Tourist Lost Wedding Ring at Laguna Beach, CA. While Visiting from Russia
Alexander has only been married for one month and had lost his wedding ring in the sand at Laguna Beach, CA. while visiting from Russia. He called me asking help to find his wedding ring that was lost playing football on the beach. He was sure that his one month old white gold wedding ring had come off his finger during the game but he didn’t feel it come off. Tomorrow he would be returning to his home in Russia. He didn’t want to return with bad news that he had lost his ring.
We made arrangements to meet on the beach shortly after he contacted me, even though the beach was packed with sunbathers. I don’t usually search when the beach is crowded but you never know the conditions until you get there.
Alexander walked me a few blocks down the beach where he believed they had played football. We were fortunate that this area was clear of people. I began a grid search that was approximately 15 yards square. On the third pass I got a faint but clear tone. One deep scoop with my sand scoop and there in the bottom of the scoop was Alexander’s gold Wedding Ring. It was smaller than I expected and may have been on edge which would have accounted for the faint signal. Whatever, the main thing was we had another ring recovery.
Alexander was very appreciative but I couldn’t get him to smile for the photo, I think it was because he was still surprised how well the metal detector could find such a small piece of metal in a sea of sand. It was definitely a pleasure to meet and help Alexander. I’m sure he will tell his family and friends in Russia about his adventure of finding someone from TheRingFinders to help him find the ring.
Andrew lost his ring in Lake Michigan while swimming at a 4th of July picnic. He discovered Ring Finders a few days later and arranged for a hunt. I traveled with Brian Pasterski, fellow detectorist, because he is a good detectorist and seasoned diver if we need to go deep. Luckily, we only had to search in neck-deep water, which is very refreshing on a hot, sunny day. We used Garrett AT Pros. There were large limestone rocks, which could have been bad if the ring slipped between some large ones. Luckily, Brian detected it under a small rock and dove down to retrieve it. There was no junk in the rocks which made it much easier. The only signals we found were the ring, and one high signal buried deep. Andrew was overjoyed to have it returned. 
