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A SURPRISE GIFT FROM CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR JANET NGUYEN DISTRICT 36th.

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)

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.  I got a text from a person that I had helped find a personal piece of jewelry. It was an invitation to meet at an office address in Huntington Beach, CA. to pick up a gift. I showed up and realized it was the office of California’s state senator, Janet Nguyen representing the 36th senate  district of California. 

I was presented with a certificate of recognition for helping people. What a great honor and such a surprise. It just goes to show me, I never know what is going to happen next. Just wanted to share this with people that follow my blog.

The 36th senate district of California is:  

Cities of Orange County .. Seal Beach, Buena Park, Cypress, Los Alamitos, Stanton, Westminister, Rossmoor, La Palma, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Dana Point, Fountain Valley, San Clemente, and areas of Los Angeles County including .. Artesia, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens. Representing over 1,000.000 people.

Lost Ring at Tokerau, Found in the sea

  • from Paihia (New Zealand)
Back up to Tokerau Beach, NZ, for a wedding ring in the tide this time.
Nathan was playing with his daughter in waist deep water, throwing her up and catching her.
As he released her, he saw his wedding ring come off and drop into the water. They searched for some time before accepting the ring was lost.
Back on shore, Nathan took a bearing and paced out an approximate distance to where he thought it was- then gave me a call.
I arrived for the evening low tide, waded out and got to work to find his lost wedding ring.
The sand leveled out below low tide mark, so « waist deep » went out about 50m or so – A huge potential area.
I had searched the indicated area by the time failing light and tide forced me out. Regrettably I advised Nathan that I had been unsuccessful, with nothing more than a handful of lead sinkers and rusty hooks in the pouch.
But I don’t walk away easily…
Up at 4am, I was back in the tide just after 5 – sharing the shallows with the dorsal fins of a dozen Rig sharks, focused on their own search for crabs as the night gave way to dawn.
I reviewed the search area of the previous day and decided that I was generally happy that had the ring been there, I would have likely found it.
I decided to extend the search area.
After about 2Hrs using various search patterns, I got a distinct ‘double thump’ of a shallow target, some 20m from the original area.
I lifted the scoop, sifted the sand out in the water and heard that ‘jangle’ that tells me – Job Done.
I think I woke Nathan up when I phoned him, « I’ve got something of yours here… »
It didn’t take him long to get down to the beach!
If you lose an item at the beach, make a note of where you are. Line up two landmarks, even better, line up another two at right angles to the first. Then give me a call, and I’ll do my utmost to get it back to you.

Lost Gold Bangle at Tokerau, Found with Metal Detector

  • from Paihia (New Zealand)

Cayla was enjoying the summer playing with her young daughter in the shallows at Tokerau Beach,  soon realising that the special gold bangle had slipped off her toddlers wrist.

Her partner did all the right things by marking above the high tide mark where they were on the beach and called me straight away, time is always against us with ocean recoveries…

As soon as I got his message I gave my apologies to family, loaded the kit in the car and headed off on the 90km drive to Doubtless Bay.

We arrived at the beach only to find that out of the available 13km of beach, a family had parked a half dozen utes right on top of ground zero. Cayla persuaded them to relocate one of them in a prime area so I could search.

A few false starts with beer can pull tabs and a couple of longline fishing traces (removing several hooks out of the sand in the process) and I had reached the utes.

I changed the direction of the grid to start working parallel to the vehicles to maximise coverage before we needed to ask a little firmer if they wouldn’t mind shuffling along a bit.  On the first run at the outer line of the first pattern, I got a clear and shallow signal.

My fingers dipped into the wet sand and lifted the tiniest most delicate gold bracelet.

I turned and held it up to Cayla and Scott who were a few metres away, smiles all round.

 

Lost Pendant Found in Lincoln RI

  • from Woonsocket (Rhode Island, United States)
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On November 15, 2023, I received a call from Allison, who lost a beautiful onyx pendant while visiting Chase Farm in Lincoln.  She decided to search the internet for help and found my information.  She asked for my help to find her lost pendant.  The next day, I met her at the farm where she had lost the pendant.  It was a large area.  Allison told me that her chain broke and showed me two different areas of the farm where the pendant could be. I search the first area and didn’t find the pendant.  After searching the second area with no success, I started thinking that someone may have found it already.  That’s when I decided to expand the search beyond these two areas, and I found the pendant.  Frequently, lost items are not in the area where you think they are lost, and you have to search outside the box.  It’s a good thing I did.  As you can see, Allison was delighted to have the pendant back.

Lost Gold Wedding Ring Found in Rehoboth MA

  • from Woonsocket (Rhode Island, United States)
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I received a call from Dick, who told me he had lost his gold wedding band while doing some work in his yard.  The ring was lost while he was putting up a temporary fence around an area of the lawn that had just been seeded in order to keep their sweet dog out of the area.  After the fence was installed, Dick realized that he had lost his wedding ring in the process.  He decided to search the internet for help, and that’s when he found me.  When I arrived at Dick’s house, he showed me the area where he had installed the fence.  I searched the area for about an hour and found Dick’s ring.  He couldn’t believe that it had been recovered.  Dick, and his wife of over 40 years, were very happy that the ring was back on his hand where it belonged.

 

Daughters Tattoos Symbolizes Ring Recovery and Return Number 220

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)

As Ring Finders, we’ve all received those frantic calls asking for help to locate a lost “very” sentimental item (ring, necklace, bracelet, etc.). We’ve also experienced the happy returns with handshakes, big bear hugs, and laughs. And more times than not, we’ve watched those big tears running down cheeks, including our own sometimes. We also have those returns, for one reason or another that we’ll never forget.

This return happened in August 2023 when I found and returned my 220th item, which happened to be a lady’s wedding band. It started with a mother and her two daughters having a girl’s vacation at the beach. The mother was in the ocean and was knocked over by a wave. Knowing what that ring meant to their mother, the daughters contacted me. I was fortunate enough to find it and get it back on the finger it belonged on in pretty quick fashion. And oh yes, there was all the excitement, scream, hugs and tears with the return. It was a moment to remember!

Yesterday, just shy of 3 months I got a text saying, “Jim, I’m super sorry to bother you. But a couple months ago you found my mom’s wedding ring in the sand. My sister and I were so happy. I think you told my sister that we were number 220 of finds for you. We are going to get a tattoo and I just want to verify that our number is in fact 220. Is that something you are able to do for me?” I verified it for her, and she thanked me. I also asked her for a picture of her tattoo, and she agreed. Today I got the picture. I asked her what it meant to her, her sister and their mother to get the ring back. Here’s her response – “Let’s see what finding that ring meant to my family…. everything. Memories of a lifetime. From my parents dating and living the “easy” life to a marriage of 42 years! From the fights to the hugs, from the late nights out to the late nights up with kids. It’s a symbol of strength and promise. A promise that your life will not go unseen because I’ll be by your side through it all. So, to some it may be a ring, but it is so much more of family life wrapped in that ring.”

This is one of my returns I will never forget!

Jim

Gold wedding band from Argentina found on Florida beach. Naples

  • from Marco Island (Florida, United States)

While vacationing and spending his final day with wife and kids on the beach in Florida before getting ready to return to Argentina, Nicholas suddenly noticed that his gold wedding band had slipped off his finger.  He did the right thing, said a prayer, for “it’s only lost until you call.”  Another prayer answered,  thanks be to God!!!

Lost gold wedding band found at Vanderbilt beach in naples florida

The ring that didn’t get away Vacationing on Hilton Head SC.

  • from Hilton Head Island (South Carolina, United States)

Tom was relaxing on his balcony while enjoying the beautiful weather on Hilton Head Island. Toms wedding band was irritating him slightly and he placed his ring on his pinky finger. While Tom was relaxing, he fiddled with his ring and felt it slip off his pinky finger, as he went to grab the ring it dropped from sight. A second later he heard the distinctive sound of a piece of metal hitting a tin roof. Tom and others searched for quite sometime before he felt it maybe gone forever. Tom came across theringfinders and sent me a text. I couldn’t get there that day and set it up for a few days later. Finally, Tom and I met up and he showed me the area where his balcony is, and I immediately began asking questions. Tom had told me this would be his second lost wedding band if not found. His first lost ring was let’s say completely unrecoverable. Well, I wasn’t about to let this happen!!!

Based on all the questions I asked, I guesstimated a potential spot where it may have landed. I fired up the Deus 2 and set my settings. My second pass went over a solid 86 tone. I swung it a couple more times as I thought nah, this isn’t it…… and as I did, I moved the pine needles and seen the distinct glint of gold………………………..BANG BABY! I looked up at Tom and said, found it ! It literally took me 10 seconds; Tom was extremely relieved, and happy. This one didn’t get away!!!!

 

Yard Work Ring Recovery

Another happy Customer! Bill was doing yard work around his yard in Manhattan KS as we all do this time of year when he realized his ring was no longer on his finger. Bill reached out and asked if I could assist in locating his missing ring. Showed up and within an hour i picked up a promising signal in the grass. Quick use of my Minelab pin pointer and low
and behold, I recovered his ring.

Lost Ring in Manhattan KS found

Man holds found Ring by Kansas relics and Recovery

Testimonial From Anji G.

  • from Marble Falls (Texas, United States)

« I want to express my sincere gratitude to Tom for his kindness and generosity in retrieving my iPhone 13 from a canal on Lake LBJ. My phone had been lost for 45 days, and I had already accepted that I would have to replace it. However, after finding Tom on Facebook, he offered to help me find it. He spent over 30 minutes searching for it with equipment and diving gear. He even had to add 30 pounds of weight to anchor himself down in the 4-5 feet of murky water to feel around in the algae and gunk to finally find my phone.

I am so grateful to Tom. The phone amazingly works perfectly after drying it out. I would highly recommend his services to anyone who has lost a valuable item in the water. He is a very kind and generous person, and he is truly dedicated to helping others. »