Solitaire Diamond Ring Lost in Fremont, CA… Found!!!
Bay Area Ring Finders: Brendon Chapman… Metal Detecting Service/Call ASAP 925-580-2590
When you receive a call just before 10:30 pm at night, you get the since of urgency that an individual is feeling about their lost item. I did not answer the phone, not because it was late and I was in bed, rather I was at a movie with my family. Instead a text message followed… « Hi Sir, I lost my ring and need your help finding it. »
The next morning around 7:00 am I sent a message back to get more details about the lost ring. The couple was packing the car for a very important event at a friends house. There were two rings both in her right hand and not on her fingers while shuttling things to the vehicle. At a certain point, she remembers the rings, looks into her hand and only one is there. The entire event happens over not more than 5 minutes in the afternoon and puts an ominous dark cloud over the day.
When I arrived, I was met by the woman who promptly walked me through the events of the previous day. Through the story she told, I identified a few valid locations for our search. We started by doing a grid search of the small yard area in the front of the home. This was the path of travel from the home to the vehicle. The yard was void of targets on the surface. We then visually inspected the driveway including some cracks and gaps that could potentially conceal the ring… nothing!
My next logical thought was the vehicle itself. We started in the trunk and removed and inspected all the object within…again nothing! I then moved to the front passenger side of the vehicle and utilized my video endoscope and a flashlight. I saw something on the screen that I liked…turned out to be a coin, but also another object. I moved around to the back passenger seat and removed the floor mat to reveal the diamond solitaire ring sitting against the plastic trim of the front seat. WE MADE THE RECOVERY!!!!
I don’t often play tomfoolery with my clients when I’m performing recoveries, but I couldn’t resist. I asked the woman if she had a photo or image of the ring. She replied yes and started to search her phone. I then asked her, « Does it look like this? » The look on her face was first confusion, than astonishment, then relief, and there it was…the smile!!!
She then explained to me that she was only seconds from telling me not to waste my time on looking through the vehicle, convinced it was in the yard or somewhere else. She also stated that she did even think about searching the vehicle because she was convinced it was elsewhere.
I spent a good amount of time talking with the pleasant couple. They had ordered metal detectors to search for themselves before the husband found THE RING FINDERS on a google search. They revealed that they spent a long time reading my profile and testimonials before deciding I was trustworthy and capable of handling their dilemma. The husband joked about the hour at which the woman called, excited about finding help and hopeful for the recovery of her cherished ring. She explained that she had always wanted a solitaire ring and had worked so very hard to purchase the ring for herself, an accomplishment she was very proud of. And in the end, we were successful in locating it and the ring has a renewed story for the couple to share.
Thank you for allowing me to take a small part in that story!
The diamond solitaire ring recovered.
The couple still in disbelief that we found it!
As seen in the vehicle.
Bay Area Ring Finders: Brendon Chapman… Metal Detecting Service/Call ASAP 925-580-2590
Phillip called me about midday asking if I would help him locate his wife’s engagement ring. It was lost in the water close to the shore line, ankle to calf deep and they had been searching for it by hand, snorkeling and they purchased a metal detector to no avail. It had been a couple days since lost and it was high tide at the time. He said because of emotional and sentimental reasons, the ring just had to be found. I said I would help and showed up late that same afternoon. This was my first visit and ring recovery at Fort Morgan so I wasn’t familiar with conditions and packed my equipment for all conditions. I searched an areas about 100 foot square with no Luck. There was only one target and when I dug it Phillip thought I had found it only to be disappointed when I pulled up a piece of wire. After performing a second search with no success I decided to first expand the search another 50 ft to the west. Now, remember the ring was lost at high tide and the beach had a gradual slope, for ever 1 foot drop of tide the horizontal distance was probably 15 or more feet. It’s was now low tide so I concentrated on the wet sand with no standing water. Within 10 minutes I got a good but weak signal, dug it and there it was. I felt it was lucky I came right out after called because the sand shifts about quickly around here and I’m afraid in another day or two it may have been buried to deep to detect. Phillip and the family were all smiles and grateful and now they can finish their vacation with no regrets. I am alway glad to help. 
