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The Long Drive to Soddy Daisy for a Meteorite Ring

  • from Knoxville (Tennessee, United States)
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When Trey reached out after losing his ring somewhere in his backyard while doing yard work, he wasn’t sure if he’d ever see it again. It wasn’t just any ring—it was a beautiful tungsten ring with a meteorite inlay, making it a very special piece.
I packed up my metal detector and made the 1 hour and 45 minute drive to Soddy Daisy, Tennessee, hoping I could help Trey recover it.
Once I arrived, Trey showed me the area where he had been working and the spots where he thought the ring might have disappeared. I started working my way through the yard, carefully checking the ground and listening for those promising signals.
After searching the area, I finally got the signal I was looking for—and there it was!
Trey’s tungsten ring with the meteorite inlay was back in his hands.
That’s what makes being a Ring Finder so rewarding. Sometimes it’s a short trip down the road, and sometimes it’s a nearly two-hour drive. But when you can return something valuable and sentimental to its owner, the drive is absolutely worth it.
Another ring found, another happy customer, and another great Tennessee recovery! Equipment used was an Equinox 900 and the TID was 35.

 

 

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Lost Ring in Strawberry Plains

  • from Knoxville (Tennessee, United States)
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Lee had a problem that started with a simple afternoon of yard work. After losing some weight recently, his ring had become noticeably loose on his finger. While working outside on a hot, sweaty day, the ring finally slipped off and disappeared somewhere in the grass.
Lee decided to try finding it himself and rented a metal detector. Unfortunately, his yard turned out to be full of metal objects, and the detector was constantly giving signals. After searching without any luck, Lee went online and discovered TheRingFinders.com. He gave me a call, hoping I could help.
I headed over to his house and started searching the yard. It didn’t take long at all—about 10 minutes later, I got the signal I was looking for and pulled Lee’s ring from the grass!
Another ring recovered and another happy customer. Sometimes having the right equipment—and knowing how to use it—makes all the difference.
I’m glad Lee reached out before that ring became a permanent part of his yard!

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Water Recovery for Lost Heirloom Gold Ring in Oklahoma

  • from Norman (Oklahoma, United States)
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This couple was enjoying a day of swimming with friends at a private lake in central Oklahoma when a treasured family heirloom slipped from her finger and disappeared beneath the water. The gold ring had been passed down through several generations, making its sentimental value impossible to replace.

After the ring was lost, family and friends organized a search party and spent hours trying to recover it, but despite their best efforts, the ring remained hidden beneath the sandy lake bottom.

Later that day, they found my metal detecting recovery service online and reached out for help. After a brief phone conversation, we discussed the circumstances of the loss, developed a search strategy, and scheduled a time to meet at the lake.

Fortunately, it didn’t take long to locate the missing jewelry. Not only was I able to recover the heirloom gold ring, but I also found its accompanying promise ring nearby.

There’s nothing quite like seeing the relief and joy on someone’s face when a cherished possession is returned. Whether it’s an heirloom that’s been in the family for generations or a wedding ring with irreplaceable memories attached to it, helping people recover these special items is by far the most rewarding part of what I do.

If you or someone you know has lost a ring, piece of jewelry, money, keys, or another valuable item, don’t give up hope. I provide professional metal detecting recovery services for lost items on land and in the water. Feel free to contact me—I would be honored to help reunite you with your lost treasure.

This recovery took place at a private lake in central Oklahoma.

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Long Lost Wedding Ring Recovered near Tyrone, GA

  • from Newnan (Georgia, United States)
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Received a call yesterday afternoon to search for a lost wedding band in the Tyrone, GA area. The ring was lost back in December but he had a general idea of where it came off. After 30 minutes of searching with my detector, the ring was located and returned to the happy couple.

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Lost Hearing Aid found in Sharpsburg, GA by Matt Perdue

  • from Newnan (Georgia, United States)
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Dan in Sharpsburg, GA contacted me about a hearing aid he recently lost while doing yard work. Fortunately, he had a good idea of where it came off which greatly helped reduce the search area. It took a few hours, but I finally got my metal detector over it and was able to recover it and return it to him in one piece this morning.

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Lost Gold and Diamond Engagement Ring Recovered in Deale, Maryland!

  • from Baltimore (Maryland, United States)
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I received a call from Mike this past weekend looking for my assistance in recovering his daughter’s lost engagement ring. Our initial plans to come out the next day was hampered by poor weather conditions so we moved it to the next day. This one was a bit challenging as the ring could be on land or in water about 4ft in depth. With that said, I brought both my land and water metal detectors with me. From here on out, I’ll let Julie, Mike’s wife, tell of her experience.
My daughter was going to go tubing with her husband and neighbors, so she put her engagement ring and wedding band inside her neighbor’s shoe on the pier to be safe and told her they were there. When they all returned to the pier, the neighbor’s little brother picked up his sister’s shoes to carry them back home, unaware that my daughter’s rings were in one of the shoes. He carried them on the pier, up a grassy bank and up to the house. When my daughter looked in the shoes, her wedding band was still in the shoe, but her engagement ring was gone. Her husband is from Africa and when she went to visit him and meet his family he proposed to her in Namibia. Her engagement ring from Africa was priceless to her. I immediately started Googling metal detectors and came across Jim’s website. My husband called him the next morning and he came out a day later due to the weather. My husband and young neighbor showed Jim the path that was taken with the shoes. Jim started searching on land and then moved to the water and then searched on land again a little farther out than he did at first. He found it! We are all forever grateful for Jim. He made a lot of people very happy that day!
I’m so glad that I was successful helping out Mike, Julie and their family. Great people and good conversation throughout the day!
Here are some pics…..when I first « heard » it…….
…..to when I exposed it through the grass…..
….to a clear pic of it’s beauty!
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Engagement Ring Lost in the Lake-Found!

  • from Chattanooga (Tennessee, United States)
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I got a call from Sydnie on Saturday the 4th and she said her friend who was down from Ohio for the 4th had lost her engagement ring in the lake right behind her house. They were floating about fifteen to twenty feet from the dock. Before I could make it over there they had to return home without the ring. I was able to get there for the search on Tuesday. I geared up for the search using my Manticore with the Gray Ghost Amphibian headphones and a sand scoop. Fortunately the water was only around 4 to 4 1/2 feet deep there. The bottom was a very shallow layer of soft mud, maybe less that 2 inches, with a hard pan of clay underneath. That made it difficult to use a sand scoop, but I made it work. Closer in to the dock there was a lot of iron and other debris that made the going slow, but as I got further away from the dock those signals were further in between. The water was deep enough that I couldn’t see the screen on the Manticore, and the lost ring was white gold so I could concentrate on the low tones. After about an hour and a half I was at least twenty feet away from the dock, maybe a little more, and I got the tell tale double beep low tone that was very strong. The lost ring was white gold so I could concentrate on the low tones. I lifted the detector out of the water to see the screen and it said 06 for the target ID. With the hard pan clay down there it took me three attempts to get the target in the scoop, but there it was, a dainty white gold ring.

 

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Wedding Ring Lost During a Water Ballon Fight-Found

  • from Chattanooga (Tennessee, United States)
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Chris contacted me on Sunday morning and said his wife had lost her ring in the front yard while throwing water ballons on the 4th. He showed me the area they were at so I started there. I was fairly certain that early on in the conversation he said it was white gold, so I was mainly concentrating on shallow low signals. But, after around 30 minutes I got a very strong 72 on the Manticore with the telltale double beep that said it was very shallow or on the surface. A 72 is definately not white gold, but a silver or copper tone, and of course I investigated to see what it would be. It was the lost ring, and after looking at it I saw a 925 inside the band. So it was silver and not white gold. His wife was estatic and said she went to sleep crying the night before. In my book they are newlyweds, only 6 months in. A successful recovery!

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Wedding Band Lost While Preparing Raised Plant Bed-Found!

  • from Chattanooga (Tennessee, United States)
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Nick contacted me and said that his wife had lost her wedding band while preparing a raised plant bed, but she wasn’t sure which one. He and his wife has a matching tungsten carbide band set. The first bed I checked had a good signal, but it turned out to be a larger deep signal. The second bed was larger in size, but all of them had galvanized metal sheeting for the side walls. That was a problem, but I managed to work around it. In the second bed I found a signal that was showing a 30 on the Manticore, but was close to the metal side wall so that number may have been skewed. That 30 on the Manticore turned out to be her ring. It was about four inches deep. The total seach time was only about twelve minutes.

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Cedar Lake Cellars Wright City, Missouri

  • from St. Louis (Missouri, United States)
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I was attending the Night Lights Lantern Festival at Cedar Lake Cellars in Wright City, Missouri in October 2025. There were about 1000 people there and we were in a very large grassy field. Because the weather was a little colder, the ring had slipped off my finger somewhere near where we were sitting that evening. Luckily, I took a few photos and was able to determine the exact GPS coordinates from apples map function from the photo. I was able to get permission from the winery personnel to search the property and sure enough you found the ring within 10 feet of where the GPS coordinates from the photo indicated. I was shocked and very very excited. that ring had been there all winter and spring and now it’s back in my possession. The ring was very special to me and still is and now it has more of a story. I can’t begin to thank you enough.

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