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Potomac, Maryland Man Loses Wedding Ring on Large Property…Found by Ring Finder Brian Rudolph

  • from Washington (District of Columbia, United States)
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Donye’s 14 karat yellow gold wedding band that wife Kate placed on his finger several years earlier…recovered by item recovery specialist Brian Rudolph

Donye poses for photo with much gratitude felt inside after Brian Rudolph, a member of THE RING FINDERS, recovers client’s lost 14 karat yellow gold wedding band

Brian Rudolph, Lost Item Recovery Specialist (also known as THE RING HERO) searches  Land, Water, Sand, Snow, Leaves, Cliffs, Houses and Vehicles. He Will Find Your Lost Item! Call ASAP (301) 466-8644!

Donye called my company (Metal Detecting Adventures) for help in finding his lost 14 karat yellow gold wedding band that disappeared somewhere outside on his property or possibly inside my client’s home. The band was extremely special to the couple because not only was it part of their initial wedding ceremony with lots of family and friends, but it was also placed on my client’s finger during a separate special spiritual wedding service at their local church.

I came out to the Potomac, Maryland estate and the two of us walked around the lawn. I asked every question imaginable regarding what yard tasks Donye focused on in order for me to decide the areas of importance where I would be metal detecting.

Besides mowing the several acre property, my client laid down seed and placed topsoil over various bare spots randomly spread throughout his backyard. Donye did lots of trimming and edging along the sides of the lawn as well as tree limb cutting in both the front yard and back yard.

This turned out to be one of those searches where as a metal detectorist I picked the right spot to search first! I decided to initially metal detect the topsoil bag and the buckets that held the seed and soil. When those items were found to be free from containing the lost ring, I began to metal detect the areas where Donye pulled weeds from the ground and then receded the bare spots which he would then finally cover with top soil.

I made sure that I scanned over the grass surrounding the isolated patches that were filled with seed just in case the ring slipped off of my client’s finger close by to where he was doing his yard work. Eventually, within minutes, I received a promising signal on my metal detector. The detector screen indicated a number that was in the range of what I was looking for. I bent over to investigate the target signal and sure enough… there it was! I found it! I recovered Donye’s beloved wedding band!!!!!

My client couldn’t believe that I was able to recover his lost irreplaceable keepsake so quickly on such a large property! He understood that my initial investigative reporting truly helped in solving this mystery as quickly as I did!

Donye called his wife Kate just minutes after the ring was detected in the back yard. Just hearing how grateful and relieved she was that their « symbol of love » had been saved from extinction, truly made the search and recovery well worth my efforts to help solve the lost ring mystery at my client’s beautiful Potomac, Maryland estate!

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Lost wedding ring

  • from Waikīkī Beach (Hawaii, United States)
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Lost Wedding Ring at Waimea Bay — Found!

I got a text from Raymond about a lost wedding ring at Waimea Bay — his wife’s diamond ring. He explained that Reia had tucked her ring safely into her shorts pocket while enjoying the day at the beach, but when she checked later, it was gone.

They both went back to search the beach but couldn’t find it. That’s when they reached out to me. Raymond sent over photos and a description of the ring, along with the best details he could remember about where they’d been on the sand.

I told them I’d head down to the beach early the next morning and give it my best shot. When I arrived, the beach was already filling up with morning visitors, but in the area they’d described, there were only about 20 to 30 people — perfect conditions to start searching.

I got to work right away, carefully grid-searching the area with my metal detector. After about an hour and a half, though, I began to wonder if I might be searching in the wrong place. Sometimes memories of where something was lost can be tricky, especially on a wide-open beach like Waimea.

So I decided to try a different section, just to be sure. After about 20 minutes, I heard a great tone in my headphones — a promising sound. I dug a scoop and sifted through the sand, and there it was: a beautiful gold band with a diamond shining in the sun!

I held it high in the air, and the beachgoers around me cheered and clapped — “What was lost is now found!” Some even came over to take a closer look at the recovered ring, excited to see a happy ending right there on the beach.

That evening, I called Raymond and confirmed that I had indeed found Reia precious wedding ring. We met up shortly afterward so I could return it to them.

I’m always grateful to be part of these reunions — bringing a piece of someone’s story back to them is such a privilege. Thank you, Raymond and Reia , for trusting me to help.

Another successful recovery — mission accomplished!

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Wedding Ring Lost in Lagoon, Loveladie’s NJ, LBI, recovered by Edward Trapper, NJ Ring Finder

  • from Lavallette (New Jersey, United States)
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Donna reached out to me about a lost ring in their lagoon. Her husband, Joe, had been working on their boat when their dog suddenly jumped into the water. Joe immediately followed, jumping in to help the dog back onto the dock. At some point during the process, either when he hit the water or while lifting the dog his wedding ring slipped off. He didn’t realize it was missing until he had gotten out and dried off.

Joe was certain the ring had to be somewhere between the back of the boat and about 20 feet along the bulkhead toward the neighbor’s dock. After searching on their own for a while, Donna, who was familiar with my page, decided to reach out to me. Since low tide was early the next morning, we arranged to meet then for the best chance of recovery.

When I arrived, Joe showed me exactly where he had entered the water and where he had lifted the dog up onto their dock. Even at low tide, the water was chest-deep, which made detecting tricky without a weight belt. Just a few feet from the bulkhead, the lagoon dropped off quickly to chin-deep water, too deep to work without diving gear. I had to be careful navigating the area, as barnacles on the bulkhead could easily cause cuts with just a slight brush against them.

As expected in a boating dock, there was a lot of debris, screws, bolts, nuts, washers, and even remnants of the old bulkhead, including cinder blocks, or some type of concrete. Each signal had to be checked carefully, as many of those objects sound similar to a ring. I worked all the way to the neighbors dock, the farthest point Joe had gone to rescue the dog, but had no luck.

Deciding to retrace my steps, I moved back along the bulkhead, where there the water much shallower. About halfway through, I got a solid low-tone signal that didn’t waver. Since the ring had only been lost the day before, I knew it would be right on top. I took one shallow scoop and there it was!

At first, Joe couldn’t see what was in my scoop. But when I held up the ring, he was completely amazed. He immediately called up to Donna, who was upstairs, and she was just as shocked. Their neighbor, who had been watching the recovery, was equally impressed.

Despite the deep water, debris, and difficult conditions, I was able to recover Joe’s ring in about 40 minutes. It was a tough search, but seeing their excitement and relief made it all worth it.

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Lost Smart Watch…Found

  • from Johnson City (Tennessee, United States)
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I went treasure hunting at a local waterfall. After a few minutes of searching I hit on a smart watch just below the sand. Got home and put it on the charger and it came on within seconds. I was able to pull a phone number from his contacts. Turns out he had jumped from the top of the falls and the watch popped off when he hit the water. He was very grateful to get it back.

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Lost Phone Recovery in Santa Cruz

  • from Santa Cruz (California, United States)
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A couple days ago Allison contacted me asking for assistance finding her daughter Marcy’s phone that Marcy had lost several days earlier in Pogonip park in Santa Cruz.  They were able to track the phone as it was still sending a GPS signal and I have done a lot of metal detecting in this park due to it’s important place in Santa Cruz history.  Marcy had been back to the site twice already looking for her phone thinking that it would be easy to find given the location it was transmitting, but was getting to the point of hopelessness as she felt it had gotten completely obfuscated by the tall dry grass.

I was reasonably confident in my ability to find the lost phone as the GPS signal narrowed it down to an area of about 100′ radius and I was very familiar with the park.  Typically I prefer the person who lost the item to be with me for the search so that she can advise on specific details on where it was lost, but in this case with the GPS signal still transmitting I was happy to make an attempt on my own.  I let them know that I would get started the following day late in the afternoon and that I would stay in touch to communicate details.

Yesterday I hiked into the site and spent some time reorienting myself based on Marcy’s map she sent and my live Google maps with a pin dropped of where the phone’s location was reporting from.  The night before I had made this map in preparation, since I have experienced situations metal detecting where a map or satellite view of an area looks totally different from how the site looks on the ground.  Curiously I had immediately started finding various items by eye right on the surface… a pair of beat up sunglasses, beer cans, bottles.  So it appeared that a lot of human activity had transpired here.  As I started searching with my metal detector I started finding more items, mostly by eye.  I had even found a junk ring and a small silver earring, at which point I stopped and reached out to Marcy’s father (who was still in communication with Marcy by email) to find out if Marcy had also happened to lose a pair of sunglasses and silver earring.  I wanted to find out if I was close to the location of where the phone had been lost, because the search was taking longer than I anticipated and it was definitely not spot on the coordinates that the phone was reporting.

When Marcy’s father responded that she had not lost these items I realized it was time to start expanding the search to the outer limits of the 100′ radius of the phone’s GPS accuracy.  I told Marcy’s father that I would continue until dark.  It seemed I had been finding everything but Marcy’s phone which was being quite elusive.  But I was confident that it was still there.  Sure enough, not long after this and as I was tracing the absolute edge of the GPS estimate, I finally spotted Marcy’s phone peeking through the tall grass!  It had been just sitting there for several days, totally untouched but till transmitting it’s signal.

In this case a slow and meticulous search was as valuable as a metal detector.  The phone was quite visible, but to find it required a lot of patience and estimation of where it could be based on good information.  I contacted the family and shortly after met up with Marcy’s father to return the phone to her.  We were all very happy to have her phone returned back to her and I was glad that I could be of assistance in their search.

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Lost Class Ring In Avalon NJ Found by Ring Finders South Jersey John Favano

  • from North Wildwood (New Jersey, United States)
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Avery was soaking up the sun on the beach in Avalon, NJ, when it was time to leave. In the chaos of packing up, she left her chair with her friend. Little did she know, her treasured class ring had slipped out of the cup holder and fallen onto the sand. When her friends departed, they inadvertently took the chair, leaving the ring behind. Avery reached out to me for help. We met on the beach, and she gave me an idea of where they had been sitting. I began a methodical grid search of the first area, but found no targets. I moved on to the second possible area. Suddenly, my metal detector let out a great signal! Digging down, I was thrilled to see the glint of Avery’s ring in the sand. It was a great day in Avalon, NJ.

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Ring recovery at Asbury Park, NJ

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I got a call from Kevin asking fr help in locating his girlfriends Nelly’s ring. I told him i’d be there in a few to help. While enjoying the day hanging out on the beach, Nelly took her rings off and put them in her pants pocket, after leaving the beach she noticed that not all her rings were there, one

was missing. They figured it slipped out of her pants pocket and ended up in the sand after they lifted their blanket to leave. I searched the area they were at, but was coming up empty till I reached the outer part of the search area and I finally got a good gold tone on the detector and sure enough out pops her ring from the sand. I knew she was glad, seeing the smile of excitement on her face.

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Lost diamond bracelet found at Chicago Beach

  • from Chicago (Illinois, United States)
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Received a call this morning from a guy who lost his diamond bracelet, which was a gift, at North Ave Beach in Chicago playing volleyball. I was very concerned when we got there because the tractors already raked the sand, thought it may have been snagged. Gridded out the area and found it in about an hour.

First time to the beach this season but sure it’s no the last. Always enjoy the beach recoveries.

Happy Ending!!

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Discovery Bay Dock Dropped Platinum Ring Recovery!!!

  • from Walnut Creek (California, United States)
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The Bay Area Ring Finders Brendon Chapman… Metal Detecting Service/Call ASAP     925-580-2590

I have been waiting for this collaboration for some time.  A close friend of mine, Evan is an experienced scuba diver with experience working on dive boats and performing lost item recoveries in deep water.  When I got the call for assistance from Sarah to recover a platinum men’s wedding band from 10′ of water, I originally turned down the opportunity.  After thinking about options for providing direction to Sarah, I made contact with Evan for his thoughts.  To my surprise he agreed to provide his services, along with my help, to give it a shot.  I think Sarah was also surprised when I contacted her saying that I had a diver.

Everyone was excited and motivated to perform the search as soon as possible.  We could not have asked for a better weather window with beautiful bluebird skies, a light delta breeze, and water conditions were not too awful either.  It took some time to get set up at the private backyard dock in Discovery Bay.  Our first search of the dark silty waters was not very productive in that we struggled to keep the diver over the target area, but a small stainless screw gave us all hope that it was possible to recover the platinum ring with the metal detector.

A second search was much more productive in the target area, but at a point Evan returned to the surface…the detector (a underwater rated machine) was water logged and quit working. Admittedly, Sarah and I were thinking that recovery was less likely now than ever.  Evan however was not quitting the cause and returned to the 17 foot depth to perform a hand search.  After several minutes he surfaced once more…We had made the recovery!!!

Evan had earlier noted a canvas boat cover in the general area under the dock.  As a last ditch effort he searched the folds of this and low and behold, by nothing but feel, recovered the missing item.  Sarah and I both shouted in celebration and the smile on Evans face bore nothing but pride.

Only moments earlier, a neighbor on a stand-up paddle board had cruised past and stated that she was praying for us!  Was this coincidence or a little divine intervention…I’ll let you decide, but we were glad for the kind gesture.

Congratulations to Sarah and her family for getting the ring back and to our exquisite diver Evan who took on the murky dark waters of the delta and won!  And, as an added bonus, no metal detectors were harmed in the making of this recovery (after drying out, it appears to be operational).

The Bay Area Ring Finders Brendon Chapman… Metal Detecting Service/Call ASAP     925-580-2590

 

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Safety First on Emerald Isle Beach Leads to Lost Charms Found By Crystal Coast Ring Finders

  • from Emerald Isle (North Carolina, United States)
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Tindra

While applying sunscreen, Tindra noticed that the clasp on her necklace had come undone, causing her charms to fall into the soft sand below. Tindra managed to locate one of the before my arrival. Since she knew the general area to search, the recovery of the final charm was swift, and Tindra expressed great gratitude.

Tindra explained:  « The charms are family heirlooms from my family in Sweden.  They’re gifted to babies when they’re born and one of my charms is over 100 years old.  The « T » that I lost was from my Grandpa and gifted to me when I was a baby »

 

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