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Lost wedding ring, Lighthouse Point Park, Ponce Inlet, Florida….Found and Returned!

  • from Sanford (Florida, United States)
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Marcia called me on Saturday wanting to know if I was available to help her look for her lost rings. While she and her husband were enjoying swimming in the ocean they got to talking about getting tan lines and Marcia wanted to see if under her rings she had any tan lines. She was in waist deep water at the time and she pulled her rings only slightly down her finger to see if she had any of those dreaded « tan lines » and then the unimaginable happened. Her rings simply slid the rest of the way down her finger and into the churning surf. She could not believe what had just happened. She and her husband frantically began searching the water but her rings just seemed to vanish.
Thankfully Marcia found theringfinders.com web site and decided to give me a call. Rings lost in the water at the beach require someone to look as soon as possible, so the following day I met Marcia at the Lighthouse Point Park and she showed me the area where they were when the « unimaginable » happened! I set out four corner flags in the wet sand and two flags down the middle and started my grid search in and out of the water. The rings were dropped around three hours before high tide in waist deep water so that meant I needed to thoroughly search quite a large area. I was amazed that Marcia was able to remember where she lost her rings in the surf because after an hour of searching I pulled her wedding ring out of the sand in three feet of water. I thought for sure the engagement ring would be somewhere in the same area but I just could not find it. Come to find out the engagement ring was a thinner band and had a large 1 carat diamond set up high. Could it be that my metal detector just could not find such a thin gold ring? Or did the large diamond sticking up cause the ring to tumble around and get pushed to another location?
Three days later I went back at low tide and searched again for four more hours and still could not find Marcia’s 2nd lost ring. Thankfully Marcia was able to get her wedding ring back and that gave her plenty to be grateful for!
Mike McInroe…grateful member of theringfinders.com

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Holland State Park yield’s wedding ring set

  • from Manistee (Michigan, United States)
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A text to Tracy M. C. today: « Tracy, Your rings have been lost for over 8 days in Lake Michigan, in good and bad water conditions. I have searched for hours, my friend has helped, he came back the next day with another detector guy, my Ring Finder partner, Dave Boyer, came out yesterday and grid the area between buoys 9-11 and could not find them and I came out again this morning and grid the same area, 50′ X 50′, from the shore to up to my neck. I am calling it quits. Call me back ».

Tracy called me back and was thankful for all we had done and accepted the fact that the rings were gone. I told her, « no they are not lost, I QUIT LOOKING, because I found them. » Her rings were soldered together.

After some happy moments on the phone Tracy and her husband Kevin C. made arrangements to come to my house tomorrow to pick up the rings and add her to my « Book of Smiles ».

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Beach recovery two rings

  • from Brewer (Maine, United States)
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Received a text from John regarding three rings lost on a beach one hour south of me.  Definitely out of my area but another ringfinder who was unable to do the search recommended me .My first thoughts were of a storm off shore which were going to give the coast some big wave action and if these rings were above the wave line or not. I called John immediately and He said he was on the beach searching . I said I would be an hour .   The area was above the usual tide /wave area and John had recovered one ring before I arrived.  First sweep produced a great signal that proved to be the second ring.  Fifth swing was another that was the third.  Less than two minutes.  John was surprised I think and very thankful.  Here are pics of the rings .       Bill

 

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Recovered wedding band on Point Pleasant found by Dennis Burlingame

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Recently married Chrissi and Sean were enjoying the beach when Sean’s ring slid off while brushing himself off. They tried themselves to find it but couldn’t, even with the help of others.
Chrissi called and told her father what had happened and he located me on Rings Finders. Told her I could be there in a half hour to stay in the area till I got there. Met them on the beach and they had the area already marked off and with that help I managed to find his ring in no time. Just the smiles are enough to make a recovery worth it. Another Great and Happy ending. Hope they have a wonderful marriage together.

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Lost Ring Recovery – Metal Detector Rental – Raleigh

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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This is one of those « if I hadn’t seen it myself, I wouldn’t have believed it » adventures.

I got a call on Christmas Eve from a frantic husband about a lost wedding ring. Apparently his wife had been after him to wear a wedding ring for years, and although he had initially refused, he finally relented and agreed to start wearing one.

Just before Christmas, he decided to brush out the dog on the back step of their house. In the process of clearing the hair from the dog brush, his ring went flying off his hand. He said he had heard it hit something, but couldn’t say for sure what it had hit or where it had gone. He searched the entire area and even rented a metal detector, but still didn’t find it, which is when he called me for help.

Here’s what we now know actually happened:  after the ring left his hand, it went through a slatted wood fence on his own property, then ricocheted off a chain link fence in his neighbor’s yard, and ended up several feet beyond that. I was able to get the neighbor’s permission to search and after about an hour of searching, I recovered the ring. Glad I was able to get him out of the doghouse!

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Ring lost in La Jolla Found

  • from La Jolla (California, United States)
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What I thought was going to be an easy search and return didn’t exactly work out that way. I’ll let Edie tell her story……….

« We called Mark after hunting for 5 days for my ring.  One evening I was tossing out two old oranges into the ivy-covered hillside behind our house and above our back patio.  My hands were a bit wet and unfortunately this loosened up a very special ring that I’ve worn on my index finger for over 20 years.  So when I was throwing out the second orange – my ring flew off along with the orange! Horror of horrors!!  I only saw it like a split-second whir going off slightly to the left of the two oranges. Didn’t see exactly where it landed, only an approximate area.  We hunted for several hours that night, and then on and on for 5 days, including after we bought a Pin-Pointer metal detector. The vines are very thick, though not too deep underneath them, and the vegetation has been there for decades on a rather steep hillside….  Mark looked everywhere for over an hour, even trying all of his highly sensitized equipment and doing a simulated test of my throw to approximate where the ring might have fallen.  He was very patient and calm the whole time, but even he was finally ‘running out of options,’ as he said.  Then he went up the hillside one last time, and further up and further to the left than we had ever considered it could go.  There it was lying on the ground in perfect condition, not even encased in dirt.  I had not expected to see the ring ever again, but Mark persisted in his search and continued to look beyond where we thought it could be.  We are very grateful to Mark for coming the morning after we called him and for being so persistent in his search.  We recommend him highly to anyone who has lost a ring or any other valuable metal object. »

I couldn’t have said it better myself!  The ring was found at the top of the hill in the upper right of the photo. About 4 feet from the back fence. Quite a nice throw Edie! A pleasure to meet you and your husband Jim. Thank you for the generous reward! 

 

 

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Topsail Island Beach Wedding Ring Lost And Found The Next Day

  • from Emerald Isle (North Carolina, United States)
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Chad’s family was vacationing on Topsail Island, NC when the beach chair containing his wedding ring was toppled over by an incoming wave. Chad notified me and the search began very soon afterwards. In minutes Chad’s ring was found and he was very relieved.

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Private Beach in Falmouth, MA Takes and Gives Back a Wedding Band

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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July 6th

Jenn lost her wedding band, I was unable to do a search until the next day, but she had to leave her Vacation rental and head home before I could meet her. Her ring lost while playing ball in a small private beach’s clear water. I had her permission, but she was not there to help me gain access to the private area. Well a copy of the E-mails that outlined the area and the ring’s loss got me the permission I needed to start searching. Within 20 minutes the shinning gold was in my scoop. As I left I met up with the Jolly Beach Guard. A long talk and explanation of the how, why, and wheres of detecting I received a thank you from the Jolly Beach Guard.

I did not have a phone number to contact Jenn. So as soon as I got back home, I sent the finding of the ring’s news via an e-mail, The ring will be returned via the US Postal Service. Photos will be sent to be added to the posting. It is just great how things come together with help of others.

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200th RETURN! Sophie’s College Ring in Sand for 3 days – Found and Returned

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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July 2, 2018

Sophie had contacted me about her, lost in the sand, college ring just before I was heading out to search for another ring. We made plans to meet after I got back on dry land after hunting an island’s water for a wedding set. Well, nothing went well, I did not find the wedding set and the 20 minute boat ride we did not meet up for the search that night and I had another search to do the next morning. Having found the morning ring I had a small lunch and headed for the private beach to meet Sophie. A short wait, a short hello, a short dawning of my detecting gear, a short walk to the beach, a short explanation of how the ring was lost, a short time to search…and a short time to take the ring from my scoop and put it back on Sophie’s finger. It was then time for thank yous, pictures and a promise of a Thank You note.

Ah, but Sophie was the 200th return of a detected item for me. Several less than half of which were made before I joined The Ring Finders. I had to do something special. Many thoughts came and went. As fate would have it, the answer came from summer detecting partner. Quite an entrepreneur, Jim and launched a Kickstarter for a keepsake coin, the Carpe Diem, (Seize the Day). I thought this would remind Sophie of how special occurrences happen and how to handle them as she carries the “coin” along life’s path. I will take time right now to thank all that have contacted The Ring Finders for help and have added to the wonderful joy of our hobby of Metal Detecting. My life has been made richer, not by the value of a find, but by the helping others through a stressful time with my expertise.

Thank You!

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Lost Ring in the Sound While Tossing a Football – Found and Returned

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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July 2, 2018

Karim’s call was made in panic, he had lost his wedding band of twenty-five years. The same ring that had slipped form his finger just a day after his wedding. De ja vue, but this time he could not find the ring. In our correspondence, I agreed to search for the ring. First I had to meet him at his brother’s house and then take a boat ride to the opposite side of the river where the beach was. I arrived at our meeting place and while sitting on the deck an aroma of honeysuckle filed my nostrils I could do nothing but reflect back to my childhood porch with the same fragrance. A million dollar moment was broken by passing police cars which I learned later were on their was to an motor vehicle accident.

Back to reality Karim and I were down on the dock, boat and headed to the island. Within a few minutes I was in the water, looking for the lost ring. A short search of less than 5 minutes ended with the ring in my scoop and Karim removing it. What a beautiful day it was. A ride back across the river and I was off to lunch and another search to find a college ring. But not until a few more breaths to inhale the fragrance of the honeysuckle.

The accident was a single car going off the paved road, hitting a rock and landing on its roof. It had happened just before Karim got that section of the road. Luck and my skill work in his favor that day.

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