I was contacted by Barnaby , who explained that he had lost his one year old wedding ring in a huge bag of waste wood chippings , I arrived a few days later and proceeded to search through the chippings with my pin pointer, within a few seconds I had recovered the lost wedding band , big smiles all round , another successful recovery thanks to ringfinders 
On Friday evening, I found a voicemail from Ron saying he had lost his gold wedding ring in late November while putting up Christmas lights in his yard. After chatting on the phone, we set up to meet at his home the next morning.
I arrived and met Ron who told me what he had done that day.
He said he had used a ladder to put up Xmas lights in some trees in his yard. He had also pruned a few branches and dragged them to another location on his property. When he realized his ring was lost, he had raked and sorted through materials in the area he thought the ring might be, but hadn’t found it. He had also purchased a detector at Harbor Freight, but only found miscellaneous junk items.
As always, I brought a couple detector options, but started with the Equinox 700. As Ron had been asking about detector details, and what to look for when using it, I didn’t use the headphones, and turned the volume up. As I searched the area, I received a scratchy sound, and we discussed that. A bit later, there was a hit, and Ron said, “That sounds different “.
Using my pin-pointer, about 2” down in the loose soil was what we were looking for!
Another great adventure, meeting a great person.
I received a call from a client who lost her ring in the yard. They had cut the grass as low as they could and searched everywhere for it. After searching for an hour I found the ring. It had fallen in a whole where a tree was removed. This was a more difficult search and I had already gone over the yard once but persistence pays off.
A Ruff Day…..
..Actually began for Travis Tuesday night when he took his dogs into the back yard and started to play in the snow. Toys were thrown and fetched and then snowballs tossed for the hounds to catch. After the wonder-fur time and frosty paws, with tails wagging the dogs went back into the house for the night as Travis shoveled snow off the deck. Early Wednesday, I got a text explaining that his ring was lost. I started to grid search with my MXT metal detector and got some junk signals but near the garage the detector signaled precious metal. Brushing the snow aside revealed Travis’ ring! He came over, we pawsed for a moment looking at it then he lifted the ring from the snow. Also very happy with the pawsitive outcome of the search, the dogs gave 4 paws up on the ulti-mutt recovery…….if you’re happy and you know it, clap your paws!
Jonathan
This ring find broke my heart and made me smile at the same time. Her husband had passed due to illness and she lost the ring while working in the yard. She had searched for weeks looking for it with no luck. After an hour of detecting I found it. Overwhelmed with joy she was moved to tears.
Had a lady contact me regarding her lost rings. She let her kid use them as he was practicing to be a ring bearer. After they got home she realized he did not have them. She was concerned that a metal detector would not pick them up as they were platinum rings. I assured her the detector would have no problems if the rings were in the grass.
Had a client call me. He took his family to the lake for a swim and lost his wedding ring while swimming. I met up with him and we took a boat to the spot where he thought it was at. After an hour of searching in 10-15 feet of water and running very low on air I found his ring.
It’s been a while since I posted, so I figured I would at least let people know I’m still at it! I often get called from people asking if I’m still doing this, and I thought maybe it’s because my last post was from a few years ago.
It’s always interesting how the calls for lost rings come in waves. Lots of calls during beach season, then a slow period until leaf cleanup (!!), then again during snow shoveling season. Regardless of the case, I have the equipment and experience to help whatever the situation. Leave me a message and I’ll always get back to you. Usually with lots of questions:
I also get a lot of calls for rings lost indoors, inside vehicles, or even inside dumpsters! Unfortunately in those cases my eyes are as good as yours. Metal detectors are fairly useless in these situations, so you’re best off retracing your steps (which I can’t do!).
People also ask about fees up front. I don’t charge a fee to come out. I’m happy to help, but will gladly accept whatever you’re comfortable with whether the item is found or not. It all goes right into my daughter’s college fund!
Lost your ring, other valuable jewelry, cellphone, keys, or other metal object…call or text Brian Carpenter at (814)244-2300 as soon as possible. I am a ring recovery specialist serving Pittsburgh, Indiana (PA), and most of Western PA. Why rent a metal detector when you can get a trained operator with top of the line equipment at the same time…
I received a text from Brenda asking if I could look for her key fob which was lost in the snow. Her husband had been shoveling the driveway the day before and it fell out of his hoodie pocket. She did know if it was in the snow around the driveway or down in the sewer at the end of the driveway.
It was a balmy 18 degrees on the car thermometer when I arrived…almost warm enough for shorts and to work on my tan. I got straight to work and did not find much of anything…a piece of foil, a paperclip, and some type of tiny pieces of what looked like a chain but no key fob. The driveway was a problem as there metal all around the perimeter, so much so that I set down the machine and took out my pin pointer and checked the entire area with it.
After about an hour Brenda came out and was very disappointed I was unable to locate it. We talked for a few minutes and I told her at some point they might find it after the snow melted if it was not in the sewer. As we were talking she informed me with that being the only key fob for the car the dealership would have to remove the computer to make a new key and it was going to be an eye-popping amount of money. She thanked me for coming out and gave me my travel fee and a bit extra (very kind but not necessary). I decided that on my way out I would look one more time…I made it back up to the area of the steps that lead to the side of the house where I had found the foil earlier. I had another sound, guessing it was more foil I reached back in. Low and behold I found the key fob.
I went to the porch and rang the doorbell and returned the key fob to Brenda. I was relieved to have found it which would save her a pile of money and aggravation and she was just so thankful. I am glad I checked again and I had thought I had done a very thorough search prior to finding it, but I had to remind myself of one of the cardinal rules of metal detecting – always go back over your hole to make sure there is nothing else in it. I guess that holds true even in the snow! I was happy to be able to help and as always it was nice to meet another kind and generous person like Brenda.
