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Two Gold Wedding Rings Recovered in Lake Como, WI

  • from Lake Geneva (Wisconsin, United States)
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Two Rings Reunited

As I parked my car outside of a lakeside bar in Como, WI, I knew the task ahead would be like none I had encountered before.  Could I locate two lost wedding rings from the same couple?  It was 2:00 pm on July 20th, 2026 and I would soon meet Shauna and Chris to hear their story in person.  Like many of my searches, their story began like so many.  Paraphrasing… « I knew my ring fit loosely and it came off in the water.  I can’t believe I didn’t think to take it off! »

Shauna was playing with her three young daughters, sitting in the shallow water, probably keeping her sharp, motherly eyes on each of them.  Pushing off the rocky bottom of the lake to stand up, she felt the ring slip, release, and disappear.  Carefully padding the lake bottom with a flat hand, only gritty sand and small rocks pushed back.  Her ring was gone.

And then the twist…

When I called her back to arrange for the search, she interrupted with… there’s a bit more to the story and she proceeded to tell me that I would be looking for two rings.  In the moment of losing a precious ring, an overwhelming mixture of emotions are released.  Loss, regret, sadness, anger, hopelessness.  I don’t know what Shauna was feeling, but her husband, Chris, stepped in to help bear the burden.  He said something like… « these rings belong together… » and took off his ring and threw it into the lake.  I listened to their story, paused, and asked, “This is going to sound like a strange question, but are you two fans of [the television show] The Office? »  « Yes! »  they replied, wondering where I was going with the question, but clearly energetic fans of the series.  I pointed to Chris and said, “First, you are the Jim Halpert in this story.”  

In season 6 of The Office, Jim and Pam get married.  

As with most weddings, something inevitably goes wrong and for Pam she accidentally tears her veil.  In the moment, to console her, Jim grabs a pair of scissors and cuts his necktie in half, refocusing Pam that their love is steadfast despite what breaks down around them.  Chris reacted in love, and in my book, that gets the Jim Halpert award.  Shauna later commented it did help her to get through the moment after losing her ring.

In the end, both rings were found.  Shauna’s in shallow water, while Chris’s required some diving to recover it.  Both searches were accomplished in an hour and a half because Chris and Shauna put me in the perfect locations.  Their sharp memories gave me the best chance to use the tools and knowledge of metal detecting to reunite the rings.

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Buckhorn State Park Ring Fished Out of Lake

  • from Green Bay (Wisconsin, United States)
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I received a text message from George on Monday, July 6th with the following: “Hey Jeff, I lost my wedding ring this past weekend in the lake playing with a beach ball…can you come and look for it?” The lake he is referring to is Castle Rock Lake. Buckhorn State Park is uniquely situated on a large peninsula that juts out into Castle Lake.  It is an artificial lake on the Wisconsin River and is the 4th largest in our beautiful state. It is known for its hiking and swimming, sandy beaches, pontoon rentals, tubing at Sandy Shores, and live music at waterfront restaurants.

George and his son Ben, who made the journey with him, ventured 3 ½ hours from the Chicago metro area, in the very early hours of Tuesday morning, July 7th to meet at the park entrance. George was very concerned about finding his wedding ring.

George was very clear with instructions to me where he lost his ring playing with the beach ball. In short order, the ring was recovered and placed back on his finger. George was more than ecstatic that his ring was found. He will be celebrating his 20th wedding anniversary this fall with his beautiful bride and would have been crushed if the ring had not been recovered. We wish him and his bride the best for the next twenty years.

 

 

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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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Ring lost at Mission Bay found

  • from La Jolla (California, United States)
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Kai put his rings in his pocket before playing smash ball on the beach at Mission Bay. After playing, he realized that sometime during the game his rings escaped his pocket and were now in the sand somewhere. One was found, but, the other eluded the search. He gave me a call, but, I was over an hour away celebrating the 4th at a friend’s house. I agreed to do the search after I got home later that night. Kai headed home, but, sent me a map and address of where they were staying and playing. After fighting all the beach traffic, I managed to get to the search area about 12:45am. An hour of gridding later, and no ring, I walked over to where his friends were staying to see if anyone was still up that could help narrow the search area. Sure enough, even though Kai had gone home, a friend of his was still there at the air B&B. I was then shown the spot where smash ball was being played and I found the ring a short time later at 2am. I texted Kai and planned on re-uniting him with his ring later that day. As you can see, Kai was very happy to get his ring back! a pleasure meeting you and thank you for the reward.

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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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Lost Wedding Band … Found in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Received a call this morning about a lost wedding band. The lady had been on a walking trail last night and lost her wedding ring which was a three ring set.

Her husband and her found two of them right away but the third one couldn’t be found. I gridded and searched the area this morning for two hours and

didn’t find it until I went to the opposite side of the trail and there it was.

Happy to find it for her and I know she was grateful to have it back.

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Anniversary Recovery

  • from Chicago (Illinois, United States)
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Received a call from a woman in Chicago that lost her small gold ring while working in her garden on her 10th anniversary. What I love about this job is I get the opportunity to meet the nicest people, today was no exception, hugs all around! Very thin ring but found it within 15 minutes.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

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Gold Wedding Ring Recovered in Holly Springs

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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I got a text from a gentleman in Holly Springs who had been gardening and lost his wedding ring in the process. We made plans to get together the next morning and when I arrived, he showed me where he’d been putting in his new plants. Where we live, the native soil is clay-y and rocky. For that reason, he dug out a hole for the new plant, but only good (store-bought) soil went into the hole with the plant. The old, crummy soil was carried to a dirt pile in the back yard. I started in the front yard where he had been planting and absolutely scoured the area – no ring. I scanned the path from the front yard to the dirt pile, thinking it might have come off on the trip – no ring. I then started scanning the dirt pile and found the ring about 2″ down under some rocks. His 40th anniversary is right around the corner, so this was a particularly special recovery. Another happy ending!

   

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Lost Wedding Set in the Gravel While Playing with Her Toddler in Phelan, CA – FOUND!

  • from Corona (California, United States)
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I received a text from Kimberlee who said she lost her wedding and engagement rings in the gravel at her house. She said, like many others who I’ve helped, she debated trying to rent a metal detector. Some have gone out and bought a cheap one then realized they don’t know how to use one. Don’t waste your time. Call/message or email me right away! 

I told Kimberlee I could meet up at her house the next morning. When I got there, Kimberlee said she was playing with her toddler in a graveled area where they were looking at shiny rocks. She said she had her rings in a pouch she was wearing and at some point they fell out.

The rings were lost 2 weeks ago and Kimberlee said she has been visually searching the area, with no luck. She checked on a metal detecting club site and heard about TheRingfinders.com and found me.
I started a grid search of the area and eleven minutes later found the wedding ring sitting in the gravel. While showing Kimberlee her ring I confirmed her engagement ring was also lost. When I looked back down by where the wedding ring was, I saw the engagement ring. The expression on Kimberlee’s face and watery eyes said it all. She asked if she could give me a hug? I’ll never turn one down.

Kimberlee’s teenage son had come outside and she had told me earlier he was interested in metal detecting. Since I located two other targets during the search that I believed would be coins, I let him put on my headphones and use the detector to hear what the tones were like. He then dug two quarters. Happy mom, happy son.

 

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