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Handmade Wedding Ring Found in Vermont

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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8/8/25

Got a voicemail on Thursday from a lady who had lost her wedding ring about 10 days earlier. It was lost somewhere in a Summer camp “village” on the shore of Lake Champlain. She wasn’t worried about someone walking off with it because it’s a small, private area where everybody knows each other, so we made plans for me to go search on the weekend.

Her ring was very special not only because it was her wedding band, but also because her husband had made it for her!

So, I went there this morning, met some of her family and a lot of nice, helpful people. She was back home out of state and couldn’t be here today. I searched the 2 areas where she thought she may have lost it, near a swing set and in the water near the dock, with no luck. So, I decided to expand and search the likely foot routes she may have walked around the village. After about 3 hours, I needed to think about stopping, because of pain from an ailment I’m dealing with. Then the perfect signal happened! I moved the grass and pressed fully into the dirt was a gold ring. I dug it out, cleaned it off and called her with the good news. I guess a car or truck must have drove over it, but it was fine.

I’ll be able to give it to her soon when she returns for another visit.

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Wisconsin Lost Wedding band Recovered St. Croix River

  • from Twin Cities Metro (Minnesota, United States)
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A young man and his family went to the St. Croix river for a day at the beach. While out in approx. 6 feet of water, he felt something hit his hand (he assumes it was a fish) and he felt his gold wedding band slip off his finger. He dove down and searched to no avail. This is a generational ring that has been in his family for decades. He remembered talking with a family member who went to Florida on vacation and lost his ring in the ocean. A ring finder from theringfinders.com website helped him recover that ring. So, without hesitation he got on his iPhone and searched theringfinders.com website and called me. As it was getting late in the day and the ring being lost at the depth of 6 feet, we planned for a dive/search the next day. With a ring being lost at a depth over 5 feet, the chances of a novice rogue metal detectorist finding it are zero. We met, discussed the area and I suited up. He went out and stood in the area to give me a reference point to focus on. After cleaning out the area for about 10 minutes and no luck, we decided to move in towards shore just a bit, still over 5 feet depth. Right away I received a strong solid hit on my Excalibur detector, I brushed away the top layer of sand and there shined that sold gold band. The water in this river is surprisingly clear which is always a plus while diving.

Congrats on your ring and thanks for contacting theringfinders.com – We all truly care about getting that lost valuable back where it belongs!!!

Darrin

 

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Extremely Sentimental Gold Wedding Ring Lost In The Ogunquit Maine Sand, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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After finding and returning a lost necklace, with two pendants, in Ogunquit, Maine, Cheryl and I returned home. It wasn’t a half hour after returning home, when I received the following message, that also included three photos,

“I lost a gold knot ring on Ogunquit Beach yesterday. It is inscribed inside with 4/13/1975. Here are pics where we were sitting.”
I immediately replied,

“Hi Kristine, I am so sorry to hear this.
“I literally just returned from Ogunquit, Maine. I found a lost necklace and pendants, for a young lady.
Were you in the water or dry sand? I can’t tell where this is, from the photos. I have only been down near the Norseman Resort. Is this near the Norseman Resort?
Kristine replied,

“Hello. The ramp going down to the beach from parking lot just before the handicap spaces. We were in the left of the ramp a few feet in front of the rocks. It was the dry sand. In the pic with the women in white looking at the sand was where we were located We were far right if the Norseman off the parking lot. Is this enough info? If you plan on going back I can meet you there. I am here another night but will be going back to Mass sometime tomorrow
Kris”

I then sent Kristine a photo and I circled two ramps and asked her to identify which ramp is the one she was at. She replied that it was the one I had circled in red. I asked her if she could meet me there and that I would leave right now. Kristine said she would meet me there. Now when a ring is missing, in a public space, time is of the essence. Especially in the dry sand on beaches. The area Kristine had been in is very heavily metal detected and I was praying no one had found it yesterday, or this morning. Any beach goer could also have found it already, also. I needed to get there, asap. I also asked Kristine if she saw or felt the ring coming off. Her reply

“I think it was when I took it off to put lotion on and then place it in a pouch. The odd thing was I also had 2 other rings that I took off and they made it into the pouch. I did not feel it fall. Yes been praying to St Anthony 🙏?”

As I arrived back, to Ogunquit Maine, I called Kristine and told her I had just arrived, she told me that she was stuck in traffic and was still 10 minutes out. I told Kristine that I would start searching, without her and if I was in the wrong location, she could let me know, when she arrived. Cheryl and I immediately went down the ramp and the area was still packed with people. There was an area no one was in and it looked just like the photo, that Kristine had sent me. As I was getting my detector ready, I explained to the people, in the area, that I was searching for a very sentimental lost ring. Everyone was very understanding and asked if I needed them to move. I told them they didn’t need to move just yet, as I would search the area, no one was in. If I was unable to find the ring, I would have Kristine show me the exact area, once she arrived in approximately 10 minutes. As I started my search, I found a dime, on the first grid line. I took a half step towards the parking lot, I started my grid line search. About 3 steps in, I heard a very loud target, through the headphones. I took my pinpointer out of my pouch and located the target. As I brushed the sand away m I saw a Big Gold Ring, with a knot design on it. I couldn’t believe I just found Kristine’s ring as everyone in the area started clapping and cheering for me. Unbelievable. The only area I could search and I had the ring, before Kristine had even arrived. I asked everyone not to say anything to Kristine when she arrived because I wanted to surprise her. They all agreed.
Kristine arrived a few moments later and I asked her if I was in the right area. When Kristine turned around, to survey the area, I pulled the ring out and held it up. When Kristine turned around she saw the ring and her hand went to her heart and I could see her eyes getting watery. Applause broke out from the surrounding people and smiles were everywhere. Kristine explained that her husband had passed away 7 years earlier and that she had taken her wedding ring, her husband’s wedding ring and had them melted together. The jeweler then designed the Knot Ring, with their wedding date engraved, on the inside of the ring, 4-13-75. This meant that they would be entwined for eternity. Now Cheryl, myself and others around us were getting teary eyed. Kristine’s friend told us that Kristine was just sick to her stomach about losing this ring and had not slept much, the night before. Kristine even talked to her husband, through prayer and told him she was sorry to have lost their wedding rings. Wow, What a story and I am so happy to have been able to find this extremely sentimental ring. As I always say, every ring has a story and now I am part of the story. I could not be happier or more proud, to have been able to be there for Kristine. 😀❤️🙏

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Football Fling in Ocean Results in Lost Ring – Found and Returned

  • from Emerald Isle (North Carolina, United States)
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NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH, NC                                                                            By Crystal Coast Ring Finders
Adam’s wife shared a heartfelt plea on social media, asking for help in finding Adam’s wedding band, which had been lost in the water. By the time I had enough information to begin the search, they had already returned to Ohio. They estimated the ring was about 40-50 yards out from the beach, and my search confirmed they were right. After covering a span of five houses while water hunting, I finally hit a good signal. As I lifted my sand scoop from the waist-deep water and the sand sifted out, there it was—Adam’s ring nestled among a few shells. Some ladies watching my gear from the shoreline were amazed when I found it. Adam’s ring was one of two white gold wedding bands I recovered that day. I mailed his ring back to Ohio and waited for a photo of Adam with the ring back on his finger. Though Adam had some bad luck, falling ill after the vacation, he was healing when his son captured the moment of his dad wearing the ring again. I’m grateful to the family for trusting me to recover and return such a meaningful item!

#northtopsailbeach, #crystalcoast, #xpfinds

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Gold ring lost whilst playing rounders

  • from Kent (England, United Kingdom)
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I had a call from Grace who had lost her precious gold ring whilst throwing a ball during a game of rounders with friends.
I met up with Grace, and by looking at photos that had been taken during the game , we managed to narrow down where the ring should be laying , and about 5 minutes later my Manticore detecter got a solid repeatable signal , and a very happy and relieved Grace was reunited with her extremely precious gold ring.

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I said it can’t be…. Mrs. Said perhaps..

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Last week I received an SMS regarding a lost ring in the Côte d’Azur area of southern France. How would I have known this would be my MOST complicated venture. I made arrangements to drive nearly 3 hrs each way to search for a not-so-valuable wedding band but it had sentimental value . Simple so far, right? When I go that far, I often take a 2nd detector just in case I have problems. When I finally reached the location, I had problems finding a parking spot but finally found one a few blocks away. However, after donning my wet suit, etc., I noticed that my main detector had a broken disk mount …ouch! Well, that leaves my secondary detector.  However, when removing my back up detector, I found the headphone bracket was broken…darned!  Not willing to quit, I took this detector with the intent to use only one earphones. When I entered the water, I heard strange noise and realized that I had not “sealed” the box properly and the detector was damaged beyond repair. I had to apologize and drive 3 hrs home. The client asked if I could return “tomorrow “…UGH (another 6 hrs round trip). I said OK and went home and mounted my large coil. I returned the next day and searched the specific area that the customer said the ring was POSITIVELY lost…NOTHING. Since I had driven so far, I decided to search other areas in the same beach.  There wasn’t much but I did find a questionable ring about 25+ft away. Oh well. I phoned the customer to say the search was unsuccessful. After returning home, my wife inspected the ring determined that “perhaps” this was the customer’s ring even though it was found quite a distance from the reported loss. My wife followed up with the customer via SMS and sent photos. The customer believed that the ring was his. We sent the ring from France to the customer in England last week and today the customer confirmed the ring was received AND was the one he lost. Apparently the ring has a long history and now has something more to add to it’s history.

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Wedding Ring Found In Front Yard, Perry, MI

  • from Holland (Michigan, United States)
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Christopher and Jenna just moved into their new house in the country and Jenna was doing some gardening around the pine trees bordering the driveway. She put her ring in her pocket and then started to pull some weeds from around the pine trees. Then she went for a ride on the go-kart around the yard with the kids. After all of this activity her ring was missing from her pocket. Hoping she did not lose it on the go-kart, I started searching around the pine trees. Getting close to the last two trees I spot something shiny in the grass and swing the coil across it getting the sweet sound of gold to confirm it is the ring. I go to the house and get Christopher to come out and pick up the prize. 10 years of marriage and we just made their day a little brighter.

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Gold Necklace With 2 Gold Pendants, Lost In The Ogunquit Beach, Maine Sand, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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As Cheryl and I were out running errands, this morning, I received the following text

“Hi we are in Ogunquit Beach my son’s girlfriend lost a necklace yesterday evening do you come this far? Tide came in overnight but didn’t hit where we were sitting I looked this morning again”
I replied

“Hi, So sorry to hear this. I do go to Ogunquit, Maine: Beautiful Place by the Sea.
So was the necklace lost in the dry sand, along the high tide mark?
A concern would be that necklaces don’t immediately sink into the sand, like a ring. They have too much surface area to sink, unless stepped on. If it were laying on the surface, anyone could have seen it.
Another concern would be other metal detectorists at the beach. The area is heavily detected.
Which area of the beach? Near the Norseman Resort?”

Mary Ellen replied,
“It was down the beach near the 1st bridge marker 3
Dry sand was on her towel and she didn’t realize it and picked up her towel after getting out of water. Yes, right near the edge of the the high tide mark and yes we were concerned someone just picked it up. We did go down last evening right after she realized it was missing and looked around. I was looking for someone with a detector this morning. I do see them down there a lot but no luck. It had a pennant and gold chain ”

Mary Ellen and I then made plans to meet me at Ogunquit, Maine. I would park at her sister’s condo and her sister, Julie would walk me down to the area where the necklace and pendants were lost. Cheryl and I arrived and were met by Julie, Julie walked us down over the bridge, past the Norseman Resort, Tidal Suites-On Ogunquit Beach, Maine, lifeguard stand and volleyball court area. Julie saw Mary Ellen’s husband standing at the spot, where the necklace and pendants were lost. Mary Ellen, her son Josh and Josh’s girlfriend, Simi, were not there. So, Without hesitation, I was shown the area the family had been at the previous day. No more than a 10’ X 10’ area. I turned the detector on and demonstrated how the detector works, to Julie and Mary Ellen’s husband. I had brought a gold necklace and pendant, dropped it onto the sand, to demonstrate that it wouldn’t completely disappear. It didn’t disappear and you could still see approximately 1/2 of the necklace. I then ran my coil, over the necklace so that they could see and hear, what I was looking for. Once the calibration and demonstration were over, I told Julie that I would start a grid search from the high tide water line, towards the dunes for about 10’, turn around and grid search, on the way back. I had taken 2 steps forward and received my first signal. It wasn’t a great sounding target, very scratchy sounding and a 21 on the VDI screen. I put my hand into the sand and found nothing. Hand in the sand again and again nothing. I was thinking it was a small piece of aluminum or foil. Since it was a non ferrous target, I then took my pinpointer out and located the target. As I wiped the sand away, I caught a glimpse of something Gold. I then saw a very thin necklace attached to a gold pendant. I literally just found the lost necklace, in 15 seconds of actual search time. I couldn’t believe it and picked the necklace up and both Julie and her brother in law were in disbelief, as he triumphantly raised his hands. He then called Mary Ellen, to tell him the good news. Mary Ellen, Josh and Simi were on their way down the beach and Josh started running to us, when he heard the news of the necklace and pendants being found. When Josh saw the necklace and pendant he was smiling ear to ear, as was Simi and Mary Ellen, when they arrived, a few moments later. The mood was jovial and I was being thanked, over and over. I asked Simi if there were any sentimental ties to the necklace and pendants being found she told me that the Necklace and Cross Pendant, were a Christmas gift, from her parents. The rectangular and heart pendant was a gift, from Josh, at their 18 month anniversary. I would say they were very sentimental. I was just so happy for Simi and Josh, as they were just beaming with happiness, the the necklace was once again on Simi’s neck.
A little while later I received a text from Mary Ellen. She texted

“Thank you!! I am so glad I texted you this morning
Also You’re welcome!
Broke my heart when Simi was crying last night so glad it was found .”

I am also very happy, to have turned Simi’s tears, into a bright smiling face. No better feeling than reuniting others, with a lost item they thought was lost forever. 😀❤️🙏

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Pictures From A Day At The Beach Leads To Lost Gold Wedding Band Being Found On Very Wide Beach

  • from Emerald Isle (North Carolina, United States)
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Emerald Isle, NC

Anne messaged Crystal Coast Ring Finders. She explained she may have lost a gold ring on the beach. She removed her ring and placed it in a backpack. They used the backpack to bike ride a few miles up to a nearby park. The next morning, I met Anne very early and we proceeded to the location. Anne lost the ring two days prior and tried to locate the ring while raking the sand surface the day after she lost it. Upon arrival, I could still see where she searched and started my hunt over that area. Unfortunately, I did not find anything except a few pieces of garbage metal. I asked Anne if anyone took any pictures of the area and this was the key to figure out exactly where they had set up during the beach visit. I began searching more to the Southwest. My XP Deus II locked onto a very loud signal. Seconds later, Anne’s custom made green gold wedding band was back in the sunlight.

Thank you Mabel (Anne’s young pup) for the assistance and entertainment!

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Yarmouth, MA via Alaska to Find a Hearing Aid by Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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August 5, 2025: Yesterday afternoon my home phone rang and the number showed up on my TV. 907 is an Alaska area code, I had to find out about the caller and answered the call. As the call started about a loss and need for help, I was ready to pack and head for Alaska. I had been in Alaska back in the 1980’s and enjoyed every day there. The call went on about Kenneth’s mother, Virginia, loosing a hearing aid while doing some yard work. Though I was not lucky enough to have to go to search in Alaska, but rather in my town of Yarmouth, MA.

So far this year I have a 100% success rate for finding lost hearing aids – two of them. For now, after the phone call I would call Virginia in the morning and arrange to search for the hearing aid that would spend the evening in the garden. OK, all set 9:30am and the search will begin. Virginia, a bit older than I am but really sharp and very interesting to talk with from her life in Alaska working on the pipe line, sky diving with her grandson on his 16th birthday wish of her grandson, getting caught overnight between two avalanches, and to a more mundane life style of being a volunteer librarian who has now has lost two hearing aids. Virginia found the first in a evening’s rainstorm just outside her car and not inside the library where she thought it had been lost. Good news, it still worked and she had not stepped on it.

Now it was my turn to search for a hearing aid after her best try the day before did not turn it up. I started the area search with a 7” coil on my detector, I should have put the 4” coil on at it would have got into areas that the 7” one would not fit into. Not to worry, my handheld pin-pointer could cover all the smaller areas I could not reach otherwise. I started searching the ground and moved upward onto one of the climbing plants. Maybe the hearing aid had been caught on a branch. No, back to the ground and after three other metal objects, I had a signal that turned out to be caused by the close proximity of a metal object, in this case the minuscule battery of a hearing aid.

Virginia was nearby and was over whelmed by my success. The hearing aid survived the night in the garden and now ready to help Virginia hear her granddaughter’s speech more clearly. It was the granddaughter’s questioning of her grandmother “Why do you always ask me to repeat myself?” that prompted Virginia’s son, Kenneth, to arrange a hearing test that ultimately lead to Virginia’s use of hearing aids, especially when with her granddaughter. Little devices that can really help the quality of life of everyone around as well as the wearer of the hearing aids can remedy the need to request someone to repeat themselves. I also wear them and can relate. Going back I can remember my grandmother’s hearing aid, a little box that hung on her chest, had a wire going to her ear and made horrible squeals. No matter, GRANDMOTHERS are the best!

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