I got a call from Tim last Thursday via Ring finders , Tim had lost his very unique and sentimental silver ring , he wasn’t sure if it was lost on a bike ride or in his garden in Welling SE London , I arranged to meet Tim at his home the following morning , about 10 minutes of searching , and his ring was recovered from long grass near his log store , Tim was overjoyed and said if it wasn’t for social distancing he would have given me a big hug .
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**** I had been called to double check a parking lot and planters where an earring had been lost the week before.. The odds were not favorable because it was a public area with not many places to hide an earring. At the last minute Daniel called to say he could not meet me at the location. Too much time had passed already so I decided to give it a try anyway.
While I was standing in the parking lot with a pinpointer in my hand, I was approached by a security guard named Emannuel. He asked me what I was doing. After explaining that I was searching for a lost earring. He asked me if I could find a gold ring. He said it was very special to him as it was gifted to him by his late father who had worn it for many years. I could see that Emannuel was beginning to tear up just describing how much it meant to him.
He was a little reluctant to tell me the location until I told him I was a member of TheRingFinders. I thought maybe it may have been lost at another location. It was a surprise to find out that the ring had come off his finger just the other side of the building where we were standing. Just before Christmas, about five months ago Emannuel had been brushing rain water off the seat of his motorcycle when his gold ring flew off his finger. There were several thick bushes near the location and he had torn through them several times in an effort to find the ring. There was even an area where the rain water drained off into a culvert.
Emannuel was still working, so I began a general search with my detector. The shrubbery was very thick and I went right away to my Garrett AT pinpointer. Just probing into the base of the plants. After several pieces of tinfoil and a pull tab. I reached into examine signal from the pinpointer and my finger slipped into a ring. BINGO!! That special ring that he had described to me. Five months laying there in the thick shrubs just yards away from where Emannuel worked everyday. It must have been frustrating for him know something a special as his dad’s ring was possibly lost forever.
Needless to say the smile and the gratitude expressed by him was priceless. The original list earring was never recovered. In some situations timing is important. If Emannuel had known about theringfinders he may have saved five months of frustration. The important thing is his ring is where it belongs.
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Chris Turner- Ring Recovery Specialist…Lost your ring?… Call ASAP 778-838-3463
Today I received a call from a young man who asked if I could help his wife find her lost ring at her parent’s place. After asking a couple of questions I learned that she possibly lost it while she was pulling weeds and gardening. I excepted the challenge and set out to meet the young lady at her parent’s house. When I arrived I was greeted by Jatinder and her brother and daughter, we discussed the search and headed to the backyard where there was a high probability of the ring being lost there because that’s where she did most of the yard work.
The story behind this ring was it was Jatinder’s late brothers ring and as you can imagine could never be replaced. Like I’ve always said, every ring has an amazing story attached to it and that story ends when the ring is lost, my job is to find that ring and help continue that story.
After searching the backyard we moved to the front yard where she did some light yard work, still no ring. We had discussed earlier that there was a great chance the ring could be in the green bin with all the weeds that she had thrown away and was going to be ready for pick up in a couple of days. Thankfully we did that because after dumping the green bin and searching it, I saw her beautiful diamond ring in the weeds.
It was such a relief for all of us, I was confident if I couldn’t find it today it would’ve shown up in her home as she was self quarantining for weeks and never went anywhere. I often wonder how many people don’t even know they lost their ring and it ends up in the green bin ready for pick up and lost forever.
The highlights of my day were finding the ring & her mothers home-cooked lunch/Indian food that was so amazing. We did discuss the COVID-19 and kept our distance and she assured me that her parents had not left their home for a very long time.
It was an honor to find your brothers ring for you, and thanks again for the amazing lunch and kind reward!!!
You can watch the video of the search below…I love my job!!!
I received a voicemail and text message from Matthew on Friday, 8 May 2020. I called him back and he told me that the day prior, he lost his very sentimental high school class ring that he’s worn every day for the past 30 years! Matthew explained that he was doing some yard work, and he saw his ring fly off while tossing a stick over his fence and into the wood line. He rented a metal detector and tried to find his ring, but quickly realized the detector was not top notch. He went back on Google and came across The Ring Finders. I told him that I would be able to come out that Sunday for a search, since I was helping a local flower shop deliver Mother’s Day orders on Friday and Saturday.
My husband, Lindell, and I went out on Sunday afternoon armed with our Equinox 800, AT Pro, and Garrett carrots (pin pointers). We thought that the ring should be behind the fence based on Matthew’s story and test ring throw. Matthew remembered one item flying straight and one item flying towards the right and into the woods. The search was fairly difficult based on the amount of brush, old fence posts, and trees to detect around. There were also a lot of signals to check from random items being discarded over the years. We did our best to detect around everything while trying to keep a tight gridline going. We also used our pin pointers where our detector coils wouldn’t fit. After about 2-3 hours we had to call it quits. Matthew thanked us, but based on my persistence, I knew I would be back out. He lived close by in Huntsville, so the drive was fairly short.
I went back out in the morning that next Friday, 15 May 2020, so that I would have plenty of time to search. I decided to check the yard first in case the ring didn’t make it over the fence. No ring, so I headed back out in the woods. I thoroughly searched around all the fence debris in case the ring bounced down in one of the gaps. After another 2 hours, I felt confident that the ring was not in that area. I decided to try back out in the yard.
One of the last areas I searched in the yard was where Matthew was standing when he threw the stick, which I didn’t check earlier in the day (lesson learned lol). The grass was very short, and I thought we would’ve been able to eyeball a large gold class ring. I checked a couple of surface targets with my pin pointer and started to see a gold outline of a ring move that was barely sticking out of the ground. Matthew’s lost ring!!! The ring had definitely been stepped on and was flush with the ground. Barely visible and couldn’t be seen by just eyeballing it. I jumped up and started celebrating! I ripped off my gloves, tossed up my hat, and thanked the Lord! I was so happy, relieved, and honestly shocked that the ring was right under my nose the entire time. Matthew was probably standing on the ring when he did the test throw. A great reminder to always think outside of the box, because rings sometimes end up where we least expect them to.
Matthew had to work that day, but his wife and daughter were in the house. They didn’t hear me celebrating, so I calmly took the ring to the front door for the surprise reveal. This is the best part of the job and it never gets old! It’s hard to put their reaction into words, but I would say it’s pretty close to pure joy, happiness, and amazement! Matthew’s wife and daughter then decided to surprise him at work. I can only imagine his reaction. Matthew’s ring has a 30-year story attached to it, and now that story gets to continue.
I’ve been waiting for Matthew to send a smile photo before I posted this blog, but haven’t received it yet. I really wanted to get this posted before Memorial Day. I should’ve had his wife or daughter take a photo while I was there. Or I should’ve taken a selfie with the ring. Until I receive his photo, I’ll just post one of me with a big smile and a thumbs up for another successful ring find!
If you or someone you know has lost a ring, jewelry, or other metal item, please contact a member of The Ring Finders.
With the beautiful weather and the long weekend, I thought I would post a PSA. If you are looking at my page and in need of someone to help you find your lost ring or item, please immediately remove any posts you have made on social media about where you lost it. I know you mean well but unfortunately there are a lot of unscrupulous people out there that will go and try to find it that don’t have good intentions. The fact is that in all of the years I have been doing this, I have only been able to recover one expensive ring that was first shared extensively on social media. 😳. So take a deep breath and give me a call. I won’t ask you for any specific information on where your ring is until you and I are both comfortable and then I will go get it for you and put that ring back on your finger where it belongs. God bless and Happy Memorial Day!
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April 16th, 2020. During the Wuhan virus pandemic.
Andrew emailed me asking for help to find a ring, not for himself, but for his friend Hazel. In January, Hazel was sitting on the front porch when her ring slipped from her hand and hit the wood deck. They were not sure if the ring rolled off into some bushes or slipped in between the boards. Andrew knew in his heart that the ring was there and it could be found. He had looked through the openings of the deck and around the bushes with a powerful light, but no luck.
When I arrived, I met Andrew and Mike.
Front of the House
Hoping the ring rolled or bounced off the low deck, I searched the bushes thoroughly with my AT Max. I found the usual hidden trash, but no ring. I then concentrated my search under the deck. 
There were only a few inches of space to work. I detached my shaft and reached under the deck with my sniper coil. I borrowed a leaf rake from Mike as the one I brought was too large to fit under the deck. I heard targets and raked them out, then used my pinpointer to scan the debris.
Tight Access Under the Porch
It was then I had the pleasure of meeting Hazel. She remembered precisely how the ring sounded when it rolled on the wooden deck. From her description, I redoubled my efforts to search farther under the deck.
Found!
I stretched my arm and extended the coil to the limit when I heard a promising target. Mentally marking the spot, I used the leaf rake and pulled out more debris. I waved the pinpointer over the dirt and leaves and dug down to find the ring!
Andrew’s determination to help his friend resulted in a happy ending!
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This story started with a communication titled Ring Lost in the Sammamish River. My fist thought was that I would be working a flowing river bed but you just never know exactly what to expect until you get onsite to fully understand all the variables at hand.
When Jeff reached out to me he described his situation as follows.
I work for a wildlife hospital and rehab center in Lynnwood. Yesterday afternoon I found a foster family for an orphan goose. Unfortunately, the only way to get to the family was to swim. I swam the young goose across the river and my ring fell of my finger. I forgot to take it off ahead of time. I think there is a decent chance to recover it since I was wearing a GoPro at the time and can pinpoint the area where my ring fell off. However, I don’t want to go back with my own snorkel equipment and risk disturbing the site and thought I would go right to the experts. Any chance I could get your help?
Jeff also sent me his video footage showing him reintroducing a baby gosling back to the wild. While watching the video I could see Jeff is very attached to his wildlife rescue work.
Of course I agreed to assist him as we continued discussing all the details over a phone conversation. Jeff was very responsive and provided great details. He sent screen shots with detailed maps marked up and was well organized in the retailing of events that took place. Being that he had used a GoPro to document the day’s events he was ver confident in the area he thought the ring was lost. After hearing what he had noticed from his video footage I agreed we had a pretty good change of recovery.
Not fully sure of what to expect I arrived with a full kit of SCUBA detecting gear and was eager to get started on the search. The narrow cut off of the rive was a docile waterway like that of an old dirty duck pond to be more exact. This description prove to me more accurate than initially expected. It is apparent the flowing river continues to dump river silty directly into this cut with no flowing outlet.
At first I attempted to wade through the shallow water and scoop up found targets. However I quickly found this to be quite the challenge due to the enormous amount of silt. I found it much easier to put all my SCUBA gear on hand scoop the targets I found with my metal detector. Using my gloved hands and pin pointer made for a more efficient workflow.
After the fist day of searching and not finding the ring I quickly realized I would need to return and deploy my full size 10’ x 20’ PVC search grid. In this manner I could do a very tight grid search and not miss any critical areas. Having a hand on the PVC grid wile working blind in extremely silty waters has proven to very efficient in the past for this kind of work.
I arrived the next week for my second search session and straight away constructed the PVC gird. After floating the grind to the search area and sinking it to the bottom I got straight to work. After very short time scanning the thick silty river bottom I pulled a few piece of junk metal up from the bottom. Then no more than eight feet or so from the shore I locked on to a hot signal and sure enough it was Jeff’s white gold platinum wedding ring!
Later that evening after packing up all the gear I caught up with Jeff and his wife to return his ring. The both of them were so happy to see his ring being returned. Even though they have only been married for a year having made each other rings in a wedding ring work shop they have a great deal of segmental attachment to these rings.
With a rescued gosling reintroduced to the wild
and a man’s lost wedding ring returned to his finger
all is well…
Watch the exciting video:
Cheers,
Jeff Morgan
SeattleRingHunter
Chris Turner- Ring Recovery Specialist…Lost your ring…Call ASAP 778-838-3463
Today I was at the beach Metal Detecting and I was about to pack it in after about 5 1/2 hours when I got a phone call from a young man who asked if I can come help find his girlfriend’s ring that fell out of the window. When I got to my car I called Gary to get his address and head over to his place to take a look for the ring.
When I arrived I was met by Gary, we discussed the area where the ring was lost, the grass was short in some places and long in other places, enough to hide a ring for sure. Gary showed me the area where he said he saw the ring fling out of the window while shaking a shirt.
I had my Whites PI Pro with me and after only a few minutes of searching, while Gary’s girlfriend was watching from up above, I was able to locate the ring. The last two searches are making up for the 8-hour soccer field search Beverley and I did a few videos back.
For me it’s the excitement of the search and the thrill of the recovery! To see how you can make a stranger feel by finding what they thought was lost forever.
I love my job! I get to make people smile! You can watch the video of the search below.
If you lost a ring or know someone who has, call a member of TheRingFinders.com ASAP.
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Mike found me on Yelp and needed help searching for his keys and key fob. I drove to his place in Irvine and he explained to me that the night before his wife Pamela threw the keys to him.
I started to search the thick bushes that were between where Pamela threw the keys and where Mike was supposed to catch them. I didn’t have any luck so I checked the trajectory of the throw and realized I should look up into the tree.
As soon as I mentioned the tree we all looked up and Mike spotted the keys right away.