Lost – White Gold Diamond Engagement Ring – Ponce Inlet, FL – FOUND!!!
If you’ve lost a ring or other valuable item in the Daytona Beach, New Smyrna, Ormond area, call Ed at 757-419-0299 for the best chance of having it safely returned to you! Maybe a class ring lost in your back yard years ago…there still may be hope of finding it…give me a call.
On Father’s Day, my wife Myrna and I were planning to go to her cousin’s home, in DeLand, for a family dinner. She was getting ready, while I was tending to my pulled calf muscle; injured not-so gracefully entering the pool in a typical, “this is how we use to do cannon balls,” splash.
Just then, I got a text from Abbey. She said that she was at Ponce Inlet, (just south of Daytona Beach) and had lost her diamond engagement ring in the sand. I knew that this recovery could be challenging if I had to walk much, but I was determined.
When I got to the beach, I met Abbey and her husband Tyler, and their baby boy Banks. They had sectioned off a large square of sand where they had found the wedding ring but not the engagement ring. I could also see lots of hand, finger and scraping marks from their search. I assured them that if the ring was there, I would find it.
I fired up the Minelab Manticore and began the search. I got a faint hit outside of the area but continued to the large square and began scanning. No targets. I asked them if it could be anywhere else or in the water and they replied, no. I went back to the initial hit. It was stronger. As I dug through the sand, deeper than expected, the sunlight hit the diamonds of the gorgeous ring.
Happy Father’s Day Tyler!! Hugs all around! Tyler, Abbey and even the guy in the vehicle south of them came over and gave me a hug! God is good!
Jennifer called to inquire about the possibility of recovering her wedding and engagement ring, that accidently flew off her finger into the water, at the boat dock. As usual I questioned her about exactly what had happened, as well as any information she might know about the water depth, clarity, current, etc. She explained that she had opened the state room door, stepped out onto the finger dock, and was brushing some crumbs off one of the boat cushions, when both rings flew right off her finger, into the dark water below. Jennifer was adamant this was exactly what happened, and confirmed both rings must be pretty much straight down, or possibly under the other boat, or under the finger pier. The water was a workable depth of around 5′ or so, depending on what end of the finger pier I was. Knowing how deep and dark the water was, I had to gather many items to ensure I had what was needed, to make this a successful recovery. Once on location at low tide, the water did average 5′, so that was a good thing. What wasn’t so good was how black and muddy the bottom was, as you can see the nasty black mud in the one picture. after clearing MANY targets, which is common in marina locations, I got a promising signal, that turned out to be Jennifer’s wedding ring. She was quite surprised I was able to find it with all the trash on the bottom. One would figure the other ring would be right near by, but after another 45 minutes, I had no luck. I really didn’t want to throw in the towel, but I was leaving for vacation early the following morning, and had to call it a day. Jennifer was extremely grateful, as I promised her I would return the first chance I had after I got home.