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Heirloom wedding ring lost in Lake Michigan

  • from Manistee (Michigan, United States)
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I was contacted Sunday evening, July 20, by Sonny B. about a lost wedding ring. « my grandparents were married on May 31st, 1943. My grandfather passed away in January of 2011 and my grandmother in November of 2016. She gave my grandfathers ring to me in 2016 for my wedding on June 11th, 2016. Another cool fact is today, the day we found the ring, is my Grandmothers Birthday. You can’t make that up. Thank you so much! »

Sonny was on a boat and when he got off going to shore he caught a football from a friend in about ankle deep water. Just as he caught the ball he felt his wedding ring fall off. The ring was immediately swallowed up by the waves and fresh beach sand. As an IT tech he had the smarts to search the internet and coming across the Ringfinders.com. he gave me a call. After his call we agreed to meet at his family’s cottage on Portage Lake in Onekama MI. The following morning we parked our cars and took a long walk on the Pier leading out to Lake Michigan and another long walk to a friends private beach. Once in the water I was directed to an approximate area where the ring fell off his finger. I started my search about 10 feet to the left of where Sonny was standing and detected the water line. When I got in front of him in ankle deep water I got a good gold hit on my CZ21, got a scoop full of sand and as it filtered through scoop the ring appeared. Sonny lifted it out of the scoop in amazement and couldn’t stop thanking me as he talked about how much the ring meant to him and his wife. After some pictures were taken and more thank you’s, we walked back to our cars and said our good byes. This helping people in their dark hours never gets old.

 

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Lost TINY Diamond and Gold pendant found in Annapolis, Maryland!

  • from Baltimore (Maryland, United States)
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I was contacted today by Lauren who informed me that she lost a pendant from her necklace while in her barn preparing food for her livestock. She mentioned it was quite small and that it was most likely somewhere in the hay on the barn floor. She went on to say it was just lost that morning and that after searching for a while in the hay she realized that it was going to be near impossible to find it without professional help.

We made plans to meet in the afternoon. Upon arriving, Lauren took me down to the barn and led me to the specific area that she felt it should be.  Luckily the area was small and fairly undisturbed other than the searching that she did earlier. I immediately got to work and after getting a few false signals, I got a hit and…………….. …………BOOM! Can you see it in the picture?

I know Lauren told me it was small, but wow………………….this was by far the smallest recovery I’ve made in 20+ years!

Lauren ventured by up to the house prior, so I texted her to come back down to the barn. The joy and relief I saw on her face I will never forget. It was plain to see how much this tiny little cross meant to her! I’m happy to say it is back where it belongs!

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Gold Wedding Band Found and Returned in Smithfield, VA

  • from Virginia Beach (Virginia, United States)
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Another lost gold ring in the water! This ring was lost while the couple was training their dog at the waters edge. The ring came off while lifting the dog in and out of the water. The dog did fine but the ring did not! The husband ended up in the dog house while the dog roamed free! In the end we got him out of the dog house and  put the dog back in! Smiles all around!

 

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Another Heirloom Ring Lost & Found On The Shores of Lake Michigan

  • from Grand Haven (Michigan, United States)
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I received a text from Sam on a Monday afternoon because his girlfriend had lost a ring the Saturday before that he had given her 6 or 7 years before while they were in college.  The ring had been his grandmother’s and he was hoping I could help.  I was at work then and couldn’t help until the next day but, knowing the state parks groom the beaches every morning, I suggested he contact one of the other Ring Finders who could get there right away.  He had already waited a couple days before contacting me so he had pretty much resigned himself to the fact that it was probably lost forever.  With just a photo he had sent me to approximate where they were on the beach I tried the following Friday to search for the ring.  After about 20 minutes I was surprised to see a gold ring with a beautiful green peridot in my scoop.

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2 Rings Lost, Wedding Band and Engagement Ring, in the Sand, Found and Returned Garden City SC

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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On 7/20/25 just before 11:30 am, I got a text message saying, “Hi Jim, my name is Eric. My family is staying in Garden City beach and I am reaching out to you for help because I lost my wife’s engagement ring and wedding band on the beach this morning. Please let me know if you are able to help. « I called the number attached to the text and talked to Eric. I found out the rings were lost in the dry sand and told him I’d be there in about an hour. I also ask him to text me the address. Once I plugged the address in the GPS, I text him letting him know I was on my way with my ETA.

When I arrived, it took me a few minutes to park and then make my way out to the beach. Eric saw me and waved, so I made my way over to their spot. Eric explained that his wife had taken her rings off and put them on top of a bag. Eric moved the bag, along with some other items and the rings disappeared into the sand. He told me both rings were yellow gold. So I turned my detector on and knew I was looking for numbers on the detector in the 11 to 13 range. I checked where the bags were originally and its final resting place with no luck. I moved a couple of chairs under their umbrella and swung the coil. The first signal I got was an 11, so I knew I had the wedding band. I reached a little farther under the umbrella and got a 13, the engagement ring. I took a scoop of sand for the wedding band and then scooped up the engagement ring. I gently shook out the scoop and both rings were in the bottom of the scoop. Unfortunately, Eric’s wife, Liz was up in the room taking care of their 1 ½ year old. Day 1 of their vacation came to a happy ending.

Eric – Thank you so much for contacting me to help find your wife’s lost rings.

Jim

 

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Very Small Gold Earring Lost In Grass South Portland, Maine, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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On Friday, July 18th, Gary Hill and I were returning from Short Sands Beach York Maine, in York Beach, Maine. We had a successful recovery, after Gary had recovered a lost pendant. As we were approaching the Town of Wells, Maine, my phone rang. The caller identified herself as Sarah. Sarah told me that she was at Scratch Baking Co., in South Portland, Maine and she had just lost a very small gold earring. As she and her daughter, Eliza were eating lunch, outside on a bench, she had felt and seen the gold earring, become entangled in Eliza’s hair. As Sarah went to grab the earring, from Eliza’s hair, Eliza spun away and the earring fell into the grass and acorn shells. They had been searching for the earring, for a half hour and just couldn’t find it. She asked if I could help her. I told her Gary and I could be there in approximately 45 minutes, as we were still on Rt 1, in Wells, Maine. Sarah and Eliza would continue to search for the earring, as Gary and I made our way north, to South Portland Maine and Scratch Baking Co…

Once Gary and I arrived we saw Sarah and Eliza sitting on the beach, under the tree. They told us they still hadn’t found the earring. Gary had brought his 8” sniper coil, as this would work best for extremely small gold items. We decided that Gary would start grid searching, with the Minelab Manticore and 8” sniper coil. I would visually search and run my pinpointer through the grass, hoping to get lucky. After approximately 20-30 minutes, the earring still wasn’t found. Just amazing how these things disappear from sight. Gary and I decided to switch roles. I would grid search vertically, where Gary had searched horizontally, to the street. Gary would now visually search and man the pinpointer. After about 5 minutes, I received a repeatable target of 06 – 07, on the VDI screen and the sweet sounding low tone of gold. I still couldn’t see the target but could definitely hear the target. I reached down and moved the grass and still couldn’t see the target. I then moved a few pieces of broken acorn shells and staring back at me was an extremely small gold earring. I looked over at Sarah and Eliza and said “I found it”. Sarah jumped right up and came towards me, saying “Did you really? Thank you so much”. This earring would not have been found by just visually searching. How did the earring end up under the broken acorn shells? We may never know for sure but most likely the shells ended up on top of the earring during the initial search, by Sarah and Eliza. As they were walking, in the area and running their fingers through the grass, they may have inadvertently moved the shells, onto the earring. Either way, Sarah now had her gold earring back and was very happy with that. Sarah and Eliza are from Massachusetts and had been in the area, when they stopped at Scratch Baking, for lunch. The lunch turned out much longer than they had planned and they were very excited to be getting back on the road, to drive home. That is one reason, why there are so few photos. We didn’t want to hold them up any longer than necessary. Gary and I were also happy to be heading home as we had now been on the road, searching for lost items, for 6 1/2 hours. After two successful recoveries today , it was time to go home, get something to eat and reflect on our day. We absolutely love doing this for others and have the best job in the world.

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White gold band lost in 15 feet of water found at sheep’s pond Brewster ma

  • from Orleans (Massachusetts, United States)
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Yesterday evening while away on a weekend trip to Maine I received a call from Leo who was playing catch with his son in deeper waters at sheep’s pond in Brewster Massachusetts when his ring fell off when the ball hit his hand. He was trying to dive down with a borrowed mask but had no luck. A woman at the beach said there’s a man who frequently visits the pond and helps folks find lost items so he searched on google and came across my name on ring finders. I told him I’d be back Sunday afternoon and would head there after I returned home. Shortly after arriving there I entered the water and followed him out to where he felt it come off and started the dive it only took a couple minutes to get the signal for his ring and after recovering it and still on the bottom I gave him a thumbs up and he dove down to get it

 

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Ring Found In Long Lake, Portage, MI

  • from Holland (Michigan, United States)
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Kara and Will were spending some vacation time on the sandbar in Long Lake. Married just 9 months ago and now he has lost his wedding ring. They were playing in only about 2 ft of water when his ring came off. I arrived and we loaded up in the pontoon boat and headed out to the sandbar. Kara, Will and 4 other friends joined us for the hunt. I had Will mark off a square section in the area with some PVC poles and he did an excellent job because I found the ring in about 15 minutes right in the middle of his square. I got a good signal, looked down in the water and saw the ring laying on the bottom-that is almost too easy. I signaled the find and the pontoon boat erupted in hoops and hollers. What a way to brighten your day!

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Lost wedding band Belleau Lake.

  • from North Conway (New Hampshire, United States)
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This morning, I met Mike down at the shoreline of Belleau Lake in Wakefield NH, Armed with my metal detector and my goggles, we did a systematic sweep of the sandy bottom. After about ten minutes of carefully searching, there it was, glinting like the hidden treasure it was under some leaves, in between two rocks.

Mike’s reaction: absolute disbelief, followed by a grin from ear to ear. When you see someone get that piece of their life back, it really makes your day.

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Very Sentimental Ring Recovered From a Vermont Pond

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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7/19/25

In the past few weeks I have had 2 failed searches that are weighing heavily on my mind. They were both lost in ponds where the bottom was 12-18” of pudding-like mud, organic debris and lots of human litter like broken glass, rusty cans, aluminum foil, bottle caps and can pull tabs. I know the owners and families of these rings are frustrated and broken hearted, and I am truly sorry.

Early this week I got a message from friend of a woman who had lost a very sentimental ring while visiting Vermont and swimming in a small pond. Unfortunately, she left for home yesterday, but I arranged to meet her friend at the pond.

So, he showed me the area where she had likely lost it, I put on the wet suit and waded carefully down the steep, slippery clay bottom. I got a couple trashy signals and then, in about 5’ of water, I got a strong, repeating signal that might be a ring. It took over 10 minutes to get it into the scoop, because of the depth, the clay on the bottom and the cloudy water. Finally, I got the target into the scoop, went to shore and there it was! I handed it to her friend and he called her up. I wish I could’ve been with her to see the reaction, but I imagine there was rejoicing and maybe some happy tears! Much thanks to her friend who travelled back to the spot and assisted with the recovery.

I sure hope that this is a sign that I am onto another string of successes!


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