Platinum Wedding Band Lost a Second Time… FOUND Again by Christina McCree in Hoover, Alabama!
Christina McCree – Ring Finder/Metal Detectorist for northern Alabama and southern/middle Tennessee…call or text ASAP, anytime 24/7…610-504-6135
On Thursday evening (December 21st, 2023), I received a text message from LeeAlice stating her husband, Jamie, had lost his platinum wedding band again and asked if I could help find it again. I said absolutely! This was actually my first repeat client. Jamie had lost his wedding band over a year ago near the water spigot at their old house in Homewood, Alabama. This time he lost it while laying mulch and bagging leaves at their new house in Hoover, AL. I scheduled Jamie’s ring search for the following afternoon. Coincidentally, I was heading to the Birmingham area in the morning for a different ring search, so this worked perfectly!
I met Jamie Friday afternoon after I finished up the first ring search in Irondale, AL. Unfortunately, that was a no find, but we’re praying that the ring turns up somewhere in their house. Jamie showed me everything that he was doing a few days prior. Raking and bagging leaves, and then laying/throwing down mulch in the flower beds. I felt like the throwing motion would be the most likely cause for his platinum wedding band to slip off, so I decided to start my search there. I got out my Minelab Equinox 900 and got to work.
I covered the mulch on the right side of the house, but only had two signals from the extension cord power supply for their Christmas lights. I then moved to the mulch on the left side of the house. I received a good signal in front of their two cats (Quail and Cotton) that were sitting on the porch. I took out my Garrett Pro-Pointer AT and scanned for the target. About 2-3 inches deep in the freshly laid mulch was Jamie’s platinum ring staring back up at me! I think that Quail and Cotton knew that dad’s ring was there the whole time lol 😊
Both LeeAlice and Jamie were in the house at the time, so I took a picture of Jamie’s ring laying on my hand with the cats in the backdrop. They both ran out of the house and were so relieved and excited that Jamie’s ring was found, again! We took some photos, chatted for a bit, and then I was back on the road to Huntsville. I praise God and thank Him for another successful ring recovery and safe trip to and from Birmingham.
I had another successful search for Amy’s (friend of LeeAlice) lost wedding band the following Wednesday, blog post coming shortly…
I was at work when I received a call from George inquiring about possibly recovering his family heirloom ring from his lagoon. We went over the details of when and how the ring was lost, and knowing the area quite well, decided it would be best if I swung by prior to committing to do the recovery. A few days later I met George at his house and after going over exactly what he did when the ring flew off into the lagoon, we decided with the 5′ tide swing this had to be done at low tide. The following week worked perfect with our schedules. My first attempt didn’t work out so well, it was blazing hot, the greenhead flies were eating us alive, and the mud on the bottom was black and bottomless. After about 2 hours I threw in the towel but assured him I would be returning for another attempt. I believe at that point George had given up hope of ever seeing his ring again. Over the next week or so our schedules didn’t work with the tide, so he agreed for me to swing by when conditions were right, whether he was home or not. WELL, after some adjustments to my recovery approach, and taking my assistant wife LEE, and good luck charm, the ring was in my scoop within 15 min. I knew this would mean the world to him, so I decided to do a surprise return, and set the whole thing up with his wife and son. I arrived just as they were getting back from fishing, put the ring in my scoop, and headed down the driveway where we met. We all talked a bit, I asked how they did fishing, then told him I did really well, and put my scoop out. He was kinda puzzled, and I said look in the bottom, and when he did, he could not believe his eyes. Then we let him in on the whole plan. I have the video of the return, just need to edit it, stay tuned. That moment right there is what makes doing recoveries so rewarding.
I received a call from AnnMarie about some items that were accidentally dumped into her lagoon. She had seen one of my stories about a water recovery, and figured it was worth giving me a call. She explained what had happened. Over 2 months prior her daughter was at the beach, and had placed her jewelry in her beach bag for safe keeping while she went into the water. At the end of the day, she placed her beach items in the back yard by the deck, and went inside the house. AnnMarie figured she would help and accidentally dumped her necklaces into the lagoon while dumping the sand out of the beach bag. At that point she figured they were gone, until she saw my post detailing a very similar recovery. I knew they were right up against the bulkhead after she explained in detail exactly what she had done. We basically decided to do the recovery but didn’t decide when, as I am in her area quite often. Ann sent me the address an told me it would be fine to go, even though they would not be home. I had some time a few days later, and swung by to look. Conditions were perfect, and about 35 min into the search I had both necklaces. She had no idea that I had gone and I decided to snap a few pics and shoot them over to her. AnnMarie was shocked to say the least, we made arrangements to mail them back to her, and in just a few days they were back for safe keeping. Thank you again, so glad I was able to help.
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