was designed as an open ring.  ( open rings, such as toe rings do not give good signals )

A quick scan of the 10’ x 10’ area didn’t produce a decent signal. I cross gridded the small area getting a broken faint signal. I dug it with my sand scoop just to clear the area of trash. To my surprise, BOOM ! In the bottom of my sand scoop was a gold diamond ring. It was not a normal ring, it was designed open. I sometimes ask people if the ring is open. There are a few designers that make them but they are not commonly found. It does make a difference to the person searching with a detector to know that the signal will not be the same as a normal ring.

Available to help you 24/7 … Call anytime.. We can determine if it’s possible to find your item with the tools I have for finding metallic keepsakes, etc.  Stan .. 949-500-2136

 

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Lost Key Found in Sand at Firepits in Huntington Beach, CA.

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)
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Prompt mobile metal detecting help available for you. Don’t wait timing is important, especially in public areas. Call or text  … 949-500-2136 .. let’s talk !

*** Ean and his friends were at Huntington City Beach , CA. They were doing a night time campfire on the beach at the public fire pits. He had a set of keys on a key ring that broke while he was swinging them. He was able to find 4 of the 5 keys, but the most important key could not be found.

One of his friends found my information online and Ean called me.  It was only a 7 mile drive for me, so I met him on the beach in dark soon after the call.

I was able to find the key for him shortly after he showed me the suspected area of the loss. He was very happy and appreciative that I showed up promptly and saved his time and trouble to have the key replaced.  Finding sentimental rings and jewelry are not the only things that are important to people. I try to think of that when I get calls to find objects other than jewelry.

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Keys Lost and Found on Sandy Pond Trail Cape Cod, MA

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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April 4, 2025

A dog walk around Sandy Pond, as part of Crynne’s daily routine, lead to a stressful afternoon when she returned to her car and could not find her keys. A few trips around the pond in hope of finding the keys proved they were hiding from sight. She thought a metal detector would surely help in finding them.

Eleanor at J&E Enterprises was very helpful, as always. Her recommendation was to call Rick, a member of TheRingFinders. On the call I heard the information I needed and was on my way. My first suggestion was that my search, with Crynne leading the way, be done in the opposite direction from the way Crynne always walked around the pond. This would give us a different point of view.

Mainly because Crynne’s hobby was to remove the trash she saw during her walks, the path was nice and free of trash. Of course some of the removed trash had been just off the beaten path, those areas had to be searched with my metal detector. About ¾ the way around the keys were found. They had been in an area that Crynne had walked over a few times, but from the reverse direction. They were just out of sight when coming from the opposite direction. The keys really did not need a metal detector to be found. Sometimes just a different point of view is all that is needed in ending a stressful situation.

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Lost Yellow & Rose Gold with Diamond Wedding Ring at Na’ia Lagoon Ko Olina Resort…FOUND!!!

  • from O‘ahu (Hawaii, United States)
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This ring find began the day after Christmas 2024 when Randall who was on vacation from Los Osos, California and staying at the Marriott Beach Club, for the holidays, saw me metal detecting in the waters of Na’ia Lagoon and said he had just lost his ring while snorkeling in deeper waters of the lagoon.  Another tourist tried looking but the area was fairly silty with low visibility.  Winter season surf really silts up Na’ia Lagoon so I told him when the visibility returned I would put my scuba gear on and hunt for his ring.  He showed me a rather well marked by buoys area and I logged that in my notes for later reference.  I had brought my scuba gear to the lagoon several times but it was always low visibility until Saturday 29 March 2025.  I went into the water in scuba gear and laid my bright orange rope on the bottom in the sand & coral as my grid line.  Thankfully only a few minor targets in this area.  I had to go out over the coral rubble areas as that was also part of the search area.  After about 10 minutes of hunting I got a loud unusual tone over the coral rubble.  I waved my hand abruptly over the coral to blast away the sand and Randall’s beautiful ring and a Lincoln cent came into view.  No wonder the tone was so weird.  I grabbed them both and secured them away.  I finished the dive looking elsewhere in the lagoon and found one more rather corroded junk ring.  I texted a picture to Randall in California to confirm.  The ring was opened up this morning and Randall sent me a Shaka!  Aloha to Randall!  Sorry it took three months but you have to be safe on scuba!

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Lost cell phones, cash, credit cards and BMW fob in the Wekiva River , Orlando, Florida…found and returned to owner.

  • from Sanford (Florida, United States)
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As a good friend of mine always says, « Don’t waste time renting or borrowing a metal detector if you have never used one. Especially if your lost item is important to you. Call or contact an experienced metal detector expert. »

Deondre and his friend had rented some kayaks for the day and they both had secured their iphones in « waterproof » cases with lanyards and as they paddled down the river they came to a rough area and somehow they tipped their kayak and over they went. Only Deondre did not have his lanyard over his head and his brand new iphone slipped into the water and immediately disappeared. His friend called me and I met them an hour later and paddled out to the exact spot and searched for 3 hours but could not find Deondre’s lost cell phone…but I was able to recover an old water logged ziplock bag with all the contents still intact but completely soaked!

When I got home I cleaned everything up in fresh clean water and put a fan on and left it for 2 days. The money dried nicely and the fob was very dry as well and the credit cards would for sure be canceled and the iphones were…well one was toast and had swollen up and the other looked in very good condition still. So I plugged it in and it amazingly started charging but it was locked and the screen would come on but would not allow me to retrieve any information…even the Medical contacts. I tried looking on Google to see if I could find the person whose name was on the credit cards but there were just too many people with the same name so I resorted to calling the BMW dealer and asked if anyone had reported missing such a fob and when I mentioned the card holders name they said it matched someone in their system and I was given an email address and that info ended up being the husband of the young lady who lost the whole bag of goodies over a year ago!! They were shocked to hear that I wanted to return their lost iphones, credit cards, 114 dollars in cash and a BMW fob! It is always a real pleasure to return something and have a part in seeing the joy and surprise on peoples faces!

Need help in finding something…call or text ASAP at 321-363-6029 and let’s talk!

Mike McInroe in sunny Florida

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New Wedding Ring Lost while Gardening .. Downtown Los Angeles, CA. Found by Using Metal Detector

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)
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Don’t waste time renting or borrowing a metal detector if you have never used one. Especially if your lost item is important to you. Call or contact an experienced metal detector expert.


*** Richard was doing a little bit of gardening at his home in downtown Los Angeles, CA. When he believed he lost his gold wedding ring. He wasn’t quite sure because he didn’t feel it come off his finger. It wasn’t until two hours later, inside his home that he noticed his new wedding ring,  only two months old was not on his finger.

He knew the ring needed to be resized, but he was waiting for a weather change to get the best fitting. After searching the inside of the house, he believed it could be in the planters where he had remove leaves by hand.

I met Richard the next morning and proceeded to check the planters while it was raining. The light rain was distracting so I did two or three passes with the metal detector and I used the handheld pinpointer to get into the difficult spots.  Then, just before giving up, I scanned the grassy area in front of the ground level planters. BOOM !! .. Richard’s gold wedding ring was in the grass.  Richard came outside to check on my progress just as I was taking a photo of the ring for the book of smiles. He looked down to see what I was doing and let out a big surprising yell. “ You Got It”

If you need help or information about how to find a ring or any other important metal object call Stan the Metal Detector Man .. 949-500-2136

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Lost – Ladies heirloom 14K gold ring, New Smyrna Beach, FL – FOUND!!!

  • from New Smyrna Beach (Florida, United States)
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If you’ve lost ring anywhere in Central Florida…

Call Detector Ed 757-419-0299

On Saturday, I was just getting ready to throw burgers on the grill when my phone buzzed.  My friend Daniel tagged me in a Facebook post.  A lady had lost her ring, handed down from her late grandma and the tide was coming in.  I knew I had to go try to find it.

Before I started driving to the beach, I prayed that God would help me.  Then I FB messaged Karyn who posted that her friend lost her grandmother’s ring.  When she called me, she mentioned that she had left, and the lady had left also.  I didn’t have much to go on, but she sent me a picture of where they were parked.

In a short time, I arrived on scene and a group of guys approached me and said, “are you here to look for the ring?”  I was relieved!  They gave me a rough idea of where the ring was lost.

Within 5 minutes I located a great signal with the Minelab Manticore!  It was the ring!  A beautiful 14k gold ring with an inscription from her grandpa to her grandma and the date…June 1941!  This treasure was going back to where it belonged.

The owner, Kym called me later that day and I was able to give it to her a few days after!  She was incredibly grateful.  God is Good!

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