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Wedding ring lost in Oregon yard, found with metal detector

  • from Oregon City (Oregon, United States)
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On a Sunday evening, I received a text stating “We lost a wedding band, we think in our backyard, and were wondering if you could come out and find it.”

I asked a few of my standard questions regarding how the ring had been lost, and why they thought it was in the yard. Steph told me her husband had the ring on in the morning. After working out in the yard all day, he came in to shower and he realized the ring was missing. They searched through the house and didn’t find it, so she did an internet search and found the Ringfinders.
I was able to go out to their house the next morning, so we agreed on a convenient time.

I arrived and met with Steph. She walked me through the yard work her husband was doing, and the area the ring could have been lost in. She thought it may have been lost while he had been planting berry bushes, or trimming some bushes. She also told me they had purchased a metal detector off of Amazon Prime, but were frustrated because they just kept getting noise everywhere they searched.

Searching the front yard area and flower beds, I only found some aluminum scrap and a penny. Also no indication the ring was buried under any of the berry bushes Ryan had planted.

Moving into the backyard area, I focused on the raised area above the lawn, I hit some promising targets, but were just junk.

A bit away, I received a scratchy sound on the Manticore, but good VDI numbers, and perfect response on the 2D mapping. Leaning in I could see the faint outline of a ring.

 

Confirming this was the missing ring, I snapped a photo, and found Steph, who was in the house. I asked if she would come out so I could explain how I was searching with the metal detector. I handed her the penny I had found, and she said she was hoping it was the missing ring. We went into the backyard. I ran the detector over a couple of bad targets, then over the ring. I told her that’s the ring, but she still didn’t see it. Kicking a little of the yard debris away, she was able to pick up the missing ring!

I asked if it was alright if I took some photos for the Ringfinders website, and Steph said she was hopeful that they would be added with a successful recovery.

Steph told me she was sure they wouldn’t have found the ring without my help.
Steph was going to use the penny I had found to give Ryan a hard time for losing his ring. He was very sad to get home and just see a penny on the counter, and not his ring, but very happy to actually have his ring back.

 

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Milltown Wisconsin lost ring found!

  • from Ham Lake (Minnesota, United States)
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While doing yardwork involving raking and brush pile organization his ring was found missing later in the day after his work was done. He tried searching with a metal detector for a few days on his own with no luck. Searching and wondering where his ring was lost a brush pile and immediate area was searched. After a 1/2 hour search his ring was located in the midst of a brush pile and returned. He was ecstatic! many thanks to you for calling me and allowing me the opportunity to help return your ring!

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Lost ring at Pelican Beach in Satellite Beach Florida

  • from Melbourne Beach (Florida, United States)
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 Romani called when he lost his wedding ring.  He was shaking out his towel getting ready to leave and realized his ring was missing.  He was not sure when it came off but thought it might be around that area.  While still on the beach he found my number on Ringfinders web site. I was able to meet him and his family on the beach and after a short search I found the ring.  We were both thrilled and his family gave me a big cheer. Such a rewarding hobby!

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Rose Gold Floral Band w/Diamonds Lost in a Field, Found and Returned Florence, SC

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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This adventure started just before 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 30, 2026, when I received a call from Rick about a lost ring. He said his wife Rona had lost her Engagement Ring somewhere in a field. They were in the process of checking out of a Howard Johnsons Hotel and loading a truck to continue their trip when her ring slipped off her finger. I asked him to send me the address, and I’ll send him my ETA once I got on the road.

It took just under an hour and a half to get to the address; unfortunately, Rick had been given the wrong address to give to me. I quickly asked Siri for directions to the nearest Howard Johnson, which ended up being another 3 miles down the road. Once I drove the 3 miles, I didn’t see a Howards Johnson in any direction. I pulled into a gas station and called Rick. Luckily, he was standing in the field across the highway and saw me walking around the gas station parking lot. We finally met next to the field where the ring was lost, which maybe was half a football field.  He showed me the suspected loss area, where the truck was parked and the area he and Rona had been. Looking at the whole situation, loss was that day, grass was short with bare areas I’m thinking this would be more of a visual search. None-the-less, I turned on the Equinox 800 and tested Rona’s Wedding band, a solid 13 on the VDI (visual display indicator). I started a north/south grid search starting at the curb and working towards the Howard Johnsons. There were a lot of targets, but they were all trash, mostly pull tabs which were ringing up as a 13 on the 800 and bottle caps. Rick was sure of the area it should be in, so I shortened my grid lines. It finally got dark enough to use head lamps for a visual search, thinking that gold ring should shine when the lights hit it. I finished up the area and moved to the far end of one side and started an east/west grid, moving my grid line further out from my original grid lines. Before I did, I talked to Rick and asked him if he would get my other head lamp and start a grid search of his own, going back over my search area. As I got finished with my first east/west grid line, I saw Rick and Rona arm in arm bent overusing their phone flashlight and my headlamp searching like pros. I stopped to see how things were going and as I was talking to Rona, Rick rose up and said, “I just found the ring!” He showed both Rona and me and boom, with the light shining on it, it was obvious as could be. I joked with Rick that he needs to become a ring finder now.

Rick and Rona – Thank you for contacting and trusting me to help find your lost treasure. Best wishes to both of you. Take care!

Jim

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18K Bracelet Found In Big Rapids, MI

  • from Holland (Michigan, United States)
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Received a call from Abraham, a student at Ferris State University, saying he lost his bracelet playing flag football back in October of 2025. He lost it on a wet, muddy night and spent hours searching for it with a flashlight. He assumed somebody had stepped on it and pushed it down in the mud. He went back days later with a metal detector and had no luck. The bracelet had been given to him by his mother, and he did not tell her he had lost it yet. Seeing that the lost area is about the size of a football field, I called my friend Chuck to help me. We arrived and had Abraham mark off the area to search with 4 flags and we went to work. We each started searching at the ends and worked toward the center. After about 2 hours Chuck found a 14K bracelet and after calling Abraham to take a look, he said it was not his. About 30 minutes later Chuck finds another gold bracelet!!!! This is it! This made Abraham’s day and ours too.

Found using a Garrett At Pro with a reading of 41-42 while it was in the ground about one inch deep in a pile. On top of the ground strung out it read a solid 42. The clasp had bent letting the bracelet fall off.
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Garrapata beach, south of Carmel, ring found

  • from Monterey (California, United States)
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Got a call from a gentleman who lost his wife’s ring on Garrapata beach, ~ 20 minutes south of Carmel, CA.   Had put it in his jacket pocket for « safe keeping ».   But later had taken off the jacket and bundled it up to carry .  And , although they didn’t realize the ring was missing till they’d arrived back at their Monterey hotel, yet figured it probably fell out of the pocket while on-the-beach.   Their suspicions and approx. location were correct.

 

A platinum band surrounded with diamonds.   They can now return to southern CA with their ring safely back in their possession.  Glad I could help you guys !  Thanx for the generous tip.

 

 

Also, it came to my attention that he didn’t get referred to this service through « Ringfinders » website/directory necessarily.  But instead had come up in chat AI search results, with merely my name.  But I assume that EVEN THAT is a result of the ring-finders’ directory key-word search , that fuels AI search results.  So I assume this is still essentially from the RF website system results.

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Pendant Lost In Lyman, Maine Grass, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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Just before 8:00pm, Thursday evening, I received a phone call from Elley. Elley told me that she is a professional dog trainer and that earlier in the day she had taken a “Rescue Dog, from Georiga, to Bunganut Lake , Bunganut Lake Town Park, Lyman, Maine . The dog, Kasper had been taken to the park, for a walk and a little play time. While playing with Kasper, Elley felt Kasper catch her necklace and breaking it. Elley was able to actually catch her “Tiffany & Co.” key pendant but didn’t see her other pendant. Her other pendant wasn’t a “precious metal “, like the Tiffany & Co. Pendant but a pendant, with a copper base metal. However, this pendant held great sentimental value because this pendant has an engraving, of Elley’s beloved dog, Mina. Elley has told me that Mina is her “Soul Dog” and loves her to the moon and back.
So, Elley is a busy woman and had multiple appointments, to train dogs, Friday morning. She thought she could get away at lunch, noontime, on Friday and show me the area, she thought the pendant was lost. I always prefer someone to show me the exact area, when the owner, thinks their item was lost. I can’t tell you how many times, I have searched the wrong area, because trying to describe an area, on the phone or text messages just doesn’t always work. When people look at a map, it isn’t the same as when they are there in person.
So, Friday afternoon, we met at the park and Elley walked me down to the area, that Kasper accidentally broke her necklace. The area wasn’t large, maybe 50’ X 50’. I could search that area, in no time. I would start a grid search of the area, east to west, and then west to east, on my return trip, to the area, I started in. Being a park, with swimming, cookouts and a playground, I knew there would be a lot of metal trash, in this park. I decided to use my smaller 9” coil, for my Minelab Manticore metal detector. The smaller coil would pick up less trash, with every swing making it easier to hear the pendant, I was searching for. As I started searching, I was picking up lots of trash signals and also, lots of coin signals. Elley went to get Kasper, out of her vehicle, while I searched , so she could walk him. As I grid searched, back and forth, I could see Elley and the dog, on one of the trails. As I was watching Kasper happily pulling Elley along, I received a very loud mid tone, and reading 63-64, on my VDI screen. Definitely an object, in the copper range and only one bar showing on my VDI. This is my depth gauge and one bar is telling me that the target is on top of the surface to 2 or 3 inches, below the surface. With recently lost items, a one bar display, is exactly what I was hoping for. I looked down at the area and after 10 seconds or so, I spotted a copper colored pendant, hidden in the dead grass. BANG, After just 15 minutes of searching, I had the pendant. Elley and Kasper were walking towards me and I told her that I had found her pendant. After tying Kasper up, at the swing set, she excitedly came over, to me. I hadn’t picked the pendant up and asked Elley if she could see her pendant, in the dead grass. After showing her the area and with a clue or two, it still took 30 seconds of visually scanning the area, before she finally found the pendant. That how well it was hidden, in the grass. Elley screamed with delight and was all smiles, holding the pendant, up to her body, so thankful to have her Soul Dog Pendant back. I took a video, of Elley, visually searching, for her pendant and you may see it, on The Ring Finders of Maine’s Facebook Page.
Elley has given me permission to show her business card and I will be happy to. Should anyone in Southern Maine or New Hampshire have any questions about her dog training, or her other dog services, please reach out to her at 603-502-8682 and she will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Although I wasn’t able to meet Elley’s Soul Dog, Mina, Elley assured me she would give Mina the good news of getting her pendant back. As anyone who has ever owned a dog, dogs really are a member of the family.
So, another pendant, back on the chain. I love my job, it’s the best job, in the world 🦮😀❤️🙏

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Lost gold wedding ring recovered, South Bend, Indiana

  • from Granger (Indiana, United States)
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Chris contacted me about a lost ring he hoped could be recovered. His wife, who passed away last year, had lost the ring while they were raking leaves in the front yard (4 years ago). She was not certain when it fell off, nor where.
Chris got curious about trying to find the ring, started searching for ways to maybe rent a metal detector to try finding it. He discovered The Ringfinders in his research and opted to hire me for this recovery attempt.
The front yard was along a busy road, which almost always equals lots of metallic debris. I had to sort through many targets of foil, shredded can pieces, bottle caps and just various metal objects. After a half hour or so, a nice sounding target presented itself, within the area he guessed had the higher potential. Within the small clump of grass roots and dirt I pried up, I could see the edge of a ring.

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Man’s Silver Wedding Band Lost in Thick Dune Weeds/Grass, Found and Returned North Myrtle Beach SC

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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This search and recovery started with a phone call from Madison on Thursday, March 26, 2026, just before 8 p.m. She asked if I could help find her husband’s silver wedding band at the beach. She told me that her husband had tossed her his keys and his ring. She caught the keys, but the ring had gone a totally different direction. She also told me it happened in the dune with grass and weeds, and the ring could also be in some bushes. I told her I was tied up until about 9:45-10:00 p.m. and asked if she would be able to meet me. She agreed and told me which beach access it was.

We met up as planned and she walked me out between houses to a sandy beach access foot path and showed me the overgrown area where the ring was. She showed me about where her husband was standing when he tossed his keys and ring. She then showed me the direction she saw the ring fly. I had my Equinox 800 and knew a silver man’s ring was going to ring up in the mid to high 20s depending on the size of the ring. I attempted to do some sort of a grid search but found that difficult with the high grass and weeds. She thought the flight path was towards, what looked like, a small pine tree. I was able to check the branches and maneuvered enough to get under the tree and check that area. I ended up doing a kind of a circle search and stretching it out as I went. At some point, she had mentioned that her husband was leaving town the next morning and he was watching the kids. After maybe 20-25 minutes or more, I told her that she didn’t need to stick around and I’d call her one way or the other. She agreed and headed home. I decided to start over from where he was standing and work my way in straight lines. Within 5 minutes, I got a solid 32 on the VDI (visual display indicator). The only 32 signal I had ever received on the 800 was a silver dollar. I turned my headlamp on and searched the ground where the signal came from and saw a little tiny sliver of something peeking out of the sand. I reached down and ran my finger over it and uncovered a beautiful silver hammered ring, just like she said it was. She also told me their wedding date was engraved inside the ring. Bingo! I couldn’t read the engraving, but it appeared to be a date. I took a quick picture and sent it to her saying, “This it?” She immediately responded, “oh my gosh, Yesss.” She called and said she was turning around. I told her we could meet in the middle and picked a MacDonald’s. About 15 minutes later she had her husband’s ring back in her hand, a big smile on her face and heading home. I got a text from her the next day saying, “That her husband is so so happy. You really saved the day and more. I can’t even begin to tell you how grateful I am.” This is exactly why I do this! I wasn’t able to get her picture, so I filled in for her.

Madison – Thank you for calling me and allowing me the opportunity to find and return your husband’s ring.

Best wishes, Jim

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IPhone Lost in the sand, Found and Returned in the Wet Sand at Garden City Beach SC

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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Right around 10 am, Monday, March 23, 2026, I got a phone call from Luke saying he lost his IPhone on the beach in Garden City and asked if I would be able to help. Luke sent me a couple of pictures and the coordinates. He also sent me the address of the Resort. I told him I’d give it a shot and grabbed my gear and headed out on the 45-minute drive. Along the way Luke text me, “The phone should be about 1/3 to ½ from the hotel to the water and if you’re facing the hotel with your back to the water, it should be more towards the left side of the hotel.” He didn’t say and I didn’t ask about what time it happened, but I knew I’d be working against an incoming tide with high ide in a couple of hours.

I arrived on site and took and sent him a video to make sure I was in the right spot. He replied that I was, so I started a perpendicular grid line from the top of the beach to about knee deep in rough surf. I knew an IPhone rings up crazy, anywhere from high 20s to mid 30s on the Equinox 800 VDI (visual display indicator). I think I was on my 6th grid line and got the high signal (34) I was looking for. It took me 3 scoops of wet sand to get to his phone, but I got it. I tried turning it on with no luck. I was concerned the phone may have been under too much water to work. I took a couple of pictures of his phone and sent him a text saying, “This it?” He immediately called me and confirmed it was his. We discussed how to get it back to him in Charlotte, NC the fastest way possible. I told him I’d go to the Post Office and call him back.  I took my equipment and his phone back to the car and decided to get one more picture. I walked back down to the beach just in time to watch a guy with a detector walk within 2 feet of where I had found Luke’s phone. Glad I found it first. Ended up sending the phone thru USPS and he got it back within 3 days. Luke let me know he got the phone, charged it up and it works perfectly. A little back story is that Luke, his wife; brother-in-law and his brother-in-law’s girlfriend were enjoying the beach. Luke took a little nap and soon after waking up, they packed up to go home. They checked the area and it wasn’t until they got about ½ way home before he realized he didn’t have his phone. He did call the local police, who sent a couple of officers down to see if they could spot the phone, with no luck. The next day Luke was able to find me on The Ring Finders and gave me the call.

Luke – Thanks for trusting me to help find you phone. Best wishes to you and yours.

Jim

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