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Platinum Wedding Ring With Diamonds Lost At Short Sands Beach, York, Maine Found With A Metal Detector

septembre 1st, 2026 by Dennis Boothby
from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)

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🚨 THE RESCUE AT SHORT SANDS BEACH! 🚨

💍 A VERY SPECIAL 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY MIRACLE! 💍

📞 THE PANIC CALL
It was early afternoon on July 31st when my phone rang. On the other end was Laura, and I could hear the immediate panic in her voice. She had just lost her wedding ring—a stunning platinum wedding ring with a half band of diamonds, and the irreplaceable symbol of nearly ten years of marriage.

🗺️ THE IMPOSSIBLE TARGET
The biggest challenge? She wasn’t entirely sure where it had slipped off.
She had been playing up on the dry beach sand and digging holes with her young children, at Short Sands Beach, in York Beach, Maine. The moment I heard the words « digging holes, » my heart instantly sank. If that ring had slipped off and been buried deep inside a refilled sandcastle pit, finding it was going to be a massive challenge.
But then there was the second possibility. They had also been body surfing in the crashing waves at high tide! 🌊

⏱️ THE TIMELINE
When I asked Laura if she had felt the ring slip off, she gave me the breakdown. Earlier in the day, she had safely stored the ring inside a Ziploc baggie in her beach bag. Her family was with the chairs the entire time, so she knew it hadn’t been taken. She was 99% sure she took it out of the baggie and put it back on her finger right before heading into the water. She noticed it was completely gone the second she stepped out of the surf.

🚗 TRAFFIC? NO PROBLEM!
Even though she was heartbroken, Laura was incredibly sweet and considerate. She told me, « If the traffic is crazy, please don’t bother. I feel bad taking up your time. »
By now, it was 2:15 PM. I told Laura right then and there that I would get to her as soon as possible—traffic or no traffic!
I hit the road and made good time, arriving just before 3:30 PM. To make things even smoother, Laura had incredibly arranged for a secured parking spot for us nearby. A HUGE releif as parking is a nightmare in these coastal Maine towns.

🏖️ THE CROWDED BEACH HUNT
Laura met me and walked me down to Short Sands Beach, where the rest of her family and friends were still hanging out. By this time, the tide was starting to go out, but the water was still high up on the crowded beach.
I started by searching the best I could around all the beach towels, chairs, umbrellas, and other beach necessities. I paid particular attention to the areas where the holes had been dug, but found no sign of the ring. With so many people and belongings covering the sand, I decided to abandon the dry sand search.
Since the tide was still fairly high, I pivoted to the small strip of wet sand and began following the water line out. Unfortunately, because the dry beach was packed, the wet sand was heavily crowded too. I did the best I could under the circumstances, but I knew this wasn’t a proper, thorough grid search.

🌅 THE 5:00 AM MISSION
With the beach still packed with people, I knew we needed a different strategy. I told Laura I would head home but return early the next morning at 5:00 AM to continue the hunt. I planned to bring Gary Hill with me to thoroughly search the entire area while it was completely free of beachgoers. My biggest concern was beating the beach rake cleaning machine, which would easily scoop up or bury the ring if it went over the area first!
With the game plan set, Cheryl and I packed up our gear and headed back home to Saco for the evening.
The next morning, the mission was on. Gary met me at my house at a bright and early 4:15 AM. We threw our gear into The Ring Finder Mobile and jumped right onto the Maine Turnpike. We arrived back at Short Sands Beach pre-dawn, just in time to catch a beautiful, quiet sunrise over the ocean.
We mapped out a flawless game plan. Gary’s mission was to start up in the dry sand near the seawall and systematically work his way down toward the wet sand. Meanwhile, I would start right at the cusp of the dry and wet sand, tracking my way down toward the receding water.
With our combined teamwork, we were confident we could get this entire area searched before the beach cleaning machine or the first beachgoers arrived to crowd our grid.

🚀 LETS GO!!!
As we started searching, those deeply dug sand holes from the day before were still weighing heavily on my mind. But I had total faith in Gary to proceed very slowly, carefully listening for even the faintest blip of a non-ferrous target.
The beach was relatively quiet, and only a few random targets were popping up. Then, after about 5 to 7 minutes of sweeping, my detector caught something. It was a very, very low tone.
Honestly, my first thought was that it was going to be a piece of trash foil. It was that low, registering right at a 05 on my Target ID (TID). It was a very low-conductive target, but experienced detectorists know you can never pass those up. Knowing that a small platinum ring can absolutely ring up with a TID of 05, I didn’t hesitate. I knew I had to dig it.

💥 THE REVEAL
I dug a small scoop of sand and carefully dumped it onto the wet sand to separate the target. As I sifted through, there it was—something glinting round and silver. It was Laura’s platinum wedding ring!
How crazy is that?! Gary and I had only been on the beach for about five minutes before the missing ring was safely in my hand!
I uncovered it right at the high tide mark where the wet and dry sand meet. Because it was found far away from the dry sand where she had been digging holes with the kids, my guess is that the ring definitely slipped off while she was out body surfing in the water. I hadn’t been able to search this exact spot the previous afternoon due to the massive wall of beach chairs, towels, and crowds. Later on when I got home, I actually looked back at photos from the day before, confirming that this exact target zone had been heavily packed with people.
Once the initial shock wore off, Gary and I decided to film a very short video for the big reveal. I started the camera showing the gorgeous sunrise, telling Laura we were at the beach but were already going to be leaving because…
Then, I panned the camera straight to Gary, who had a massive smile on his face. As I shouted, « …WE FOUND IT, CONGRATULATIONS!!! » Gary held her beautiful platinum ring high up for the camera to see! 🎥✨
I hit send on the video at exactly 5:14 AM. I knew it was incredibly early, but I also knew the absolute anguish and heartbreak Laura had been going through. She had put on a brave face the afternoon before, but Cheryl could sense the pure, heavy agony she was holding deep inside. There was absolutely no way I was going to hold back the good news for a single second longer than I had to.

🎉 SMILES, HUGS, AND CELEBRATION!
After hitting send, Gary and I didn’t pack up just yet. We stuck around to search for a few other items that had been lost weeks earlier—ones that haven’t been found yet, at least to our knowledge.
About an hour later, my phone rang. It was Laura, and she was in total shock and disbelief! She told me she had truly believed her wedding ring was gone forever, only to wake up and see a video of it completely safe. I could hear the pure joy and excitement in her voice as she kept thanking us over and over. She thanked us for staying around the beach and let us know she would be right down as soon as the kids finished eating breakfast. I told her it was no problem at all—we’d be waiting right there.
A very short time later, Laura, her husband Matt, her children, and three of her nieces all marched down onto the beach to witness the official return. It was absolute magic. There were SMILES, SMILES, and more SMILES everywhere you looked! And I can’t forget the hugs, the handshakes, and the massive shift in energy from the somber, heavy atmosphere of the afternoon before. Gary and I much prefer the celebrations, just like this morning!

With Laura’s 10th anniversary just a few weeks away at the time, she had a massive weight lifted off her shoulders just in time to truly enjoy and plan for her milestone day—which is right now, today!

Laura, we are so incredibly honored we could rescue your ring and preserve such a beautiful milestone. Happy 10th Anniversary from all of us at The Ring Finders of Maine! We wish you and your husband a lifetime of continued love, happiness, and securely-fitting rings! 🥂❤️

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Gold Diamond Ring Lost In Freeport, Maine Found With A Metal Detector

août 30th, 2026 by Dennis Boothby
from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)

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💍 𝐀 𝐖𝐄𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑-𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘! 🦞✨

🔔 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 & 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
In late July, Melissa headed down to Union Bluff Hotel & Meeting House in York Beach, Maine to celebrate a beautiful wedding. The ceremony was perfect, the reception was a blast, and everyone was in high spirits!

🤤 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠
What is a trip to the southern Maine coast without some fresh seafood? After the reception, Melissa and a few close friends weren’t ready for the night to end. They decided to keep the good times rolling and track down some iconic Maine food.
They Southern Maine Lobster Company on U.S. 1 in York, Maine, ready to order up some legendary lobster rolls.

🚗 𝐓𝐡𝐞 « 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 » 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞
While waiting for their food, the group grabbed a spot at an outdoor picnic table. Knowing how messy (and gloriously buttery) a fresh Maine lobster roll can be, Melissa made a quick decision to protect her jewelry.
She took off her 4 rings and carefully placed them inside her vehicle’s cupholder. No one wants melted butter and lobster stuck in the nooks and crannies of their favorite rings, right? It seemed like the perfect safe haven.

👋 𝐀 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐬… 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐰
After finishing their delicious food and sharing plenty of laughs, it was time to wrap up the weekend. The friends all said their goodbyes, hopped into their cars, and went their separate ways.
Melissa jumped into her vehicle and started the drive home to Freeport Maine completely unaware of the twist that was coming next…

🚜 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐉𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐲!
When Melissa finally pulled up to FreeportME, she ran into an unexpected roadblock. Her long, shared driveway was completely blocked by her neighbor’s heavy construction equipment!
Standing by the side of the driveway was her friend and neighbor—the construction company owner’s wife—who was busy directing the massive machinery.

👥 𝐀 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐞
Knowing she’d have to wait a bit to park, Melissa scooped up her 4 rings from the cupholder, grabbed a few other belongings, and got out of the car. Her plan was simple: walk the 75 to 100 feet to her front door, drop off her things, and wait for the driveway to clear.
On her way to the door, she stopped to chat with her neighbor. As they stood there catching up for about 15 to 20 minutes, the heavy equipment kept shifting. Melissa and her friend had to move out of the way several different times to avoid the machinery as it maneuvered around the property.

😱 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡-𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲
Once the heavy equipment was finally cleared out of the path, Melissa went inside, set her belongings down, and headed back out to properly park her vehicle next to the house.
With her car safely parked and the long day wrapping up, she went back inside to finally slide her jewelry back on.
She reached for her rings.
One… two… three…
Wait. 🛑
There were only three rings. Her stunning gold ring lined with diamonds was completely gone! This wasn’t just any ring, either. It was a beautiful piece Melissa had treated herself to a few years earlier simply because she fell in love with it. A true symbol of self-love and hard work.
And now, it had vanished. 💔

🔍 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐬
Panic immediately set in. Melissa rushed back outside into the darkness. She carefully searched her small stone driveway, pacing back and forth over the exact spots where she had parked, walked, and stood talking to her neighbor.
Nothing. 🔦
She tore apart her vehicle, checking every crack and crevice around the cupholder. She searched inside her home, retracing every single step. Still, nothing.
Desperate for answers, Melissa called Southern Maine Lobster CO. LLC down in York to see if anyone had turned it in by the picnic tables. No luck.

🗺️ 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥
Melissa was facing a massive geographic puzzle. The precious gold and diamond ring could be anywhere between a seafood spot in York, Maine, and a stone driveway in Freeport, Maine.
But Melissa knew the timeline. The ring had to be in one of those two locations. Realizing she needed specialized help to solve this mystery, she picked up the phone and called me at The Ring Finders of Maine. 📞🕵️‍♂️
We talked through the details and immediately locked in an appointment to search her yard in two days, on her next day off from work.

🕵️‍♂️ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝: 𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐈𝐭!
A few days later, I arrived at Melissa’s home in Freeport. She met me outside and walked me through the entire property, retracing her steps from that chaotic afternoon.
Searching for a gold ring in a small stone driveway is no easy task—those rocks love to swallow jewelry and hide it perfectly from plain sight. I told Melissa the plan of attack: a tight, methodical grid search covering the entire stone driveway from the exact spot she parked all the way to her doorstep.
I also made sure to map out the specific zones where she and her friend had stood dodging that heavy construction equipment. If that ring slipped out while she was moving around the machinery, my detector would find it.
With the gear turned on and headphones adjusted, it was time to swing the coil. Let’s get to it! ⚡️🔎
🧭 Criss-Crossing the Stones
I started the tight grid search, swinging the detector back and forth, back and forth across the stone driveway. At first, it was just the usual suspects: an occasional screw here, a stray piece of foil there, but no ring.
Once the area where Melissa originally parked was completely cleared, I expanded my search grid. I moved into the zone where she and her neighbor had stood talking and dodging the machinery. Still nothing.
By the time I hit the halfway point of the driveway, I was hunting hard.

🎯 𝐓𝐡𝐞 « 𝟎𝟕 » 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫
Suddenly, a very low tone broke through my headphones. I looked down at my Minelab Manticore screen. It was registering a Target ID (TID) of 07.
In the metal detecting world, a 07 TID is incredibly small. Nine times out of ten, it’s just a tiny piece of trash or foil. But you never ignore a signal when a ring is on the line.
I looked down at the rocks directly beneath my coil. Visually, there was absolutely nothing to see. I grabbed my handheld pinpointer and bent down to narrow the target area.

🦎 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬!
As I leaned closer to the ground, my eyes caught something. A flash of unmistakable yellow gold. A hint of perfect roundness.
There it was! Wedged right between two driveway stones, perfectly camouflaged.
I called Melissa over and told her the ring was sitting right in front of us. She stared down at the ground but couldn’t see it—this ring was a total chameleon, blending into the rocks like it was meant to be there.
I pointed my finger right at it. The second her eyes locked onto the gold and diamonds, she broke out into a massive smile! 😁✨

❤️ 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧
Melissa was in total disbelief. She and her neighbors had searched that exact stretch of stones multiple times by hand and never saw a thing. That is the power of a professional detector and the patience to dig the low numbers!
She thanked me repeatedly, thrilled to have her self-made keepsake back on her finger where it belongs. Seeing that relief on her face reminded me all over again why 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒋𝒐𝒃! Knowing I can turn someone’s worst day into a celebration is the ultimate reward. Because at the end of the day, 𝑰𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔. 🤝❤️

📞 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞? 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞!
Have you lost a ring, a family heirloom, or a precious keepsake in the grass, sand, or snow? Don’t let a sinking feeling take over, and don’t try to look for it alone in the dark. If you or someone you know has lost something close to their heart, call The Ring Finders of Maine! We have the professional equipment, the skill, and the dedication to track down what you thought was gone forever. Let us help you bring your jewelry back home! 🕵️‍♂️🔎

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Gold Wedding Ring Lost In The Goose Rocks Beach Sand, Found With A Metal Detector, In Kennebunkport, Maine

août 28th, 2026 by Dennis Boothby
from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)

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💍 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐓 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇? 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐘’𝐒 𝐖𝐄𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐃! 🌊🏖️

With Point Sebago now in our rearview mirror, Cheryl and I were heading to Goose Rocks Beach (GRB) in Kennebunkport Maine. I was on the phone with Brody, who explained the situation. He, his wife, and their young child had been enjoying a beautiful day at GRB. Before heading into the water for a swim, Brody took off his gold wedding ring and placed it safely inside the cupholder of his beach chair.

Once he finished swimming, the family spent several more hours relaxing on the shore before finally packing up their gear. They loaded everything into their vehicle and began the drive back home to the Boston area, preparing for work the next morning.

Then came that all-too-familiar moment of panic. 🛑 Brody remembered his wedding ring. He checked the chair, but the cupholder was completely empty. He rushed back to the beach to search his old setup spot, but as we all know, once under the sand, these rings are very difficult to find.

🧭 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐄𝐒 & 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐃
Brody then gave me the exact location on GRB and told me the ring should be somewhere between the seaweed from the high tide mark and the kayaks, closer to the dune grass. This gave me a solid, specific search window to target.

The late afternoon sun was casting long shadows across Goose Rocks Beach by the time Cheryl and I arrived. Because Brody’s setup had been high up on the dry sand, we didn’t have to worry about incoming tides or shifting water, but the soft, powdery sand of GRB can swallow a gold ring instantly.

I decided to start the grid search near the seaweed and grid search horizontally to the water. I would search north to south and work my way towards the kayaks. There were not many targets at all, that high up on the beach

⚡ 𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐘!
The area wasn’t large and after 10 minutes or so, I heard the low tone I had been hoping for and anticipating! 🎧

As I kept swinging the coil over the area, trying to pinpoint the exact spot under the M15 coil, I could see the outline of a gold ring in the sand. I told Cheryl, « I can see the ring, in the sand, » to which she replied from 10–15 feet away, « I can see it from here! » 😮
I removed the ring from the sand and verified it was actually Brody’s gold wedding ring. I immediately recorded a video for Brody, telling him I was leaving the beach because I found the ring, panning the camera down to reveal his beautiful gold band. 📱✨

🚗 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟏.𝟓-𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍
I sent the video to Brody, who called me back instantly, expressing his immense gratitude. Since he and his family had already left the area, we made plans to return the ring the following weekend. He would make the 1.5-hour drive right back to Kennebunkport Maine to get his ring back.
The next weekend, I drove down to GRB and met Brody for the very first time. I returned his wedding ring with those exact same kayaks in the background! Brody and his wife thanked me immensely, and as we shook hands to say goodbye, all I could think of was: 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒋𝒐𝒃. ❤️🤠

💪 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒. 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐎𝐎𝐍. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐊! 🎩☘️ Ring Finders of Maine #258, #259, #260
Cheryl and I were finally ready for a little down time. After rushing down to Old Orchard Beach to recover a sentimental Valentine’s gifted ring, to then rushing to Point Sebago for a successful water recovery, to finally rushing to Kennebunkport for another successful wedding ring recovery… we were absolutely pooped! 💨

The final stats for an unforgettable afternoon:
🕒 Approximately 4.5 hours
🚗 110 miles driven
💍 3 successful ring recoveries!

We were officially ready to relax.

🔍 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋? 𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏! 📲
If you or someone you know has lost a wedding ring, heirloom, keys, or any other metal object of sentimental value, don’t lose hope! The Ring Finders of Maine offer professional metal detecting recovery services across the state. Whether your item was lost deep in the Maine woods, buried in the soft beach sand, or dropped underwater in one of our beautiful lakes, we have the specialized high-end gear and experience to track it down. Time is often of the essence—especially with shifting sands and tides—so don’t wait to reach out! Send us a direct message right here on Facebook or call/text us immediately at 207-423-3027 to get a search scheduled.

« 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓: 𝑰𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔. » ❤️

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Platinum Wedding Ring Lost In The Goose Rocks Beach Sand, Found With A Metal Detector In Kennebunkport, Maine

août 20th, 2026 by Dennis Boothby
from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)

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« 𝐒𝐔𝐍, 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐅𝐋𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐄𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐓 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇!”

It was a picture-perfect summer day at Goose Rocks Beach (GRB) in Kennebunkport Maine. Brandon and his wife, Taylor, were soaking up the sun, enjoying the beautiful weather, and spending quality time with a great group of family and friends. It was the kind of beach day memories are made of—until it was time to pack up.

As the day wrapped up and the group started gathering their gear to leave, Brandon went to take his ring off. In a split second, disaster struck. The ring slipped, caught the air, and went flying off his finger, completely disappearing into the sand right in front of him!

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃

If you follow my page, you already know the golden rule: once a ring meets beach sand, it performs an almost impossible vanishing act. It settles instantly, blending perfectly into its new surroundings.

The entire group jumped into action. They searched and searched, sifting through the grains, but after a valiant and exhausting effort, they came up empty-handed. Feeling defeated, the group finally had to leave, leaving Brandon and Taylor behind to continue the frustrating search alone.

𝐀 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐁𝐔𝐍𝐊𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓’𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐓

Before leaving the area, a call was made to the Kennebunkport Police Department to officially report the lost ring and asking if there was anything they could do to help find the ring. That phone call turned out to be the best move they could have made! The responding officers gave Brandon and Taylor some incredible advice: “You need to reach out to The Ring Finders of Maine. They have great success finding rings on the beach.”

I want to extend a HUGE thank you to the Kennebunkport Police for the incredibly kind words and the referral! We truly appreciate our local law enforcement looking out for beachgoers and pointing them in our direction.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍

Once off the phone with the police, Brandon called me up and explained what happened. As I always do, I started asking a few quick questions to build a mental map of the recovery zone: Where exactly on the beach? Was it in the water or the dry sand? What time did it happen? Did you see or feel it come off?

Brandon gave me the whole story. Because the ring was lost high up in the dry sand, I didn’t need to worry about checking the tide charts or racing a rising ocean. I told him Cheryl and I would load up and be there in 25–30 minutes, depending on the summer traffic.

𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐙𝐄𝐑𝐎 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 « 𝐓𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐔𝐍 »

When Cheryl and I arrived at GRB, Brandon met us promptly and walked us down to the now mostly empty beach. Taylor was still standing guard at the scene of the mishap, waiting and hoping.

Whenever I work with clients, I like to do a quick demonstration to build confidence. I take my own platinum wedding ring, throw it into the sand, and watch it completely disappear under the surface. Then, I swing my detector’s coil over the spot. I don’t normally wear headphones on these types of searches unless there’s heavy background noise. I want my clients to hear the target tone at the exact same moment I do!

When my detector let out a beautiful, loud, low tone over my hidden ring, Brandon and Taylor’s faces lit up. They heard the exact sound we were hunting for, reassuring them that the equipment works, everything is above board, and they had professional help on site.

𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝟏𝟎 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐒?! 𝐔𝐍𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋!

Brandon showed me exactly where he had been standing when the ring took flight. I could see the area straight out from his position where the group had spent hours searching. I mapped out the strategy and told the couple I would perform a meticulous grid search, moving north to south, parallel to the shoreline.

I set up to start the grid right where I had just thrown my own test ring. I turned on the machine, took my very first two steps, and swung the coil.

BANG!

The detector screamed with the exact same loud, low tone and Target ID that my own platinum ring had just produced. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Could I really have just found Brandon’s ring less than two feet from my test spot in less than 10 seconds?

I reached for my pinpointer, located the exact target deep in the sand, and pulled out Brandon’s platinum wedding ring. UNREAL!!!!

𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐅, 𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐑𝐀 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒

Immediately, Brandon and Taylor broke out into huge relief smiles! Handshakes and big emotional hugs ensued right there on the sand. The heavy weight of a lost heirloom vanished in an instant, replaced by pure joy.

But the celebration didn’t stop there. With the ring safely recovered, the happy couple broke some absolutely beautiful news to us: They are expecting their first child this upcoming November!

On top of that, they are looking forward to celebrating their second wedding anniversary this September, less than two months away. Now that Brandon has his precious wedding ring back on his finger, this sweet couple is just ecstatic and feels completely whole again.

𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆! 𝑫𝒓𝒐𝒑 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 2𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒑𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓! 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘—𝒍𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓!

𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝑎𝑦𝑙𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑢𝑝𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 2𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑝𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒. 𝑊𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡!

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞?

𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞:

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐬: 𝟐𝟎𝟕-𝟒𝟐𝟑-𝟑𝟎𝟐𝟕

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14K St Anthony Pendant Lost In The Atlantic Ocean Water, Found With A Metal Detector At Short Sands Beach, York, Maine

août 18th, 2026 by Dennis Boothby
from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)

Contact:

1-207-423-3027
Call or Text

𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐀𝐍: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓. 𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐔𝐙𝐙𝐋𝐄

I received a call from Joanne. Her son, Rob, had been enjoying the day at Short Sands Beach in York Beach, Maine , when disaster struck. After getting out of the ocean, Rob looked down and realized his 14k gold St. Anthony pendant was no longer on his necklace. It was lost somewhere in the rolling surf.

𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒

Joanne asked if I could help. I immediately checked the tide charts and saw that the tide was currently coming in. When she told me the pendant was lost around 1:00 PM, I knew that meant it went missing at mid-tide.

I explained to Joanne that our absolute best chance for a recovery would be to arrive at Short Sands at 7:00 PM. By then, the tide would be heading back out, hitting that exact same mid-tide level, allowing me to follow the water out as it receded. She told me Rob would meet us there.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒

When Cheryl and I arrived at 7:00 PM, Rob was waiting. He brought us right down to the beach and pointed out the exact area where he had been swimming when he first noticed the pendant was gone.

I mapped out my strategy and told Rob I would grid search parallel to the shore, expanding the search area by an extra 25 feet to both the north and the south to guarantee we covered every square inch of the zone.

Duty called for Rob, and he had to leave the beach shortly after to head back to Boston for work the next morning.

Cheryl and I pushed on. I grid searched the area for more than two hours, finally calling it a night after 9:00 PM as darkness completely took over.

I had covered the entire designated area, but the ocean only gave up coins and the usual pull tabs and small pieces of aluminum. No gold.

𝐀 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄

On the drive back home to Saco, Maine, I called Rob to give him the update. I told him the pendant simply wasn’t in that specific grid. I asked him if he had actually felt or seen the pendant slip off his neck, and he said no. Then I asked a crucial question:

« Had you been swimming earlier in the day? »

« Yes, » he replied. « Three or four other times. »

Right then, a lightbulb went off. It all made perfect sense! The St. Anthony pendant hadn’t come off during his 1:00 PM swim—it had likely slipped off during one of his earlier swims, and he just hadn’t noticed it was missing until later in the day.

𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 & 𝐀 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍

Knowing he had most likely lost the pendant earlier in the day, my mind immediately went back to the tide charts. I saw that the morning low tide was set for 10:39 AM. My new plan was to get back to Short Sands Beach by 7:00 AM, matching the receding water and following it all the way down until low tide three and a half hours later. I was highly optimistic that the earlier swimming area would finally be exposed.

After a restless night with maybe three hours of sleep—because my mind just wouldn’t stop racing over that missing gold—I pulled back up to Short Sands Beach.

I wasted no time getting to work, picking up the grid search from north to south, moving parallel to the shoreline once again. For the first hour and a half, the beach was stubborn. I was only digging up the usual suspects: coins and pull-tabs. By 8:30 AM, with two hours left until low tide, I knew I just had to keep grinding.

𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝟑𝟓!

Just ten minutes later, everything changed.

My detector screamed with a LOUD, LOW TONE, locking in at a solid 35 on my Target Identification Screen (TID)!

It sounded absolutely beautiful, and my adrenaline instantly spiked.

I scooped up a heavy load of sand, flipped it onto the wet, hard-packed surface, and pulled out my pinpointer. As I located the target and began brushing away the top layer of sand, there it was—a bright, unmistakable glint of SHINY GOLD!

I pulled it out, and holding it in my hand was Rob’s St. Anthony pendant! My theory had been spot on. After two separate days and four and a half total hours of searching, the puzzle was solved. The pendant was resting about 40 to 50 feet further out toward the water than where Rob originally thought he lost it, proving he had dropped it during one of those earlier swims.

𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐂𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘

I immediately captured a video of the recovery and sent it to Rob and Joanne. Within minutes, both of their phones were ringing off the hook—they were absolutely ecstatic!

Since Rob was already back at work in Boston and Joanne was also down in Massachusetts, Rob asked if I could hand the precious heirloom over to his girlfriend’s brother, Jay, who was still vacationing in York with his family. I told him, « Absolutely! »

Meeting up with Jay and handing over the pendant felt incredible. Job done. But the real icing on the cake came a short time later when I received a text from Rob that truly says it all:

𝐀 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐈𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐋

« 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙨. 𝙄 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩, 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙄’𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧. 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. »

𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐖𝐄 𝐃𝐎 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐄 𝐃𝐎

Well, if a message like that doesn’t warm your heart, absolutely nothing will. It is exactly for reasons like this that we do what we do. The jewelry we recover holds deep family bonds and irreplaceable memories that a retail store can never replicate. These items represent family history.

I truly have the best job in the world, and I love my job!

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦, 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜, 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚! 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟕-𝟒𝟐𝟑-𝟑𝟎𝟐𝟕

Remember: “𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬.”

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Gold Wedding Ring Lost In The Beach Sand, Found With A Metal Detector, in Old Orchard Beach, Maine

août 15th, 2026 by Dennis Boothby
from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)

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1-207-423-3027
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𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄, 𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇!

It was Thursday, July 16th, and it started out as a picture-perfect Maine summer day.

Ron and his wife, Deb, were loving every second of their vacation, relaxing outside the Sea Watch Condominiums right here in Old Orchard Beach.

The ocean view was beautiful, the sun was shining, and the beach was packed with people soaking up the warmth.

After a while, Ron decided to head into the surf for a refreshing swim .

Before walking down to the water, he did what many people do—he slipped off his precious wedding ring and placed it safely inside the cup holder of his beach chair.

After his swim, Ron rejoined Deb at their chairs. The couple lay back, completely relaxed, without a single care in the world.

But Mother Nature had other plans for mid-afternoon.

Out of absolutely nowhere, a massive, severe cold front slammed into the coast. A line of violent thunderstorms swept through the area with terrifying speed. Suddenly, peaceful relaxation turned into pure survival mode!

* 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭? Local wind gusts right on Old Orchard Beach clocked in at an incredible 43 mph, whipping the ocean into a choppy, dangerous surf.

* 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞: The storm was tearing across the state, bringing 44 mph winds to Sanford and up to 60 mph gusts up north in Bangor, leaving tens of thousands of Mainers entirely without power!

Down on OOB, the wind hit like a freight train. Everyone on the beach was literally being sandblasted by the flying grit. It was blinding, painful, and complete chaos.

Panicking as the storm raged around them, Ron and Deb grabbed what they could and fled the beach, running as fast as they could to find cover from the wind and pelting rain.

But in the frantic rush to escape being sandblasted… Ron’s wedding ring was completely forgotten, sitting right there in the cup holder of his beach chair.

Once they safely made it back inside their room at The SeaWatch Beachfront Condominiums, the adrenaline began to fade, and a sinking feeling set in. Ron reached for his finger, looked around, and realized with a jolt that his ring was missing!

They frantically tore through everything they had carried inside. They checked and re-checked the beach chairs, shook out the towels, and emptied the beach bags. All to no avail.

As soon as the severe weather finally passed the area, Ron and Deb hurried back down to the beach, eyes glued to the ground. But the storm had done its work. The heavy wind and flying sand had completely reshaped the beach, and the ring had vanished without a trace.

Seeing their distress, several kind members of The SeaWatch Association stepped in to help. They gave Deb my contact information and told her to give me a call.

When Deb reached out, she asked if I might be able to head down to search for her husband’s ring over the next day or so, whenever I could find the time. I stopped her right there. I explained that when it comes to a lost ring on a shifting shoreline, time is of the essence!

Waiting a day or two simply wasn’t an option. Old Orchard is a highly popular public beach where a stray glint of gold can easily catch someone else’s eye.

Even worse, the OOB beach cleaning rake machines are a HUGE concern, capable of scooping up and burying a ring deep in the debris.

On top of that, there is always the chance of another metal detectorist scanning the area before I could get there.

I told Deb that Cheryl and I would load up the gear and be down there in 15 to 20 minutes!

When we arrived on site, Ron and Deb met us to point out the area where they had been sitting when the cold front blew through.

However, memory can be a bit tricky after a wild storm, and there was a little confusion as to the exact location.

Ron was convinced they had been parked towards the northern end of the building, while Deb was absolutely certain it was more towards the center of the structure.

Now, I’ve done enough of these recoveries to know you never argue with a wife’s intuition!

I chose to start my precise grid search in the exact area Deb pointed out. I reassured the couple that if it didn’t turn up there, I would move over to search Ron’s suspected area next. If that still didn’t work, I was prepared to grid the entire escape route they took from the beach all the way to the access path.

I turned on my detector and began sweeping the sand in Deb’s zone. I didn’t have to walk very far before my machine locked onto a very strong, beautiful signal!

With Deb standing anxiously right beside me, I pulled out my pinpointer to narrow down the target. As I carefully moved the top layer of sand aside, a HUGE gold ring glinted in the sunlight!

Deb instantly gasped, « 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒊𝒕! »

Ron, looking over from a few yards away, blinked and said, « 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕? »

Deb shouted back with a huge smile, « 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈! »

Ron stood there in total disbelief, scratching his head. « 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆! »

Chalk up another massive win for wife’s intuition!

Ron walked on over, and it was an incredible feeling to place that heavy gold band right back into his hand. Deb immediately threw her arms around me, giving me a big, grateful hug and thanking me for saving the day. Ron followed right up with a hearty, unforgettable handshake and his own deep thanks.

As Cheryl and I packed up and walked off the beach, the happy couple thanked us one last time. They were already heading back to find those wonderful SeaWatch Association Members to give them a massive thank you for the life-saving referral!

Moments like this remind us why « 𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑾𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒋𝒐𝒃! » Another piece of precious history saved, and another stormy day turned into smiles!

𝐒𝐄𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘!

Want to see the excitement for yourself? Head over to our Ring Finders of Maine Facebook page to watch the recovery video! We caught the exact moment the ring was found, along with the fantastic, priceless reactions from Deb and Ron when that gold ring finally came out of the sand!

« 𝐈𝐟 𝐈𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮, 𝐈𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐔𝐬 »

If you have lost a valuable ring or sentimental item in the sand or surf, don’t wait for the tide or the beach rakes to take it. Stop digging and contact Dennis at 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟕-𝟒𝟐𝟑-𝟑𝟎𝟐𝟕 or email theringfindersofmaine@gmail.com!

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Tungsten Wedding Ring Lost In The Ocean Park Beach Sand, Found With A Metal Detector In Old Orchard Beach, Maine

août 11th, 2026 by Dennis Boothby
from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)

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1-207-423-3027
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𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐌𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐋𝐄: 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 & 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍 #𝟑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘!

What a day July 11th turned out to be! I was already running on pure adrenaline after completing two successful ring rescues earlier in the day. Just as I was wrapping up, my phone buzzed with an urgent text from a local Old Orchard Beach resident named Brittany.

She was looking for her husband Trent’s lost wedding band, but she knew the odds were heavily stacked against them.

𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒆:

“𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒕! 𝑩𝒆𝒆𝒏 48 +𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔. 𝑴𝒚 𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒊𝒅𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑷𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 5:30 𝒑𝒎 𝑻𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆. 𝑾𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒅𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉. 𝑻𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒓𝒊𝒎. 6𝒎𝒎. 𝑰 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝑩𝑱𝑮. 𝑨𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑!”

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝

While Brittany’s text mentioned swimming, it turned out Trent’s ring actually slipped off up in the dry sand right along their towel line. In many ways, this made the situation even more urgent.

This is a heavily used, packed summer beach. For over 48 hours, that heavy tungsten ring sat exposed to countless feet. Our biggest fears? A passerby spotting it, another metal detectorist scooping it up, or worse—the massive beach-cleaning rakes scooping it into the trash during a morning sweep.

Funny thing about this ring—it’s a bit of a traveler! Trent and Brittany have only been married for one year, but Trent had actually lost this exact same ring once before on a cruise earlier this year. They managed to find it themselves on the ship, but lightning had just struck twice in Ocean Park!

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 & 𝐀 𝐅𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝

I headed straight out and immediately met Trent down at Ocean Park. Having him there was a massive help—he walked me right to the exact spot where he and Brittany had set up their towels and chairs.

As I started a meticulous grid search through the dry sand, we weren’t alone. A family was still enjoying the beach that night, including Kim, who happened to be a big fan of The Ring Finders of Maine! She was incredibly excited to watch the live search unfold right in front of her.

Suddenly, a beautiful, crisp signal hit my headphones. I moved the top layer of sand, and there it was—the heavy, 6mm tungsten ring with its distinct gold rim, completely safe from the rakes and crowds. I flipped it over, checked the inside, and confirmed the initials: BJG.

𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞!

The moment the ring was pulled from the sand, Trent raised his arms, victoriously, into the air. He then gave me a high five

and a big hug

. Kim and her family broke out into immediate applause

! It was such an awesome, high-energy moment on the beach.

Handing the ring right back to Trent on the spot was the perfect ending to an unbelievable day. This marked my third successful recovery and return in a single day! There is truly no better feeling than saving a piece of family history just in the nick of time and handing it back to grateful local residents.

A huge thank you to Kim for your wonderful support and for cheering us on! Welcome home, Trent’s ring (again)!

« 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐈𝐟 𝐈𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮, 𝐈𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐔𝐬! »

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Gold Stud Earring Lost In The Grass, Found With A Metal Detector, In Scarborough, Maine

août 7th, 2026 by Dennis Boothby
from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)

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🌟𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘: Handcrafted Treasure Saved! 💍✨

On July 15th, I got a heartbreaking call from Emily, a local real estate agent. 👩‍💼
The night before, she was playing volleyball at Memorial Park in Scarborough, Maine. 🏐

📍 Side note: This park is so nostalgic for me—it’s the site of the old Portland Twin Drive-In Theatre! 🎬🍿

During a big play at the net, Emily jumped high and brushed against the mesh. 🥅

In a split second, her custom earring slipped out and vanished into the thick grass. 🌿

Emily and her friends searched on their hands and knees but found absolutely nothing. 🌾

This wasn’t just any jewelry. Emily used to be a professional jeweler. 🛠️

She had designed and handcrafted this specific gold earring herself. 🎨

She left the park completely devastated. 😞

🔍 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐀 𝐃𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓’𝐒 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐄:

Most people think metal detectors find jewelry instantly. 🪙

But tiny stud earrings are the ultimate test of skill and gear. 🎛️

They contain an incredibly minute amount of precious metal. 🤏

When they fall into thick grass, they rarely lay flat. 🌱

Standard detecting programs look for round, dense targets like coins or thick wedding bands. 🪙💍

A vertical, microscopic gold post has an electromagnetic footprint that is almost non-existent. 📉

Standard factory programs will simply ignore it or filter it out as ground noise. 🔇

To give us a fighting chance, I swapped to my agile 8″ coil. 🔄

I booted up the Minelab Manticore’s specialized « Gold Field » program. 👑

This mode is engineered to sniff out tiny, low-conductive gold that other detectors miss. ✨

⚡ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 & 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓:

Emily met me at the park at 1:30 PM, right after I got back from York. 🚗

She had smartly marked the exact net post hole with a small tree branch. 🌿

I started a tight, overlapping grid search on her side of the net. 🥅

Nothing but faint iron mineralization from the soil. 🧱

I crossed over to the opposing team’s side of the net and kept swinging. 🕵️‍♂️

After 5 to 6 minutes of methodical scanning… BANG! ⚡

A sharp, beautifully repeatable audio signal broke through my headphones. 🎧

Having had two complete and total knee replacements, dropping down to the ground wasn’t happening. 🦿🦿

Instead, I carefully bent over and used my handheld pinpointer to narrow down the grass blades. 🕵️‍♂️🌾

As I slowly parted the turf with my fingers, there it was—gleaming bright yellow in the dirt! ✨🥇

Emily spotted it at the exact same millisecond. 👁️⭐

(If you haven’t seen her reaction yet, go watch the video Reel I posted last night!) 🎥👇

She started jumping up and down with her hands in the air, celebrating wildly! 🙌💃

🙌 « WOW, thank you so much! » she shouted. 📣🎉

Seeing that pure joy and relief is exactly why I do this. ❤️

Honestly, I have the best job in the world, and I love my job! 🌍💼

Welcome home, earring! 👑💍

🏐𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄-𝐅𝐎𝐑-𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐘𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐒!🏖️

Funny enough, volleyball courts have been my specialty this season!

This actually marks my third volleyball court recovery of the year. 🎉

The first two were rings lost in the deep sand during intense beach volleyball games. 🏝️🏐

But switching from soft beach sand to thick park grass is a whole different ballgame—and it feels great to keep the streak alive! 🏖️➡️🌿

👋𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒? 𝐃𝐎𝐍’𝐓 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐔𝐏 𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐄!🔍✨

At the end of the day, our motto is simple:

👉 « 𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬. »👈

Whether it’s a sentimental ring lost on the beach 🏝️, a family heirloom dropped in the backyard 🏡, or a tiny earring lost in a local park 🌿, time is of the essence. ⏱️

If you or someone you know has lost a metal item in the southern Maine area, don’t wait. 🧭 Call or text today, 207-423-3027

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Newlywed’s Engagement Ring Lost In The Beach Sand, Found With A Metal Detector, In Ocean Park, Maine Old Orchard Beach

août 4th, 2026 by Dennis Boothby
from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)

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💍 FOUND AT THE BEACH! 🌊✨

Talk about a rollercoaster of a day for a couple of newlyweds!

On July 11th, Jen and her husband Ryan—married for just one single month—were enjoying a beautiful Maine summer day on the beach in Ocean Park, Maine with 15 to 20 of their closest family and friends.

Suddenly, the unthinkable happened. Jen went to remove her engagement ring, and it 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, vanishing deep into the sand somewhere in front of her. 😮

The entire group jumped into action, searching the sand, but couldn’t find a trace of it. That’s when someone in the crowd made the brilliant suggestion to call The Ring Finders of Maine! 📞

When the call came in, I was actually an hour away at Sebago Lake Maine , knee-deep in a water search for another lost wedding ring. I told the Ocean Park crew that Cheryl and I would head their way the second I finished.

Talk about luck—just 5 minutes later, I recovered the ring at Sebago Lake!

I immediately called Jen’s group back to let them know we were on our way. I gave them two crucial pieces of advice: 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝.

When we arrived in Ocean Park an hour later, the whole group warmly greeted us. Jen showed me exactly where she was standing and the direction the ring flew.

And let me tell you, this group did a phenomenal job—they used children’s beach toys to create a large circle around the entire hot zone! A truly brilliant move. 🧸🏖️

I kicked off my grid search at the top of the toy circle, working my way down toward the ocean. I finished my first pass, turned around, and started heading back toward the shore.

About 3/4 of the way back…𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐌! I got the exact tone I was hoping for on my metal detector. 🔥

I pulled out my pinpointer, cleared the sand, and pulled out Jen’s beautiful engagement ring!

The second the ring cleared the sand, the entire beach exploded into cheering and clapping! 🎉👏

The heavy tension in the air instantly evaporated, replaced by pure joy and relief.

👉𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐛 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬!🎬
Congratulations again to Jen and Ryan on your recent wedding! I am so incredibly happy I could help save your summer day and bring that beautiful ring back where it belongs.

Moments like this remind us every day: 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐛!❤️

Lost something valuable in the sand or water? Don’t lose hope—call The Ring Finders of Maine at 207-423-3027.

Remember our motto: « 𝐈𝐟 𝐈𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮, 𝐈𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐔𝐬. »✨

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Gold And Platinum Wedding Ring Lost In The Water Of Sebago Lake, Found With A Metal Detector, In Standish, Maine

juillet 31st, 2026 by Dennis Boothby
from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)

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💍 SAVED FROM SEBAGO LAKE! 🚨

It was supposed to be the ultimate bachelor weekend getaway.
A group of lifelong friends. A stunning waterfront lake house in Standish, Maine. Perfect weather over beautiful Sebago Lake Maine. 🌊

But what happened next turned a perfect weekend into a full-blown emergency… 😳

☀️ THE MOMENT EVERYTHING CHANGED ☀️

Nick was out in the water enjoying Sebago Lake—tossing a football, swimming, and floating around with the guys—when disaster struck.

His gold and platinum wedding ring suddenly slipped off his finger.

Before anyone could react… it disappeared beneath the surface. Gone. Just like that. 😳

The panic set in immediately.

Imagine having to make that phone call to your wife from a bachelor party weekend… YIKES!!! 💍

💥 Determined not to give up, the bachelor crew jumped into action.

They swam, waded, and searched the area themselves. Smartly, they even placed two large stones on the lake bed to mark the exact drop zone.

But finding a ring in waist- to chest-deep water is nearly impossible by hand.

Despite their best efforts… the ring was still missing.

📞 “WE NEED HELP…” (THIS IS WHEN WE WERE CALLED) 📞

Realizing they were running out of time, Nick contacted The Ring Finders of Maine.

Cheryl and I immediately loaded up my fully waterproof metal detecting gear and headed to Standish, Maine and Sebago Lake, Maine.

When we arrived, the guys showed us the stone markers they had placed—perfect reference points.

We geared up, entered the water, and began a careful grid search.

🎉 10 MINUTES LATER… THIS HAPPENED 🎉

I swept the detector back across the marked area…

Nothing.

I adjusted slightly and continued the grid pattern.

Still nothing.

Then I turned just a bit farther left… and everything changed. 👀

A clean, unmistakable signal rang out through my headphones.

I scooped the sand, swirled it in the water… and there it was.

💍 Nick’s gold and platinum wedding ring.

I lifted it high and said:

“Gold & platinum?”

The entire group erupted in cheers. The energy was unbelievable. 🎉

Nick’s relief said it all—what started as a disaster was now a full recovery.

And best of all… no dreaded phone call home needed. 🙌

We have the best job in the world. We love our job.

“Remember, If It Matters to You, It Matters To Us “❤️🙏

🔊 TURN YOUR SOUND UP — THIS IS THE MOMENT EVERYTHING CHANGED!👇

Watch the full recovery video on The Ring Finders of Maine Facebook page to hear the reaction live! 🎥

💡 LOST SOMETHING IN THE WATER OR SAND IN MAINE?

Don’t wait—and don’t try to dig it out yourself. You could push it deeper.

Call us immediately:

📞 Dennis: 207-423-3027
🌊 Fully waterproof recovery equipment for lakes, ponds, rivers, and ocean surf
❤️ If it matters to you, it matters to us

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