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Lost hearing aid in grass in Deland, Florida found with a metal detector by Florida Ring Finder.

  • 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, in homes…rings, keys, phones, property markers, etc.

Randy called me after losing one of his very expensive hearing aids. Apparently while out walking his dog…along came one of his neighbors with their own dog and the two dogs got into it! In the midst of the chaos Randy felt one of his hearing aids come off of his ear and he tried to reach for it but it fell into the darkness and landed somewhere in the short brown grass. The next day I met Randy and he showed me the area where he lost his hearing aid. I set out four plastic cones and began my systematic grid search…overlapping on each pass to be sure I would not miss such a small target. (Randy had his other hearing aid and my metal detector was able to get a decent signal off of it so I had a really good idea of what sort of signal and the exact numbers to concentrate on…which really helped allot!) About 20 minutes later I got the signal I was looking for and I called Randy over and let him retrieve his lost hearing aid.

Lost something recently or even years ago and need my help? Call or text me ASAP and let’s talk!

It is always a pleasure helping someone in need of a ring finders service. How can I help you?

Mike McInroe…Thankful to God for TRFers

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Avoid metal detector equipment rentals, Del Mar beach Metal detecting expert is here to help!

  • from Carlsbad (California, United States)
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Metal detecting equipment helped find a lost Gold nugget ring at Del Mar beach San Diego. Call or text Curtis Cox 760 889 2751  before it’s too late!  Don’t use cheap rentals or metal detector suppliers!

Here’s another successful recovery at Del Mar beach during the summer of 2025.  A business party was taking place there when a special Gold nugget ring was lost in the dry sand. She sent me the location in plea for help so I headed there immediately. This is a beach too many novel detector hobbyists frequent. Generally a lost ring in dry sand will be dug up & pocketed in less than 1-2 days.

With a good pin & map location she provided I was able to Speed & Focus on metal detecting the probable areas quickly. 5-10 min later I located her special ring & returned it to her trusted friend at the party there.  She was very thankful & thrilled I could help find what could have been lost forever.

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lost engagement ring found in errington bc, 45 min after call.

  • from Parksville (British Columbia, Canada)
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Car key fob lost and found Belleville Ontario

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Received a message from Brianna about her husband having lost a whole bunch of keys, including their car key fob, while clearing a drive way with a snowblower. His key chain broke while clearing snow the night before. Met up with her and she confirmed she was missing a car key fob and an appartement key fob as well. After looking at where the snow had been thrown in the yard by snowblower, I started detecting/gridding the area and soon found a couple set of keys that she wasn’t even aware went missing. Eventually, 2 key fobs and 2 set of keys were recovered. Disaster averted and another happy ending. Life is good!

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Lost Sterling Silver Thumbprint Ring Found in Wooster, Ohio!

  • from Wooster (Ohio, United States)
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Saturday morning I woke up to a missed call and text from Chris. The text said he had lost a ring in Wooster, Ohio and asked if I’d be interested in helping him recover it. I messaged him immediately and he called me right back. His wife had been cleaning snow off her car the night before and the ring flung off. He explained that the ring had tremendous sentimental value, as they had lost their son a few years back and this was a memory ring they’d had made through the funeral home with their son’s thumbprint on it. They had searched the car and the immediate area, but no luck. He called around to several friends to inquire if anyone had a metal detector and then he did a little searching online and found The Ring Finders. Within the hour we arrived at Chris’s house. He showed us where she’d been parked the night before and we got to work. There was a lot of interference, with the driveway, porch steps and a drainage pipe all within the tight search area. After the first couple of swings, I switched my Deus to a modified “fast” program and within two minutes I located the ring about two feet from the driveway and two inches from the drainage pipe! Chris rushed in to get his wife, who did not know we had found it yet. She came out to the garage and, as he was introducing us, I handed her the ring. The look on her face was priceless as she grasped the ring and held it to her chest, thanking us. This is why we do what we do! That look, that moment…there is nothing like it! The whole thing (from initial contact to handing her the ring) took less than an hour, but that moment will last forever!

The ring as found!The ring!The ring and its owner!

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57 Year old Engagement Ring Found in Seaweed on Reef

  • from Paihia (New Zealand)
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On Sunday, Margaret was snorkelling at Maitai Bay when she felt her wedding ring catch on her knuckle. As she reseated it, she realised her engagement ring of 57 years had already slipped off into the water.

With heavy hearts, the family returned home, leaving the ring somewhere out in the water.

The next day, Margaret’s daughter visited a jewellers in Kerikeri who suggested she contact me.
I got the call, loaded the water-hunting gear into the car, and headed north to Maitai Bay.

Sarah, Margaret’s daughter, met me there and we went to the spot where they’d been snorkelling — a small rocky bay with crystal-clear, calm water and a steady stream of snorkellers coming and going. Fortunately, the sandy bottom and tidal surges meant the ring was likely buried and hidden from sight.

After my usual “20 questions” with Sarah to narrow down the highest-probability areas, it was clear there was a 50:50 chance I’d need to return with scuba gear. If the ring was in deeper water, at least it would be safe from the many beady eyes peering down from the surface.
While Sarah and her brother searched by snorkelling nearby, I began a systematic detector search. Time passed and Sarah eventually had to head off, leaving me to continue into the afternoon.

A couple of hours later, after expanding the search area, I was ferreting around in the kelp along the edge of the reef and, under the kelp, nestled in a small crevice in the rock, was the gold and diamond ring.

It had likely slipped off when Margaret was either climbing onto, or off, a small rock for a rest.

The next day, I met the family in Kerikeri and had the pleasure of handing the ring back to Margaret.
As a bonus, her granddaughter had made me a beautiful thank-you card, which has now joined the others on the shelf above my desk

   

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Heirloom Wedding Ring Recovered from Estuary at Pataua

  • from Paihia (New Zealand)
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Robyn rang me, pretty upset. Her husband had just lost his wedding ring while swimming in the estuary at Pātaua. It had slipped off just a few hours earlier, but by the time she called, the tide was already well on its way in putting it out of reach.

We had two choices: wait until morning and search in daylight, or hit the road straight away and catch the next low tide at midnight.
I didn’t have anything planned that night, and Robyn and her husband were keen to do whatever it took to get the ring back. So I loaded the car and started the two-hour drive south.

I arrived at about half tide at 9:30pm, and the outgoing current was… impressive!
The plan was to work the shallows first, then move gradually deeper as the tide eased and the current dropped. Wearing both of my dive weight belts — I normally only use one 35kg belt, but together they put me at around 50kg of lead — I staggered into the water and began the search pattern.

I was covering ground faster than expected and easily keeping ahead of the falling water level. Soon I was chest-deep, leaning hard into the current with my toes dug into the sand downstream.
Fighting the current was relentless — Much harder than a surf recovery. At least in the surf you get a slight break between waves.
I was right on the balance point of traction vs current when I heard a clean gold tone in the headphones.
I had absolutely no spare weight to transfer to the scoop, and I was starting to slide and lose grip in the shelly bottom. Getting swept downstream was becoming a real risk, so discretion won.

The target wasn’t going anywhere. If things went south, I didn’t want the added work of later trying to find my ditched weightbelts as well.
I took a few transit bearings in the moonlight to mark the spot, then carefully worked my way back to shore to wait.

It didn’t take long before the level had dropped 6″ or so, enough to have another shot.
I waded back out and lined myself up again. The current was still strong, but that little bit less depth made all the difference.
Within minutes I’d relocated the target and managed to force the scoop into position against the flow. First bite – and silence from the coil. It was in the scoop.

I waded back into the shallows, washed the sand out of the basket, and there it was, in the torchlight: a gold ring sitting on the shells in the corner.

Robyn and Lars were rapt – and I think still half in disbelief.

I finally got home around 1am and crawled into bed completely exhausted.

Worth it.

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SCUBA Recovery of Wedding Ring off beach

  • from Paihia (New Zealand)
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“The ring is gone forever.”
That’s what most people assume.

After 38 years of metal detecting, I’ve learned that “lost forever” is seldom true.

Tracy posted on Facebook asking for someone with a metal detector, and the community pointed her my way. Her husband Jason had been swimming at Coopers Beach and returned to shore without his wedding ring.
Not just any ring – it had been made from the melted-down wedding rings of Tracy’s late father and grandfather. Completely irreplaceable.

We met at the 5:30am low tide next day. Jason showed me where he entered the water and the buoy he’d swum out to. The search area was huge. Recent inwards sand movement let me wade a long way out, so I focused on clearing the bulk of the area before further sand movement.

Hours passed. My pouch filled with fishing sinkers and wisps of foil from long-corroded beer cans. 47 targets dug, no ring.
Jason thanked me for trying – but I wasn’t finished.

I returned for the evening tide. Two more hours. Still nothing.

Day 2: Jason organised some SCUBA mates. While they searched near the buoy, I extended my search lines. More junk. By now I’d cleared the water out to 1.6m deep (nostril depth!) — it was becoming a dive job.

The next day, after a quick 5-minute ring recovery nearby, nothing special to warrant a writeup, I closed off the final wading area for Jason – in my normal clothes as I didn’t have my togs with me. Two more hours confirmed it, the ring was in SCUBA territory.
Conditions were perfect this morning. Jason provided kayak cover while I laid search lines on the seabed. This is when experience matters – the buoy chain alignment showed the buoy had shifted about 90° since the ring was lost. With ±10m of chain on the bottom and sustained northerlies immediately prior to when Jason had his swim, the target area was now focused to the south of the buoy.
I adjusted the pattern and worked the southern arc, a very large eagle ray cruised out of the murk, curious, then pivoted 180° and disappeared again.
Then, a low « double-thud » in the headphones. I know this sound well!

I fanned the sand away, and sitting in the bottom of the resulting depression about 10cm under the sand, yellow gold flashed in the sunlight.
Doing my best Arthurian legend « Lady of the Lake » moment, I surfaced holding the ring up at arms length in front of Jason. His reaction said it all, however, I can’t repeat the actual words here!

I still had ‘housework’ to do down below, bringing in the lines and the ring stayed clipped to a carabiner until we were safely ashore.
Back at the beach, the relief when Jason slid it back on his finger was immense.

Moments like this never get old.

And my near-perfect hit rate continues.

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Water Search for 3 day Old Wedding Ring at Midnight

  • from Paihia (New Zealand)
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Can you imagine losing your brand new, 3-day old platinum wedding ring?
That’s exactly what Palm did at Whale Bay near Matapouri in New Zealand, and he and his wife Rosa were desperate to find it!
Every sentimental ring has memories attached to it, gathered over the years. Some, like Palm’s 3-day old platinum wedding ring, start collecting their stories early!

His wife, Rosa, phoned me the other evening asking if I could help after Palm lost his ring at Whale Bay. They were desperate— after all, it had only been on his finger for three days, and they were going to be leaving the area in two…

I made arrangements to head down after work the following evening and target the midnight low tide. They drove out to meet me at 9pm, and we made the long trek to Whale Bay – it’s a long walk wearing 30kg of weightbelt!

Palm said he had been « neck deep, » so the ring was likely below the low tide mark. I checked where they had been sitting and the intertidal zone first. Nothing. So I pulled out the water kit and started the search in the shallows, progressively working my way out into deeper water.
Whale Bay is thankfully fairly devoid of metallic litter, so the few junk targets of old fishing reel pieces and 5 cent coins got my heart racing… but it went double time when a visitor joined me in the water!

I typically don’t use a torch for beach searches at night, preferring to hunt in the dark and don’t do deep wades at night in summer, having been ‘bumped’ a couple of times in the past. It always makes the heart skip when sharks seemingly teleport out of nowhere, even in daylight. I was about chest deep when I saw the phosphorescence in the water light up in a cloud as it slid past—about 1.5 to 2 metres long. The torch went on and I watched it turn and come back. It wasn’t that lovely copper colour of a Bronzie (I don’t mind those guys, they’re just big puppies) but the indigo/blue of a Mako.

I stopped and watched it for a few seconds as it cruised past again and slid off back into the darkness. When it came back again, I seriously considered cancelling the search, but the pectoral fins were still held level, indicating it wasn’t in an aggressive mood, and it vanished again for good. It must have been just cruising through and was curious what was making the noise. With the adrenaline wearing off, and well past where Palm would have been, I decided the ring wasn’t out in the water.

Wading ashore, there was one area left unsearched: the beach section between where they had been sitting and the high water mark. I worked the first search line up past where Rosa and Palm were still sitting patiently in the dark, nothing was said – I could sense their hopes fading.
To ensure I maintained 100% coverage, I moved a large branch that Palm had placed the previous day to mark where they had been… and as the coil swung over the depression in the sand, I heard the sound that only a wayward platinum wedding ring could make. Palm had put the branch directly on top of it!

I turned the detector off and walked over to them. Still believing it was in the water, they looked up, resigned to it being lost—until I held the ring out to Palm!
It takes an extremely happy man to bear-hug a saturated detectorist.

Now, that walk back out with the weight belt… Why are beaches always at the bottom of hills?

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Silver Rings Lost in the Sand at the Montage Resort, Laguna Beach, CA.

  • from Newport Beach (California, United States)
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Metal Detector Man called to Search for 4 silver rings in the sand a crowded Laguna Beach Resort location .. Call or text Stan .. 949-500-2136 if you need help.
** Linda had returned home in Corona, CA. after a day at the Montage Resort, Laguna Beach, CA. That’s when  she realized her 4 silver rings were missing. Linda  knew that her rings were on her towel at the beach. Now, that she was 40 miles from the beach it would be difficult to return. Also, she was aware that finding small items in the sand is difficult.

She contacted me after finding my information online. Her description of where she had been was easy for me to find without her having to drive the 80 mile round trip.

I located her most important ring 15 minutes after arriving on the beach. It took another hour and a half to wait for all the people watching the sunset to leave the area. The other 3 rings did not show.  I sent a photo of the ring to Linda and she was understanding  ( somebody probably found the other rings) . The good thing was, the ring I found was the most important ring. She was very happy that I was able to help her.

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