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Whoever thought playing with the dog would lead to this?

  • from Warner Robins (Georgia, United States)
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It was just around noontime when my phone alerted me to an incoming call. Looking at the phone number my gut reaction was: « I don’t know anyone from this area code, this must be another spam call », but then, the unexpected text and a voicemail message came in.
The text said: « I found you in Ring Finders and could sure use your help. I’m in Monticello GA. I lost my ring in a house, but not a beach or somewhere like that, but was still hoping you could help me find it. I know the exact room I was in too. The ring has always been loose on my finger. I was playing with the dog so he could let out some energy and be happy. I must have moved too fast though. When my hands quickly moved away, my ring went flying. I flung it somewhere in this room, but I haven’t had luck finding it. »
My first impulse was: « I can help this person out, since I have nothing important planned this afternoon, and I could even get the car packed and start the journey in 30 – 45 minutes. I would also need to consult the local retirement coordinator (wife) for clearance to travel. Next, I searched the information superhighway for logistical information on Monticello Georgia. According to Google maps, the distance between Warner Robins and Monticello GA is 58 miles and would take 1 hour and 8 minutes travel time. The trip traverses middle Georgia backroads which includes scenic landscapes along Lake Juliette and historic Jarrell Plantation. In all, the roundtrip would be at least 4 hours, but would not be surprised if this treasure hunt took upwards of 6 hours to complete.
Now I was ready to call the lost ring owner back. Robert was very friendly and grateful to receive my call. After introducing myself, I gave him some background on my experience with the ringfinders organization and metal detecting as a hobby. He then explained in greater detail the location where his ring was lost and his efforts to find it. The ring itself is a simple, narrow gold band and the room where the ring was lost is being used for storage. The room’s dimensions are approximately 8 feet 4 inches by 12 feet four inches. Since losing his ring Robert searched every square inch of the room to no avail. He even moved objects in the room around to be certain the ring was not hiding in plain sight. His conclusion was that the ring must have found its way into the gap between the walls and floor, which according to Robert was plenty wide enough to swallow up his wedding ring. His request for me to search the wall/floor gap with my metal detector in hopes I could find his lost gold wedding band. As we discussed further, Robert revealed that the house was quite old and the room where the ring was lost has original hardwood flooring installed above a crawlspace. This likely meant the floor is tongue and groove construction nailed to floor joists. I let Robert know that the floor nails and metal fasteners in the wall could prevent the detector from finding the lost gold band as the ring would be surrounded by a sea steel nails and to the metal detector, and each steel nail would be detected as a possible target. This revelation led me to suggest one more avenue before I undergo a journey that may not produce the location of the lost wedding ring. I asked Robert how thoroughly he has searched the objects being stored within the room. Robert expressed with certainty that the ring had been lost at floor level and was not on or in any of the room’s contents, but then the next words that came out of Robert’s mouth changed everything. « You won’t believe this, but I just found my lost ring! It seems the moment I suggested a different search approach, Robert’s eyes locked onto his elusive target; his ring was found resting upon a tray used to store ratcheting wrenches. And all this occurred within the span of a 5 minute phone call. As we concluded our call, Robert humbly expressed his thanks for my remote help which I reciprocated in gratitude for him searching out my services through ringfinders. I also mentioned how helping others and finding lost valuables brought me a kind of joy and satisfaction.
It just goes to show you that when all your efforts seem to be leading to dead-ends, consider « maybe I could be doing this a little differently ». What do you have to lose, or possibly, what might you find by trying a different approach, or reaching out to someone for help or maybe even saying a quick prayer?
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Two Snow-Pile Rings Found! Pewaukee, WI

  • from Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin, United States)
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I’ve lost track of the number of stories I’ve heard and read where a mundane application of hand lotion resulted in a lost ring. Except, in the case of Sussex, Wisconsin residents, Jake and Lindsay Villwock, it was two rings that went missing; Lindsay’s engagement ring along with her wedding band.

Establishing a timeline of activities is critical to any lost-ring search and recovery process. The Villwock’s timeline on January 13th was heavily populated with activities. The day followed a significant snowstorm here in Southeast Wisconsin. Not, only that, the events covered a lot of miles. They were traveling to go skiing. The rings could be most anywhere.

The timing of one activity was vague. Lindsay recalled taking her rings off while riding in their truck and placing them in her lap, this to apply hand lotion. She did not remember for sure putting the rings back on her hand. Subsequently, Lindsay had stepped out of the truck on at least two locations. Once was at a Quick Trip service center about half way between the Wisconsin towns of Slinger and Richfield. Did the rings fall off in the parking lot there? Jake returned and searched the area unsuccessfully. He even shoveled the fresh snow into a pile out of reach of the snowplow just to be safe.

Jake contacted me after seeing my listing on The Ring Finder’s directory of metal-detecting specialists. I met him the following afternoon at the Quick Trip location and quickly determined the rings were no longer there. Did someone already find them? It was a good possibility. Jake notified both, the manager and the local police in case some good person turned them in.

Jake related how for several weeks prior to ‘popping the question’ to Lindsay, he would fondle the engagement ring in anticipation of that moment, rehearsing what he would say. He also had the ring inscribed with, “I always knew.” Jake suppressed the sickening thought that the ring was now gone forever.

A few days later, Jake contacted me about another event on their timeline. They had stopped by Jake’s parent’s home in Pewaukee. The parking lot had been plowed when they arrived. Jake wondered if perhaps a subsequent clearing of the snow had pushed the rings up into the waist-high piles that lined the parking area. It was a long shot, but worth a look.

I met Jake on location on the 25th, 12 days after the rings went missing. His best recollection narrowed the search area to 3, maybe 4 parking spots. Using an extra-large, deep-seeking search coil on an XP Deus II detector, I began scanning the massive mounds of snow. About 15 minutes into the search, I heard a very faint signal, one that registered in the conductivity range of gold. Digging deeper, I used a hand-held probe to isolate the target. “It’s probably just an aluminum-foil gum wrapper,” I thought to myself. Foil wrappers sometimes give off a signal similar to a gold ring. But it was not a gum wrapper; it was in fact, Lindsay’s engagement ring! It’s inscription, “I always knew” was unmistakable.

I tucked the precious love token into my glove for safe keeping and continued looking for the wedding band. Unless someone already had found it, it had to be close by. Unaware of my discovery, Jake helped by shoveling layers of snow off the pile while I scanned their contents. Eventually, I heard the signal I was hoping for. Using the hand-held probe once again, and with Jake hovering close by, we slowly dissected a fist-sized clump of ice and snow until only a golf-ball-sized ball remained. Splitting the icy mass open, a flash of yellow gold announced the presence of Lindsay’s wedding band!

Jake was ecstatic! The find buoyed his hopes that the engagement ring could also be found. That’s when I broke the news to Jake, first telling him I was certain the engagement ring could not be in the snowbank. Then, holding out the ring in my hand, I explained, “…because I have it right here!”

Words fail to adequately capture the emotions of that moment. But in addition to Jake’s smile, he was literally trembling when I took a photo of him holding both rings.

I texted Jake the following morning to ask how the “reveal” to Lindsay went. He replied,

“So the reveal went great! I actually waited while! I wound up giving them to our two-year old and told her to bring these to Momma. She walked over with her hand up in the air saying, “Mamma… here…” I think Lindsay expected some goldfish snacks or something. When she saw what was in her hand she got very choked up!”

If you or someone you know has lost a ring…, or two, don’t let their story end! Give me a call today.

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Lost Rings in the grass, Orlando, Florida….Found with Metal Detector!

  • from Sanford (Florida, United States)
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Mike’s Emergency Metal Detecting Service just for you if you lost a ring or something precious to you. Don’t wait until tomorrow because time will work against you! Please call ASAP…Call Now…321-363-6029

Gabi called me to ask if I was available to help her find some lost rings. She and her fiancee had spent an evening enjoying some of the Orlando Florida attractions and as they were walking back to their car they had a disagreement and Gabi’s engagement ring and her fiancee’s ring ended up lost in the thick saint Augustine grass! They spent the rest of the evening and into the dark searching for their rings..and even went back the next day! Gabi decided to check into renting a metal detector and that is when she came across theringfinders.com website and after reading a couple of my stories she gave me a call and we were able to meet up that afternoon. I was hoping Gabi could bring her fiancee as well because it is most always best to get two people’s opinions on the situation instead of just one. After meeting up and driving to the location I began my search along a long stretch of grass just to the side of a busy road and soon realized that there were allot of targets that sounded similar to a lady’s gold ring. I asked Gabi what her ring was made of and she said she thought it was either white gold or silver, she wasn’t real sure. So I decided to investigate every shallow signal reading in the mid to high range and I used my pin pointer allot day! It took a good hour and a half to thoroughly cover the whole area and I could see that Gabi was beginning to lose hope of me ever finding their lost rings and then…BOOM! I got a sweet, shallow, small silver reading and at first glance I could only see some sort of tape or paper and after a closer look I saw a flash of a diamond. I reached down and picked up Gabi’s lost engagement ring and held it up for her to see and I asked, « Is this your ring? » Gabi was overcome with emotion and knelt beside me and gave me a long hug and all I could say was, « Thank you God for helping me find this young lady’s ring!! » Ten minutes later I got another solid, shallow high tone and there was Gabi’s fiancee’s ring down in the thick grass. This time I let Gabi use my pin pointer to do a final location and what a thrill to see the sheer joy and relief and happiness in her face!

Have you lost a ring or phone or keys in the grass, in your car or in the sand and need help?

Call or text ASAP at 321-363-6029 and lets talk about how I can help you!

Mike McInroe….blessed to be a member of theringfinders.com

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Rose-Gold Wedding Ring Found – New Berlin, WI

  • from Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin, United States)
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A recent winter storm in southeast Wisconsin dumped nearly 18 inches of snow.

New Berlin, WI resident, Mitchell (Mitch) Rose, was navigating the drifts between two apartment buildings when he was forced off the sidewalk by a snow-laden crabapple tree. After getting back onto the cement walkway, Mitch reached down to brush the snow off his leg. That’s when he felt his loose fitting rose-gold wedding ring leave his hand and disappear somewhere in the whiteness. It had only been 18 months since his wife gave him the ring on their wedding day. Now it was gone. “Surely it couldn’t have gone far,” Mitch consoled himself. But despite his best search efforts, the ring was nowhere to be found.

Renting a metal detector, Mitch felt certain he would locate the lost ring. But the detector seemed alive with chirps and screeches, signaling all kinds of metallic objects in the vicinity. He was just about to give up and wait for Spring when he found The Ring Finder’s online directory of metal detecting specialists and reach out to me.

On arrival, Mitch led the way to the area where he had brushed off the snow. The motion and direction of his hand movements were noted and I began a systematic search of the area, using an ever-expanding search pattern. The sidewalk was full of reinforcing iron. And the usual buried electrical and phone cables made their presence known with their EMI (electrical magnetic interference) signals.

Almost an hour of systematic searching failed to detect a unique rose-gold target. Then, further up the sidewalk and barely distinguishable from the reinforcing mesh, a signal invited investigation. Nearly 10 inches down, Mitchell’s ring suddenly flashed its presence. The smile on Mitch’s face says it best of all, “It’s more than a ring!”

If you, or someone you know has lost a ring, even long ago, don’t let its story end. Call today to discuss your lost-ring case.

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Lost Keys found in Fergus Ontario

  • from Cambridge (Ontario, Canada)
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I lost my VW (2012) key fob in the ice and deep snow while visiting my Sister’s animal farm to help her with some farm maintenance.  I lost the other key fob some year ago, so I was not able to drive the car home. I rented a metal detector but was still not able to find my key fob, not to mention how I felt in the extremely cold weather we experienced last week.  I thought it was a lost cause.  I searched the internet and noticed Ron’s name on the Ring Finders web-site.  I called him Wednesday night and he returned my call immediately.  He assured me that he could come the next day (Thursday) to search for my key fob. Fortunately, Ron found my key fob in about 2 hours, as mentioned, in extremely cold weather. I can’t tell you how it felt when Ron handed me the VW key fob. Thanks Ron for your concern and kindness shown and quick response.

Sincerely,

Tonia

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Men’s Wedding Ring Lost In The Snow, While Ice Fishing On A Maine Lake, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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On Sunday January 21, 2024, I saw a text, on my phone, that had come in at 10:44am. It was now 12:40pm, 2 hours later. The message stated

“Hey, I lost my wedding ring yesterday while ice fishing in east waterboro. I am relatively certain that it is somewhere on this approximately football field sized patch of ice underneath an inch or two of snow. I found your number online. Do you have the opportunity and ability to search for it at some point”?

I immediately called back and told Luke that I was available to go search and could be there around 2:00pm. He had lost his ring, he thinks on Little Ossipee Lake, in East Waterboro, Maine. This was about 20 miles from my home. Luke told me he was home with his infant daughter and would not be able to meet me at the location until his wife, returned home , in the late afternoon. Luke sent me a photo of the area he had been ice fishing in, along with the address, of his friends lakefront camp, they had been at.
I arrived at the address right at 2:00pm, after a 30 minute drive. I saw the tracks and ice fishing holes, on the ice, that were in Luke’s photo. I texted Luke and let him know I had arrived and with such a large area to cover, should I start on the right side of the area or the left. Luke said the drilled holes on the right side 1st and drilled more holes to the left. The area may have contained 10-15 ice fishing holes, plus all the tracks going from hole to hole. I decided to start where Luke had started and detected the tracks, to the holes on the right side, of the area. Being a frozen lake, with approximately 2 inches of snow on it, I was moving along quickly, with my 17 inch CTX-3030 coil. Being above the lake, I was receiving absolutely no signals at all and this expedited the search.
After approximately a 1/2 hour, I received the unmistakable low tone sound of gold, along with a VDI reading of 12-19. Definitely a great Non- Ferrous target, in the gold range. I took out my Garret Pinpointer and located the target. I started wiping the snow away with my pinpointer and I saw the outline of a Gold Wedding Ring. I had found Luke’s Wedding Ring.
I sent Luke 2 photos of the ring and his reply was “You Are The Man”. I then asked Luke if he lived local because I could bring him the ring, where his wife was still not home. Luke provided his address, about 10 miles away and I drove right over and gave him his ring back. Luke was smiling ear to ear and said his wife is going to be so excited and happy.
I just love being able to help and return such sentimental and precious items to people. Although the temperature was only 16 degrees and I was detecting in the wide open, in the shade, I warmed up really fast when I saw the ring. Another happy day, all around.

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Lost ring in Viera

  • from Melbourne Beach (Florida, United States)
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Jason contacted me from his sons soccer game at a nearby high school. His wife had lost her ring somewhere between the car and their lawn chairs. I arrived and began detecting the area.

No sign of the missing ring. Jason assured me he had searched his car. I told him that only a few weeks ago my visiting Granddaughter dropped her ring between the back seats of our Tucson. we knew it had to be there. It required removing the seats to locate her ring.

Jason used You Tube to learn he could unclip the passenger seat and raise it to access the battery. The ring was there!  My metal detecting skills were not successful that day but I was able to help.

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Wildwood Crest NJ Lost Engagement Ring Found by Ring Finders South Jersey John Favano

  • from North Wildwood (New Jersey, United States)
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Elizabeth put both engagement ring and wedding band on a towel. She went to apply sunscreen on her children.
She forgot that the rings were there and went to take the towel up the rings went flying into the sand. Elizabeth and her family
searched the surrounding area for the lost rings. They were able to find the wedding band, but the engagement ring was still missing.
That’s when she reached out to me and being just a town over, I headed there and a few sweeps with the metal detector
I was able to locate the engagement ring! They were able to enjoy the rest of their week in Wildwood Crest, NJ!

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White Gold ring lost in bushes

  • from Kent (England, United Kingdom)
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I attended an address in Greenhithe Kent , after being contacted by Loan who had lost his very precious white Gold wedding band in bushes outside his house , after a lot of searching in very thick undergrowth, my pin pointer managed to recover Loans lost wedding ring , he was so relieved and delighted to be reunited with his wedding band , another recovery thanks to theringfinders.com

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Lost Platinum Ring in the Snow Found in Grand Blanc Michigan

  • from Detroit (Michigan, United States)
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Platinum Deposit…..

…..When Adam called me asking if I wanted to go prospecting for platinum, I said sure but was not aware of any platinum deposits in Michigan. Further clarification determined that he lost his ring in the snow somewhere while cleaning the ice and snow off his car. Upon arrival I noticed chunks of brown colored ice that was in piles from being plowed/shoveled. Using my MXT metal detector I started a grid search where the vehicle was parked. I kept getting bad junk metal signals from somewhere in the asphalt, so I just ignored them as I knew the platinum would sound better. Slowly circling a particular area, I got a nice solid signal near some ice chunks. Reaching down thru some revealed his platinum deposit stuck in one. When I said I hit the motherlode Adam couldn’t believe that the ring was in that area. Thrilled that his ring was found I said that if he ever does come across another platinum deposit, I know a guy who can help recover it!

Jon

 

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