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Found Wedding Ring in VT river

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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9/7/24

I got a call a few days ago from a woman who’s husband had lost his wedding ring in a Vermont river. They were tubing with their little daughter. He had gotten a little far out in front, so he put on the brakes by dragging his hands along the rocky river bottom. Unfortunately, his ring got knocked off his finger, so he jumped out of the tube and went straight to shore. When his wife and daughter caught up, they all searched for it. But the water was a tiny bit too deep and fast to find it without a detector.

So, I went right there after work and searched for about 2-1/2 hours with no luck. We arranged to meet this morning for another search. I was a little concerned about another storm coming along and sweeping it down the river for who knows how far. Our storms have been causing so many destructive floods lately, it’s unbelievable how far gravel, big rocks and trees can be swept along. My wife and I are leaving for a week’s vacation tomorrow, so the pressure was on to find it today!

We met at 8:00 am and got started. Luckily, the river had gone down a little more. In about an hour, I got a good signal. I looked down into the water and saw a color that I liked! It was a slight reddish tone of rose gold that his ring was made of. It must’ve been stepped on because only a tiny bit was showing above the gravel botton.

It was a fun search for a very nice little family on a beautiful river. I loaned them a detector so they could search their land for historical relics. Hope they find something cool!

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Found Wedding Ring at a Vermont Beach

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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8/7/23

I got a voicemail and text this morning from a guy who had lost his wedding ring yesterday at a local public beach. He had started into the water when he realized he was still wearing it. When swimming he normally takes it off so it won’t get lost. So he went back and put it in a shoe with his cell phone. He was trying to do the right thing!

After swimming he got his phone out and the ring was missing. So, he and his entire family searched through the sand for a long time, with no luck. They went back again today, used a rake and still no luck. He was feeling very discouraged, and figured it was gone forever, even wondering if someone had stolen it.

So, we met as soon as I could get there, his kids helped pointing out the correct area to search, and I got started. The sand was absolutely packed with signals. People have used it heavily for a hundred years, and had lots of campfires on it. Every swing had many signals, so I had to go super slow and really listen for good tones. Finally I got a signal that sounded good and had the right numbers for platinum.

There it was, 2 or 3 inches down, someone must’ve stepped on it with their heel. It felt so good to hand him his ring. He was out of the doghouse!! I figure that someone must have accidentally tripped over his shoe causing it to fall out.

Now, he can enjoy the rest of his visit with his dad, and their vacation a little better!

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Wedding Ring Found in Ice in Central Vermont

  • from Barre (Vermont, United States)
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11/27/22

Just got a call from a lady who’s husband has lost his ring. He was hand digging a French drain around the foundation to try to keep most of the water from getting into their basement. He lost it yesterday and they haven’t been able to find it.

I went right over and he showed me the search area. I got started and as expected there were tons of signals around their older house. But, miraculously, in only about 10 minutes, I got a solid ring tone, dug into the frozen ice and slush about 2 inches, and there it was in perfect condition!

They were both so happy and declared that they were “married again”!!

It’s back where it belongs, right on his finger, and he got right back to diggin!

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