SeattleRingHunter 206-618-8194Lost Item Recovery Specialist LAND & SCUBA
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A lady lost her cell phone while floating on a kayak at Deep Lake, Nolte State Park. She had no backup of her iPhone data however the phone was in a dry bag. No GPS PIN created at the time of the drop but lost in a fairly confined area in shallow water. The two main issues no precise GPS of the drop zone and an overloaded lake bottom with milfoil grass making progress extremely difficult to swing a full size dive detector. Watch this video to see all the preparation, labor and gear used to make this recovery a reality. Big shout out to QUEST Metal Detectors and their new SCUBA TECTOR II handheld PI detector. The form factor, durability and simple one button operation down to 200 feet deep is rather impressive. Very simple and straight forward to use, turn it on and find metal targets! It doesn’t get any easier that. In fact it’s the biggest asset in this small compact detector is that it affords a lot of safety for a diver yet still quite effective. We are very happy to report the phone was recovered in the thick milfoil grass inside the cell phone dry bag. The phone took zero damage and all 19,500 photos including irreplaceable business documents and personal memories were recovered.
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There comes a time in every man’s life when the ones he loves grow old and pass away. For Glenn, his grandfather was that person and he had passed away a few years ago. As Glenns Aunt was going through Glenn’s grandpa’s things, she came across his wedding ring and knew that Glenn would cherish it and wear it daily. On Monday Glenn had just received this ring as a gift from his aunt and was wearing it proudly as he worked with his father on their cattle ranch. Helping his dad with chores on Monday, took Glenn all around the pasture and by the hay bales. There were gates to open, and troughs to fill. The netting on the hay bale had to be wrapped up and the bales had to be loaded onto the tractor. As the tasks got completed, Glenn ducked behind a stack of pallets to get out of the frigid north wind. He could feel the blood slowing down in his ice-cold fingers but smiled a little as he looked at his grandpa’s ring. As Glenn made his way out from behind the pallets the last of the hay bales were loaded and dropped off. Glenn was slowly losing feeling in his hands as he felt another feeling, that new ring he was wearing was gone. The panic took over the cold feeling, and he walked right back to the last place he was standing. There at the gate he recalled he had seen the ring. The search began and ended as the nighttime crept in with a frigid black blanket. The next day Glenns dad took to the internet to find a metal detector for Glenn. After scrolling down the pages looking at all the different web sites that popped up, he saw my face and profile on the internet. While at work, I got a call from Glenn, we made small talk about his circumstance and made plans for me to come out that afternoon. The family dogs greeted me as I got out of my car. The smell of hay and bovine wafted my way as I got my gear out of the back of my car. As all of my searches begin, I went over the events that Glenn thought lead to him losing his ring. As we walked around the outside of the pasture, I knew his ring wasn’t going to be found, the ground I was searching over was paved with three-inch rock. A large gold ring would sit proudly on top of all that stone. Nevertheless, I did my due diligence to search the rock covered area. The odd pieces of metal showed up under my coil now and again. Glenns dad was quick to point out the places I hadn’t searched, which led us to walking into the pasture. There was a hill that Glenns dad had placed a bale of hay, in fact it was the first bale of hay Glenn helped his dad uncover. As the three black angus cows moved away from the half-eaten bale, I gently swung my detector around. Moving from the top of the pile down I got a solid signal on the edge of the bale. The number 16 showed up on my screen, and I asked the question « What is that? », to which Glenn’s dad said, « there better not be any metal up here ». However, this was a bit of metal, and as I pinpointed and pulled back the hay, a large gold ring popped out of the pile. The yeehaw and pats on the backs accompanied the smile and laugher as the two happy cowboys stood on top of the huge pile of manure.
SeattleRingHunter 206-618-8194Lost Item Recovery Specialist LAND & SCUBA
Here is a first look of the a new underwater handheld metal detector. QUEST is about to release the SCUBA TECTOR II now with a round coil and simplified single button operation good down to 200′ deep. It’s a Pulse Induction machine. Here is my video with a first look and initial thoughts. If you are a diver you may be interested in giving this unit a serious consideration as it can be quite beneficial in some specific situations.
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Remember there is no one best anything. We are always faced with tradeoffs and advantages. The trick is to find those advantages and leverage them to your full benefit. Know what special tools will work best for your specific situation means you have more than one option on hand and develop a working experience with all of your equipment therefore finding more success along the way. May you succeed in your recoveries and find many treasures. Drop you comments on my YouTube and lets keep pressing forward in the quest for the best technology for our recovery work.
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Jeff Morgan
#SeattleRingHunter
Lost Item Recovery Specialist
10 Years Experience
Land and SCUBA Recovery
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Always remember over water or land, drop an item of value, drop a GPS pin and call me ASAP for next best steps in lost item recovery.
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I received a text on Friday the 19th front Cindy that she thinks she lost her wedding band while walking her dog. I spoke to her about the incident and met her that afternoon. After searching for a little over an hour it got dark and I told her I would return on Sunday to continue the search. This was a large area about 200 feet by 50 feet. I returned on Sunday and also lent her husband a spare detector, my son also helped in the search. After about 1 hour and 30 minutes I was beginning to think she didn’t loose the ring here. Then bang a very good signal and there it was. She was not there and had just left so I showed her husband and he was very happy. Thank You Cindy for the opportunity and thank you for the generous rewards.
Milo had started a walk with his two dogs. Nurture called for one of them as the other took off into the field of the school. Keeping his eyes on the second dog, Milo had retrieved a doodoo bag from his pocket. While picking up the dog’s deposit, the ring Milo had placed in his pocket took a swan dive into the grass. There was now a void in his pocket where the ring had been sitting. Milo being constantly aware of the item in his pocket felt this void. The fun was over for the trio. Milo had a new mission. Finding his wedding ring was now on the agenda. After combing the grass with the search pattern, he learned in boy scouts, the ring eluded his eyes. Although the eyes can’t see the ring, the metal detector knows it’s there. Milo knew what he needed to do. Calling a Ring Finder was the solution to his problem. With almost an hour drive away from the ring, I got ready and headed to the school. There was little time wasted when we met up and went over how the ring was lost. I inquired about where he pulled the bag out of his pocket. Milo put me on the path he walked. Just as I passed by the ring, Milo told me to turn around and check the far edge of the path. This 180-degree turn put me right on top of the ring. The detector lit up with a 16 signal and it showed one arrow of depth. I knew the ring would fall in the 12-20 range because I had tested out 4 of the rings I have, before I started his ring search. My pin pointer buzzed in the patch of grass and Milo and I, pulled back the blades to reveal his ring. With the quick search over in a blink of an eye, the ring Milo had lost had found its way back to his hand. The paths we take may be long and full of challenges but when you find a friend to help you out, no problem you encounter will stop your trip.
Lisa sat quietly at the edge of a dock she had been visiting since she was a little girl. While recalling all the fun memories, Lisa felt the need to feel the cool water of the lake one last time before her vacation was over. With a quick jump Lisa dove headfirst in the deep green water. The rush of the coolness and the excited arm movements brought Lisa back to the surface but sent her late mothers heirloom ring sinking deep into the abyss. The quick fleeting elated feeling she had, vanished as she actually felt the ring slide off of her finger. There was no time to waste. The news of the lost ring made it back to her family at the lake house. The idea of a lost ring sparked a memory in the mind of Lisa’s daughter Samatha. She had seen The Ring Finders videos and looked up the website.
As I sat baking in the warm morning sunshine, I got an unknown number on my cell phone calling me. Samatha was the caller and had found my finders page and was asking for my help. However, the urgency of the call became apparent, when she said she had to take a flight home at 4pm that day. As quick as a comic book superhero could change out of his street clothes and into his super suit, I packed up all of my gear and headed to Deer Lake. I met Samantha and Lisa at the dock, and we went over the details of how Lisa lost her ring. Then the meticulous task of a solo dive began. No step can be missed. Hook up regs to the tanks, turn on air, check mouthpiece and pressure, spit in face mask, put on fins and Bcd. Double check the air and pressure. Then over the edge of the dock I went. I searched for about an hour with no luck. I came back to the surface to let the silt die down and realign my search grid. The second dive turned up a bunch of cans but no ring. With 1000 psi left in the tank I came back up. As I was looking for Samantha, she came walking up to the edge of the dock. She had to go catch her flight. So, as she left, she told me to look more to the left of my dive line. I took her advice and moved my line a few feet over. As I started searching again, I found another can but after that signal a low but steady signal screamed in my headphone. After pinpointing the target, I activated my patent pending grab and pull method. As the silt clouds plumed over my head, I felt a hard object touch my fingers. As it bobbled around in the mud, my finger slipped through the hole in the middle of it. I frantically moved my hand towards my mask to turn on my GoPro so I could capture the moment I found Lisa’s ring.
After quietly celebrating, I heard the urgency clock ticking in my head. Had Lisa and Samantha left? Can I catch them before they leave? All these thoughts ran through my head as I slowly ascended to the surface. The dock was full of people that knew I was looking for a lost ring. So, a small celebration happened as I popped out of the water saying, « I Found it ». After, I had to make my way back to shore to shed off my gear and then make the all-important call to Samatha. « Are you still here? » I asked her after she said hello, she replied with a » Yes », so I said, « I found it « . The news spread through the family’s home like emotional waves and Lisa and her sister embraced each other as they both cried happy tears.
Lisa and Samatha came back to the dock to reclaim Lisa’s ring. I was so happy that I didn’t have to spread my wings to catch them in midair. I would have gladly done so to see the smile Lisa had on her face. That beautiful sapphire ring was the last item her late mother had given her before she passed away.
If not for Samatha’s redirection I would of ran out of air and postponed the search. Sometimes the smallest adjustments make the most profound changes, always listen to what is being said and react accordingly.
Received a call from Tom. He explained that his wife had dropped her diamond ring somewhere between the beach entrance and where they set up on the beach. Took the short ride over from home and met up with Tom at the entrance to Philadelphia beach. Tom led me from the entrance of the beach to where his party had set up their belongings for the day. I checked the path to their site while he directed me to it with a few coins found along the way. One reaching their site I met Toms wife Thanh and bean checking around their cabana. With the first swing I heard a familiar tone. One shallow scoop later I had Thanh’s ring in the scoop, much to the couples relief! Another happy couple!
Thanh’s review:
“While on vacation I lost my wedding ring at the beach in Cape May. I was DEVASTATED. My husband found Jeff through a quick google search and within 15 minutes of making contact, he was at our beach site and within 1 minute he said “don’t worry, I got it,” and found my ring!! It was incredible!!
Thank you again, Jeff, for finding my ring! If anyone ever loses their jewelry in Cape May, reach out to Ring Finders Cape May. He’s the best!”
I was called in to find a ring in Banff National Park. A young lady and her friends ran into a glacial lake. When she came out, it was gone. Watch the video for the full story.
I was asked to be interviewed by Ann Nyberg a celebrated and award-winning anchorperson for Channel 8 news in CT. We discussed my start in detecting 37 years ago, my membership in three CT clubs Nutmeg Treasure Hunters, Yankee Territory Coin shooters, and Southern New England Relic Hunters and most recently my membership in the @theringfinders,com organization. Ann asked my favorite find over the years and there’s been so many that it was hard to choose just one. But I chose a very meaningful one for me that was about a young boy losing his heirloom Grandfathers ring in the ocean and giving up hope until his mother contacted me and after three tries of narrowing the location where he had been playing catch in the ocean and using his hand drawn treasure map , I was able to locate the ring. His mother cooked a meal for our club, and we awarded the ring back that night and she honored me with a beautiful St Anthony medal.
I received a call from a young husband and new father saying that his wife had recently lost her ring in their backyard.
I drove out to their lovely Craftsman-era rental in Berkeley after work and went to work. This young couple, tired in their new roles as parents, were distraught over the loss of the ring.
When looking for lost items like rings, it is important that I get all of the information before beginning my search. Where were you sitting/standing when it fell off? What were you doing? Where did you hear it land or bounce?
We all believed it was most likely under the porch and that when it flew off of her finger it hit the deck and slipped between boards. I spent several hours under the deck sweeping away leaves, clearing out wire, nails, and other metal odds and ends and yet I could not locate the ring.
It was getting dark so I offered to return on the next available day as they were heading out of town. The following Tuesday I was back out and determined to find it. On this second trip I knew I had to think outside the box. I sat on the porch where she had been sitting when she lost the ring, imitating her movements from that evening, and even spent a little while under the porch again, this time with her help. During the week between my visits the Meyer lemon trees in the planter at the end of the deck were trimmed back a bit making it easier for me to really get in there with minimal pokes and pricks from the thorny branches. The planter was rotting and there were many gaps for items to fall into so I concentrated on these areas. I was running out of options and I really hate not being able to successfully return an item that I am called out to find. Digging through rotted wood, leaves and the odd ping pong ball, I reached down and pulled out this beautiful gold ring.
In the end, it was less about having a metal detector, and more about perseverance. People often think it will take mere minutes to locate their lost items with a metal detector. Many people give up within the first 20 minutes and I have to encourage them to let me keep working. Sometimes they leave me, thinking they will never see their precious item again. But if the item is there, I will find it.
