I got a call from a woman in distress from lauderdale by the sea beach. She said that she lost her wedding platinum wedding band in the sand . I rushed to meet her there . after about 10 minutes searching I found her ring she was so completely happy that I was able to find her ring.
This ring find began when I got a text last evening from Jim who hails from Santa Cruz, California. While playing football with his son at some point his white gold wedding band came off. After ensuring no one else knew about the lost ring I told Jim I needed to get there immediately before another detectorist finds his ring in the dry sand. I stopped what I was doing and circled home to get my gear for this dry sand hunt. Jim texted me a pin location on google maps and when I arrived I called him to confirm. Jim was able to recall a significant amount of location data that I was able to draw a grid in the sand of about 100 by 75 feet. I started the hunt and after two beaver tails and a quarter I got a nice beep on the Nox and in one scoop there was Jim’s white gold wedding band. I texted Jim a pic of his found ring and he said he would be right down to retrieve it. Thankful the night detectors hadn’t started yet. Aloha to Jim!!!
Old News Is GOOD News!
No news is good news is the all familiar proverb many of us use day to day to reassure us that without information to the contrary we can assume all is well. This wasn’t the case tho with this nice, pictured couple after they searched for his lost ring last week while he was installing a vent on their garage roof. Just below the roof there’s an attic area for storage. He was in 3 different areas in the space moving things around on the joists to make room to install the vent plus walking back and forth to the house. We talked Thursday and agreed to meet today to search.
When I got to the garage it was indeed a tight chamber with no room for both of us. I could just barely get into the area by crawling. Armed with my dust mask, goggles, Garrett carrot and a portable light I couldn’t see directly into the floor joists where he thought it was so I probed with the pin pointer and found lots of nails. The material I was searching thru felt very light and the musty aroma upon entering the chamber reminded me of when I look thru old research materials…I thought hmmm… and as I sifted a bit more I got another signal. Thinking it was a nail I reached down and felt the shape of a ring! Getting myself over the joist with the camera revealed this gorgeous white gold ring that was covered with old newspaper insulation!
I yelled I got it, backed myself out and handed the ring with some of the newspaper to him and said, old news is good news! We both laughed, dusted ourselves off and took some pics.
Jon
Taylor contacted me a week ago, asking if I would travel to Townsend Delaware to search for his wife’s lost white gold ring.
She had come home after work back in October and found their puppy in its crate, where he had an accident. Covered in poop she raced him outside to wash him off with the hose. He was not cooperating. When she was finished and back inside the house, she noticed her ring from her grandmother was missing.
I traveled down early this morning in the dense fog. I met Taylor and he showed me the search area. He said he bought a metal detector shortly after the loss, but the unit was always beeping.
I got started and understood why his machine was beeping. There are a lot of coins on the path his wife took to the hose. I didn’t dig any and left them for Taylor.
Five minutes after starting I got the signal I was looking for. I took out my pinpointer and got a surface hit, but couldn’t see anything. I scraped away a layer of mud and I could see the outline of a ring. I called Taylor over to have him see what I was looking at. He couldn’t believe it. He said no wonder why all of the time I spent on my hands and knees looking I couldn’t find it.
Either his wife or the dog, who is close to 100 pounds must have stepped on it shortly after it was lost. I dug it out and cleaned it off the best I could. It was a small white gold ring with 5 diamonds. The look on his face was priceless. I got a couple of man hugs!. I took a few pictures and started my journey home.
I love my hobby!!
Sunday afternoon David gave me a call and asked if I could possibly help him find a very special lost diamond stud earring! Two days earlier, David’s mother in law, Mrs Susan, was getting out of her car and a small low hanging tree branch got tangled in her hair and she felt a slight tug at her ear and in the next moment her earring was gone! They immediately searched the thick low ivy bushes, along the concrete and even in the car thinking maybe it could have fallen in there as well. After an hour of frantic searching they could not find the lost diamond stud earring and decided to try again later.
As David thought about how to find the earring he went online and looked up where he could rent a metal detector and that search led him to « theringfinders.com » and one of my recent search and recovery stories.
I met David at his mother in laws home and he promptly showed me the area where Mrs Susan lost her precious earring. The ivy ground cover was super thick and as I turned on my Garrett ATMax metal detector and tried to ground balance the machine I had a very difficult time finding an area free of metal. I then tested the matching stud earring and it gave a very weak signal because it contained such a small amount of white gold. Unfortunately the rebar in the concrete and other underground interference would not allow me to use my metal detector so I opted to go with my Garrett Pro Pointer AT. As I started working my way along the edge of the thick ivy ground cover, David squatted down just in front and to the side of me and began searching with his eyes and he said, « There it is!! » And sure enough, there was Mrs Susan’s lost diamond stud earring. We could hardly believe it…as David, his wife and Mrs Susan had searched the area a couple of times and had all but given up hope!
It was an honor to have a small part in helping find this beautiful earring and I hope and pray it remains in your family for many years to come!
Lost something recently? Call me ASAP! Mike McInroe….thankful to be a member of theringfinders.com
After setting up towels, chairs and getting the beach umbrella perfectly oriented, mom (who, given unending tears of joy wishes to remain anonymous) suddenly noticed that her diamond engagement ring had slipped off her finger. As luck would have it, I was « in the right place at the right time » as her son-in-law came over and requested my assistance. What was once lost has been found, and the story continues.
Remember, it’s only lost until you call – Naples Ring Finder Mark (239)770-7873, serving Naples, Marco Island, Bonita Beach, Ft. Myers and greater South Florida.
Diamond Gold Engagement Ring lost on beach in Naples, Florida found by Metal Detector Mark Greul
Super happy people, glad to get their diamond engagement ring back that was lost in sand at Naples beach.
I got the call one afternoon from Mike. His ring had been lost while weeding the garden 6 months earlier. A neighbor turned him onto ringfinders. I searched the area where he thought he lost ring for several hours and found it in the mulch bed. Happy ending!
I got a call to find a 24 Karat 44 gm gold nugget. It was used in a contest . The contest was to find the gold nugget in any of the 6 .. 1 ton burlap bags of dirt. Unfortunately the client couldn’t find the nugget in the 1 ton burlap bag they knew it to be in after no contestants could find it . So I went to the commercial location where the nugget was at and attempted to find it with my metal detector. but the nails in the pallet interfered and also the writing on the bags interfered. So the client had to take it to a different site so we could dump all the dirt out. once we could dump the dirt out it was found very quickly
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[Marco Island, FL – January 28, 2020] Tears of joy and happiness abound as their 17th year wedding anniversary continues in sunny beautiful Marco Island. Husband lost his platinum wedding band while playing volleyball. As the motto goes « it’s only lost until you call » – within an hour or so the ring was back where it belongs. Call Mark Greul of Naples Ring Finder (239)770-7873. Many thanks and blessings!!!
Platinum Ring lost Marco Island Found by Metal Detector Mark Greul
Wrinkled fingers, but nice ring!
On August 15th, 2019, Jeff Wettstein received a call regarding a lost engagement ring off the end of a dock in central Wisconsin. Having just purchased and tested a new hookah arrangement with three 60-foot hoses, we were soon on our way to try recovering the valuable ring. It was a cold week, but we had multiple layers of neoprene ready to wear. It’s not wise to dive alone, so we used the buddy system. My turn was first with Jeff serving as top tender. I was having so much fun playing with the blue gills, I didn’t realize I was under water for two hours! After sorting through a lot of junk and weeds, I found the ring and popped to the surface. We didn’t get a photo of the bride because she was in contact with us by phone, but you can see it was a valuable recovery. She was quite happy.