Lost Gold Bracelet Recovered in Riverview FL
Item recovered June 9, 2025.
I received a text message from Julia about a bracelet that was lost the day prior in a field while playing soccer with friends. It was not an organized match, but rather a group of friends having fun and getting some exercise.
The bracelet belonged to a friend of Julia’s and he realized it was missing after the match had ended. Everyone spread out about the field to search for the missing bracelet, but it was a disorganized search. Everyone was tired and it was getting dark. Julia went home and started thinking of how she could help her friend find his bracelet, when she found my info on the ringfinders website.
I met Julia at the field after work the following day, She brought me a bottle of water and some freshly-baked snickerdoodle cookies to help me with the search! We were off to a fantastic start and I felt confident we were going to locate this bracelet.
Julia showed me the area where they were playing. We marked off the corners of the area and began a grid search, with Julia walking beside me, searching with her eyes as I was scanning with my metal detector.
We made several passes and found a few pieces of foil. I got another one of those foil sounds and when we stopped to investigate, Julia had located the bracelet directly in front of her, near the spot where I had my signal!
While my detector didn’t uncover this missing item, setting up an organized search with fresh eyes on a sunny afternoon was the recipe for success in recovering this bracelet.
When I got back to my truck, I celebrated with some warm cookies and a cold bottle of water!
