While carving pumpkins in their yard the gold wedding ring had been lost in the grass. The owner rented a metal detector in an attempt to locate the ring. Not finding the ring, he called me to search and in a short search the ring was found and returned. Another disaster prevented thanks to the Ring Finders!
I received a call that a young girl had lost her gold earring while at a backyard party at her Uncle’s house in Wykoff New Jersey. I met the at the house and performed a thorough search of the backyard. I recovered the lost earring making the owner very happy
I received a text from Henry who had lost his wedding ring on New Year’s Day in the parking lot at the Gerald R Ford International Airport. He had returned 3 times to try and locate it with no luck. He and his wife had recently moved to the Grand Rapids area from TX and were desperate to locate his ring which had been his wife’s Great Grandfather’s. It was one of only a few items that her great grandparents were able to escape Poland with during WWII. It was engraved with their wedding date back in 1923. Even though the parking lot had been plowed, I was able to locate it covered in snow after a short search. It was a little dinged up from being run over by the plow but Henry was amazed and elated he had it back to pass on to the next generation.
Well 2026 is off to a GOLDEN start!!!
Got a call from this guys sister-in-law saying her brother-in-law had lost his wedding ring at a volleyball pit while they were playing.
Story goes his back was to the net, hit the ball up and the ring flew off. They searched as best as they could but couldn’t find it. After about an hour i found it!
It had landed in the area of server spot.
Found out after I found it, it was actually a family heirloom!! The ring had belonged to his father. He gave it to him for his wedding.
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Ring count for 2026: 1 (1 – recovery)
GOLD – 1 (1 – recovery)
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– Lost Gold Ring Recovery—in the snow—in South Lake Tahoe!
My first ring recovery of 2026!
Client contacted me on Instagram yesterday, 12/31/25, with a lost ring search request in his back-yard with 12+ inches of snow. Backstory: Client and friends were throwing snowballs in the back yard, during which one of the client’s friends noticed her gold ring was missing.
I arrived at 10am today, 1/1/26, and once the client explained the location and circumstances of the ring loss, I turned on my XP Deus 2 and began the search. On the fifth swing, I got a solid target with a VDI of 60. Scooped a handful of snow and used the pinpointer to reveal a thin gold ring. Client was happy with the quick search and recovery.
Contact me for all your metal detecting and recovery needs. Rob 402-580-6933. Land, water, cracks in concrete, rings, keys, hearing aids, phones, buried cache, etc. Assisting law enforcement. Serving Lincoln and the greater Nebraska area.
Bradley was out with his cousins enjoying the unreasonably warm day in late December. Doing what boys do they grabbed their fishing poles and hit a hole. While sitting there he moved over, accidentally knocking his phone off the ledge and then he watched it slide down before launching into the 38 degree water. He stripped down to his shorts and jumped in. His toes, not touching the bottom in most places, tried to feel for it. After 10-15 minutes he had to give up. He then turned to the web and found me on Theringfinders.com. We met a couple days later and hit it immediately. Always my honor to help put a smile back on a face.
I received a call from Christian on 12/29/25 saying that while throwing some trash his silver ring came off and he heard it bounce along the driveway into the grass. I scheduled to come out the next day and search for his ring. After about 15 minutes I found it and he was very happy. Thank you Christian for the reward!! Glad we found it!!
Lost Ring Recovered in the Snow!
Received a call yesterday, (December 28, 2025), of a lost gold wedding ring — in the snow — 26 miles west of Truckee, California in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The client and wife — recently married — were returning home, via Interstate 80, from their honeymoon trip to Reno. At Yuba Gap, they decided to stop at a sledding hill to check out the fresh snow from the recent Pineapple Express Storm. The client started scooping snow with his hands and tossing snowballs resulting in the loss of his wedding ring somewhere on the slope above his parked truck. I arrived an hour and forty minutes after receiving the client’s call, having driven 71 miles from South Lake Tahoe. The client showed me the area where he had been scooping snow and within a couple of minutes got a solid target with a VDI of 62.
Success! The 14k white gold ring was returned to the happy newlywed couple.
I received the following text, on Christmas Day , from Angelique
“Hi!! I am so sorry to bother you on Christmas Day and I do not expect you to respond! But I lost the only key to my rental car in my backyard.
I am panicked. Is there any way you are working tomorrow and could help?
Thank you so very much, and I’m sorry to bother you on Christmas Day! Like I said I don’t expect you to respond today. Merry Christmas 🎄”
I replied
“So sorry to hear this. Why do you think it’s in the backyard? Is this a key? Key Fob or both? Also, I am not at home until later tonight and I am booked, first thing tomorrow morning. Where are you located?”
Angelique replied,
It’s a fob on a key ring, and i drove it to the yard to let my dog run. When i went to get back in the car, it said “key not detected. I am in South Portland, Maine? The key was in my jacket pocket while i was in the yard with the dog. The rental company says there are no spares, and i have to drive it back to DC.”
I replied
“Ok, I can definitely get to Southportland,ME tomorrow. Possibly late morning, depending on how the first search goes. Definitely tomorrow afternoon, at the latest. I am currently up in Casco, Maine, at Our Granddaughter’s house and won’t be home until tonight.”
Angelique replied,
“I totally understand, and I am so grateful that you responded today.
I have to take my mother to the doctor’s in the morning (with her car) and will be back in South Portland by 10:30. Other than that I can make myself available ANY time that works for you. If you can give me like a 30-min heads up I would appreciate it.
I rented a metal detector and have done two passes so far, with no luck. I’m not sure it can pick it up under the snow?
So sorry to interrupt Christmas. I will wait to hear from you tomorrow!”
Angelique had lost the key fob, during the snow storm, Christmas Eve morning and hadn’t been able to find it since then, even with a rented metal detector.
So this morning, I was out the door at 6:15am, for my first search of the morning, in Falmouth Maine (more on this search, at a later date) and the cold 🥶 slapped me right in the face. When I arrived at the first search, the temperature was 5 degrees, with a wind chill of -11🥶. Thankfully I dressed accordingly and other than my toes, I was nice and toasty, the entire time.
I arrived at the home, of Angelique’s mother, but they weren’t home, from the Dr’s appointment, yet. Thankfully Angelique gave me a perfect description, of her movements, from 2 days earlier. I was also thankful the temperature was now a balmy 11 degrees, with a wind chill temperature of -1 degrees. A regular heat wave.
I decided to follow the exact movements that Angelique had done and would start on the left side of the house and follow the walkway, to the gate. If the key fob wasn’t there, I would then search the path, across the front lawn, down the right side of the house and ending up in the backyard. I turned my metal detector on and started down the left side, of the house. I hadn’t gone more than 8-10 feet when I received a very loud signal, from underneath the snow. I took my foot and pushed the snow aside and there it was, the key fob. Are you kidding me? Literally less than a minute into the search and I had found Angelique’s key fob. Angelique wouldn’t have to worry about laying out $500.00 to $1000.00 , to the rental car company, for a tow and new fob replacement. WOW, Merry Christmas and what a relief 😅. I then sent a few photos, of the key fob, to Angelique and just saying, “less than a minute, literally”. Again, less than a minute later, a very, very relieved Angelique called me and expressed her gratitude. She was just so happy, with this weight being lifted off her shoulders. Angelique knew the fob had to have been somewhere along the path or in the backyard. However, she was a little miffed that the metal detector she had rented, didn’t pick it up. I told her that if she doesn’t have any metal detecting experience and the metal detector isn’t properly set up, the odds were good that she wouldn’t find it. She had also been given an older metal detector that had none of the modern technology and it may have been going off, on everything, confusing her. As you know, I have had many, many clients, over the years either buy or rent a metal detector, to find their own lost item, only to call me later and help them out. Experience and equipment matter.
Angelique still wasn’t home, so she asked me to leave the key fob, between the doors, of the house. After taking a few selfies, of myself, with the key fob, I did just that. A few hours later, Angelique messaged me
“THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! Just got them!!!!! I know!!! That was ruining my Christmas! Insane they don’t have a reasonable option for when they are lost and only have a single key. I will send you a pic of me with the keys soon, to use wherever! Use it everywhere! Would literally give you my kidney. Please put that in the story.”
WOW, Angelique is one happy woman and although I wasn’t able to meet her, I’m sure she is smiling. I know I am smiling. So thankfully, another key fob, back in the pocket and what could have been a very expensive car rental, has been resolved. I love helping others out, in their time of needs. Here is wishing Angelique a safe trip back home, to Visit Washington DC.. I truly have the best job in the world. 😀❤️🙏
