My travels today took me to Cloyne area in Ontario. Received a phone call from Joan about her son Vince having dropped his huge white gold wedding band while swimming with the kids two days ago. The issue is that it was dropped at a rental cottage, about 30 feet away from the dock, where it is full of weeds and silt. The other issue is that the ring was sitting in about 6 to 7 feet of water. After sweeping most of the weeds away, with the detector, and removing all unwanted trash signals, I finally heard a very faint signal which turned out to be his ring. The ring had been pushed in deep into the silt. Four hours of searching which was well rewarded by Vince’s priceless reaction and that of his family as well. Great recovery. Life is good!
What can I say…. this was one incredible lost ring recovery story!
It all starts with a group of high school girlfriends getting back together in the summer of 2023 at “The Wilson Cottage”!
It was amazing reminiscing about the high school days and catching up on the last number of years! My high school girlfriends knew that I was a registered metal & scuba dive Detectorist with the global organization “The Ring Finders” as I have been posting recovery stories for over 7 years!
Of course I always ask…. “Have you or your Family ever lost anything at the cottage or in the water?
It turns out that Beth’s Mother, Mrs. Wilson, lost a gold ring in the bay that represented her 20th service year at Consumers Distributing of Canada! She thought she lost 20 years ago then they thought 30 years ago but it’s likely the ring was lost 35 to 40 years ago!
Of course I had to bring all my gear… my underwater metal detectors and my DIVE BLU3 floating battery operated air supply systems The NEMO to 10’ depth and the NOMAD to 30’ depth!
All we knew that Mrs. Wilson Lost Ring cleaning up weeds ..
So I tried in underwater detecting in July 2023 and found a number of pennies, a fishing lure and trash!
Then comes to July 2024, which we were invited back up for a milestone birthday which we shall not discuss what year! *wink
So of course, I say well I’m heading into the water to try and look for your mom’s ring again …. And 20 minutes later I come up with a gold ring and I was freaking out!
We had no idea this was Mrs. Wilson’s ring. Gina googled the image for consumers distributing! It was then confirmed that the ring was indeed Mrs. Wilson’s lost ring!
We then proceeded to FaceTime Mrs. Wilson and surprise her! And what a wonderful surprise it was as we all had tears of joy!
Thank you, Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson as you did make a charity donation in 2023 to my charity the Kelly Shires Breast Cancer Foundation !
This was indeed, one of the most wonderful weekends we have ever had! Celebrating friendships along with milestone birthday and incredible years of memories!
“What happens at the cottage stays at the cottage” except for this very special Ring Recovery!
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Got a call about a lost ring, so I headed back to the beach! He was brushing sand off his hand and the ring went flying off. Within a few minutes of getting to the location they sent me, I was able to dig it up! They had already left to go back home so the next day I put it in the mail! So glad I could help! God Bless!!!
Got a call and off I went! Lost the ring on the beach and was so upset! She said a prayer and after a 3 hour search, I was able to dig up her ring! So glad I could help! God Bless!!
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Dale recently lost his precious wedding band when it fell into the sand as him & his wife were trying to enjoy the day at Del Mar Beach. They were smart & stayed put until finding my contact info online. I didn’t waist anytime knowing this popular Ca beach is cleaned daily by droves of newbie metal detector enthusiasts. Being a local in North County San Diego I was able to get there promptly. It was a small search area & I recovered Dales ring quickly. He was relieved as you can see in the photo I saved the day!
Don’t wait too long,,Thar’s Pirates routinely raiding the beaches for treasures & Youtube Content. Items lost in the sand do not stay there long these days!
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Saturday July 6th, I was referred a call to help find a wedding ring lost at a popular Volleyball court on a Ca beach. Timing was urgent on this being a well known beach where multiple Novelists metal detectorist’s are every night & morning searching to score Gold or even Content for their YouTube channels!
I sailed there on the freeway just after we spoke, The only trouble was parking on this busy day,,That was the only tough search I had after 3 laps around…
Finding his wedding ring buried in the sand was easy,,Even with a quick adjustment to combat EMI noise that makes detectors chatter rendering them useless,,I also knew the signal to focus on that matched Tungsten rings from experience. Right off the bat starting my first grid search Lap I heard it buried in the sand! He was thrilled to have his ring back knowing it could of been gone forever.
Join me on my latest water search for Nicholas lost tungsten wedding ring. Nicholas is quiet in the beginning of the video. He’s telling me how he thinks he lost his ring by making large strokes in the water.
Patrick & his Fiancé Kiana are seeded ‘disc golf’ players in Southern Ontario. Who knew that was even a sport! I sure didn’t!
They attended Eastview Community Park in Guelph, Ontario to participate in a Disc Golf Tournament on the weekend prior to meeting them in mid July 2023.
One of Kiana’s disc shots ended up in the pond so she decided to try and retrieve it. Instead, she ended up losing her beautiful engagement ring into the pond water. She was absolutely devastated!
After the weekend, Patrick reached out to me and set up a time after work to meet up at the location.
I proceeded into the water with both Patrick and Kiana to start the grid search in touch conditions. Leeches bring the main concern!
Thankfully, I brought along my hip waders because of all the pond and possible underwater creatures. Both Kiana and I were protected but poor Patrick did not have hip waders!
Approximately 35 minutes later, my Minelab Equinox 800 detector found that magic tone of gold!
Once the ring was out of the water and presented back to Kiana the heartfelt tears of joy overcame Patrick and Kiana. The I teared up seeing their tears of joy!
To see such emotion from what this engagement ring meant to both of them means everything to me!
I am so honoured to have been called upon to help this lovely young couple and I am also grateful for their extremely generous donation to my charity, The Kelly Shires Breast Cancer Foundation!! My gay is my PayPal-It-Forward REWARD!
Thank you very much Kiana and Patrick! I look forward to hearing all about your nuptials in October 2024! God bless you both for a very long, happy and healthy marriage!
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Lost platinum wedding band jumping off boathouse roof.
Adam and his family were enjoying a lovely weekend at the Family cottage on Lake of Bays in the beautiful Muskoka’s cottage country. It also happened to be his wedding anniversary.
Adam decided to jump off the top of the boathouse into the water below. When he surfaced, his platinum wedding band was missing.
One of Adam’s Friends across the lake had mentioned me, as I recovered another lost wedding band for one of their mutual Friends in Otty Lake, Ottawa.
The water depth where the ring ended up was unknown but Adam felt it was definitely over 10’ deep.
I proceeded to use my Dive BLU3 Nomad air supply system with a hose length 30’ depth. Unfortunately, the Nomad unit was not operating properly as I was taking in water. I then switched to my smaller unit the NEMO for a hose reach 10’ depth. I managed to hear the tone of the platinum ring with a reach of 3’. Do I completed some temporary repairs to the Nomad unit and went back in the water.
After a few minutes back in the water I re-located the tone of platinum and recovered his wedding band.
I’d like to thank Adam and his family for their generous donation to the Kelly Shires Breast Cancer Foundation! Not only did he receive his wedding band, but he also received a tax receipt for his donation!
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