Steve Thomas
Dunedin Ring Finder lostringdunedin.com
“It’s Only Lost Until I Find It!
Lost a ring or other metal valuable at the beach including the water or in a grassy or sandy area? Jewelry slip off of you while working outside, playing with the dog or swimming? Don’t waste time and money purchasing your own metal detector to try to find your lost item. Please contact me ASAP at (843) 995-4719 or @dunedinringfinder. I offer a FREE metal detecting service, reward optional but appreciated upon recovery!
Taylor was working with his buddies Donald and Matthew on a job site building a new fence. The site was next to a fire station that serves the town of Babcock Ranch, Fl. which is the first solar powered town in the United States and located near Punta Gorda. Taylor was clearing some brush and tossing it into a pile when at some point he realized that his gold and diamond wedding band appraised at about $4000 that he had only had for about eight months had flown off of his finger into the brush and grass. He and his friends searched for the ring two days including raking the grass and cut brush as well as using an inexpensive metal detector but were unable to find his ring. Taylor began searching on line for some help, found me on social media and called me. I normally travel no more than an hour or so from Dunedin in the Tampa area to conduct searches and Babcock Ranch was a little over two hours from my home but I decided to drive down to see if I could recover Taylor’s ring. I also had another search I could do for a lost gold charm on the return home.
I met Taylor at the site, fired up the Minelab Equinox 900, and began the search under Taylor’s direction. I swept a grassy, weedy area next to the fire station in a grid fashion and worked my way towards a very low concrete wall where the fence was being constructed on the other side. I detected some scrap metal pieces including a few screws and washers as well as several rusty pennies over the course of about an hour and even though I had an idea of the VDI number I was looking for on my detector, I was going to dig every surface or near surface target. Taylor and his friends continued to work and watch at the same time especially when I was digging a target. I could tell that Taylor was beginning to get a little concerned because the primary search area was not very large and I was almost finished. I then detected a strong surface target over a cut grassy area that displayed 36-37 on my Nox 900. I pushed away the loose grass with my pinpointer and there lay Taylor’s shiny ring staring back at me! I called to Taylor who was working close by and told him to come over. He stared down at the ring with a look of surprise and disbelief and then all four of us began to celebrate. Taylor then called Katie who had given him the ring and she was overjoyed with the news. And they are expecting their first child!
Taylor, thank you for contacting Steve Thomas, Dunedin Ring Finder and trusting me to find your wedding ring! It was a pleasure meeting you, Donald and Matthew. Matt, good luck with your fishing charter business Southwest Shorelines!
