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Dennis, MA…”The ONE and ONLY Ring” Found and Returned by Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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July 31, 2025 On the 29th I received a call from Kyle requesting help in finding his ring. He had seen it drop off his finger into the water of Cape Cod Bay. A description was received in a text: “Beveled gold ring with “always” engraved on the inside.” Unfortunately I was out looking for another’s lost wedding band and would not be able to help until the next morning’s tide. We passed a couple of pin marks on a map and I was ready for a search in the morning.

I searched the marked out area for a couple of hours in the morning and not finding the ring, I would go back for the evening tide. The evening’s search in an enlarger area did not produce the ring either. A few more texts and a new picture of the area showed the ring might be a bit further west than I had been searching. Then the question came from Kyle…”Do you know what time you might look again? I would love to come meet you if possible.” Of course. I, for some reason, assumed Kyle was not on the Cape when we were texting. I was wrong. So we set the time for 6:30PM, just before low tide.

It is always best to have the person who lost the object to be at the search sight so they may answer questions about the loss and stand in the area they thought the loss occurred. Most times the area is not where map pin marks are given, some times only off by a few feet and once a wife was actually standing on the ring. On another occasion a large rock had been put on top of the lost ring. On a third case; scattered coins were only off by the difference in tide height of when the ring was lost and where the coins were dropped.

We met at the beach and I lined up using the photos which I learned were taken that morning, not two days ago when the ring was lost. A comment on buying a replacement ring was made. Briana sharply replied to with “The ONE and ONLY Ring” is in the water, no replacement ring will do! The more I searched the more I was told “further out”, “closer in”, further west maybe to the east. None of the area adjustments put me on top of the ring, not even the area were Kyle came into the water and stood were he “lost the ring”. I went back to the shore line again, asking for more information. Well maybe a bit more west, but not that far out. OK, I turned and without taking a step, swug the detector and got the best signal I had heard all day. I took the headphones off so Briana could hear what I was listening for. Then I took one scoop, and you bet…The Ring was in my scoop.

Nothing out of the ordinary transpired on the way back to the car. Pictures a few tidbits about The Ring and lastly, many thanks, a hug, and a couple of ideas of how not to loose a ring at the beach were discussed. A good bye and we were all off for an evening of sleep without the worry if “The One and Only Ring” would ever be seen again.

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Scussett Beach, MA Diamond Ring Found and Returned by Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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July 25, 2025 Just about everyone has a memorable time at the beach, some even enjoy the trip home and make plans to return on another day, as it was with Sidney and Tim. That was until Sidney arrived home and opened the backpack to get her rings that Tim had taken from her at the water’s edge. Let’s cut to the search. I left my house under the threat of severe thunderstorms that were on their way across Cape Cod. I was going to try to beat the rain and I would stay off the beach during any thunder. I was willing to take the chance. On my way skies darkened and it was lit up frequently with streaks of lightening. I almost turned around, but with only few miles to the beach, I pushed on. Traffic was on my side and I arrived at the beach 25 minutes before Sidney and Tim. And in that time the storm passed over and the skies were turning a nice calm blue.

With boots, detector, and scoop ready the three of us headed for the area that the loss occurred. At first it was a nice, once was dry sand area, pointed out as the area to search but nothing turned up! Well maybe we were more this way is closer to where we were. Again nothing…closer to the water? Oh yes, Sidney then told me she had taken the rings off at the water’s edge, gave them to Tim, and he took them to the backpack and secured them in there.

Cellphone pictures showed a more probable location on the “dry” sand. It looked promising and a missing plastic toy that was lost the day before was uncovered and would be taken home. Could it be Tim had dropped the one ring? Could be. So I started searching between the “dry” sand area and the water’s edge. My next signal sounded pretty good. Sure enough, a shallow scoop an inch below the wet sand and closer to the water than were the ring was believed to have been lost, the ring was in my scoop. As it frequently happens the ring is usually not were it is thought to have been lost..

Sidney quickly nestled the beautiful diamond between the two sides of the wedding band and replaced the assembled ring back on her finger with a promise never to let that happen again. I suggested a couple of ways that could be accomplished. First is to leave the rings at home and wear an inexpensive set to the beach. Second if they should be taken off on the beach put them directly into a zip-lock bag. A third aid is a tight fitting silicon clear ring to be used as a keeper.

The ring having been found and restored to its proper location. The storm had passed, the blue sky was here waiting to turn dark again, this time by the setting sun. The only thing left was the last thank you, a cheerful good-bye and a long ride home. At least the ride was going to be long enough to make plans for another memorable day on the beach hopefully one without such a traumatic ending.

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Covelle’s Beach, Craigville, MA Diamond Wedding Band Found and Returned by Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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July 25, 2025 Richard was following guidelines for applying sunscreen while sitting in his chair and watching the waves come onto shore. And then it happened, he stood up and his wedding band slipped from the safety of his rolled up shirt, down it went and buried itself into the soft sand. Richard was lucky in the fact that he just happened to be on a beach that TheRingFinders are well known about and they gave him my contact information.

His daughter called as I was finishing lunch and hung up before getting my secondary phone number. So she called back and I was at the phone and answered. In a minute I had the information I needed to get to the beach and start a search. At the beach I met Richard and we walked to the area marked with a towel. On the seventh swing I heard what I was listening for. My first scoop of sand had the same result as did many hands-full of sand had, nothing found. Next shallow sweep a bit to the right and then the well loved sound of a ring bouncing in my scoop was unmistakable. I had Richard’s wife hold my scoop, and Richard remove the ring as I took a couple of pictures for the Book of Smiles.

Just then we watched as a junior metal detectorist swung bye. In his case his metal detector was OK for the dry sand, but would fall short of finding a target in the wet saltwater mineralized sand. His young expertise could have helped a couple of hours ago. I gave him a thumbs up as he happily swung on bye.

A few short stories and an explanation of TheRingFinders and we parted ways, I left heading to my car and awaiting wife. Richard on his was to thank the lifeguards that had given him my information and tell them that the ring was found and on his hand, not to be lost at the beach again. Just before the ring slipped under the sand Richard’s wife had just finished explaining why she did not remove her rings when applying the sunscreen protection. Lessons learned: 1) Protect your ring by putting it in a plastic, zip lock bag if and when removed when at the beach, 2) leave you precious jewelry at home and wear an inexpensive piece to the beach…no one there will know the difference, except for a metal detectorist such as myself when you loose it and it is found, or 3) Keep TheRingFinders.com card photo on your cellphone, just in case.

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Chatham Beach, MA Sentimental Ring Found and Returned by Richard Browne

  • from Cape Cod (Massachusetts, United States)
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July 22, 2025 A family heirloom ring was resting peacefully on Zoe’s towel until it was time for her to pick up the towel and go. Then it happened, the ring slipped silently from the towel into the sand. As it happens 90% of the time a search on the area with one’s hands the results are not as one would wish for. In hope for help J&E Enterprise was contacted and Eleanor, the owner, recommended the one person who could help, me.

I received the relayed call for help as I was gearing up to search for a lost wedding band and told Zoe that I would come to search for her ring around 7PM. Well after a three hour search with two other detectorists with no success in finding the lost man’s band. I took Leighton and Jim, the other two detectorists, back to Yarmouth and I headed east to Chatham.

On the way to Chatham Zoe texted me precise location of her loss of her ring. I arrived at the beach, found the two “Private Beach” signs, and the water drain. Following Zoe’s instructions I moved four feet from the drain and started to swing my detector. On the third swing, in less than 5 seconds I had my first and only signal that I needed, it was the ring. I took the ring back to the car, called Zoe and was given the address and restaurant name where she was with others having dinner.

Well, downtown Chatham was jammed up like the bridges onto Cape Cod on the 4th of July. I saw the girl in the blue dress (Zoe) outside the restaurant, pulled into a one car wide driveway and with half my van still in the roadway and a car coming at me, I stopped. Zoe and I did a quick exchange of the ring and thank yous. I took a second to snap a picture before trying to back out into the roadway which was barely wide enough for two cars to pass each other. I made it and was on my way home as the sun set. Zoe was heading back to her dinner feeling much better and happier that she had her very sentimental ring back on her finger. Now the sun was just about beneath the horizon the start of a wonderful evening for all.

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Lost Rolex Watch in Whistler BC…Found!

  • from Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
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Lost your Rolex Watch or any Jewelry/Cell Phone/Car Keys… Don’t wait until it’s too late. Call ASAP 24/7  Chris-778-838-3463

I get a call from a young man who told me he lost a very important watch, right away my thought was Rolex.  I was only partially right it was a Rolex but what made it so important was it was a gift from his late grandfather. He told me it was lost in the lake up to his chin in water. He said he knew exactly where it fell in so I felt I was in good shape to go out and hopefully find this but one doesn’t know until they get there and see the conditions.

When I arrive to the lake in Whistler, William showed me where the watch fell into the water. One thing for sure the water was very cold as this was a glacier fed lake and it was cold, but it was a nice day and I was up for the challenge. When I got into the water, the rocks were big and awkward making this a very difficult search because I wouldn’t be able to scoop up the watch, also the water had zero visibility so it would make it very difficult to dive down and find it.

I began my search, got up to my chin in water hanging onto the dock. I was able to stretch my detector out to deeper water and get a signal. Fortunately, there wasn’t many signals in this area so I was confident this was his Rolex watch. I spent four hours in that water, I also found a leech on my arm not to say it was very cold. I started cramping up near the end, but I wasn’t gonna give up easy.

We built a bit of a ramp for me with some bigger rocks, so I could stand there and get leverage to try to scoop the watch out of the area, but it was too difficult with the rocks. I then thought of getting a big stump sticking it in the water very close to where I was getting the signal and have William dive down with my Metal Detector pin pointer as I thought this would be the only chance he’d  have in retrieving his watch. He was all for it because earlier that day somebody came up and asked if you were looking for a Rolex… the word had gotten out and more people knew about his watch and that was frightening for him, as you could imagine.

William brave the water and within 15 minutes came up with the watch in his hand. He didn’t even know until I let out a scream!  I was so excited for him to get that beautiful watch back where it belonged. I love my job!

 

   

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5 star review in Orange Beach- Found!!!

  • from Orange Beach (Alabama, United States)
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This was one of my all-time favorite returns. Lindsey called Sunday afternoon and explained that she had lost her wedding ring the day before out in the Gulf in Orange Beach. The other problem is that she and her family had already gone home to Louisiana and she didn’t know what to do. I told her not to worry and that I was pretty good at helping people tell me where they had lost their ring. I started asking questions and before long, I was on my way to a condo in Orange Beach.

When I got in the water and checked my landmarks, I decided where to start based on our conversation. Immediately I noticed a man making a beeline for my position. I smiled and waved hello as he got within speaking distance. As soon as he asked me if I was there to help the lady from the day before, I noticed another man and woman headed my way as well. I had no idea just how popular Lindsey and her family had become, but I was about to find out.

The three of them asked several questions and I told them who I was. I then asked if they had been helping look the day before and what had happened. They told me that a lot of people had been combing the area but had no luck. One gentleman told me that I was in the right area but I needed to move forward a bit. I explained that I had decided to start there based on my conversation with Lindsey and I had asked her which way she was facing when she went to catch the football they were throwing. I said that it looked like I was too far away, but I promised them that I would grid search the whole area and invited them to watch.

The same man asked me how successful I was in the water. I told him that I didn’t want to jinx myself but I had a pretty high recovery percentage. I went about two more feet and heard that gold tone in my ears. I told them all that I thought I found it, and they incredulously inched closer. It took several gentle scoops, but finally, I held out the scoop with the beautiful diamond ring in it. One man asked if he could take it out, and I told him yes. He turned and held it up and yelled to the beach, “He Found The Diamond!!!”

As we walked in, the beach went crazy and people came out of the woodwork congratulating me and looking at the ring and explaining that they had been amongst the dozens who helped look for Lindsey’s ring the day before. Somebody suggested that we FaceTime Lindsey and I said that sounded like a great idea. I wish I had a screenshot of my phone because when Lindsey answered, there were upwards of thirty people behind me yelling, “We Found It!!! 😃” and shouting their congratulations. It was too loud to hear Lindsey, but I could see that she was emotional and happy. I held the ring up and told her that it was safe and that I would call her soon.

Wow! I made my way off the beach and had the chance to speak to a very happy Lindsey and sent her a photo of her ring. I ended up meeting her in Mobile today at lunch as she and her family drove over from Louisiana. The best part of this entire recovery is when their daughter insisted on making me a beautiful sign for the recovery photo. As you can see, she gave me five stars and that makes all of the effort worth every ounce of hard work.

Thank you, Lindsey, for trusting me with such a special ring!

-Dave 😃💍

 

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Lost Gold & Diamond Rings, FOUND! Cape May, NJ By Ringfinder Jeffrey Laag

  • from Cape May (New Jersey, United States)
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Lost a ring?, Dont Wait, Call NOW!
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2 Lost Gold & Diamond Rings, FOUND! Cape May NJ
Received a referral from fellow recovery detectorist Matty StGermain. Spoke with Carmen, whom explained that she had briefly removed her rings, which were originally her mothers rings, to apply sunscreen while at the beach the yesterday on Perry St, here in Cape May. After applying the sunscreen she stood up not realizing that her rings were still on her lap causing them to drop snd disappear into the sand. Later in the day she realized what had happened and attempted to search with no success. I met up with Carmen and her husband and recovered both of her rings in about 5 minutes. Another happy couple!
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Lost ring Cape May NJ, FOUND! By Ring Finder Jeffrey Laag

  • from Cape May (New Jersey, United States)
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Received a referral from fellow ring finder Dave Milsted as he was unavailable at the time. I spoke with Ben whom explained that his wife, Samantha, accidently dropped her ring into the sand after taking it off to apply sunscreen and forgot to put it back on before standing. I took the brief ride over and met up with Ben and Samantha on Trenton Ave beach and recovered Samanthas ring within a few minutes. Another happy couple!
Samanthas review of service:
“I lost my wedding band when we got to the beach in Cape May.
We called “Lost Ring & Jewlery Recovery Service” of Cape May, NJ
– Jeff called us and came within about 20 minutes of submitting an inquiry on his website
– he came to our spot and found my ring in under 3 minutes!”
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Lost wedding ring found in Zanesville.

  • from Marietta (Ohio, United States)
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 I received a text from a young lady needing help finding her husband wedding band he lost while playing kickball with his 2 boys 3 days ago!! Here is her story

On the evening of April 24th, my husband lost his wedding ring while playing kickball with our two young sons. He mentioned feeling it slide off his finger; however, given the activity, it was possible it had been lost earlier while throwing the ball. After an unsuccessful search Thursday night, I purchased a basic metal detector from Harbor Freight, quickly realizing that metal detecting is far more challenging than it appears.

Despite searching throughout Friday, we were unable to locate the ring. By Saturday, feeling disheartened, I reached out to several metal detecting groups on Facebook seeking assistance and advice. A kind individual directed me to https://theringfinders.com/Steve.Wagner/ website, where two local searchers were listed. I sent messages to both, and within minutes, Steve responded and offered to call. During our conversation, he explained that he was approximately an hour away but was willing to travel to assist us that very same day. True to his word, within two hours, Steve arrived at our home ready to help.

While I remained inside with the children, Steve conducted a thorough search of the yard. A short time later, he knocked on our door to update me. He explained the areas he had covered and noted that the length of the grass made the search more difficult, suggesting that mowing could improve future searches. He then casually mentioned finding a “quarter.” I laughed and held out my hand—only for Steve to drop my husband’s wedding ring into my palm.

The flood of emotion I felt in that moment is difficult to put into words: overwhelming relief, profound joy, and immense gratitude. This ring is not merely a piece of jewelry; it is a symbol of deep love, commitment, and countless memories.

We cannot adequately express how thankful we are for Steve’s kindness, professionalism, and dedication. His willingness to travel, his prompt response, and his genuine passion for helping others brought our family an indescribable sense of relief and happiness. It is clear that Steve finds true fulfillment in reuniting people with their most treasured possessions.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you, Steve. We will be forever grateful.

Sincerely,
The Hastings Family

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How to find a necklace with metal detector, Beach Haven NJ, LBI, recovered by Edward Trapper, NJ Ring Finder

  • from Lavallette (New Jersey, United States)
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Christina called, asking if I could help find her father-in-law Jerry’s necklace, which he had lost on the beach the day before. I asked if they were still at the beach, and when she said yes, I told them to set up an area so no one could sit where the necklace was possibly lost. They marked off a 50×50 foot area, and when I arrived, we went over the details of the previous day. Jerry was certain we were in the right spot, so I began the search.

I combed one section, then another, but had no luck. We reviewed the situation again, using the lifeguard stand as a reference to pinpoint where Jerry had been sitting. He was still sure the necklace was there, but I hadn’t picked up any signals. I expanded the search, moving closer to the lifeguard stand and down toward the high tide line—still no luck. There were a few people sitting farther down the beach, so I worked around them and searched from another angle, but I still couldn’t find anything.

Most of the family headed back to the house as it got close to dinner time, but I wasn’t ready to give up. Jerry mentioned that the necklace had been placed in the cup holder of his chair, and I knew from experience that necklaces often fall out when chairs are folded up. I made a few passes in the path they likely took back to the house, but again, no luck. Christina, Jerry, and the rest of the group were convinced the necklace had to be there, but after searching the entire area, I came up empty-handed. We considered the possibility that someone might have found it or that the beach rake had picked it up, though neither seemed very likely.

Determined, I returned the next day to give it another shot. I started right where we left off, making slow and careful swings with my metal detector in the area Jerry believed the necklace had fallen. After about 15 minutes, I got a faint signal, a low tone that I hoped was the necklace. Sure enough, there it was in my scoop—Jerry’s cross and necklace, which had eluded us the day before. This was yet another example of persistence paying off. Never give up!

Jerry respectfully requested to not have his picture taken.

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