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LOST GOLD WEDDING RING IN RIVER NEAR BREVARD, NC….FOUND!!!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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Received a call from this gentleman “3 month newlywed” saying he had lost his gold ring in the river while floating! I told him as soon as I get off work I’ll make the nearly 4 hour drive to rescue his ring.

I arrive at 5 pm and follow him to the spot. We parked and made a steep decent to the waters edge as we get to the bottom, he said “right here is where I think I lost it”, but he wanted me to start a little higher and work my way down just to make sure. Not a problem!

The water was 1-2 feet deep in spots and I didn’t have my goggles. It was moving pretty good and was colder than I expected. The river and the rocks held many challenges as I made my way down river trying to stay on the path he took, keep my balance, check every spot I could with the @XP deus II and the HF coil! ONLY WOULD’VE WORKED HERE!

After two lures and a signal I couldn’t get to, I get another hit while sitting on a mossy rock trying to find 3rd signal.

I held the pinpointer in my left hand and used my first two fingers. As I followed the vibration to the target, I made two swipes with my fingers and I felt the familiar feeling of a ring slide on my finger!!! It had been found!!!

It was a challenge, but I overcame and adapted to the conditions and not having all my gear!

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Total ring recoveries since joining “The Ring Finders” 122 total!

Ring count for 2026: 127 (27 – recoveries/1 – return)

GOLD – 32 (22 – recoveries/1 – return)
GOLD/STAINLESS – 1
PLATNIUM – 5 (4-recoveries)
SILVER – 27
TUNGSTEN – 4 (1-recovery)
TITANIUM – 1
JUNK – 53
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“DIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME RINGS, BURY THE DRAMA!”

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Warm Water Nantucket Sound, Wedding Band Returned by Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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August 14. 2026

Josh was enjoying the Nantucket Sound water which is typically warmer than the colder water of the Bay side. From what I was told Josh was about half way to the outer buoy when his wedding band slipped from his finger and was soon out of sight. The only recognition of where he lost the ring was an area about 25 X 40 yards and about shoulder deep.

Marlayna had the presence of mind to reach out for help. In her case a friend, Jamie, was her life line. Her response was to contact a RingFinder. And she did just that. I have heard it before “it’s by no means a very expensive ring but the sentimental value holds no price.” and I had to whole-hardheartedly had to agree. So at 7am the next morning I was in the water starting what was to be a long search over a large area, but I was determined to do my best to find the ring. I knew I had no extra coin targets to help pinpoint the rings location, I was on my own for this one. About 3 hours into the search I about fell into a hole that I had dug a extremely thin dime, and heard another target. It is unlike me to leave a target that even has the slightest possibility of being the object of my search, but I must have. Two more scoops of sand and I did not hear the target again. I looked into the scoop and almost missed the ring as it was black like most of the rocks in the area. This time no rock, but a tungsten-carbon ring. My searching was over for the wedding band.

It took another day to meet up with Josh and Marlayna. A 3pm meeting was set, and as fate had it a call came in for help finding another lost ring. After getting the pertinent information the phone rang again. It was Marlayna asking if she and Josh could come a bit earlier. Of course. Then I could be on my way to another beach, another search and hopefully another story for the Book of Smiles.

When all was done Josh and Marlayna were on their way back home filled with joy of having their ring back. And I was waiting on Luke, another RingFinder, who was going with me to search for another very sentimental ring. A ring that we did not find, but more searching will be done by local RingFinders hopefully with a more desirable result.

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Wedding band found in Eagle County river

  • from Denver (Colorado, United States)
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Lindsey contacted me through the Ring Finders about her husband’s (Ovi) wedding ring that was lost in the Colorado River north of Vail. They had a pretty good idea of the loss location, but due to vegetation growth and the firm current they were not able to locate the ring.
We made arrangements for me to do a search on Thursday as I had other obligations on Friday. Lindsay was able to meet me and show me the location of the loss. Upon arrival Lindsey and I made our way to the river and I began my search. After an hour and a half of searching Linsey mentioned that during their search they had pulled some of the grass up and had tossed it in the river alongside the bank. There was only a portion of that grass left as most of it had floated away. I checked one of the batches of grass and sure enough it had a signal in it. I tossed the grass up on bank and ran my coil over it again, no signal. The ring had fallen out of the grass and now laid on the river bottom. A quick swipe from my water scoop and there was Ovi’s ring.
Ring recovered 7-30-2026
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Wedding Band Returned to Owner by Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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August 12, 2026

I received a call from a long time Belmont Beach goer asking for help in finding her husband’s wedding band that was just lost in the water, about shoulder deep. My luck the tide was on its way out.

Within an hour after obtaining parking permission I was on the beach getting briefed on where the ring was lost. I knew I should be in an area with water just above my elbow. I was ready and into the water Dima and I went. He kept wanting to go deeper, shoulder depth. Sandy wanted me to be further to her right. What did I do, I went with my gut feeling, closer to the beach and started a grid parallel with the beach, keeping the water just above my elbow. Within 10 steps I had a signal, my first of the search. And yes, it was the ring. The two great boys on the beach and Dima all wanted to gab the ring out of my scoop. I finally convinced them that it should stay in the scoop with a jelly fish that had been keeping the ring company. I wanted to take a picture and then I would let Dima retrieve the ring and put it back on his finger where it belonged.

All went well and the cheering from the beach goers as I left reassured me that I had done another good deed that some doubted that I could do when I first arrived.

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Family Crest Ring Returned at Osterville, MA Beach

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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August 11, 2026

After such a great recovery earlier in the day I had to go for another. A family crest ring of great sentimental value was next on my request for help list. In the initial request for help John told me “I lost the ring in the water on the rocks”. I dreaded walking on the rocks, but knew it would be worth any pain I might suffer from walking on them as long as I found the ring. The sand is so much easier to on the feet and the tide was on its way in. That being the nature of a beach, I started searching over the rocks that were out of the water, working onto the rocks already covered by the incoming tide.

The search area was some 25 yards wide and my feet could not take the rocky area any longer. I moved to where the edge of the rock met the sandy bottom, my feet were very happy with my decision.

I was also thrilled with my move as the first target I had in the sandier area was the ring I had been searching for. I called John, but I had no answer, so I left a message. John returned the call, requested a photo to make sure it was his, and we set up a return time for the next morning.

At his request I did not take a smiling photo of the return, but I ensure you it was larger than the beach the ring had been lost in.

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Rings Found in Cotuit, MA and Returned by Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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August 10, 2026

Laura and her friend were enjoying a cooling dip at a quaint community beach when her ring set of 46 years slipped from her finger. Leigh, Laura’s friend, knew Google could help. And that is what it did by offering up TheRingFinders.com as a place one may find help in locating lost metallic objects. My name, profile and phone number came out of the search.

Leigh called and we talked for a few minutes. My first bit of advice, to help me locate the rings was to drop a few coins in the area the loss occurred. This would give me a better chance of finding the rings as it would be an indicator of where the ring slipped from Laura’s finger. I would be looking for more than the two rings, I would be looking for several targets. Finding one would indicate to me that I was to the right area and to slow my searching speed.

Within minutes I was retrieving the coins, about ten of them, but no ring and no more signals. I increased the search area by about 5 feet and found the wedding band. Minutes ticked away, but no diamond ring, I had to increase the area of search again. Still not finding a target of any kind I moved out of my comfort zone to search at the deepest area I could. There was a steep drop off and I had to rely on my scoop to stop me from slipping down to a point I could not touch the bottom. Bingo another target but it was out of my reach to dig in the normal manner, I had to hold the scoop out as far as I could, I let it fall to the bottom, open end down. A slight twist and I pulled the scoop up the slope. The target was now within my reach where I could get it into the scoop, and I did.

What a relief to see the sparking diamonds and the glitter of gold in the scoop. I knew had the ring been resting just a few inches further down the slope I would not have been able to retrieve the target. Also working against me is the tide was about to turn and start coming in. Had that happened I would have had to call in Luke, another RingFinder, to help as he is a certified diver and would be able to retrieve the target which I was pretty confident was the engagement ring.

On my way out, I chatted with a couple that had been watching my method of detecting. Somehow I became so focused to tell Laura of the find that I headed to my car and cell phone to call her. I had not seen that she and Leigh were sitting on the beach, watching me all the time. A bit embarrassing to say the least.

Many hugs from both Laura and Leigh then a few pictures and I was elevate to “my angel” by Laura. I would not have wanted the outcome to be any different. Now that the tide was coming in, I still had a bit of time to go and search for another lost ring. It was a family crest ring and I was on my way.

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Ring Lost At Beach Recovered By Metal Detecting, Falmouth, Massachusetts

  • from Falmouth (Massachusetts, United States)
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12 August 2026.

Dianne called this morning to ask if I could search for her ring that she lost in the water at the beach two days ago, on Monday.  She was referred to me by fellow Ring Finder Luke who lives on the outer Cape.  After I got some basic information from her about the loss we arranged to meet at the beach at 4 PM.  This would be about an hour before low tide, roughly in the same part of the tidal cycle as when she lost her ring.

When we met at the beach, Dianne showed me an AI-generated picture of a ring similar to hers.  Her ring was a beautiful engagement ring that she’d received some 31 years ago from her fiancé (and now husband).  It was her intention to pass it on to her daughter, and she naturally was quite upset.  She described how the ring slipped from her finger when she was blind-sided by a sizeable wave in chest-deep water.  She had slimmed down recently, so the ring was loose, and she actually felt it slide right off her finger when the wave hit.  Fortunately she and her son, who was accompanying her, were able to constrain the area where the ring dropped, not far from a rock jetty.

I headed into the water and made a pair of swaths through the likely area of the drop, working in- and off-shore out to neck-deep water.  The waves were a bit troublesome but I generally was able to keep my footing.  Each of a couple of good-sounding targets had me ready to declare victory, but they proved to be aluminum pop-tops from beer cans (the scourge of detectorists!).  I went ashore for some further consultation, then moved west just outside the ‘prime’ area.  Within a swath and a half I had a nice clean signal that proved to be Dianne’s ring.  I left some gravel in the scoop with the ring, waded ashore, and asked Dianne if she could find anything among the debris.  It took her a bit of time poking around before she found the ring, but the suspense and the final ‘reveal’ were great fun to see!

We wrapped up with conversation with Dianne’s family, who’d arrived to see the search, and with a promise from Dianne to get that pretty ring sized.  A nice ending to the day!

Dianne’s beautiful ring.

Celebrating success!

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White Gold Corona Diamond Engagement Ring – Lost & Found at Billy D’s Driving Range, Edmonton, Alberta

  • from Edmonton (Alberta, Canada)
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I received a call last evening from Wayne requesting my help to locate his wife’s lost engagement ring. The ring had gone missing Sunday afternoon while they were at Billy D’s Driving Range with their two sons. After hearing Wayne explains the situation, I agreed to meet them in the morning and do everything I could to help.

I meet Wayne’s wife (Robyn) at the parking lot, she walked me through the events of the day. Robyn had taken her rings off and place them in her shoulder pouch at the batting cage facility, because she was afraid she would damage her rings, it wasn’t until she sat down on a bench at the driving range that she realized her ring was missing. She and Wayne searched the entire building, and four employees joined in to help – but no luck.

She then remembered going to the back of their truck to grab the boys’ golf bags. It was a long shot, but we checked the gravel parking lot. To her relief, that’s exactly where the ring was – still lying in the gravel after two full days.

Robyn was extremely fortunate, her white gold engagement ring blended perfectly with the stones, making the ring nearly invisible. Despite people walking and driving through the parking lot, no one had spotted the ring or picked it up. Finding it exactly where it fell brought huge relief to Robyn.

Another happy ending — and a beautiful engagement ring back where it belongs.

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Lost Ring Boogie Boarding, Recovered, Holgate NJ, LBI, Recovered by Edward Trapper, NJ Ring Finder

  • from Lavallette (New Jersey, United States)
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Team Work to Find and Return a Wedding Band – Osterville, MA

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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August 9, 2026

On one of the warmest days so far of this summer a plunge into the cool water of Nantucket Sound for a bit of catch, Dan started on experience that no married person wishes to endure. He lost his wedding band in the surf. Hours of visually searching the sandy bottom did not uncover the ring. Dan’s sister was doing a bit of searching herself, but her time was not under water, but on the internet where she located TheRingFinders.com and ultimately my phone number and me. Kimberly called me and within a few minutes I had all the information I needed about the ring and a place I could park.

About an hour later I met Kimberly, got my gear ready and was heading down the path to the beach where I met Dan and the rest of the party. Unusual, but of great help, everyone pretty much agreed on the area where the ring would have been lost. So I was off to the right side of a buoy and started covering the area in rows perpendicular to the sandy beach. At the far side of the area without finding the ring I turned 90 degrees and started searching rows parallel to the beach. Again after covering the area I expanded the area in all four directions, again nothing. It was time to search in rows diagonally to the original box.

The tide was now on the rise and the increasing wind brought in higher waves. But I felt more comfortable as I was now waist deep in the water, one bit of the initial information I was given. After about three hours of searching, the party on the sand was packing up and I was running out of area I had not covered. Dan came to me and thanked me for my efforts as he was also leaving the beach. Well all that I was going to do as a last effort for the afternoon was to make four passes from the sand where Dan entered and exited the water before he noticed the ring was not on his finger.

Pass one, nothing. Pass two, nothing. Pass three nothing and then pass four I was heading in when a wave knocked me off balance and interrupted my swing pattern. When I started my swing pattern again there was a signal that I had to dig. YES, a ring in my scoop it looked like the ring I had been searching for during the past 4 hours.

There was only one person left on the beach and that was Mark, Dan’s father. Mark could not positively identify the ring and texted the news to those that had made it back to the house. We made the walk to the parking area, the ring was identified and Dan and Jennifer had been called back as they had left the area just seconds before the ring was identified.

Kimberly was the last to join the group, missing all the Thank-Yous, hugs, hand shakes and pictures. In my thoughts, I knew Kimberly was the real hero in having found a real Ring Finder to get the ring back where it was meant to be.

I have to believe the entire family of beach goers can really pull together, are well organized and a fun loving family. Yes one of the best groups I have had the pleasure of helping through a tough time of one of their own. I have to thank everyone of them for making me feel as one of them.

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