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Lost diamond wedding ring found with metal detector in Charlottesville, Virginia area.

  • from Charlottesville (Virginia, United States)
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Emily was traveling from the west coast to visit her family, enjoying some backyard sports, games, and family fun when she discovered one of her rings from her wedding set was missing. They searched and even tried a little metal detecting, but unfortunately couldn’t find it. Emily contacted me the next morning and I was able to get there within a few hours. Emily did a great job working through and eliminating the most probable sites to really narrow the search to a smaller area of the yard. After my initial scan of the area there were several targets, but none on the surface, and none that sounded like a gold ring. We talked through the possibilities again, and she mentioned that they had spent some time sitting on the cement patio. I had already walked near that area, but was getting interference from the concrete. On the second more detailed search around the patio I was able to listen through the noise and catch a steady signal from the ring just a few inches off the cement into the grass. It was so nice meeting Emily and her family. They are really great people and I was so glad I could help find this lost ring.
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Lost wedding band found at elementary school in Charlottesville, Virginia area.

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Matt was playing with his kids last evening at the elementary school when his ring fell off in the thick grass. This ring is special to his family because they all played a part in its design. Unfortunately they were not able to find it, so Matt marked the area and contacted me. I was able to meet him at the school the following morning. He did a great job narrowing the search area, so it didn’t take long before I found it. It was great to meet Matt and I was really glad I could help recover his ring.

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Lost 22K gold ring found at the park in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Jonathan called me last night. He was at one of the local parks playing sports with friends when his necklace chain opened and the ring that was hanging on it fell off. This ring is a gift from his mom for his 18th birthday. The park is only about 20 mins from my house, so I jumped in the car and headed right over. Unfortunately it was getting dark, raining, and there was lightning nearby.  We searched as long as we could, but decided to meet back there in the morning at 7 am. After about 40 minutes I was able to find the ring hiding in the thick grass of the play field. I was so glad to be able to help Jonathan and his mom. They both work hard in our local healthcare system helping people when they really need it.

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Lost wedding ring found in North Chesterfield, Virginia.

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Lost your ring, jewelry, cell phone, keys… Don’t wait until it’s too late. Text or email ASAP 24/7 Mark at 434-987-0568.
Kyi is a really nice guy who contacted me about his wife’s lost wedding ring. Unfortunately her bag was accidentally left on the back of his pickup truck’s hardcover. As they were turning onto a main road, they noticed when it fell over and off onto the side of the road. Some items were missing including earrings and the wedding ring. They were able to recover the earrings and Kyi searched hard for the ring, even buying his own metal detector to help.  He could not find it and a few months passed before he found the Ring Finders site. I was able to meet him the next morning and he gave me a good description of the search area. Being along the side of a busy road there were a lot of metal bits that got hit by the big roadway mowers. After a few hours of removing most of the metal signals from the area I found something I really didn’t want to see. It was almost half of a woman’s white gold ring very bent and scratched as if it may have been hit by the mower more than once. I felt really bad for Kyi and his wife, but at least now they know what happened.
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Lost white gold ring found at Roaring Run Falls, Virginia.

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Lost your ring, jewelry, cell phone, keys… Don’t wait until it’s too late. Text or email ASAP 24/7 Mark at 434-987-0568.
Megan contacted me because her husband’s ring came off while they were enjoying a beautiful natural water slide a few weeks earlier.  I was able to search the water at the base of the slide the next morning. After a few hours I found a men’s white gold wedding band about four feet under the water. Mission accomplished I thought, but then I remembered that the ring had a special inscription. The ring that I found did not have any markings other than 14k. I sent Megan some pictures and she confirmed that this unfortunately was not the ring!
What are the odds? Of the hundreds of rings that I have found, I had never found a white gold ring, so it seemed unlikely that there would be two very similar men’s white gold rings in the same exact spot.  I had searched thoroughly, but went back a few days later to make sure I didn’t miss the other ring. After a few more hours, I was sure the ring was not there.  A lot of the water is clear enough to see to the bottom, so I am afraid that someone must have picked it up. I really wanted to find this one and hated delivering the bad news.
On a positive note, this was such a beautiful place to search.  My wife is not normally with me while I am detecting, but with my medical issues I have some limits as to how far I can drive and she was nice enough to drive me. We have been through a lot with my illness and are getting ready to celebrate our 25th anniversary. Because she was there when I found my first white gold ring and it happened to be a nice ring in my exact size, I decided to adopt this ring as a replacement for my own lost white gold wedding band. A nice memory out of a failed search effort.
 
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Lost family heirloom found in Lyndhurst, Virginia.

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Rachel and her husband Addison contacted me Friday evening about a ring lost while swimming in a Virginia lake. They were on vacation and due to check out and drive home the next day. I was able to meet with them early Saturday morning, and found that this was not just any ring, but an irreplaceable family heirloom from a deceased loved one. Fortunately Addison knew when the ring fell off, so he had a pretty good idea of the area to search. I got in the water a little over waist deep, and he was able to guide me from the shore to the best place to start. Along the first line I walked there were a few targets, but nothing that sounded right, so I didn’t bother digging them. I turned around and started the next line, and within a few minutes got a promising sounding target. Pulled up the sand scoop, gave it a shake to clear away the sand, and there was that beautiful gold ring shining in the sun. Rachel and Addison are a great young newlywed couple, and I was so very glad to meet them and play a part with this ring recovery. Such a relief for all of us.

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Lost wallet found in Afton, VA

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Kevin was mowing along a very long fence line at his farm when he noticed his wallet was missing. The wallet contained an Apple titanium card, so he decided to try his luck with a metal detector. When asking Grok AI for advice on the best settings it mentioned that he might a lso try contacting The Ring Finders. He contacted me Wednesday evening, and I was able to get there the following morning. It was great to meet Kevin and his dog, and the 3 of us walked the entire fence line talking and detecting the entire way. No luck, so we decided to walk back searching areas we might have missed. About half way back the dog, who is a little guy, was getting a bit worn out so Kevin decided to carry him the rest of the way. Right where he bent over to pick up the dog, Kevin looked down and saw the wallet right between us sitting on the grass. What a relief! Not a detector find, but I was so happy that he got his wallet back.

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Lost gold class ring found in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Tracy was attending her high school senior class picnic when unfortunately she lost her gold class ring. Earlier this year I was metal detecting at the same park where the picnic had taken place when I found the ring about 5 inches under the surface grass. How did it get so deep? The ring was lost 22 years ago in 2003. Using the name inscribed inside and some internet searching I was able to narrow the possible owners. I sent Tracy an email asking if she lost a ring at that park, and if she could describe it. She sent an exact description of the ring she never expected to see again. I was so glad to find her and be able to return her ring after all this time.
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Lost keys found in Richmond, Virginia.

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I was contacted by Nancy about a set of keys and key fobs lost while raking and doing yard work. We talked about all the work she had done, places she had been, and went through all the possibilities we could think of. Nancy was extremely well thought out, and had already checked everywhere I could think of. So it was time to do a detailed search of the yard, leaves, landscaping, and bushes with my detector. A lot to cover, but a big target that should jump out if I swing over it. Well, after feeling like I covered everything, no keys. The shed had already been searched, but to be through I figured another set of eyes on it couldn’t hurt. While checking the shed Nancy started removing some of the tools and recounting what items she had used. One of the items was the blower which she pulled out and placed on one of two black wrought iron benches in front of the shed. At that point she realized and remembered exactly where the keys were. After opening the shed she had laid them over the arm of the bench where the black fobs blended in perfectly. We had both walked within inches of these keys several times without seeing them. Talk about hiding in plain sight. Thank goodness going through the process led to Nancy finding the keys. I was in total disbelief when I saw them, but very relieved they were found.
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Lost wedding ring found in Charlottesville, Virginia.

  • from Charlottesville (Virginia, United States)
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Lost your ring, jewelry, cell phone, keys… Don’t wait until it’s too late. Text or email ASAP 24/7 Mark at 434-987-0568.

I received a text message from Peter last night asking for help finding his wedding ring. He lost it while clearing brush from a steep leaf covered hillside behind his home in Charlottesville, Virginia.

I met Peter this morning at 8 AM and listened as he described where he was and what he was doing when he noticed his ring had come off. He was pretty sure that he had noticed right away when the ring was missing, so this really helped narrow the search area.

Starting at the bottom of the hill, I did a careful grid search working my way to the top in the most likely area. There were many metal targets, but nothing that sounded like a ring. Then I selected a second search area, and within a couple minutes got that beautiful sound that I had been hoping for. At the base of a small tree a few inches down in the leaves was the wedding ring.

This was my first recovery with The Ring Finders, and I was so happy to be able to return this ring to Peter and his wife.

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