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A friend of my wife and I called me to ask if I could find his bosses ring. They work for the local drain commission and while out in a field working, our friends boss brushed his pants off before getting into the truck losing his wedding ring in the tall grass. They tried to find it using the flashlights on their phones and a device that detects only Ferris metals with no luck. Luckily they marked their location with a flag. I met our friend in town and he drove us to the location. Our friend removed the flag and I swung right over where the flag had been and got a gold signal. I bent down with my pinpointer and there it was. It took me about 30 seconds.Lost engagement ring in the ocean, Ship Bottom NJ, LBI, recovered by Edward Trapper NJ Ring Finder
Kate reached out to me wanting to know if it was possible to locate her engagement that slipped off her finger during the day somewhere at the beach. It was late in the evening, and after determining that it was close to high tide when it most likely came off, it would be best to wait until the early morning low tide. We arranged to meet early the next morning at the dune walkover. As we were heading to the location I had asked her to mark in google maps we talked about the main things she could remember leading up the the ring disappearing. Once we got to the spot, she showed me some pictures she had, before and after the ring went missing. Something didn’t look just right, but I figured I would check the area that was marked. After coming up empty handed I asked her to see the pics again, it was then I knew that was not quit the right location. I adjusted the location about 40′ to the north, and things looked just right, including the piles of seaweed that had pushed high up on the hill the prior day when the pics were taken. Kate confirmed after looking at the pics that this was absolutely the right location. Combined with the rough surf, was the fact that she was boogie boarding, and that is never a good thing when doing a recovery. Kate did remember one wave that knocked her down, where she lost the board, and that was luckily close to the beach in waist deep water. I decided to hit that area real quick, and while Kate was in about knee deep water looking, I got a signal that made my eyes open wide. With the waves crashing right where I was, I took extra time to zero in on the exact spot, and hoped to grab it on the first scoop. Sure enough I had it on the first try, BINGO, it was her absolutely stunning ring!!!!! Kate had no idea what had just taken place just a few feet behind her, as I scooted up the hill , past the waves to get a better look and clean it off. At that moment I decided to make a video to capture her response, which you will see I’m not very good at. (Will be posted soon) Her reaction was something that makes this profession SO SO rewarding that no words could ever explain.
Lost Wedding Ring Minnesota Found Metal Detecting Service
After playing with his dog in the backyard, Adam noticed his wedding ring wasn’t on his finger. Adam & Haily are newlyweds and have only been married for a week. Adam said he was devastated by having lost his ring so soon. He & Haily searched the backyard both in the daylight and by night with a flashlight to no avail. Haily decided to search the internet for any other way to retrieve Adam’s ring. She googled « Lost ring », « How to find a ring » and » theringfinders.com » web site popped up. She gave me a call and after a 20-minute search of the backyard, I found it under some thick matted down grass.
As always, I am honored to help and glad we could get that beautiful ring back on your finger.
Take Care Adam & Haily and hopes and prayers for 50 more years together!!! :O)
Darrin
Lost ring working in the yard… Found
I was so blessed to recover this ring for a local family. While working in the yard she dropped it. They searched for hours and could not find it. Her daughter found my contact info on theringfinders.com. The ring is beautiful but the joy of this find was seeing how this family surrounded her in her time loss. Wedding rings are a special part of our life. Many times they hold value far beyond gold and diamonds. Often it’s a love of your life and even a family heirloom from a family member that has passed. You can replace the ring. But you can never replace the memories and the love from family that was built when that ring was placed on your finger.
Set of Keys Lost in Oakland Hills…Found
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Harry had lost an important set of keys on a hillside covered in ivy directly below the stair to his beautiful Montclair Hills home. He and his wife searched the area and even removed much of the ivy in the location. The keys were seemingly gone! The couple found my information from the TRF website and had sent a request for help at 11am on the 9th of March. We would schedule the search for once Harry returned home from work around 5pm, and I would maneuver to that side of the hills early to successfully perform a search for a lost ring near by.
My boys and I would meet Harry and his wife at their home and get a quick run down of how and where the keys went missing. An initial hasty search of the small hillside only revealed some conduit pipes and very little else. We then moved to search the « green waste » bin where much of the stripped away ivy went. This proved unsuccessful also. Next, I began to search with my pin-pointer around a metal post that did not allow the metal detector to get close. It was at that time I discovered the set of keys nestled under debris close to the post…We had made the recovery!!!
Thank you Harry for contacting me, trusting me with the search, and your generosity! I’m very happy to have been able to return your set of keys in a timely manner.
Harry, the hillside, and the returned keys!
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Platinum Ring Lost a Second Time in Berkeley, CA…Found Again!
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In August of 2023 I assisted Fred in finding his Platinum Ring. The ring fits loosely and had fallen off while he performed yard work. On Saturday, February the 9th I received my second request for help for the day. It was Fred with a simple text message that read, « Hello, it’s Fred in Berkeley again. I lost my ring again in the yard. Small Area ». I had been scheduling a search for another individual who coincidentally lived only minutes down the road from Fred. I responded to Fred that I could be under way in minutes and I quickly loaded up for a double-header. My two boys asked if they could help and so we loaded their machines in too!
We arrived at Fred’s home armed with the knowledge I had documented from the first trip to search for the ring. I knew the location, the landscaping, the materials the ring was made up of and the VDI information for my machine. After a quick overview of how and where the ring was lost, my boys and I got to work. It wouldn’t be 2 minutes before my middle son got a hit and my oldest boy pinpointed the ring. I quickly confirmed the find and performed some quick photo documentation.
Fred was not in the least bit surprised we were able to…Make the Recovery!!!! Thank you again Fred for trusting me to be your Lost Item Specialist!
Fred with his ring
The Platinum Ring
The Ring once the debris was cleared.
Bay Area Ring Finders Brendon Chapman… Metal Detecting Service/Call ASAP 925-580-2590
Now offering Metal Detecting, Video Endoscope, and Magnet Fishing services!
Lost Cellphone at the Wedge in Newport Beach, CA. .. Found and Returned
If you lose a piece of jewelry in the surf call Stan the Metal Detector Man .. It’s not lost forever. Call or Text 949-500-2136 .. Also you can email .. stan@metaldetectorman.com .. timing is important so call or text is preferred.
*** Zack was on the beach near the Wedge in Newport Beach, CA. He and his girlfriend took a late night walk, when his girl friend saw a shell she wanted him to pick out of the surf. He waited for the wave to recede and when he bent over to pick it up his cellphone dropped into the wet sand. The next wave totally covered the phone.
Zack called me after finding my contact information online. It was 11:30pm . I looked at the tide chart determining that the phone was lost at peak high tide. If the beach didn’t have much slope, there was a good chance to find it.
Cellphones can be difficult to find on some of our beaches, but I was willing to give this one a search. Even though Zack couldn’t meet me, I know that beach well and I left to search before the next higher came.
After an hour with no success I returned home.
The next morning I went back finding the phone within feet of my grid search that night. Night searches are successful but it is difficult to keep a straight line while trying to do a grid search.
The next thing was to get the phone back to Zack. He lives 40 miles away. We arranged for me to give it to his friend who worked a couple miles from my place.
Stan the Metal Detector Man is ready to help you now. Call for information or help to find your lost keepsake.. Stan 949-500-2136 … “I WILL TRY ANYWHERE “
1948 High School Class Ring, found with a Metal Detector, in Maine, returned to family, after 3/4 of a Century
Back in 2013, I found a 1948 SJHS High School Class Ring, while Metal Detecting, in the ocean, in Old Orchard Beach Maine.
I knew of a St Joseph’s High School (SJHS), in Biddeford, Maine, which closed, back in the 1960’s. I wanted to return the ring, but trips to local libraries and an email to an Alumni Association for St Louis and St Joseph’s High School, all came up empty. Online searches also yielded no clues. I soon found out there were hundreds of SJHS high schools across New England, Mid Atlantic States, Canada and the rest of the U.S.. Old Orchard Beach is a summer resort town in Maine with 100’s of thousands of tourists from all over, every year and the ring was approximately 65 years old, when I found it. . How would I ever find and verify, which school, the ring came from? Could the SJHS be a St Joseph’s, St John’s, St James, etc..? After researching, on and off for 1 1/2 years or so, with no results, I put the ring into my safe and forgot about it .
Fast forward to February 9th, 2024. I found another class ring, while metal detecting, in Old Orchard Beach, after some recent winter storms. This was a 1982 Billerica Memorial High School class ring, from Billerica, Massachusetts. I knew that this should be an easy find and return ring, but that’s another story, for another day. But, finding the 1982 Billerica ring, jogged my memory of the 1948 ring, in the safe. I thought I would give it another go and see if there was anything new online, to help identify the school, from which the ring came.
I posted the ring on many Facebook Pages, including Class Rings – Lost and Found and St Louis High School Biddeford Maine. The Class Ring Facebook Page has an incredible research team that without hesitation, started to help me locate the correct school. The research team, includes employees of Josten’s, the rings manufacturer. Josten’s found the 1948 blueprint for the ring, in approximately 1 week. The ring was absolutely from St Joseph’s High School, Biddeford, Maine. The now closed school is approximately 6 miles, from where I found the ring, in the ocean.
While Josten’s was researching the ring, Chuck, the administrator for The St Louis Facebook Page, forwarded me a newspaper photo of the 1948 St Joseph’s Graduating Class, of 19 women. The initials RGH, engraved on the inside of the ring, matched one young woman and I just knew it had to be hers. Her name is Rita and
I performed an online search, but unfortunately, I found Rita’s obituary, from 2021, just 3 years prior. I was able to contact one of her children, Mary Ann, mentioned in the obituary and she lives only 3 miles from me. Mary Ann answered all my questions about her mother, and they matched exactly, with all the facts I had. Her mother had graduated in 1948, from St Joseph’s High School, in Biddeford, Maine. Her mother’s middle name, starts with a G and ended with a H, just like the ring. Mary Ann told me she was very surprised and excited and couldn’t wait to call her other siblings. Mary Ann told me she would call me back and set up a time, where I could return her mother’s ring and some of her siblings, could also be there. When she called back, we made Saturday, March 9th the date to return the ring.
I met 4 of Rita’s 7 children, at their mother’s and their childhood home. Mary Ann, Joan, Kevin and Michael were there to greet me and were very excited and happy to see their mother’s high school ring, which none of them had ever seen, before today. After all, the ring has been miss for approximately 3/4 of a century.The siblings related the story that their mother had lost her ring, in her late teens or early 20’s, most likely between 1948 and 1952. Their mother had told them about losing her ring, way back then and wasn’t even sure where she had lost it.
It is such a privilege to be able to reunite such a precious piece of someone’s life, to their family. There is no better feeling, than returning rings like Rita’s, to family members that will cherish it forever. Although Rita is no longer here, with them, the siblings all felt her there today. 
Lost Diamond Wedding Ring Set in Surf.. Huntington Beach, CA. Found at Lowtide with Metal Detector
If you lose a piece of jewelry in the surf call Stan the Metal Detector Man .. It’s not lost forever. Call or Text 949-500-2136 .. Also you can email .. stan@metaldetectorman.com .. timing is important so call or text is preferred.
***Jonathon and Vanessa had been at the the Huntington City Beach RV camping spot for the weekend. Vanessa took a walk on the beach to hunt for sea shells, while reaching down to pick up a shell at the tide line, her gold diamond wedding ring set slipped off her finger. Before she could grab the ring, a wave washed over the spot and the ring disappeared immediately..
i received a frantic call from Vanessa asking for help. we discussed the circumstances of her loss while looked at the tide chart. I told her we had a chance to find the ring as the tide receded. Even though the tide was rising I would be there soon to confirm the location, which is very important.
Jonathon was there to meet me. He had the area marked off with sticks and a couple soft drink cans. I wasn’t going to leave because the tide drops about one foot per hour this time of the year. I would just grid about a 20’x 40′ then leave to for a half hour to search for other treasures. About an hour and a half later, BOOM! diamond ring set in the scoop. I walked a couple hundred yards across the sand to their camp site with the good news. Jonathon was there to get the surprise, he told me, he doubted the the rings could be found. We waited Vanessa to return from her trip to the store.
Jonathon and his friends were all present to watch her reaction when he held up the wedding ring set that she believed was lost forever.. a side note, while waiting for the tide to go down, I found two other rings and a hand full of clad coins.
Stan the Metal Detector Man is ready to help you now. Call for information or help to find your lost keepsake.. Stan 949-500-2136 … “I WILL TRY ANYWHERE “
Gold Wedding Band Lost a Second Time…FOUND AGAIN by Christina McCree in Huntsville, Alabama!
Christina McCree – Ring Finder/Metal Detectorist for northern Alabama and southern/middle Tennessee…call or text ASAP, anytime 24/7…610-504-6135
On Saturday morning (February 24th, 2024), I received a call from Susan stating her husband, George, had done it again! George lost his gold wedding band a second time while working in the mulch beds. George is now my second repeat client. He had lost his ring in March 2023 doing the same thing and had used my metal detecting service to find it. Susan told George that she thought they could find it, but George said no, we’re calling Christina, lol. Thanks for trusting my service! I was free the rest of the day, so I got ready, grabbed my gear, and headed out to meet George at his home in Huntsville, Alabama.
I met George about an hour and a half after Susan’s call. He showed me the area he had been working in that morning. He said he didn’t think it was cold enough for his ring to slip off, but then said he guessed he was wrong. The area was pretty small, and George knew he had the ring on when he started. I had my notes from the last time I found George’s ring. It was a 25 on the Nox 900, so I knew exactly what I was looking for. I got out my Minelab Equinox 900 and started my search. About 2 minutes in, I had a shallow 25 beeping on my metal detector. I told George, “I think we have it!” I bent down, moved a piece of shrubbery, and there was George’s gold wedding band! Thank you, Lord God!!!
George was so thankful to have it back! I told him that I enjoy seeing him, but hopefully there won’t be a third time under these circumstances, lol. We took some photos, and I was on my way home. This actually might’ve been my quickest recovery. I think it was under 2 minutes. It definitely makes up for the longer, tougher searches. Looking forward to the next adventure…
