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Engagement Ring Lost In Scarborough, Maine Backyard Grass, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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On Saturday evening, May 23rd, I received the following text message.

“Hi Dennis! I was directed to you on facebook as I had posted about losing my engagement ring in my backyard today. I tried a metal detector to see if I could find it but no luck! I was wondering if you might be able to help. I’m in the Town of Scarborough, Maine.”

I replied by calling the number back, rather than keep texting. It moves things along much faster and it now being after 6:00pm, I would like to search while there was still some light. Isabelle told me that eariler in the afternoon,she had some family and friends over and were enjoying the day, out in the ”small” backyard. Isabelle has a young daughter and the daughter was having a blast, running all over the place. Isabelle would chase her down and bring her back where everyone else was. The 2-3 year old also played on the swing set ans was having the time of her life. As the afternoon passed Isabelle noticed her engagement ring was missing. She knew she had it on earlier because she had showed it to some of the family and friends. Isabelle figured the engagement ring came off, while rounding up her daughter. Isabelle posted a Facebook story and someoe let her borrow their metal detector. Isabelle and her father searched for the engagement ring, without any success. They had never used a metal detector before and all the beeps and chirps were overwhelming for them. That’s when some people on Facebook had told her to contact me. Isabelle asked if I could come over in the morning, Sunday, but I was already booked in Sanford, for 7:00am. It was scheduled to rain later Sunday and I was also leaving at 4:00pm, to attend a concert, in Boston. When Isabelle had given me her address, I knew it was only 7-8 miles from my house. I told her I would be right there and search tonight, as I had maybe an hour and a half hours of daylight left. So I packed up my equiptment and headed to Scarborough.

Once I arrived, Isabelle and her father showed me the backyard. It was small and I was estimating I could cover the entire area, in approximately 30 minutes. There was quite a bit of metal, in the yard, that had to be moved but not to bad. I am a creature of habit and I always like to pefor a grid search and this search would start at the house and I would work my way down towards the swing set, moving metal items as I went along. The search was procedeing nicely but the engagement ring remained elusive as I approached the halfway point, in the yard. Still plenty of real estate to check. As I was approaching the swing set, at the end of the yard, before a slight drop off in the yard, I still hadn’t found the ring. Before I went down the slope, Isabelle’s father asked her if she had gone down there. She replied she had, on multiple occasions, while trying to corral her young daughter. Ok, I started behing the swing set and started searching the dropoff. As I approached the garage I realized I was running out of room to search. Maybe another 5 minutes and I would have covered the entire yard. Then what? As I ws thinking about my next move and what questions, I could ask Isabelle, I received the signal I had been hoping for. A loud, repeatable low tone, coming from the grass. As I was pulling my pinpointer out, I saw the ring, in the grass. I bent down picked it up, I heard her father say, “No Way.” I then looked at Isabelle, showed her the ring, saying “Is that it?” A very happy smiling Isabelle replied, ”Yeah, That’s it, Thank you.”. Always, always a fantastic feeling to show the owner their ring, that had been lost. Isaabelle immediately put the engagement ring on her finger, admiring the ring, once again.

Another ring back on the finger and I’ll say it again, “We have the best job in the world. I love my job. If it matters to you, it matters to us💍😀❤️🙏

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Sterling Silver Pendant With Brother’s Ashes Lost In A Bridgton Maine Pond, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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The Ring Finders of Maine, With Recovery and Return #213

At 9:45am Thursday, May 21st, I received a call from AJ. His wife, Michelle, had taken their young children to to Woods Pond Beach, in Bridgton, Maine, the previous day, as it was a very hot day. The water was very cold but Michelle waded into the pond with one of her young children, to a depth of waist deep. While wading in the waist deep water, her young child accidently grabbed ahold of her necklace. The necklace broke and the pendant that had been on the necklace was gone, into the pond. The necklace itself was grabbed before it hit the water but the pendant was nowhere to be found. Michelle visually searched, looking for the shiny sterling silver pendant, but couldn’t find it. AJ explained that this wasn’t just any pendant because the pendant contained some of her late brothers ashes and Michelle was very upset that the pendant urn, in the shape of a 4 leaf clover, was now missing. WOW!!! I knew right then that I needed to help and told AJ, I could probably be there, in the early afternoon and I would call him when I was on my way and he could meet me there, to pinpoint the location that Michelle had been in. AJ had a fairly precise location, as to where Michelle had been, when the pendant disappered into the cold water.

Once off the phone with AJ, I called Gary Hill to see if he was avaible to assist me. I knew the pond water would be very cold (50-55 degrees) and the air temperture was only in the high 50’s. This would be a cold search but we couldn’t wait for warmer weather, with her brothers ashes missing. Gary was available and I told him to bring a change of warm clothes, beach towel and his Excalibur diving metal detector,as we were about to get wet. I told Gary I would pick him up, on the way to Bridgton, at approximately 11:30am. It would take us an hour and 15 minutes to get there so I called AJ and let him know Gary and I would there just before 1:00pm. As Gary and I were driving, we thought that Gary would go in and search the specific area that Michelle had been in. This would give Gary his first water recovery and had nothing to do with me not wanting to go into the cold, cold water. I told Gary that if the pendant wasn’t found in 10 minutes or so, I would jump in and start expanding the search area, so he wouldn’t freeze to death. Experience has shown us that lost jewelry is usually never exactly where people think it is and I did want Gary to have all the fun. The pendant could have launched itself once the necklace had been grabbed. The location could be off by 10 feet or so.

Once we arrived, we were promptly met by AJ. He pointed out the area Michelle had been in. She had been in an area maybe 20-30 feet , east from a dock. The dock has metal pipes and some stairs. Michelle had been just the stairs and was between the next two pipes, but not out as far as the third pipe, near the end of the dock. Gary bravely entered the very cold water, as I shivered on shore with AJ. Gary was performing a North – South grid search from about 30 feet from the dock and making his way, towards the dock. It really wasn’t a large area but it was a very clean area. Gary wasn’t getting any targets and this allowed him to quickly cover the area. After 10 minutes, as Gary was approaching the dock, I told AJ, I would go in and eapand the search. I would start about 20 feet to the east, from where Gary started and would work my way towards the dock. Once this area was covered, we would continue the same grid pattern but would stark working our way towards the shore. As I was walking out to where I would start searching, I also was receiving no targets, at all. Once I arrived to where I wanted to be, I started my search and again, no targets on my first pass. Gary still had no targets either. Another pass and still the same. I started my third pass and finally received my first target. After sizing up and pinpointing the location, Pressed the long handled sand scoop into the sand, with my foot. I pulled the scoop out of the water and shook it, to get the sand out, leaving only rocks and hopefully a nice shiny pendant. As I looked into the scoop, I did see the rocks and a shiny 4 leaf clover pendant, containing the ashes of Michelle’s brother. I yelled over to Gary and told him that I had it then yelled to AJ, further away, on the shore. AJ replied to me but I couldn’t hear him. Gary’s chattering teeth were to loud. We quickly made our way to shore where a very happy AJ awaited us. He was so thankful and told us that Michelle would be very relieved her brother would be back with her.
Gary and I dried ourselves with our towels, got into some dry clothes and put the heat up high, on the ride home. We were both so happy to have been able to help Michelle and AJ.. Jewely may be replaced but you cannot replace a loved ones ashes. It is recoveries like this that keeps Gary and I going. There is no better feeling than to know you helped someone with such a sentimental item. Once home I received the following message from AJ..

“Thank you again my wife and I truly appreciate you guys coming out and finding it for us” She cried when I told her thats how happy she was. Thank you for finding it for us! It truly meant alot to my wife and im glad you guys where able to help us out truly as she was devastated when she lost it…”

A beautiful conclusion to a troubling and devistating time for Michelle. I later received a photo of Michelle, reunited with her pendant. Her smile says it all. So, NOT just another pendant back around the neck but an irreplacable pendant back around the neck. I would loved to have been able to hand the pendant to Michelle but things wcould have ended any better. We love our jobs. We have the best jobs in the world. Remember, “If It Matters To You, It Matters To Us”❤️🙏

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Mailbox Key Lost In The Grass And Leaves, In Well’s Maine, Found With A Metal Detector

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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I received the following text message on Sunday, just after noon time.

“I have a lost mailbox key, I live in the Town of Wells, Maine. It’s in my driveway or front yard. Is this something you can help with?”

To make things quicker, I called her back just a few minutes after receiving the text message. I was able to talk with Kim. Kim told me that the previous evening, when she came home after work, she checked her mailbox, at the front of the property and next to the driveway, of the complex. After checking her mailbox, Kim walked across the driveway and lawn, to her front door. When she arrived at the front door, she went to unlock the door and she noticed that the mailbox key was no longer on her keychain, next to her house key. Those were the only two keys, on this particular keychain. Kim told me the keychain had broken recently and she had fixed it but it was now broken again and her mailbox key was no where to be found. Kim told me that she had searched for almost 1 1/2 hours, the previous evening but could not find it. She told me that there were lots of leaves, tall grass in a few spots and the key was gold colored and would blend in with the dead grass. I asked her how big of an area she had walked across and she replied that it really wasn’t a large area but she just couldn’t find it. So, I told Kim I could help her and Kim told me she was at work and she had a friend that was going to look for the key,this afternoon. Kim also wanted to search again when she got home, around 5:00pm. If Kim or her friend were unable to find the key,b she would call me, around 5:30pm.
Neither Kim or her friend were able to find the key and Kim called me, as planned. I told her I could be there in 30 to 40 minutes, with my metal detector. Once I arrived, Kim was standing in the driveway waiting for me. I surveyed the area and saw lots of leaves, around the mailbox. Kim told me that she had moved some of the leaves around but still couldn’t find the key. I came up with my plan of action and would start the search, next to the mailbox. If I didn’t find it there, Kim would take the same route she had taken the previous evening, to her front door. I would follow her and search along the way.
As I was searching around the mailbox, I received quite a few targets, in the leaves. Unfortunately, once I pinpointed the targets, they were all in the ground, other than a Stinking Lincoln penny and the key would not be under ground. Once I finished the mailbox area, I started across the gravel driveway and received a very nice target, with the VDI screen showing it was on the surface, to two inches deep, in the ground. As I ran my pinpointer over the gravel driveway, I found my target. Unfortunately it wasn’t the key, just another Stinkin Lincoln penny. Once on the grass, of the front yard, Kim told me that she didn’t remember the exact route she took but it would be within a 10’ to 15’ wide path. I told her I would perform a north to south grid search and expand it to about 20’, just to be safe and who knows, the key may have been kicked, while kicking the leaves away. My first grid pass had me closer to the street and I searched towards the house. Nothing found above ground and a few targets, pinpointed, were under the surface. I stepped over and headed back to the south and the road. After a few steps, I received a loud repeating signal and when I looked down, THERE WAS THE SMALL MAILBOX KEY. Totally visible now that the few leaves that had been on top of it, were knocked away, by my coil. I turned to Kim said, ‘ Come and take a look at this.” As she walked towards me I pointed to the ground and said, “there it is.” Kim couldn’t believe that they hadn’t found the key earlier. I told her it was hiding, under a few leaves. Kim was extremely happy to have her key back. She didn’t has a spare key and who knows how much it would have cost to get a locksmith to come out and make a new one. Possibly the management company of the complex could have another key made but again, how much would they charge her for losing it? So Kim is going to be buying a new keychain and get a spare made, of her key. After the thank you’s and hug, I left with a nice big smile, knowing that Kim won’t be stressed out this evening, like she was the previous evening. I love my job.😃❤️🙏

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Lost engagement ring found at Pemaquid Beach in Bristol, Maine

  • from Rockport (Maine, United States)
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Fellow Ringfinder Dennis Boothby directed Ian and Hannah to me, after she lost her diamond & ruby engagement ring in 3ft of water at Pemaquid Beach in Bristol yesterday afternoon. I headed down after work to search and was successful in recovering the ring. Ian’s aunt had given him this ring to keep for Hannah for when they got engaged. With the big day June 29th approaching rapidly, I was glad to recover it for them. A portion of their generous reward will be directed to the Knox County Fish & Game Association scholarship fund.

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