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Parts from broken equipment found by metal detectorist in Middle TN

  • from Nashville (Tennessee, United States)
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I met Tom at his gorgeous property in the hills of Middle TN to search for some parts from a piece of machinery that were lost almost five months ago near a creek at the back of the property. Tom said he had some friends with metal detectors search for the items, but they were unsuccessful in finding the missing parts. One of Tom’s co-workers did an online search and found my information on TheRingFinders directory. Tom expressed how important it was that these two missing pieces were found. He showed me the areas where he last saw the missing parts back in July, before the ground was covered in fallen leaves. Within an hour I was able to locate both pieces that Tom needed. This just goes to show that it’s not always expensive jewelry or lost car keys that people need our help finding.

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Platinum Ring Recovered in River Ridge – Found in Seconds!

  • from New Orleans (Louisiana, United States)
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I received a message from a gentleman in River Ridge whose wife lost her platinum ring while walking through the front yard. They had a good idea of the general area where it slipped off, but after searching through the grass with a Minelab metal detector they purchased at Academy, they still couldn’t locate it.

I arrived at his home, introduced myself, turned on my detector, and the very first beep I heard was her ring. The entire recovery took about 5 seconds from when I turned the Nokta Makro Simplex Ultra on.

Always a great feeling handing a sentimental piece back to the owner.

If you’ve lost a ring or any metal item don’t hesitate to reach out to Anthony Cuccia at (985) 445-4514.

 

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Found! 111-Year-Old Heirloom Ring Lost in Snow – Kenosha, Wisconsin.

  • from Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin, United States)
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On December 8th, I was driving home to Waukesha, Wisconsin, from a successful ring search in McHenry, Illinois when my cellphone rang. The call was from Kenosha, Wisconsin, resident, Cheyene Hoppe. Cheyene and friends were enjoying a visit outside a downtown building two nights previous. That’s when a family heirloom ring went missing in the snow. The gold wedding ring was inscribed with the initials of Cheyene’s great grandfather along with the date of his wedding in 1914. He was married in Lithuania and later immigrated to the United States. Cheyene lovingly wore the ring in his memory. Now it was gone. She was heartbroken.

In the European way, Cheyene uses her hands a lot as she talks. But a flip of her hand resulted in the heirloom piece coming off. She had the sense that the ring ejected from her hand in an upward motion. But there was snow all around, including thick bushes, steps and landscaping. The ring could be anywhere.

Using my XP Deus II metal detector and hand probe, I carefully sifted through the snow on both sides of the walkway, probing in and around the snow-laden juniper bushes. The ring was nowhere to be found. Only three search locations remained, two planter boxes and a larger, 5’ tall box with several inches of snow covering them. The box was behind Cheyene at the time her ring came off. It had a sheet-metal top, which made using a metal detector out of the question. Instead, I used a small hand-held probe which allowed closer contact with the metal. Moving through the snow a few inches at a time, I cleared nearly two thirds of it from the box when a distinct beep noise announced the presence of a target. To everyone’s surprise, it was Cheyene’s heirloom ring! It was sitting in the snow on top of the box behind where she had been standing two nights before.

The smile on Cheyene’s face certainly tells the rest of the story! And I am so thrilled that the ring’s amazing 111-year-old story continues.

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Found Lost Wedding Ring in Snow! – McHenry, Illinois.

  • from Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin, United States)
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Austin Gebert, was installing Christmas decorations in the front lawn of his McHenry, Illinois home when he lost his gold wedding ring. Nearly a foot of snow covered the ground. At one point, as Austin flipped snow off his cold bare hand, he felt the ring fly off. He told me on the phone, “It left my hand like a bullet.” The ring just vanished into the whiteness.

Austin reached out to me by phone on Sunday evening, December 7th. I arranged the hour-long drive the next morning and was greeted by Gabriela, Austin’s wife. She gave me a tour of the suspected lawn area. I noted several metallic Christmas decorations in the vicinity. These needed to be removed so as not to interfere with a metal-detection search.

An initial search failed to turn up Austin’s ring. I moved to a larger snow pile alongside the Gebert’s driveway where it had been shoveled. About 14 inches into the pile, I heard a faint signal in my headset. My trusty pin-pointer helped locate the target. Reaching in with my bare fingers I felt an unmistakable ring-like object and pulled it up and out into the light of day. Sure enough, it was Austin’s ring!

Since Austin was at work, I presented the ring to Gabriela whose face lit up like Christmas lights. Her smile tells the rest of the story.

Thank you, Austin, for the privilege of searching for and finding your missing wedding ring!

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Found wedding ring lost in snow! – Glendale, Wisconsin.

  • from Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin, United States)
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A late November snowstorm gave Glendale, Wisconsin resident, Bob Goding, the opportunity to enjoy quality time with his grandchildren. The snow was just the right consistency for building a snowman. But in the process, Bob’s gold wedding ring went missing, most likely when he shook snow out of his glove. He contacted me a couple days later and we arranged to conduct a metal-detecting search for his ring on December 2nd.

On arrival, all that remained of poor Mr. Snowman, was a scattering of lumps. Bob and his wife had discretely dissected him (after the grandchildren had gone home), this in case the ring had become encased inside the jolly figure. Sadly, Bob’s ring remained at large. And Mr. Snowman’s lumpy remains only added insult to injury.

I embarked on a grid search in the front lawn where the snowman had been created. Boot prints of all sizes bore evidence happier times. As I expanded the search area, a signal in my headset invited attention. The conductivity numbers were in the range of a man’s gold ring. Indeed, the target turned out to be Bob’s missing, but now found, wedding ring! And the smile on Bob’s face tells the rest of the story.

If you or someone you know has lost a ring in the snow, grass, leaves, sand, underwater, or elsewhere, chances are it’s still there. Don’t let its story end. Call today! We’d love to add your smile to our growing list of happy clients.

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iPhone Cell Phone Lost In The Windham Maine Snow, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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Thursday morning, December 4th, I received a phone call from Kandy. Kandy’s friend, Corey, had lost his cell phone, a few days earlier, while shoveling his driveway, during a snow storm. Corey wasn’t able to call me, because, well, he lost his phone. Kandy told me that Corey searched the areas that he had shoveled, along the driveway and up to the shed, on his Town of Windham, Maine property. Kandy and others had also searched the snow and snow banks, for Corey’s phone, without finding it. Kandy asked if I could search for the phone, with my metal detector. I told her I could absolutely search for it , but it would be in an hour or so, as Cheryl and I were in Biddeford, Maine, running errands. I told Kandy that as soon as I returned home, I would grab my metal detecting equipment and head to Windham, Maine. It was now just after 10:00am and I figured I could get to Corey’s house around 11:30am and 12:00pm. Candy said that would be great and if I needed anything, she only lived approximately 10 minutes away.
After dropping Cheryl off at home and loading my equipment up, I left for the Windham Maine Highland Lake area, arriving at 11:45am. I immediately took a photo, of the driveway and sent it to Kandy. I want to make sure I had the right property and not someone else’s. Kandy replied immediately and confirmed I had the correct property. The search area was not very large, at all. I was estimating 15-20 minutes to search the shoveled areas. I would start at the left front of the driveway, as you faced the house. I would search straight up the driveway and walkway, then turn and come down the right side of the driveway. As I started, I could see quite a few potential obstacles, in the way of large pieces of metal. While searching, large metal will mask the item, I am looking for. My metal detector cannot get within a foot or two of vehicle, lawn furniture, even houses, with aluminum siding. If the item I am looking for, is next to one of these sources of interference, I may not be able to find the item. As soon as I started, I saw a cyclone fence, lawn furniture and other metal objects. If I was unable to locate the phone, because of this metal, I would need to go back and use my pinpointer, sticking into the snow and hoping it picks up the phone. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.
As I made my way along the cyclone fence, it really wasn’t interfering at all, except in the area, of the support posts, for the fence. So far, so good but still no phone. Next up was the path, to the shed and there was no interference and also no phone. I then made my way back down the path, along the house, with interference, but still no phone. I only had a 25-30 foot section of snow to search, from the corner of the house, to the mailbox. Approximately 1/2 way between the corner of the house and the mailbox, I received a very loud high tone, reading 96, on my VDI screen. I couldn’t see anything, so I continued swinging the coil, removing a little snow, from the area, with each swing. All of a sudden, I saw the side outline of something black, just like a phone. I removed a little more snow and verified that it was Corey’s phone. My first thought was, YES, I wan’t have to go back along the metal interference it’s and search manually, with the pinpointer. I then took a photo, of the phone, all covered in snow and sent it to Kandy. The entire search, from the timestamp on the photo I took and sent to Kandy, at the start of the search, to the photo I just took of the phone was just 18 minutes. Not to bad. I then called Kandy and she was so happy that Corey would be getting his phone back. Kandy arrived about 10-15 minutes and thank me again for coming out so quickly and expressed amazement that the phone was found and so fast. She told me that where I found the phone wasn’t searched throughly because Corey really thought it wasn’t lost in that area and most of the search effort was along the other areas. As you all know, if you aren’t sure where something was lost, it could be anywhere. Kandy then took a few photos of me holding the phone, as she preferred not be be all over social media. As I was leaving, Kandy was still all smiles, thanking me and was heading, into the house, to leave Corey’s phone inside. Later that afternoon, Kandy sent me a message

“Thank you again! Really appreciate you coming so quickly. Corey is very grateful that you found his phone.”

So, more smiles and another phone back up to the ear. I have the best job, in the world.😀❤️🙏

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December find in the snow

  • from Torch Lake (Michigan, United States)
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      Received a call to find a ring lost while cleaning snow off their vehicle.  Sent my Dad out on this call while I was at work and he was able to find it within a small amount of time and return to the owner.    Glad we were able to help, thank you for the call!

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Ring Found In Snow, Holland, MI

  • from Holland (Michigan, United States)
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Simon contacted me stating he lost his ring that he had only received a few days ago.  He was unloading a Xmas tree from the car in the driveway when he felt his ring fly off and heard it hit the fender of the car.  They searched everywhere and could not find it.
I arrived and Simon showed me the area by the big tree in the yard where they had cleaned the snow off searching for the ring.  In a few minutes I got the signal I was looking for on the other side of the tree and next to the driveway.  I gave Simon the pinpointer and let him do the honor of digging it out of about 6 inches of snow.  A big sigh of relief when he found it!
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Car Keys and Fob Thought Lost In Scarborough, Maine Snow, Found Visually While Using AMetal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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I received the following message during Tuesday evenings snow storm, at approximately 10:30pm.
“Would you be available tomorrow morning to help locate a set of keys that fell into the snow near my car?”
The message was from Erika and I told her I was already booked, to search for a two rings, in the morning. One ring in Westbrook, Maine and one in South Portland, Maine. I then asked her where she was located and she replied, “Scarborough, Maine.” I then thought to my self that I could have Gary Hill, search for the wedding ring, in Westbrook and I could search for the keys, in the Town of Scarborough, Maine, while on my way to Southportland,ME, to search for a class ring, at Southern Maine Community College. According to Erika, the area she lost her key fob was very small and after searching for 2-3 hours, she just couldn’t find them in the snow. I made plans to meet Erika at 6:30am, the next morning, Wednesday December 3rd. I would be able to search for an hour or so, before I had to be in Southportland .
So, Gary headed to Westbrook, I headed to Scarborough and then on to South Portland. Gary and I had communicated that we would meet up at any, of the locations, to help each other, should the help be needed, once our respective searches were completed. I arrived at Erika’s, promptly at 6:30am and Erika was there to meet me. It was cold and the sun was just starting to rise, as Erika showed me the very small area, to be searched. I knew I could cover the entire area, in just 15-20 minutes. Unfortunately, the two vehicles were setting my metal detector off and I couldn’t get very close to the vehicles. Erika moved one of the vehicles, but couldn’t’t move hers, because she didn’t have the key fob. I searched the entire area, from the stairs, to the house and the areas around the two vehicles. No key fob found. We then took a shovel and moved all the snow, away from any metal objects, that could have been masking the key fob. Even after shoveling, still no key fob. I then decided to search the area, a second time. This time I would search North to South, rather that East to West, like the first search. Fifteen minutes later, still no key fob. I told Erika I would use my Minelab CTX-3030 metal detector, for a third search. I had been using a Minelab Manticore but decided to try my other detector, As I am getting the CTX-3030 set up and started searching, I was telling Erika that I really didn’t think the key fob was outside, in the area she thought it would be. I then started asking Erika many questions like, “Had you gone to any other area of the driveway? No, just around the cars and back and forth into the house, was her reply. “Have you checked your coat pockets and pants pockets”. Yes I have searched the many times. Did you have anything else on that hasn’t been searched, like a hoodie, gloves, or hat?” At that point, Erika said she would be right back and headed into the house. I was continuing the search, with the CTX-3030 and still wasn’t finding anything, not even a key fob. As I was working my way towards the walkway to the house, Erika came out the door and said, “You can stop searching. I have it’ WHAT? She found the key fob? As Erika approached e, she said, “When you were asking me all those questions, you jogged my memory, when you asked if I had had anything else on.” Erika went on to tell me that the previous day, while cleaning the cars off, some snow from the storm had made it’s way down the back of her coat, all over her neck and clothing. Eriks went inside to get the snow out from the inside of her coat and clothing, including a vest, she had been wearing. Once the snow had been removed, Erika went back out side to finish the snow clean up. Once finished, Erika went back inside the house and a few hours later, at 7:00pm, went to get her keys, but couldn’t find them. Thinking she must have dropped them, hours ago, out in the snow, she went outside and searched, for the key fob but couldn’t find it. She went inside and searched through her clothing, forgetting all about the vest, she had taken off, many hours earlier. When I jogged her memory, she went straight to the vest and in the inside pocket, of the vest, was a key fob. Case close!!! Since it was the only key fob available to start her car with, Erika was in panic mode and the vest completely slipped her mind. Erika was extremely relieved and could now get in her vehicle and get on with her day, with a big smile, on her face.
Gary and I ask a lot of questions, on every search. People just don’t remember everything but once we are on site and show an interest, in helping them, people relax a little and start thinking more clearly, once we start asking all those questions. So it isn’t always a metal detector that finds a lost item, sometimes it’s just a little detective work. It doesn’t matter how the lost item is found. The important thing is that the client has their item back and a smile on their face. Another key fob, back in the car and I have the best job, in the world.😀❤️🙏

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Diamond Ring Lost in Snow in Rock Island…Found

  • from Bettendorf (Iowa, United States)
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During a snowfall last night as a nice gesture for her fiancé, Danielle was clearing snow from the windows of her fiancé’s car.  During the process of whisking the snow off of the vehicle, Danielle felt her new engagement ring slip from her finger and disappear into the freshly fallen snow.  She searched for the ring with her fiancé since the snowfall would continue through the night, but unfortunately they had no luck finding her ring.

After clearing the snow from my own driveway this morning, I received a call to search for Danielle’s lost ring.  The search area had not yet been cleared, the ring was on private property, and the search area was minimally disrupted, which were ideal conditions for the search.  I arrived early in the afternoon and I was able to locate Danielle’s ring in a clump of snow in the area where Danielle was certain the ring had slipped off her finger.  I reunited the ring with Danielle, and she was very grateful.  Merry Christmas, Danielle.  I wish you and your fiancé all the best.

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