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LOST ENGAGEMENT RING – LEESBURG VA

  • from Leesburg (Virginia, United States)
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“NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES” – At least that was the response from my client’s best friend when I was able to recover her ring. I received a frantic call from the bride-to-be who realized the ring was gone while she was playing with the dog in the backyard next to the pool. The lost engagement ring was her deceased mother’s, so it was much more urgent that I get out there ASAP.

I went out late Sunday afternoon after the ring was lost on Saturday evening. After over an hour of gridding back and forth and seeing the concerning look on her face I knew I could not give up. It took a quite a while to locate- very thin ring, scratchy signal, 47 VDI on the Deus II, but in the end when you’re ready to give up… persistence pays off!

 

Happy Customer – Happy Hunting!

 

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LEESBURG VA LOST RING – CAN YOU FIND MY RING?

  • from Leesburg (Virginia, United States)
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ADORABLE CUSTOMER – Mr. Ray, would you come metal detect my yard, was the soft little cute voice I heard behind me.
I turned around and it was my neighbor‘s daughter and I said do you want me to check your yard, why?
Even at six years old, she pays attention to what I do as a hobby and wanted me to come find the ring 💍 that she just got today and lost it in the yard already.. her mom said her little heart was broken…… »Together » we found in in the grass near her spider swing!
So cute 🥰. I think we now have a future metal detectorist in our midst!
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WEDDING RING RETURNED – Roundhill VA.

  • from Leesburg (Virginia, United States)
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VOLLEY BALL FUN – It only took about six months, but this customer finally reached out to me after finding me on ChatGPT of all things! Went out to his location in Roundhill, Virginia, and he explained to me that he was playing volleyball with his son when the ring flew out of his hand last year. They searched for hours, even after borrowing a metal detector, they couldn’t find it.
Quick start and quick ending: after about 30 seconds with the detector, his ring was found!
Very happy man and I know his wife was thrilled to see the ring back on his finger.
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PS… I didn’t need to shovel! The ring still was about a quarter of an inch below the surface! Pending face photo.
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22K WEDDING RING RECOVERY! Sterling VA.

  • from Leesburg (Virginia, United States)
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Not back from Nome, Alaska 24 hours, and I was right back at it with the Ring recoveries… I received a call from a gentleman in Sterling, VA, who lost a 22K wedding band in his backyard while shaking out some carpets. I was out there and conducted a quick recovery of his wedding band next to the house! Happy customer…😊
The kids enjoyed their History Seekers stickers!
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14K RING RIVER RECOVERY – Cacapon River, WV.

  • from Leesburg (Virginia, United States)
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The Cacapon River is one of West Virginia’s highest quality rivers. Protected by woodlands and peaceful fields, its waters are not polluted by industry, development or mining.
I received a call from a customer who was kayaking with his son on the Cacapon River. While going through an area with some mild rapids, the kayak flipped over, and everything went overboard. Obviously focusing on his son to ensure everyone was safe, he then realized his ring had come off his finger. He searched in the current for several hours but was unable to locate the ring.
We agreed on a date/time and after an hour-and-a-half excursion, I arrived deep back in the woods of WV. At first I was slightly concerned about the rapids, but after a little bit of foot dancing in the river to ensure I didn’t get washed away, I was able to get into the area I wanted to search. I had to hold the detector with both hands due to the current but was able to get a high 80s on my XP Deus II. I set the detector on a boulder to my left, put my snorkel mask on, then dunked my face into the cold water rapids. Like a gleaming beacon, I saw the  14 karat yellow gold ring, staring up at me through the water, in between two large rocks.
Happy customer. 😊 Happy Hunting
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Turuo, MA iPhone Hidden by Rain Driven Sand Found By Richard Browne and Returned

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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September 14, 2026

It was a balmy Saturday night, clear enough to star gaze, but unfortunately loose a cell phone in the sand. Then the rain came like it hasn’t in several years so said the weather man. No searching or raking the area the “FIND-ME” said the phone was in gave up the lost phone. Take note here that the Ping mark for a lost phone is generally good for locating within about a 30 foot radius the rest is up to the owner to find it. Here again the party did not have the correct gear to really search the area for the lost phone. Someone came up with the idea of a metal detectorist that could help out.

When I got the call I was not at home to receive it and driving so I did not read or answer a text right away. At home a few text with a third party as Ari did not have her phone. To make things harder, Ari had left the Cape and was in Boston. Well, I had a ping mark on a screen shot of the area, but it was getting late and the beach was over an hour away, depending on traffic. I would be on the beach before noon.

At 11AM I was on the site. I went to the area of the ping mark. To my dismay there were parallel grid marks, someone had already been there. Either the phone had been found or it was not in the area that had been searched. I increased the to about a 40 foot radius. After a few passes bingo there was a big signal and a gentle push in the sand and there was the Apple iPhone. Mission accomplished. Well almost, I had to return the phone.

I texted the contact’s phone number, hoping Ari was still with her friend. Guess what…the phone I had just found started ringing, but it was locked and I could not answer the call. Back at my car a contact was made as was an arrangement for the phone to be picked up at my home. Where Photos were taken and more of how the phone’s loss took place. I am not sure here, but I believe Ari had sketched the Thank You card and added on the reverse side a heart felt Thank You. I know I have helped many in the same way and hope to keep up the trend for many years to come. A note to me is a meaningful gift that I can revisit time after time. Thank you.

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West Dennis Beach Takes and Gives Back Mother’s Wedding Ring Set

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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September 11, 2026

While I was outside doing some needed yard work a Text Message was left on my phone.

“I am on the west Dennis beach and I just lost my ring. It was mom’s wedding/engagement ring. She passed away in April. We are on vacation and are supposed to head back tomorrow.”

I knew I had to go and find this ring, a ring her mother wore for 66 years, ASAP.

I was on the beach about 45 minutes after calling Kristen. At the beach the necessary information was obtained. My bad was in thinking the tied was on the rise, it was really on the way out. To add to my problem was the locations I was given. At first they were to the west of the chair on the beach and out, then it moved to the east of the chair and closer in. Had the tide was on the rise I would have to search further out to be at the point Kristen was when she lost the ring. That is the way it went for about two hours. John had to leave and take their dog home. Kristen stayed and told me she thought I should be more to the west but closer in…the search went on and the sunset told me I should think about coming back in the morning’s low tide.

Kristen was almost off the beach and I was going to be very close behind. That’s when I heard the sound I was searching for: the low sharp tone of gold. Yes, it was the diamond white gold ring I had been searching for. Even before leaving the ankle deep water (it was now low tide) I shouted out “Kristen”. In hopes I had found her ring she sprinted to me, saw the ring in my scoop. WOW, another grateful person. I love it when I can return an item before a person had to sleep on the tragedy overnight.

In the parking lot Kristen told me about the fun in the surf and on the sand of West Dennis Beach since her early childhood. Many of the memories of those years with her parents had brought her back to the very area of the beach we were on.

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Claddagh Wedding Ring Lost, Found, Returned Dennis, MA by Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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September 10, 2026

Summer was ending soon and grand-kids would be off to school for the day and not playing on the beach. For one of the last days of summer fun Jack would take his ATV and the group out to the low tide line on Cape Cod Bay. This afternoon the children would not be thinking of school or be alone in the water, Jack would be right in there with them. A backward splash and a hand thrust was just enough with the cool water to rip his wedding ring, a Claddagh, with an emerald off into the water’s sandy bottom.

Days of searching with no success, it would be fate that would bring help. Sandra, Jack’s wife of 56 years was attending a physical therapy session and mentioned the loss to the PT trainer. The trainer knew of TheRingFinders and gave Sandra the information. Sandra called me and I would be on my way, but not until two hours before low tide.

I had been told were to park and that Jack would be right over. Well here he came in his ATV to give me a ride out about a quarter of a mile to the site of the loss. To cut to the chase; I had Jack “mark the sand”, with tire tracks, where he thought he had lost the ring. After almost two hours of searching, the marked areas in the sand as I had found just one quarter. It was time to mentally rethink about the information I had been given. The marked areas that I had made in the sand would not have been waist deep in water until hours after the time of the loss. And if that was the case Jack would have had to go through much deeper water with the grand-kids on the way back to the ATV. My thought was that I had to search the deeper gullies, not the gentle sloping sand that had been marked.

The next 5 minutes of searching passed and I had found a pull tab and a fishing weight. The lower area was proving that I might be on the correct track. Another quick chat with Jack and a new area to search was outlined. Jack went off to define still another possible area to search and I put my detector’s headphones on and started to swing. On the second stroke I heard a promising signal that sure enough was caused by Jack’s Claddagh ring. We had been standing right on the ring while making our next plan of searching.

An emotional couple of minutes for Jack to recoup from putting his wedding ring back where it belonged and we were on the ATV heading off the sand flats of Cape Cod Bay. Now I was awfully glad we did not have to walk the quarter mile back to the parking lot. However, it was time enough for Jack to give me a quick history lesson on the area going back into the early 1800s. At the parking lot, I wished we had another mile or two for story telling. But a pending meeting precluded that. The only thing left was to have a short meeting with Sandra to make sure she would thank the PT Therapist for passing my information on to her.

Sometimes it seams like an impossible task to drive many miles to search hundreds of square yards, with a coil of 10 or 15 inches in diameter and to put the coil over a one inch diameter “lost” ring. And this day was one of those days when all seams almost impossible, but it did happen. I only wish it could happen every time and end with a wonderful picture for the Book of Smiles.

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After she said “Yes” to His Proposal, Her Silver Engagement Ring Slipped into the Ocean, North Myrtle Beach SC.

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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On Wednesday September 2, 2026, and just before 8 p.m., I received a phone call from Kenneth saying he had lost a silver engagement ring in the ocean. He continued by saying that he had proposed to his Fiancée, Alli and within a few seconds, he heard her say, “Oh NO!” when her ring had slipped off her finger at the edge of the water and disappeared. I got the address and was on my way.

When I arrived, I met Kenneth on the beach, and he showed me the area. The problem was it was Pitch Black outside, and he wasn’t sure of the exact location. So, I was looking at a pretty good size area. I started a grid search at what was thought to be the far north end of the area. After about an hour, I called it a night. I couldn’t see my grid lines and was just wandering aimlessly in hopes of hitting the ring with the Equinox 800. I told him I’d be there the next morning at low tide.

The next morning when I showed up, there was another guy detecting the area. I was confused and Kenneth said someone had responded to his post on Facebook and had been there since 5:30 a.m. When I talked to the guy, I found out he was a Ring Finder from NC and was on vacation. He had seen the post and thought he’d lend a hand in finding the ring. I got a better idea from Kenneth of where the ring was lost but it was apparent, by the scoop drag marks in the sand, that the area had already been searched. So, I did the top half of the beach with no luck. After a couple of hours of searching we called it. I wasn’t pleased with the results and had planned on redoing the area on another day.

I was busy for the next 2 days but was finally able to make it out on Sunday morning before low tide, 4 days after the loss. I started my normal east/west grid search, from the beach to the water, and at the southern point where Kenneth was positive they hadn’t been past. From the details Kenneth had given me, I knew the ring should be just above the low tide line, just not sure how far across the beach. Just around an hour of doing my grid search across the beach, I was about 15 feet out of the water and hit a loud and solid 21-22 on the Equinox VDI (visual display indicator). Those numbers told me there was silver under the coil. It took a couple of scoops, and the target was out of the hole. I spread the sand out with my foot and saw Kenneth’s silver engagement ring lying on the beach. I took a picture of his ring and sent it to him, then called him. He confirmed it was his. Tuesday, I got the ring in the mail back to where it belongs.

On Friday 9/11, Kenneth advised me he received his ring in the mail. The ring is back where it belongs safe and sound!

Kenneth – Thanks for calling me and allowing me to help find your lost treasure. I wish you and Alli all the best.

Jim

 

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Lost Gold Ring Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver.

  • from Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
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Lost your Ring/Jewellery/Cell Phone/Keys…Call ASAP 24/7 Chris- 778-838-3463

I received a text message in regards to finding a lost ring at Spanish Banks beach here in Vancouver. After asking a few questions, I learned that the Ring was lost on Thursday and she was reaching out to me Sunday, late afternoon. I told her with the amount of people hunting the beaches these days there was a good chance someone may have already found it. She also told me she lost it beside a log and everybody who metal detects goes around the logs, and she posted it on a lost and found forum online, the odds were definitely against us, but it would still be worth searching for just for the what if factor.

The young lady was not able to meet me at the beach as she was working so we were able to FaceTime and she put me in the area where she believe the ring to have been lost. This search surprisingly only took me five minutes and it was just a foot or so away from the log.

I love my Job!!! Makes me happy to reconnect people with their most sentimental items. If you’ve lost something, don’t wait until it’s too late call ASAP. I look forward to helping you find what you thought was lost forever.

 

I’m posting most of my recoveries now here on Instagram…

https://www.instagram.com/theringfinders

 

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