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Lost wedding-rings found in the water at City Beach! Lac Le Belle, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.

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July 2nd, 2026, found Janis Ammann enjoying a refreshing swim with her daughters and grandchildren at City Beach, on Lac Le Belle in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Then, without warning, her wedding rings along with a highly-sentimental gold band slipped off her hand into the murky water. Losing her wedding rings was traumatic. But losing the band that had once belonged to her mother, made the loss even more devastating.

Despite their best efforts, feeling the sandy lake bottom with their feet and hands, the rings could not be found. An hour later, Janis left the swimming area with a grieving, heavy heart. It was like leaving a piece of her behind.

A couple days later, on July 4th I received a text from Janis’s daughter, Angela. She found me on the Ring Finder’s online directory of metal-detecting specialists. She asked if I’d “be interested in helping to (hopefully) find it.” Being the July 4th holiday in America, I knew the beaches would be crowded. I also knew metal detectorists would be busy searching for lost items. Time was of the essence and so I made my way to City Beach within the hour.

On arrival, I was horrified to be met by a gentleman leaving the beach with a metal detector in hand. My heart sank. Had he found the rings? Would he give them up? A brief conversation with the man led me to believe he had not been in the area where the rings went missing. Maybe, just maybe, the rings were still there.

Angela sent me a Google Map with a pin showing where the family had been when the rings went missing. I waded into the water and carefully began sweeping the lake bottom. Not far from the marked area, a faint signal invited further investigation. Imagine my joy to see a thin gold band gleaming in the bottom of my scoop! It was the heirloom ring! Then, about six feet away, I heard another signal—the wedding rings belonging to Janis!

I sent a photo of the rings to Angela who in turn telephoned her mom with the happy news. Janis initially thought it was a cruel joke. How could her daughter do such a thing? Then the truth sank in; unbelievably, her precious rings were safe and sound!

Janis and her husband drove to my home in Waukesha, Wisconsin that same morning, to take delivery of the priceless love tokens. And the smiles on their faces tell the rest of the story.

If you or someone you know has lost a piece of jewelry, recently or long ago, on land, in the water or in the snow, don’t let its story end. Call right away. I’d love to add your smile to the growing list of clients who, like Janis are so glad they did.

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Lost heirloom necklace found! – Okauchee Lake, Wisconsin

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June 6th proved to be a delightful day for a boat ride on picturesque, Okauchee Lake in Southeast Wisconsin. But the day turned to sadness when a man’s gold-braided necklace disappeared into the lake’s depths. But it wasn’t any necklace; it had once belonged to the owner’s grandfather.

It happened when Milwaukee resident, Maggie House, was transferring a cooler from the boat to the dock. Ben, Maggie’s boyfriend and owner of the necklace, had removed it for safe keeping. He placed it into the pocket of a knapsack. But as fate would have it, the knapsack was sitting on the cooler when Maggie lifted it onto the dock. In the process, the heavy gold chain slipped out of the pocket in what can only be described as an inconceivable turn of events. But it didn’t make the loss any less acute.

Later, someone told Maggie about my ring-finding services. She soon found me on the Ring Finder’s directory of metal-detecting specialists and we arranged to meet at the lake on June 15th, 9 days after the necklace went missing.

Upon arrival, Maggie showed me the location where the incident took place. I donned my search-and-rescue drysuit and waded out to the site in chest-deep water. Maggie hovered close by on the pontoon boat.

The underwater frame of an aluminum boatlift crisscrossed the area. Its proximaty to the necklace made it almost impossible to use a metal detector. However, Maggie’s precise description about where the necklace landed helped pinpoint the location. Using a metal scoop designed for this purpose, I was able to excavate and explore the contents of several scoops; mud, aquatic plants, rocks and shells. Finally, as I brought up another full scoop up out of the water, Maggie was the first to spot the glint of gold—Ben’s heirloom necklace! And the smile on Maggie’s face tells the rest of the story!

If you, or someone you know, has lost a ring or other piece of jewelry, on land or in a lake, don’t let its story end. Give me a call. I would love to add another smile to my list of over 160 happy clients.

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Lost Wedding Ring Recovered – Okauchee Lake, Nashotah, WI

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Nashotah, Wisconsin resident, Joe Judd, was enjoying an evening cigar on his boat dock one evening on Okauchee Lake when a sprig of ash fell onto his pantleg. Instinctively, he brushed the ash off with a flip of his hand but as he did, Joe saw his gold-wedding ring fly off and disappear into the water. He stared in disbelief at the aquatic plants and mud some 5-feet deep where the ring fell. He thought the ring was gone forever.

Later, at a Poker gathering with friends, Joe shared his sad story. That’s when someone mentioned ‘a guy’ in the area who finds lost rings, a guy named Paul. When Joe went online, he discovered my listing on The Ring Finder’s directory of metal-detecting specialists and reached out to me by phone.

Joe wasn’t sure just how deep was the water, let alone the depth of the mud. He guessed about 5-feet. Turns out his estimate was pretty accurate. After donning a search-and-rescue dry suit, I waded out into the icy-cold lake up to my neck and began to probe the mud with my SCUBA-rated XP Deus 2 detector. Joe sat close by on the dock, fascinated by the process.

It didn’t take long to isolate a promising signal, one well in the range of 18k gold. After several scoops of Okauchee-Lake ‘pudding,’ shells, plants and stones, Joe’s wedding ring finally surfaced in my scoop. I set it on the dock and watched Joe’s eyes widen in disbelief! “And that’s how it’s done,” I quipped.

The smile of amazement and joy on Joe’s face tells the rest of the story. And he couldn’t wait to tell his Poker buddies all about it that night.

If you or someone you know has lost a ring, recent, long ago, on land, in snow or in a lake, don’t let its story end. Call me; I love putting smiles on people’s faces!

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