Jayme was on the Sound side of Emerald Isle on a hot sunny day. She removed her ring to apply sunscreen and placed it onto the blanket on the bench. A small dog that came along for a swim was also on the bench and moved the towel causing the ring to fall between the pier slots and into the murky waters. A plea on Facebook once again helped connect Jayme with Crystal Coast Ring Finders a proud member of the global organization The Ring Finders. I quickly went to work in he hip deep water and after numerous iron signals, my Minelab CTX-3030 located a non-ferrous item near the drop area. I used my pinpointer to go underwater and felt it vibrate all of the way back out of the water with Jayme’s engagement ring in hand! Jayme’s tears were a sure sign of how important this sign of love means to her!
Husband lost his wedding ring when throwing ball for dogs, who kept me company during the search.
This is another case of, « they are rarely found where you think they will be »
Told me he actually saw the ring come off and go up in the air, searched the area where he said it should have come down for about an hour with no success.
I actually found it after about 3 hours about 30ft to left of where he threw the ball, if not found where you think it should be, need to think out of the box and hunt everywhere. Hard to figure how it got there but happy ending.
I got a call from Kristin at about 4:30. She said that her husband had lost his gold ring, which was his late father’s ring, on the beach. The tone of her voice indicated that she was very concerned. I asked her the normal questions about if it was in the water and if she know about where it was lost. She indicated that it was in dry sand and that they thought of buying a detector but the stores where out of stock. I told her that I could be there in just a few minutes.
When I arrived they told me that the ring had been placed in a cupholder of the chair. Kristin and Tim showed me where their chairs where before they picked them up. I fired up the Minelab and in just a few sweeps had a great hit. It was the ring.
I received a text from Rebekah Saturday evening after losing her engagement ring in waist deep water in Lake Michigan at Holland State Park. She and Mike had only been engaged 3 weeks and was desperate for help to retrieve it. I was able to meet them at the park the following day but when I got close to the park the traffic backup to get in was a half mile long. Hoping I wouldn’t have to park outside the park and hike in with my detecting gear I was let into the park after about a 20 minute wait. Rebekah had a pretty good idea where the ring had slipped off so I began a methodical search. Normally, it would take 30-40 minutes to find a target given they knew approximately where they ring was lost. This search, however, turned out to be the longest search I’ve ever done. After 2 hours, Mike and Rebekah had to leave and I said I’d stay another hour, if I hadn’t found it by then I’d return the following weekend and try again. An hour later, just as I was about to give up, I got a solid signal and saw her beautiful white gold and sapphire ring in my scoop.
“I FIND JEWELRY”call Stan the Metal Detector Man if you needhelp ..949-500-2136
*** Carol is visiting Laguna Beach, CA. Her daughter and her went to the beach the day before returning to Utah.. She took her white gold diamond engagement ring off while applying sunscreen setting it on her towel. The rest of the story happens every day, she got distracted, forgetting the ring was there. She didn’t realize her ring was missing until she got to her car.
She returned to the location, spending over an hour of frantically searching for the ring. Someone passing by suggested that she search the internet for my contact information. I got the call taking time to ask a few questions and was able to meet her a half hour later. As we walked down a long set of stairs, she told me she knew it was a long shot but she wanted to make sure we at least tried to search for the ring. I told her if she can get me in the general location, we could find the ring.
As soon as I saw how positive she was about returning to same spot where they had been sitting, I knew this was going to be easy. I set up my metal detector and had the small white gold diamond engagement ring in the scoop a few minutes later. Metal detectors are a good tool for finding rings but the successful recovery has to be credited to Carol getting me to the general area.
She was more than grateful because she had already decided it was going to be impossible to find such a small item in the mass of sand on that beach. Another happy day for Carol and myself
“I WILL TRY ANYWHERE “ Call Now, I can answer any questions about finding your lost valuable .. Stan .. 949-500-2136
Seva’s Wife was playing in the water with a child at a Private resort called Lakefront Hideaway Resort on Gull River, Kawartha Lakes cottage country region of Norland, Ontario.!
The young child accidentally pulled the wedding ring off of her finger and it fell into the water.
Seva rented a metal detector but had no luck finder the ring. A former Ring Finder Anne referred Seva to call me.
On the initial call out, I was given information that the ring was yellow gold and it was in front of the one gazebo. I grid searched the large area for 1 3/4 hours.
I unfortunately had to leave for a 1 o’clock appointment at North Lake Dalrymple for a lost Garman watch in which I successfully found very quickly. I immediately drove back 25 minutes to this location because I felt the ring was still there but further over!
After confirmation the ring was white gold not yellow gold I continued my grid search pattern to the right of where I left off. Within 5 minutes of bring back in the water I had a double tone. One item was negative meaning trash and the other item was a solid 7/8 on my Minelab Equinox800. On my second scoop there was Seva’s Wife’s beautiful wedding ring!
I FaceTimed Seva with the good news and proceeded to meet them after my holidays!
This ring went on a second lost journey prior to its return! The ring fell off my own lanyard with two other rings recently recovered. Panic, anxiety, and tears set it as I found 2 of the 3 rings. Now I know what my clients go through.
A wonderful neighbour Marina helped me retrace my steps. She found it and sure got me good the way I like to surprise my clients!! Tears and hugs of shock and joy!!! A few lessons learnt! Secure the ring(s) on a carabiner!!
I advised Seva and his Wife of the rings second journey! We finally met up for its return!
Thank you Seva for your generous donation to the Kelly Shires Breast Cancer Foundation for my extra effort!!
Chris Turner- Ring Recovery Specialist…Lost your ring?… Metal Detecting Service/Call or Text ASAP Anytime 778-838-3463
Imagine losing something so special that was a gift from your father, something that you’ve cherished for half of your life. I’m talking about a gold coin that his father wore for most of his life then gifted it to his son when he was 16 years old. Flashback seven years ago 2014 this young man lost the gold coin out of the setting on a school field, I found that it in a short period of time and was able to return his gold Mexican peso.
Now 2021 he loses both the coin and the gold chain which he took off before playing rugby to keep it safe he put it into a floppy hat in his bag. After playing in the hot sun for a while he ran over to his bag to grab the hat and put it on, forgetting his gold coin and chain was in the hat. After 30 minutes of running around the field he ran to the sideline and threw the hat towards his bag.
After the game he went to grab his gold coin and chain and realized it was in his hat, his first thought was it would’ve fallen out as soon as he grabbed it out of the bag. That was my thought as well, he’s searched all around but could not find it. He was a little embarrassed to call me for the second time to come out and look his gold coin but he gathered up the courage and gave me a call. After talking with him for a while I was excited to possibly be able to return this beautiful coin back to him for the 2nd time.
We met at the field I began my search near the tree where his bag was but did not find it anywhere near the tree, I knew my next step was to search the field and that was gonna be a big job as it could’ve fallen out of the hat while he was playing. But after asking a few more questions he told me that he had I can off his hat and threw it towards the sidelines after about 30 minutes of playing. This excited me with the thought of maybe the chain and coin got caught in the brim of his hat and when he threw it that’s when it came out…
You’re doing a great search and most likely an hour into the search not far from the area where he threw his hat I found his beautiful gold Mexican peso attached to his gold chain, I was so excited to be able to find this for the second time knowing how much it meant to this young man.
I had another surgery scheduled earlier that morning so I went off to do that one contacting him to let him know I was coming back to continue my search, I called him when I was there and said could you come and show me the area once again just to make sure I didn’t miss anything and that’s when I surprised him…
Vancouver Ring Finder Chris Turner- Ring Recovery Specialist…Lost your ring?… Metal Detecting Service/Call ASAP Anytime 778-838-3463
I have the best job in the world, I love helping people more than anything I’ve ever done in my lifetime. I get to make people smile, I get to hear their stories of what their ring means to them, and how happy they are when I find it.
Brian and his Family from Montreal, Quebec were visiting Ontario’s Wasaga Beach #1 for a vacation.
He was playing football knee deep on a very windy day which produced heavy waves and an undertow.
I was called the next day and attended the location but knew I had my work cut out for me as with the previous days conditions I knew the sand 200 feet would be dumped closer to shore which we called the beach was “sanded in”!
I was grid searching with no luck and made another attempt the following weekend. Same result – NO LUCK.
I reached out to the regular metal detecting community in this area and offered my call out fee for the hopeful return of Brian’s wedding band.
This Family touched me because Brian‘s Wife is a survivor of stage 4 metastatic breast cancer! In the last 4 years, all my successful Ring Finders call outs I do not take the reward for finding the lost item! Instead, I asked the client to pay it forward with an immediate online donation to the Kelly Shires Breast Cancer Foundation in which the client then receives a tax receipt. This is how I raise money for this wonderful charity that assists patients with the financial struggles of fighting this terrible disease!!
A short time later was contacted by Joe P from the Wasaga Group that he had just found the wedding band. I confirmed with Joe the inside markings of Brian’s wedding day “08-30-08”
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AMAZING!!!! I gladly gave up my call out fee to receive Brian’s wedding band back!! I thank you so very much Joe for graciously returning the very sentimental wedding band!
I always recommend ring owners to have some kind of markings inside as an identifier!!
The wedding band was shipped back to Brian and he’s one happy guy!
Chris Turner- Ring Recovery Specialist…Lost your ring?… Metal Detecting Service/Call or Text ASAP Anytime 778-838-3463
My day job consists of mostly 13 hour days and it’s rare to get time off but luckily this week, I had two days off where I was able to recover two items for two very happy customers. The universe works in wonderful ways for this story because this couple were ending a beautiful 10 day vacation in the Sunshine Coast, unfortunately they lost a very special ring.
They went online and found TheRingFinders directory and gave me a call that evening, they told me they were returning back to Toronto the next day and luckily I was off work that day so we arranged to meet in at 12 noon at Davis Bay.
After a 3 hour wait at the ferry terminal, 40 minute ferry ride and a 40 minute drive, I arrived at Davis Bay, I heard the story about how the ring was lost and the couple showed me where they lost the ring on the beach, remember it’s a big beach and what seems to be a small area could always turn out to be an extremely large area and as you know it’s a game of inches and you have to go over the ring to find it. The difficulties of this search was that it wasn’t lost in the sand it was lost in fist size rocks, making it slippery and difficult to search the area properly.
After listening to their story and where they believe the ring came off I started my search, I knew I was under a bit of pressure because the sooner I could find this ring the sooner they can start getting ready to make their way back to Vancouver to fly out to Toronto that evening.
After approximately 40 minutes of searching I found his beautiful ring! I was so relieved and happy to find it so quickly knowing that they could comfortably take a ferry back over to Vancouver and drive to the airport and catch their connecting flight to Toronto. Success!
Vancouver Ring Finder Chris Turner- Ring Recovery Specialist…Lost your ring?… Metal Detecting Service/Call ASAP Anytime 778-838-3463
I have the best job in the world, I love helping people more than anything I’ve ever done in my lifetime. I get to make people smile, I get to hear their stories of what their ring means to them, and how happy they are when I find it.
