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Large Platinum Wedding Band Lost, Recovered and Returned in West Chester, PA!!!

  • from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States)

Steve found me in The Ring Finder directory and was seeking help in locating his lost platinum wedding band. He was doing some yard work in the backyard of his home in West Chester, PA when his ring slipped off his finger. Prior to reaching out to me he attempted to find the ring himself with a cheap metal detector. I told him that I quite frequently get calls for help after folks buy or rent a detector. What I tell most people is the machine itself is important (and I have all top of the line machines!) but not as important as the experience of the operator! You have to know what to listen for! Anyway, I met Steve at his home a few days later and he showed me where he was working. I took a few minutes to demonstrate my machine…utilizing my own platinum wedding band to let him hear the signal I would be searching for. He thought maybe it flew off while he was tossing sticks into a pile…but the area where he was doing that wasn’t really an area that would obscure the ring. He would have found it with his eyes. He was also picking up brush, sticks and carrying them across the deep grass of his back yard….I thought that was more likely the area the ring would be found. Sure enough 10 minutes into searching the grass I got the beautiful signal I was searching for! I bent down and searched the deep grass…and there was his beautiful, large platinum band!!! The look of joy and relief on Steve’s face was epic!!!

Diamond and Gold Wedding Band Lost, Recovered and Returned in Philadelphia, PA!!!

  • from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States)

Will reached out to me after finding me in The Ring Finder directory. He was looking for help in locating his wife’s beautiful gold and diamond wedding band. Apparently they were spending the afternoon at a Philadelphia park when her ring came up missing. Will was quite certain he knew the area of the park where the ring was lost. I told him I would meet him at the park early the next morning. Upon my arrival on Sunday morning (Mother’s Day!) Will showed me the area where he felt the ring became lost. I spent some time manipulating the settings on my Minelab Manticore metal detector and also demonstrated for Will what the signal I would be looking for would sound like…I brought a small gold band with me to do so. I wanted him to feel confident that if I went over his wife’s ring with my machine I would not miss it! Well….10 minutes into the search we got that exact signal! I looked down and there was the ring! Will was standing nearby looking at me in disbelief! Will looked so relieved…and was crazy happy he could return his wife’s ring to her on Mother’s Day!!!

Lost near Calafia Beach, San Clemente State Beach, 4 Silver Rings in Dry Sand, found using metal detecting service

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)

 


Metal detecting service available to help you. Call or text Stan the Metal Detector Man . 949-500-2136,

*** Lost 4 silver rings near Califia Beach, San Clemente, CA. James contacted me after finding my phone number on a google search for metal detecting service.  We discussed his loss of 4 silver rings in the dry sand two days ago. He had put his 4 rings in his shoes near his beach towel. When he left the beach he just picked up his belongs and walked off the sand.

When he got to the street he checked his shoes for the rings and they were not in the shoes.

James had to work and could not meet me at the location. He marked up a google satellite view screen shot which was all I need to do a grid search.. The next morning I started where he had been sitting, no rings. Then I began a 6 grid line path to the street location where he realized the rings were missing. 60 to 70 yards away from where he had been sitting on the beach. All 4 of the rings were found in a two foot area..

I met James after he got off work to return his rings.. He was amazed that the metal detector was able to find small items. Also happy he didn’t have to miss a days work..

I can help you answer any question or search for your lost keepsake .. I WILL TRY ANYWHERE.. Just call I will be glad to help you.. 949-500-2136

Lost Eight Ring Stack at Waimanalo Beach Park…FOUND!!!

  • from O‘ahu (Hawaii, United States)

This ring find began when I got a call from Ola from Texas who told me her friend Ashley from Michigan lost an eight ring stack in the dry sand at Waimanalo Beach Park.  I checked Google Maps and told Ola I could be there n about 30 minutes.  When I arrived, Ola hailed me from the top of the beach sand berm which was in view from the parking lot.  Ashley explained that her 8 rings were in the pocket of her shorts and as they changed locations on the beach at some point they must have fallen out.  I had the two of them draw in the sand an area that would cover everywhere they had been.  Thankfully, the area was fairly small.  Ola suggested I start on the far end from where we were standing so fired up the Manticore and proceeded towards that area.  On the way, I got a solid tone and there was ring #1.  I heard another target and scooped ring #2.  Ashley was very happy but we had six more to go.  I continued on the grid and about ten feet away detector overload.  Rings #3 through #8 were all in a clump together.  I let Ashley & Ola retrieve them from the scoop.  Two very happy young ladies.  We had a few laughs and hugs and you can see their joy in the picture above.  Aloha to Ashley & Ola!

 

Fob Door Key Lost in Laguna Beach Found with Metal Detecting Equipment

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)

 


I am available to meet you at the location of your lost item call or text Stan the Metal Detector Man.. 949-500-2136 .. We can discuss the process of searching for your keepsake using a metal detector .


*** Bryce and his friends were at Cresent Cove in Laguna Beach, CA.  He had part of key that is removable from the vehicle key fob. Some how it dropped in the sand near where he was sitting in the sand.  It was less than 1/2 inch long and it difficult to find in the fine grain sand.

He called his mother to see if she had a spare key. His mother did not have a spare.

She did call me asking if I was available and if this was something I could find with a metal detector. After assuring her that my detecting equipment can find small metal objects. I agreed to drive to Cresent Cove which is five miles from my location.

Bryce met me on the crowded beach. He had cleared a 20 ft square area where he believed the small piece of key should be. Fifteen minutes later, after falling through my sand scoop several times, the key showed up. Bryce was relieved and surprised that the metal detector found the small piece of key where they had spent hours searching by hand.

 

Lost Urn Pendant Seal Beach, CA. Found Using a Metal Detecting Service

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


I offer a mobile metal detecting service .. If you lost anything in a yard, beach, field or any place a metal detector can be used, Call or Text Stan the Metal Detector Main. 949-500-2136 .. I can answer any questions you need to know.


*** Silvia lost a silver chain with a tree of life pendant. It was actually a cremation necklas sometimes called an urn pendant. Very sentimental to Silvia.

Silvia was on the sand at Seal Beach, CA.  When she realized her silver chain and pendant had come off her neck.

She contacted me soon after the loss. It was a 16 mile drive for me and she agreed to wait so she could show me the general area.

Soon after I arrived we started a search that could be 2 or 3 hours, depending if I started in right area. The area was the size of 4 or 5 basketball courts.. We were lucky, because I randomly decided to start in the center of the search area. The necklace and pendant was found in less than an hour. Silvia was relieved and happy to have her necklace and pendant.

Lost wedding band recovered

  • from Denver (Colorado, United States)
This past weekend I received a call from Kyle after he found my information on theringfinders.com. He had lost his 18 kt gold wedding band while throwing the ball for his dog Moose. He had seen the ring go flying and even seen where it bounced off the concrete patio. He raked the yard, spent time on his hands and knees and even purchased a pinpointer from a large on-line retailer. But his attempts to find the ring were fruitless.
Stephanie Hobbs and I were at his house within an hour of taking his call. We scoured the yard with our detectors, searching some of the area multiple times. Stephanie asked Kyle if he knew his neighbors, thinking that the ring may have flow over or through the fence. He did not know the neighbors well and it appeared they may not be home anyway. Then Stephaie asked if he had a ladder so that we could look over the fence, he only had a stepstool. Due to the lack of height in Stephanie I had to get on the stepstool to peer over the fence. Within a few seconds I spotted the ring laying in the mulch on the neighbor’s side of the fence. I got down off the stepstool and reached under the fence as Kyle guided me, I pulled a hand full of mulch to our side of the fence. That is when Stephanie used her pinpointer to locate the ring. TEAM WORK was the word for the day.
Ring Recovered 2026-05-02

Kyle’s 18 KT gold ring

A happy customer

Lost gold engagement ring with beautiful diamond in Longview, WA. – FOUND!

  • from Vancouver (Washington, United States)

     

Early Sunday morning, I got a call from Connor in Longview, Washington. His wife had lost her wedding ring, and he was hoping I could help track it down.

A couple of days earlier, the two of them had been tossing a football in their front yard when, mid-throw, his wife saw her diamond ring slip off her finger. She watched it catch the light as it sailed through the air before disappearing somewhere in the lawn. Over the next few days, Connor, his wife, and a group of friends searched tirelessly—on their hands and knees, combing through the grass. They even sectioned off the area they believed it landed in and carefully cut the lawn down to the dirt with scissors. When that didn’t work, they bought a metal detector, only to discover it wasn’t as straightforward as they’d hoped.

The yard presented a unique challenge. The ring had been lost near pad-mounted electrical transformer boxes, and the property sat beneath overhead power lines. Between the underground conduit and the electrical interference from above, the detector constantly gave false signals. Thinking the issue might be the equipment, they upgraded to a better model—but the results were the same.

That’s when they found me on RingFinders.

We scheduled a visit for later that day, and my wife, my 10-year-old daughter, and I made the trip out. We began by gridding off the front yard and doing a careful sweep. I adjusted my detector settings several times to compensate for the electrical interference. After covering the most likely areas, I noticed an old project pickup truck sitting near where they had been playing. It had no engine and looked like it hadn’t moved in quite some time.

I asked Connor if we could shift it. He hooked up some tow straps and pulled it forward about 15 feet, giving us access to the ground beneath. Earlier, my wife had tried reaching under it with a pinpointer, but the truck’s metal frame had made it impossible to get a clear signal.

Once the truck was out of the way, I made a few passes over the patch of overgrown grass where it had been sitting. Then—BOOM. A strong, clean signal, shallow and right in the gold range. I bent down, lifted a clump of dried grass—likely tossed there when they had hand cut the lawn with scissors—and there it was. The ring, nestled at the bottom.

I handed it to my wife, who presented it to Connor just as he was finishing parking the truck. The look on his face said everything—pure relief and joy. He was incredibly generous and later left us a kind review that we’ve since added to our testimonials.

As we drove home, I thought about something my daughter had done before we left for Longview on our ring find—she had prayed that we’d find the ring. Well, prayer answered! 🙏

Wedding Ring Recovered at Kailua Beach

  • from Waikīkī Beach (Hawaii, United States)

I got a phone call from a couple who had lost their wedding ring in the water at Kailua Beach. I let them know I needed to adjust my schedule, but I would be on my way to help.

After talking it over with my wife and kids, I packed up my gear and headed out with my son. During the 45-minute drive across Oahu, I gathered as much information as possible—exact location in the water, reference points on the beach, and the time the ring had been lost.

When we arrived, I met up with the couple, and they walked me down to the area where they believed the ring had slipped off. With the sun beginning to drop toward the horizon, I knew we were working against time.

I powered on my XP Deus II metal detector, marked out a search grid in the sand, and made my way into the water.

The conditions were challenging. The water was cold, visibility was limited, and the light was fading quickly. I began my search in the deeper section first, methodically sweeping back and forth. After completing my first pass, I turned and overlapped my path, slowly working my way toward shallower water.

Now in waist-to-chest deep water, I suddenly heard it—a strong, clean tone cutting through the background noise.

That unmistakable signal.

I dug into the sand and lifted my scoop.

There it was.

A beautiful wedding band resting inside.

I reached down, picked it up, and turned toward the shoreline where the couple stood watching anxiously. Holding the ring high, I called out, “I found it!”

Their reaction was immediate—they jumped with joy.

People nearby stopped to watch. As I made my way back to shore, holding the ring up high, the couple ran out to meet me. I placed the ring back into their hands, and in that moment, the relief and happiness were overwhelming.

We shared smiles, gratitude, and a big embrace.

As I looked around, I noticed several beachgoers clapping and smiling, caught up in the moment as well.

What started as a stressful situation ended in pure joy—another successful recovery and another memory saved.

Ritz rose gold wedding band in the scoop, lost ring found Naples

  • from Marco Island (Florida, United States)

The kids were playing in the sand, each incoming wave increasing the urgency of adding to the ever growing sand castle wall.  Oops, wedding band gone, lost who knows where!  Was it where we collected shells, or the wet sand or we played ball in knee high surf?  Well, recommendations simply confirm themselves.  From the hotel activities director to the tiki hut guy they all say “call Mark, it’s only lost until you call!”  The story continues, the ring back on the finger where it belongs!

Ritz Carlton hold