Jeff took his ring off to put on suntan lotion and put it in his hat and forgot. It was not until he was in the water before he remembered. After he got home he found my information on theringfinders.com website and texted me. On my first trip I could not find it after searching 2 hours. Before I returned Jeff sent me a pic he took on the beach which helped me locate the area. It only took about 20 minutes the second time.
Danny was playing volleyball at South Mission Beach Friday afternoon, took his wedding ring off before the game started, and put the ring in his shoe on the sideline for safe keeping. During the day, His gear was moved to a different court for another game. After all the games ended, he headed to his car where he proceeded to grab his ring and put his shoes on. Oh oh, no ring! He retraced his steps and searched both areas, but, no luck. He got online and found TheRingFinders.com and my contact info. He called me Saturday afternoon and we made arrangements to meet the next morning at 7am to do the search. We met early Sunday morning and I searched both areas thoroughly, but, no ring. In fact, I only found one cent and a junk charm in the whole area. It was likely someone had already detected that area sometime between when he lost the ring Friday afternoon, and when I searched Sunday morning. I told Danny that I would keep his lost ring on file and contact fellow club members and other I know who detect that beach and let him know if I get any response. Sure enough, I emailed out his lost ring story to my local detecting club and our vice president Rick answered that he think he found it! Rick sent me a photo of the ring he found at that location on Friday night and it was a dead-on match. Rick and I met Danny Monday morning for the return. Sometimes it takes some teamwork for a successful recovery, but, the results are what counts. Thanks for your help Rick. Danny (on the left in the photo) appreciated that.
Emerald Isle, NC
JoEllen was spending time with her parents sitting on the Emerald Isle beach along the shoreline. They were sitting down by the water so they could put their feet in the waves. She had explained to me she had taken off her very special ring and placed it in her glasses case prior to going to the beach. While on the beach, she decided to put on her glasses and forgot the ring was also in the case. It wasn’t until the next morning she had realized the ring was missing and she called Crystal Coast Ring Finders. The beach sand was very soft and very little items were found during the search. Her ring was eventually found under about 12 inches of sand. This was a very challenging search but when you can successfully return an important item to the owner, it makes it worth the effort!
SWANSBORO, NC
Bailee was spending the day with her parents along the White Oak river trying to catch shrimp using a cast net. They were throwing the net from a high wooden walkway. During one toss, Bailee’s gold college class ring slipped off of her finger into the rivers soft muddy bottom. Bailee’s father started an online search and found Crystal Coast Ring Finders. Just after the call, I was on my way. To my surprise, getting close to the ring was a challenge in itself as the bottom was very soft in places and water access was also a bit of a challenge. After pulling up various items of trash, I locked onto a strong 12 signal on the Minelab Equinox 800. The scoop was filled with the black mud but the signal was no longer on the bottom. After a few seconds of sifting out the mud and debris, Bailee’s ring was shining in the bottom of my scoop. I loved the reaction from her as her eyes lit up and she jumped with joy
You probably have a story of your own about how a relative gave you something special when you were a kid or a young man, something you’ve treasured over many decades. Such was the case with Billy. His father presented him with his Barlow pocket knife when Billy was 20 years old and Billy carried it for 60-some years. It was an everyday tool, often used, and it always brought warm memories of his father.
Unfortunately, one of those everyday uses ended in the loss of the knife. Billy remembered using it to cut open sacks of compost and potting soil when he was planting butterfly bushes, and he only later realized that the knife had disappeared.
My interest in metal detecting and finding lost objects for folks came up in a conversation we had many months later, and when Billy told me his story I said that I’d be very happy to look for the knife. When I arrived with my detector, he pointed out that it likely was near the last bush he’d planted, and it turned out that he was spot on. It took only a few minutes to find and recover the knife from beneath 6 or 7 inches of soil that had been used to fill the planting hole.
Unfortunately, nature had taken its toll on the knife. Nonetheless, Billy was delighted to have this very sentimental item back in his hands. I told him how to use electrolysis to remove the rust, and hopefully it will clean up reasonably well. Although we are ‘ring finders’, it’s not always about rings…..
I got a call that Jena that she had put her ring in her pants pocket and when she took her pants off the ring was gone. She did all the right things by marking off the area it was lost and staying right there. It took about 4 swings and there it was! Another smile to make my day.
David, Kayla and her mother were spending an evening on the beach fishing the shoreline. Kayla had taken off her engagement ring and placed it in a small bowl. Just after David caught a fish, Kayla headed down to the water to get a closer look. Unfortunately, the bowl, holding Kayla’s ring spilled onto the beach just as darkness was setting in. I happened to be in the area about an hour later and David approached me to ask for my help finding this wonderful ring. After a few passes and as they were packing up to leave, I was able to pull her ring from the beach. I was very happy to return this for them as Kayla’s mother told me when I began searching that David had just returned from military service in Afghanistan. I thank him and all that protect us for their service to our country!
Donna was visiting here from AZ, and while enjoying a day at the beach in Coronado yesterday, lost her family heirloom gold and platinum wedding ring in the sand. She had removed her ring to apply lotion, and placed it in her chair pocket. The Chair later got folded…….and well you’ve already have heard that story before! She and friends searched to no avail. She even went out and bought an inexpensive metal detector to conduct her own search, but, after an afternoon/evening thunderstorm that blew through the area making the previously dry sand wet again, the detector just didn’t do the job under those conditions. When my wife and I arrived, we met Donna, got the story, and I was shown the search area they had marked off. That always helps to have a known spot verified by photos taken the previous day. First pass, got a foil signal and that’s exactly what it was. Return pass, same story. Just starting the third pass, and I get a nice strong 16 on my Equinox. I said that this sounds like a winner, and sure enough, after locating it with my pin pointer, I pulled this beautiful ring out of it’s hiding place. Donna was super happy to get this historic ring back before having to leave town on Monday. A pleasure to meet you Donna, and thank you for the generous reward.
Dayanne was walking her dog in her apartment complex, when a simple body turn to look behind her, made her gold ring fly off her finger and into some thick bushes that line the walkway (as you can see in the photo). She actually saw the spot where the ring went into the bushes, but, even after clipping away some of the leaves and branches to get access it still couldn’t be located. I initially started with a large coil to hopefully get the depth I needed to locate the ring deep inside, but, it became apparent immediately that another method was needed. I instead put on the 6″ coil and rechecked the area where I could get deeper down inside the bush. I got a nice 15 signal on my Equinox, smiled, and pulled out my pin pointer to poke down into the bowels of this sticker bush. Carefully reaching inside and locating the signal with the pin pointer, I zeroed in on the target. Even so, it was still invisible and took 3 tries to grab it in the dead leaves at the base of the bush. A happy Dayanne put the ring back on her finger. A pleasure to meet you, and thank you for the reward.
John found out about his friend’s lost ear ring being found by Ring-Finder Jim Wren in the North Myrtle Beach sand. It was that moment John discovered the great service The Ring Finders provide.
John had lost his gold wedding band two month prior. John was spending the day at a family member’s house playing with the kids all over the yard. This is when the ring fell off without John realizing it was gone. This ring had very special meaning as it belonged to his Grandfather. John messaged Crystal Coast Ring Finders and a day was planned to search the whole yard. Communication was very important to try to pinpoint the location of activity but the yard was full of various debris making this search difficult. Persistence paid off as the ring was found near a buried metallic item in the backyard. The sun was hot and the bugs were hungry. I was very happy the search was a success.