Gold Wedding Ring Lost In The Ocean Water At Gooch’s Beach, Kennebunk, Maine, Found With A Metal Detector Kennebunkport
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐กโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ก!
What started as a beautiful summer day at Goochโs Beach in Kennebunk turned into a race against the Atlantic Ocean.
John was visiting Maine from Massachusetts for a friendโs bachelor party weekend.
The group set up high on the dry sand, but with negative low tides exposing a vast expanse of hard beach, they were playing football and swimming all day.
By evening, Johnโs white gold wedding ring was gone. After a futile search with friends, John headed back to Massachusetts and called The Ring Finders of Maine.
๐๐๐ฒ ๐: ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐กI arrived at Goochโs Beach in the pitch black at 4:00 AM to catch a -0.8 low tide. For three hours, I ran a tight grid along the low tide line, trying to stay ahead of the incoming surf. I dug up beach trash, a few coins, and even a stainless steel ringโbut not Johnโs.
๐๐๐ฒ ๐: ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐กBack at it again at 4:00 AM! This time, chasing an even lower -1.1 negative tide. I grid-searched the moving shoreline, eliminating a massive section of the waterbed, but Johnโs ring remained hidden. With a Wednesday commitment keeping me away, the clock was ticking.
๐๐๐ฒ ๐: ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก (๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐๐)Thankfully, Gary Hill returned home from South Carolina just in time. This was the day of the lowest tide of the entire month of July: a massive -1.2 negative low tide at 7:13 AM. We needed to take advantage of every second.
We arrived at 5:00 AM to double-team the beach. Gary started a grid high up in the dry sand, working his way down a distance longer than a football field. I picked up right where I left off two days prior, following the receding tide line out.
By 6:45 AM, we had found nothing but trash and coins. Knowing the tide would turn back in just 30 minutesโand that the upcoming days wouldn’t bring tides this low againโI made a tactical decision. I waded out into the knee-deep water and began a grid working my way back toward the shore.
๐๐ก๐ ๐:๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญAfter 20 minutes in the surf, I was ankle-deep. It was 7:10 AMโjust three minutes before the absolute lowest tide of the month. You can actually check out the video I recorded right there in the surf on our main Facebook video tab to see the exact timestamps of the find! 
Suddenly, the detector gave off the sweetest tone I had heard in three days. I plunged my sand scoop into the rolling surf and lifted it. As the water and sand sifted out, a sliver of silver-colored metal caught my eye.
I pulled it out. It was a white gold milgrain wedding band, matching the photo John had sent me perfectly. After three intense searches, at the absolute limit of the ocean’s reach, we won the lottery!
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐-๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒWhen John called me back after seeing the message, he was in absolute disbelief. This wedding ring meant far too much to him to wait even a single day to have it back.
As soon as John and his wife Sarah got out of work that evening, they jumped straight into the car. They made a 2.5-hour drive all the way up to my house here in Maine, grabbed the ring with massive smiles, and then turned right around for the 2.5-hour drive back to Massachusetts. That is how much this sentimental ring meant to them!
John recently let me know that he has since had the wedding ring safely resized and fully cleaned. Itโs officially back where it belongs, looking brand new. We are so honored we could bring this story to such a perfect ending.
๐๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ.Lost a ring or valuable item in the Maine sand or surf? Donโt panic, donโt dig blindly, and don’t share the location online. Call or text ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐
๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐. Our metal detecting service is a community effort to get your treasures back where they belong!
