Brief hunt this evening before heading out for dinner. Client lost this ring “at some point” yesterday. She believed it was either along the route she walked the dog, in the yard around her home, or possibly in a bag of trash. Bag of trash was the winner, much to the clients disbelief after she had searched the bag several times herself.
Reason #2. Oh, you need more info? Ok, Neil was visiting here in town and spent the day at the Beach in Coronado sitting in the sand in front of the Hotel Del Coronado. He placed his platinum wedding band into the beach chair pocket for « safekeeping ». I know, those chairs should come with a jewelry safety warning on them! Later, when he was ready to leave, he folded up the chair and headed out. When he realized that his ring was no longer in the pocket, it was too late. The beach had swallowed it. An internet search and TheRingFinders.com popped up. He texted me at 5:45am just as I arrived home from an all night detecting hunt. Still sandy and a bit tired, I knew we needed to jump on this search right away if we had any chance to find it before someone else did, so I told him I’d be right over. I picked him up at his hotel and headed down to the search area. We walked out to where he was camped, he circled a bit, and declared this was about the spot. I made a couple of short passes and after not much more than a minute, I got that « great » pulltab/gold/platinum reading of 12-15 on my Etrac. Poked the pin pointer into the sand and pulled out Neil’s ring. A much happier ending to his visit to San Diego than it could have been. A pleasure to meet you Neil, and thank you for the generous reward.
P.S. For future reference, reason number 1 is: « I removed my rings to apply skin lotion, put them on my lap/the blanket, and forgot them. »
Removing 6 precious rings from her fingers & placing them into a hat for safe keeping, Karen from Poole thought they were safe. With her husband they were visiting the famous New Forest Show but Karen decided to remove her rings to clean her hands. Placing the ring into a hat then putting the hat on, forgetting they were there caused the rings to be tossed over a wide area.
I received a desperate phone call from them but absolutely stuck at work & couldn’t attend. They had recovered 5 but the 6th, her great grandmothers, was still missing. I happen to have my CTX detector in my car & decided the best option was for their family friend, Rob to collect the detector & try it himself.
After half an hour, camouflaged in the dry grass there it was, the distinctive sound of gold.
Karen was elated
to get the ring back & will make a kind donation to the Margret Green Animal Rescue. Im glad that I could be of some assistance to them.
I received a text over the weekend saying they needed my services to find a silver engagement ring in the back yard. I was not available at that time so I met up with Blake late Monday afternoon. He said him and his fiancé were chipping sticks when a stick caught the ring and pulled it off. The grass was pretty long in the back yard because he did not want to mow until he found the ring. I started the grid search and after about an hour he came and we discussed it more. The yard was not very big so I went one way and then changed directions and could not believe I could not find it. He asked if the other half of the ring would be of use. Well, Duh, I should of asked for that in the beginning….Lesson learned number one. He went and got the ring and we put it on the ground and I did a test pass. It was ringing up as a 41-43 on my AT Max….Lesson learned number 2….I assumed since he told me it was silver it would ring in the 70-90 range. I had the AT Max discrimination set pretty high. I reset the detector and started all over with the grid. Within about 15 minutes Blake came back to check on me and while he was standing there I got a hit in the 40’s. Like so many other times I figured it was nothing and started digging in the grass and there it was. Needless to say everyone left happy. Sorry about the crappy photo.
While surfing the North Carolina coastline with friends, Marcus was hit by a wave that sent him off of his board. Unfortunately, he also felt his wedding ring slip off of his finger into the surf.
Marcus informed me later that this ring belonged to his late grandfather who Never took it off. Marcus’s mother made him promise to also never take it off before she gave it to him.
Marcus’s wife contacted me shortly afterwards and we agreed to meet the following morning for more favorable conditions. Water searches are, of course, not ideal conditions and I’m sure Marcus thought the ring was gone forever. About 50 minutes into my search and just after speaking to Marcus, my detector rang out a very good tone. I yelled out to him « I think I’ve got it! » he came over just as I raised my sand scoop and was flushing out the sand & shells. I peeked in and saw the gold then let him reach in and retrieve his cherished heirloom. It was a very emotional moment and this time the ocean did not win!
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David from Oxford was enjoying a weekend stag do in Bournemouth with his friends. Whilst skinny dipping he managed to feel & see his wedding ring slip from his fingers and disappear into the depths of the sea about waist height.
About three days after losing it he contacted me and I made my way there right away knowing how soft and absorbing the sands are around there.
After searching for an hour and a half in 4 feet of water up it came. I phoned a very relieved David who promised that once he received the ring he would gladly make a donation to the Margret Green Animal Charity. He also promised a picture of him and the ring looking very happy upon its return to him. 
David & wife Jean visited Studland Bay one beautiful afternoon to enjoy a relaxing walk. Unfortunately all did not end well. Carrying chairs & bags some 200 meters & having a bite to eat David suddenly noticed his late fathers wedding band missing. When David called me a week later to explain it seemed as though the search area would be far to large to deal with. However after some careful questioning I deduced there were a couple of ‘likely’ areas to search.
The first search area was where they ate. People wipe their hands clean-rings fall off. But it was what David did next, he cleaned his sticky hands in the sea. Within 10 minutes of searching the CTX screamed its head off & laying 6cm under was the ring.
David & Jean were so relieved to be reunited with the ring that not only did they make a kind donation to the Margret Green Animal Rescue but they actually put their names down for a dog adoption.
David & his wife & three children enjoyed a beautiful day on Swanage Beach. Playing football with the children proved a problem though. Noticing his ring was missing David searched desperately
for over two hours, even buying a vegetable sieve to search the sands to no avail.
I received Davids anxious Email very early in the morning & knowing how popular Swanage Beach is at this time of year with treasure hunters I made for the area immediately. After searching for half an hour near his location he sieved up it came with the distinctive inscription.
I met David and his family who were very grateful to have the ring back. They made a generous donation to Margret Green Animal Rescue before returning to their home in Italy.
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I received a call from John Hughes a fellow member of Theringfinders asking if I could do a search for a lost Platinum ring in the surf. I was already scheduled to hunt at 3:00am for another lost ring close to this location so that was no problem.
Upon arriving to the scene of the first lost ring for the 3rd time it was evident that the beach has naturally pushed in sand burying it even deeper. I swung the whole area & did not dig 1 target. So on to the next Beach I went…
By 4:45 am during low tide I was at Cardiff beach swinging my Metal Detector in the location given by the owner of the ring via google maps.I had already been bit several times by mosquitoes in merely minutes and also to make this search seem inevitabley painful is that this Ring was lost 3 days prior in 5’-8’ surf! I guess you could say it’s a shot in the dark but after the 15th mosquito bite I heard a signal that made my ears ring..I took 1 scoop in the wet sand while begging the sea gods & king neptune for this to be Johns platinum ring…((Boom)) good Karma had prevailed!
Me,John Hughes and his daughter met the owner of this special ring also named John,later in the day.He was so relieved and very greatful to have this sentimental item back on his finger where it had been for over 20 years of marriage! Irreplaceable a ring can be.
This search did require luck,Knowledge,Good Karma but I must thank the Gods of the sea for their help in this recovery.
While flying a kite on Emerald Isle beach, the string slid past the young lady’s ear and pulled her earring out. Unable to locate the earring in the dry sand during the windy day, they decided to call me later that evening to help in the search and recovery. We used the remaining earring to test the detectors. Once the tone was acquired the search began. It was a difficult recovery but everyone was happy in the end when the missing earring revealed it’s resting place.