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Lost Ring On Beach, Harvey Cedars NJ, recovered by Edward Trapper, NJ Ring Finder

  • from Lavallette (New Jersey, United States)
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Harvey Cedar, New Jersey Jersey Jersey Shore

The family had been enjoying a beautiful day at the beach the day before. For safekeeping, his daughter placed her ring in the cupholder of their beach chair. At the end of the day, they packed everything up and headed home. It wasn’t until they got back that she realized the ring had been left behind in the chair.
They immediately returned to the beach and searched the area for quite a while but had no luck. That’s when Robert decided it was time to call a professional—Ed Trapper, NJ Ring Finder.
We originally planned to meet that evening, but our schedules didn’t line up. I wasn’t too concerned because I knew the area isn’t heavily detected, so the chances of someone else finding the ring overnight were very slim. We agreed to meet early the next morning before beachgoers and swimmers began setting up for the day.
When I arrived, Robert and his family had done an excellent job marking the search area with sticks, making it easy to locate the exact spot. I started by making a pass around the perimeter. About halfway down my second search lane, I got a perfect signal. One scoop later, there was the ring, safely sitting inside my sand scoop.
The smiles and relief on the family’s faces made the early morning trip well worth it. Another treasured piece of jewelry was back where it belonged, making for another successful recovery by NJ Ring Finder.

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Beautiful Wedding Band Lost, Recovered and Returned in Lewes, DE!!!

  • from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States)
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This nice couple was referred to me by fellow Ring Finder, John Favano. Lauren and her husband were enjoying a beautiful summer day on a Lewes bay beach when tragedy struck!  Her husband was tossing a ball back and forth while standing in knee deep water when he felt, saw and heard his ring fly off and « kerplunk » into the water at his feet. After looking for quite a bit they decided to track down a professional metal detectorist…I got the call around 4 pm Saturday and just happened to be on the beach 10 minutes away! I ran over and went straight to work…after finding quite a few bottle caps and pull tabs … about 20 minutes into the search I finally got the wedding band signal I was hoping for. After several attempts to scoop the target in 2 feet of water…I finally got it into the scoop. Looking down…I raised the scoop in triumph….there on top of all the sand in the scoop was a beautiful ring! I was very happy to be able to help this awesome couple!!!

 

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LOST 14K WHITE GOLD WEDDING SET IN RIVER NEAR MILL SPRING, NC….FOUND!!!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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Received a text from a young lady that stated she had lost her wedding ring set (two rings soldiered together) in a river that she was tubing on Friday July 3rd and asked if I could try and find it.

I said absolutely! The water was only about 2-3 feet deep and she lost it just before some rapids. So after work, I make the 3 plus hour drive and get to the spot. Grabbed my gear and headed down the little hill towards the river’s edge to assess the area.

Once in the water, I needed to try and figure out where she was based on the text message and screenshots received. I finally found what I thought was the spot and I get a good 72 VDI ring signal! It sounded loud and on top! The only issue was it was under a big log. I rolled the log to the right and scanned again. Now I’m really getting a good signal!! I went to get my goggles because I couldn’t see with the water moving and the suns glare. As I was coming back to the spot, the same “SUNS GLARE” actually shined down and I could see a silvery/white gold circle shining!! I reached down and pull it up!

I had to drive a ways to get cell signal back, but once I did I sent her the pictures and she was very happy!

Then I had to drive an hour to their house where I met her husband at the door! I said, “I hear your wife lost some rings!” He said, “Yes!” They both couldn’t believe it was still there and I found them! (on July 8th) Needless to say he was very excited to get them back as well!

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Total ring recoveries since joining “The Ring Finders” 115 total!

Ring count for 2026: 77 (18 – recoveries)

GOLD – 21 (16 – recoveries)
GOLD/STAINLESS – 1
PLATNIUM – 4 (4-recoveries)
SILVER – 16
TUNGSTEN – 2
JUNK – 33
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“DIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME RINGS, BURY THE DRAMA!”

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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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Beautiful Gold/Onyx Signet Ring Lost, Recovered and Returned in Middletown, DE!!!!

  • from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States)
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Brandon was a referral from fellow Ring Finder, Alan Seeney. Brandon got in touch after losing a very sentimental gold ring in his friends backyard in Middletown, DE. The ring was was on a chain around his neck when he was horsing around with some kids. He discovered at some point the chain broke and the ring dropped. He and his friends searched for hours. He even purchased a metal detector in hopes of finding himself. Countless folks purchase or rent a metal detector in an attempt to find themselves but in most cases they end up calling a ring finder anyway. The experience of the detectorist is more important then the machine….though the machine is important too. I arrived at Brandon’s friends house later that same day and set my Minelab Manticore Metal Detector for gold…and went to work scanning that backyard. A gold ring on the surface has a very unique, booming signal…so I knew the signal I was listening for. 10 minutes into the search….BOOM…the signal I was hoping for. I looked down and there was this large beautiful gold ring!!! I was very happy to be able to find Brandon’s ring for him!

 

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SOUTHPAW LOSES WEDDING BAND WHILE TOSSING FOOTBALL

  • from Emerald Isle (North Carolina, United States)
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EMERALD ISLE, NC
While vacationing with friends, Joshua was tossing a football when his gold wedding band slipped off and disappeared into the sand. He marked the spot and quickly contacted Crystal Coast Ring Finders. Arriving promptly, I began searching along the waves and mentioned to Joshua that, given the soft sand, I didn’t expect to find any older items and suspected his ring would be my first discovery. Sure enough, just a few steps in, my XP Deus II gave a strong 74 signal, and one scoop later, his ring was back in hand.

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Gold Wedding Band Lost, Recovered and Returned in Chester Springs, PA!!!

  • from Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States)
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Darshan found me online in the Ring Finder Directory after searching for his lost ring for many hours. He was at a community block party near his home in Chester Springs, PA when he felt his ring slip off his finger. He knew exactly where it fell off but the grass was quite high and thick and he just could not find it despite hours of searching on hands and knees. He finally reached out to a pro and we met shortly after his call. He was quite stressed about his lost ring…I told him I would find in 2 minutes. Well it took me closer to 3 minutes…I was extremely happy that I was able to come through for Darshan and return his ring to him!

 

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Gold ring lost, found and returned in Denver

  • from Lakewood (Colorado, United States)
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This little was playing on the sprinklers when they lost their 14k gold ring. The mom bought a metal detector and searched for hours but could not find it. She finally found Ring Finders. We searched for about an hour before it was found. My partner Jeff went over it twice without picking it up. When I went over it, it was a poor signal and read as “foil” but decided at this point to look anyways. It was the smallest child’s ring I have ever seen. They were all so happy that it was finally found!

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