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Ridgewood, New Jersey Lost silver ring found

  • from Mahwah (New Jersey, United States)
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Kaelyn was at the pool with her son when she realized her ring was gone! She had purchased her silver ring when she was 16 years old while she was in 10th grade. The sentimental value was much higher than its monetary value.
We met to search and after a short description of where she had been on the beach, I began my search. My first signal turned out to be the ring! Kaelyn was extremely excited and happy that I had found it.Another success for the Ringfinders!

 

 

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Lost ring while swimming. Found!!!

  • from Johnson City (Tennessee, United States)
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Received a call from a gentleman who was on a family outing swimming with his daughter. They slid down the rock at the falls and the ring came off when they hit the water. He tried several times to dive down and find it, but the cold mountain water and rapids made it too hard.  It stayed there for ten days until he found me. He called and I was able to head up to where the ring was lost. After gearing up and getting in the water I found the ring exactly where he said it would be already buried deep in the sand. So glad to get this one back to its rightful owner.

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Gold Wedding Band Lost, Recovered and Returned in Wilmington, DE!!!

  • from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States)
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Jim reached out to me after finding me in the Ring Finders directory. He was saddened and upset to notice his 37 year old wedding band had disappeared off his finger…when, where and how it disappeared was a mystery to him. The only thing he could think of was that it fell off while he was doing some yard work (taking his gloves on and off) in his backyard in Wilmington, DE several days earlier. He figured it was long shot and had little confidence it would be found but decided to give a professional a shot. He also spent several hours searching himself on his hands and knees. I arrived at his home that Sunday afternoon…as I always do…I demonstrated with my metal detector and my own wedding band what a gold band would sound like if I went over it. I want my clients to know that if they put me over the missing ring…I wont miss it! Jim showed me the area he was working…it was part backyard lawn and part woods…not a large search area. I was 10 minutes into the search and had covered 90% of the yard when…BOOM…there was the signal I was hoping for in the deep grass. I looked down and I could see the ring in the deep grass…I asked Jim who was standing nearby…if I could ask him another question…when he came over I pointed down and asked « is that your ring? » The relief and joy on his face was priceless!!!

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Find a ring in Mamaroneck! – Another Day, Another Miracle… and Three Ring Calls!

  • from Orchard Beach (New York, United States)
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Another Day, Another Miracle… and Three Ring Calls!
If you lost your jewelry, call me right now – 646-235-8797

This morning, just before 9 AM, my phone buzzed with a text from Sandra.

She said she had found my contact info online and that her husband had lost his wedding band the day before while running around outside with the kids at his brother’s house in Mamaroneck. The catch? They had already driven back home to Albany with their four kids, so making another trip down wasn’t exactly practical.

Almost as soon as Sandra’s text came in, I got another message from someone who had lost a ring too. Unfortunately, that one never panned out, but little did I know it was going to be one of those days.

A few minutes later, I found out Sandra’s sister-in-law and a family friend would be at the house after 1 PM and could give me access to the backyard. Sounded like a plan.

When I got there, I looked over the yard and started a grid search from the far left side. Nice and slow… straight out, back, over a little, straight out again. One lane at a time, just trying to cover as much ground as possible and hoping for that one good signal.

As I worked my way toward the middle of the yard, my detector suddenly gave me a really solid hit. You know when you hear one of those signals and think, “This might actually be it?”

I got down on my knees, grabbed the pinpointer, and almost immediately caught a little shine in the grass.

“I GOT IT!”

Yeah… I yelled.

Sandra’s sister-in-law and her friend came running outside, and they were just as excited as I was. The funny part was it wasn’t even their ring! But that’s one of the things I love about doing this. Everybody gets caught up in the moment.

I took my recovery pictures and started heading back to the Bronx feeling pretty good about the day.

Then, while I was driving home, I got a THIRD call for the day! This gentleman had lost a piece of jewelry at Rockaway Beach, and while we were talking about the search, he suddenly tells me…

“I found it!”

Turns out Alfonso found his own 24-karat gold bracelet while we were on the phone together. I can’t take any credit for that one, but I was happy for him anyway.

So today somehow turned into two happy endings. 😉

Maybe today was National Lose Your Jewelry Day and nobody told us. 😂

One family in Albany got a platinum wedding band back, Alfonso got his 24-karat gold bracelet back, and I got another reminder of why I enjoy being a Ring Finder so much.

You never know where the next call is coming from… or how the story is going to end.

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WEDDING BAND LOST on EMERALD ISLE BEACH, FOUND JUST in TIME

  • from Emerald Isle (North Carolina, United States)
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Walker and Lindsey were packing up their beach gear after a weekend getaway when they realized Walker had taken off his ring to swim in the ocean. Walker called me, and I was able to head his way right after we spoke. They agreed to stay a bit longer to help search the right area of the beach. Within seconds of scanning, my detector gave a loud signal. “I think this is it,” I said, as I pulled Walker’s gold wedding band from the dry.
I hope the delay was worth the result.
Safe travels home!

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Golf day gold

  • from Sarnia (Ontario, Canada)
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Went to the golf course yesterday but not to go golfing, instead I was helping Candice recover her lost diamond ring from her round of golfing the previous day. Luckily in a relatively short period of time my detector gave a strong solid signal and when I looked down it was just sitting there. I’m very happy to have found it for her and judging by her smiles and tears she was very happy too!

 

 

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A Toyota ate his wedding ring

  • from Oregon City (Oregon, United States)
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Last week I received a call from Chan seeking my help with finding his wedding ring that he had dropped in his car. I explained that using a metal detector in a car is not practical, but I do have other tools that may be useful. I was out of town when we spoke, but agreed to meet the following weekend.

I arrived and met Chan. He had the car parked in the same spot in the driveway, which had a noticeable slope. He said he was in the driver’s seat, with the door closed. He had removed his ring and it slipped out of his hand, falling between the seat and door. He heard it bounce off of something plastic, and it vanished. He said he had spent hours trying to find it, even dropping quarters to see where they might go. One of those also disappeared to parts unknown.

I started with a basic visual search, using a bright flashlight. Coming up empty, I fired up the endoscope camera and started checking the hardware under the seat. I saw a penny below the track the seat ran on, and Chan said he had felt it there when he had stuck his finger in the gap, but he realized it wasn’t his ring. Nearby was a second penny, but no ring. I moved to the vents below the seat, and under the carpet I found the missing quarter. I spent several minutes probing under the carpet, going in at various angles without luck.

I took a pause to reevaluate. I saw the plastic mounding covering the rear on the seat mounting looked like it would just pop off, and I was able to remove it. Chan was standing by the open driver’s door, and as soon as the mounding came clear, he shouted “There it is!”  and he snatched it up. I also recovered the two pennies.

It’s not always the metal detector that finds the ring. Other tools, experience, no emotional attachment, or just a fresh set of eyes can get it done.

 

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RingFinder- Farmington, CT- Recovered Women’s 18k Gold and Diamond Engagement Ring

  • from Farmington (Connecticut, United States)
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THE CONE, THE CATCH, AND THE RING THAT NEARLY VANISHED.
It started with a text earlier this week. A woman had lost her 18k gold and diamond engagement ring — not at the beach, not at a lake, but in her own backyard. In a way that nobody could have predicted.
I arrived early Sunday morning to meet the family and get the full story. Here’s what happened.
She had set her engagement ring — along with three other rings — on top of a plastic pylon while she and her husband played catch in the yard. A completely reasonable thing to do. What happened next was not: her husband, not knowing the rings were perched on top of the cone, casually tossed it aside. The rings scattered into the grass.
They searched immediately. Then kept searching. They even went out and bought a metal detector from a local hardware store, determined to find it themselves. While they were able to recover 3 of the 4 rings, the most treasured engagement ring remained elusive. The grass held its secret. That’s when she reached out to me.
I got to work. Grid after grid, back and forth across the lawn. The detector chattered with targets — every one demanding attention, every one needing to be ruled out before moving on. Time passed. Hope, I’ll admit, was getting thin.
And then — bang.
There it was. A beautiful 18k gold engagement ring, glinting back at me through the cut grass like it had been there all along, waiting for the right person to come along and look in exactly the right way.
I looked up at the wife’s face when I handed it back.
That smile. That’s why I do this.
If you’ve lost jewelry — in your yard, at the beach, at a lake, anywhere in Hartford County — don’t give up and don’t assume it’s gone. Give me a call.
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RingFinder- Farmington, CT- Recovered Men’s Platinum Wedding Band

  • from Farmington (Connecticut, United States)
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WHERE YOU THINK IT IS, ISN’T ALWAYS WHERE IT’S AT.

Earlier this week, I got the text. A wife, clearly shaken, explained what had happened: her husband had been out back playing catch with their dog when his platinum wedding band — diamonds and all — slipped off his finger somewhere in the yard. They searched. Then searched again. They even borrowed a metal detector from the local library, determined not to give up.

But the ring stayed hidden.

That’s when she texted me.

I showed up early Saturday morning. She had done everything right. She gave me a precise description of the general area where she thought it had gone down. And in a move that genuinely touched me — they hadn’t mowed that section of the lawn. Not a single pass. They were afraid the mower might damage the ring. That kind of care tells you everything about what this ring meant to them.

I started with horizontal grid lines, working the area methodically. Out here, patience isn’t optional — it’s the whole game. My pinpointer lit up again and again. Nails, coins, bits of old wire. Every target gets checked. Every one.

I finished my first grid and hadn’t found it. That moment always tests you. Do you second-guess the search area? Start over? I decided to push forward — and just before I was about to run the grid a second time, I expanded my search boundary slightly. Just a few feet beyond where I’d been working.

Bang.

There it was. A gorgeous platinum and diamond wedding band, sitting in the dirt like it had been waiting for me.

I can’t fully describe the feeling of that moment — pulling something like that out of the ground, knowing what it means to the people waiting inside. That’s the whole reason I do this. Not the hunt, not the gear, not the history in the ground. It’s the look on someone’s face when you hand them back a piece of their life.

If you’ve lost jewelry — in your yard, at the beach, in a lake, anywhere in Hartford County — don’t give up. Give me a call.

 

 

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RingFinder – Farmington, Connecticut

  • from Farmington (Connecticut, United States)
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$30 YOU’LL NEVER REGRET SPENDING

You’re at the lake. The beach. Your own backyard. And somewhere between the laughter and the moment you look down — it’s gone. The ring your grandmother gave you. Your wedding band. That bracelet you’ve worn every day for twenty years.
Most people assume it’s gone forever. Here in Hartford County, there’s someone who proves them wrong.
My name is Terry O’Brien, and I’m based in Farmington, CT. I have over ten years of experience of finding what everyone else has written off as lost. I search beaches, parks, yards, and lakes — and for underwater searches, I can go down to 20 feet deep. If it’s there, I’ll do my best to find it.
I charge a flat $30 to cover gas. That’s it for showing up. If I find your item, you pay only what you can afford. No pressure. No awkward negotiation. I’m just a guy who genuinely wants to return something that matters to you.
 Lost jewelry isn’t just metal. It’s a story, a memory, an irreplaceable piece of someone you love. I gets that — and I treat every search like it matters, because it does.
► Serves all of Hartford County, CT
► Beaches, parks, lakes, yards & more
► Underwater searches up to 20 feet deep
► 10+ years experience
► $30 flat fee to search · Pay what you can if found

Don’t write it off. Reach out.

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