Received a call to find a lost gold pendant.
Pendant was really small about half the size of a dime. It was a gift from her mother who had it custom made based on a family heirloom item.
Lost on a trashy Chicago parkway.
Found pretty quick with a very happy ending!!
It was a very dark night on the windswept Carmel Main when I got the call, and although we had a bit of a language barrier, I was able to make out « Sunset, ring, lost, beach, Carmel, help, you have machine. » I grabbed my detector, scoop and all-important headlamp and headed out to the beach. The young couple from Italy had been enjoying an iconic California sunset, and as darkness fell, the young guy, wiping sand off his shorts, wiped his wedding band right off his hand, and right down a sandy slope. They wisely marked the spot they were at with a backpack, and so when I found them in my headlamps beam, I turned on my machine and I got to work. I swept in concentric circles from the backpack spot for about twenty minutes, chatting about how much I liked Italy when I visited as a teen. Unfortunately, we found nothing but aluminum pull tabs. Things looked grim. I figured maybe the ring flew farther than they surmised, and maybe some unlucky foot traffic also slid the ring down hill. I worked my way down slope and eventually, I did get a « faint 11 » on my Equinox. Sadly, after three or four attempts, the signal disappeared. I walked back up the slope, and asked the young lady if there happened to be anything shiny in my scoop, she reached in and pulled out their white gold wedding band held it up and cheered. Disaster averted, and I got a huge hug from her, than one from the guy too! He gave me some « American Dollars » as a reward, and I even got an invite to Italy! I was happy to send the now much happier couple off to Morro Bay, to continue their vacation!
It’s that time of year again, I have many calls for lost keys in the drive way after shoveling snow or cleaning the vehicle off. Fortunately, this gentleman’s key fobs didn’t take to long to find!
Christina McCree – Ring Finder/Metal Detectorist for northern Alabama and southern/middle Tennessee. Call or text ASAP, anytime 24/7 at 610-504-6135.
On Friday (November 14, 2025) evening I received a call from Stacey stating a few days prior she had lost her engagement ring while walking down the back porch. It was cold and she was trying to put on her ring while holding her son. The ring caught on her fingernail and flew off. She heard it hit some leaves in the yard. It was at night, so it was dark out and she couldn’t tell exactly where it went. We set up a search for the next morning.
I met Stacey around 9:30 Saturday morning in Athens, Alabama. Stacey showed me exactly how it happened. Her husband, Victor told me the ring is sterling silver. I grabbed my Minelab Equinox 900 and started my search. After a few minutes, a little further from the porch and behind a tarp, I saw Stacey’s ring on the ground! Stacey and Victor were very happy and thankful to have it back. Stacey told me that she had searched that area, but there were a lot of leaves, so I’m sure it was completely covered up when they were looking.
Thankful and blessed for another successful recovery! Until the next one, please take care and God bless…
Lost your ring, jewelry, cell phone, keys… Don’t wait until it’s too late. Text or email ASAP 24/7 Mark at 434-987-0568.
Lost your ring, jewelry, cell phone, keys… Don’t wait until it’s too late. Text or email ASAP 24/7 Mark at 434-987-0568.
We got a call yesterday on a lost class ring while flying bread off his back deck. His technique was good but a little to much wrist snap which caused his ring to fly off some distance. Found by my wife Anne and her AT Max. She said it showed jumping numbers from 40 to 80 . I’m thinking the mixed alloys in some class rings will read like that.
Just as my wife and I pulled into our favorite taco place on Friday, my phone buzzed. It was Diago. His voice was somewhat desperate—he’d lost his girlfriend’s engagement ring, and he needed help. He and some friends tried to locate it but it was hopeless.
We’d barely parked, the restaurant still minutes from reopening at 5, but I knew the sun was slipping fast thanks to the time change. So, we left. As we did, I prayed for God’s favor.
I met Diago at a roadside bar & grille. He pointed out exact the spot where the ring had flown from his hand. It vanished into a patch of tangled grass—short blades, long tufts, and a gloomy drainage ditch. His fiancée, he said, had been in tears.
I fired up my Minelab Manticore, and instantly the machine chattered incessantly – bottle caps, pull tabs, scraps of who-knows-what. I adjusted my settings, grabbed my pinpointer, and pushed into the grass as daylight drained away.
As darkness enveloped us, I swept every inch of the suspected area, the detector humming, my hopes slipping with the sun. Eventually, I had to turn to Diago and tell him the last thing he wanted to hear: I’d be back at sunrise.
Praying again, I arrived before dawn the next morning. The grass heavy with dew. I started scanning in a slow grid, determined not to miss a thing. Then—a clean, bright tone!
I dropped to my knees, brushed aside a patch of grass, and there it was: a beautiful gold ring nestled so perfectly in the blades that anyone without a detector would’ve walked past it a hundred times. God is good!
Later that day I placed the ring back into the hands of an overjoyed couple.
If you’ve lost a ring, keys, or even your phone—whether at the beach or in your backyard—don’t give up hope. Call Detector Ed at 757-419-0299. I’m available day or night. Call or text me as soon as possible—and please, don’t post about it on social media!
Call an experienced professional metal detectorist for help locating a lost ring in the sand, at the park or in your yard…Mike McInroe with theringfinders.com is here to help you! Call or text me ASAP at 321-363-6029 and let’s talk!
Zack could not find his wedding ring and tried looking with a rented metal detector and still come up empty handed. He was 99% sure he lost it in his yard somewhere while doing yard work earlier that day. He had planted some small ornamental bushes and laid down new mulch and even had about 10 medium bags of left over dirt that he wanted to dispose of later but the thought of his ring being out in his yard somewhere made him quite anxious. Later that evening Zack went online and found theringfinders.com and gave me a call. I met him the next day and decided to start my search exactly where he started working the day before. His yard and newly planted bushes were neat and tidy and as I moved on to the 2nd area I noticed he had laid out the bags of extra dirt on the brick driveway so I decided to scan them. Each bag was tied up and on the last bag I got a faint signal. I flipped the bag over and immediately got a solid gold like signal and it was only a matter of sticking my pin pointer into the dirt and the picture shows what was hidden inside. Zack was thrilled and could not believe what just happened.
How can I help you find something that you lost? Call or text me at 321-363-6029 today!
Mike McInroe…thankful to be a member of theringfinders.com