I received an email from a guy that lost his Silver Wedding Band while playing football with his two young boys. He was very distraught from the lost of his wedding ring. After about a hour of doing a grid search in the thick grass. The sliver wedding band was found just under the wide grass blades. He was very happy to have to ring back on his hand.
Lost Man’s Silver Wedding Ring in Gahanna, OH. « FOUND »
We got the call on Saturday evening, Ted had been working on his home all day, cleaning the gutters, small repairs and such. After a long day of satisfying of projects on his home he went in to clean up and shower, that’s when he realized his wedding band was missing. He panicked as we all would. He and his wife looked extensively all over their yard around the home, both front and back yard. He got the ladders back out to search the gutters, went through all the trash, all his clothes only to realize he still had NO RING. He decided to see what services were available on the internet and found « The Ring Finders » website which directed him to my wife and I just 20 minutes away. Ted called and explained the situation, I told him that we would be over after church on Sunday and not to worry. We met up about 12:30 on Sunday, Ted showed us around the home. My wife and I both geared up with our detectors and began the search, naturally beginning on one side of the home working our way around to its opposite side. As I was going along the side of the home, I intentionally turned with my detector heading toward the neighbor’s water hose which was loosely coiled in the side yard. (Knowing the ring could have gone that far due to the height of the gutter line.) My detector responded with a loud ping when it crossed over the water hose and though I thought it was strange, I knew a water hose would not have any type of metal in it, just at the end where the handle was. I moved the hose and ran my detector over the area again and still received a loud ping. I reached down using my Garrett pinpointer and hit the target – the ring had been pushed down flush in the mud in the grass. That moment of locating a lost item always puts such a great smile on my face. I called out to my wife and said get the camera, I have found the ring.
Joe Szemer, Andrew Szemer, Tom Jones, Nemo Filimonovic and Elizabeth Filimonovic
August 10 while having an SRARC board meeting, a call came in for a lost ring on St. Pete Beach. Elizabeth Filimonovic explained that she had set her husband Nemo’s wedding band on his shirt that was lying on the sand. When he picked up the shirt the ring was lost in the sand. Tom Jones, Joe Szemer, Andrew Szemer and Mike Miller went to the beach at 10:30 pm. The team got to the beach and found the ring within the first 10 seconds after the hunt started.
The following evening the ring was returned to the happy couple. Upon meeting Elizabeth and Nemo, the comment was made, « Nemo, as in Captain Nemo? » Elizabeth replied, « No, as in Finding Nemo. »
Doug Brosack, Stan Flack, Mike Miller, Unknown Couple and Tom Jones
The day before their 3rd anniversary, this man lost his wedding band in the Gulf of Mexico. The detecting group were on the beach to meet another couple that had lost a platinum wedding band the previous day. Tom Jones saw this couple thinking that they were the people he was meeting and approach them. He found out that they were not the couple he was meeting. In turn the gentleman said that he too had lost his wedding band yesterday. The four detectorist hunted for about 45 minutes then the Tungsten ring was found.
To everyone’s surprise the couple had disappeared. 30 minutes later the lady shows up and was in tears when she learned that the ring had been found. She phoned her husband who had resolved that no one would be able to find his ring and told him to « get down to the beach now. » The couple was so happy that their anniversary weekend getaway had been saved.
After everyone parted ways Tom realized that in all of the excitement no one remembered to exchange names or contact information.
They will be remembered as the « once again happy, 3rd anniversary couple from Queens NY. »
Stan Flack, Doug Brosak, Tara McNamee, Mike Miller, Kevin McNamee and Tom Jones
After going on theringfinders.com Tara McNamee called Tom Jones at 10:37pm on Aug 4th to tell him that her husband had lost his platinum wedding band in the Gulf of Mexico that day. Tom informed her that he had already organized a hunt for another platinum ring for the next morning at 8:00am just 4 blocks up the beach from where the ring was lost. They agreed to meet at 9:00am to start the hunt.
The next morning after finding the first ring by 8:30, the search party moved down the beach to search for the next ring. Five minutes in the water one of the searchers found the ring before the couple got to the beach. Upon arrival the couple was elated to learn that the ring had already been located. Tara said that she had prayed to St. Anthony since her father, Anthony, had recently passed away.
Whether it was good directions from Tara or divine intervention it brought back the smiles on this wonderful couple from Queens, NY.
Tom Jones, Daren Farfante and Tim Swenor
Darren Farfante came home from work to find that Tom Jones and Tim Swenor had already returned his gold wedding ring to his wife.
Darren went on Theringfinders.com while on his lunch break and contacted the Suncoast Research and Recovery Club president Tom Jones. Darren gave Tom specific reference points to where he had lost his ring. Tom then organized a hunt and with two metal detectors working, found the ring and returned it to his wife before Darren got back to the beach resort after work.
Great Smile Darren.
Lost Gold Diamond Man’s Wedding Ring in Pataskala, OH “FOUND”.
I received a call from a guy that lost his first wedding ring in his backyard last summer. His family tradition is giving his wedding ring to his son, that is getting married later this year. If I was not able to find the wedding ring then he would have to give his son his current wedding ring.
Well about half way though the back yard, I found the ring. The diamond and gold wedding ring shine in the sun as his wife came outside with joy to see the lost ring. Him and his wife were very happy to see the ring again. And their son will be also.
Hello from Don & Ellen Wilson in Dallas, Texas. We got a call today from Mrs Bundy, her 8yr old daughter, Briar, had lost her Gold Signet Ring at the playground of the local Country Club. We met at the Country Club and began searching the area where the daughter said she saw the ring fly off her hand. She was playing Queen of the World by standing on top of a picnic table and threw her arm out like she was Queen. The ring came off of her hand and was lost.
After 3 weeks of searching by Briar, her parents, other family members and the Country Club grounds & Management staff everyone had given the ring up for lost. Mrs Bundy’s sister in New York read an article about « The Ring Finders » and told Mrs. Bundy she should check the website and see if there was a « Ring Finder in the Dallas area » She did and found my wife and I.
After about an hour of searching we were about to call it quits when I asked the little girl to get back up on the picnic table and re-inact the event. She did, then my wife said « no wait, do it again and close your eyes and do it the exact same way ». Briar did as we requested and did it completely different than she had previously showed us. This time I saw that it was possible the ring may have flown in a different area of grass. We began to detect this area and in 5 minutes the ring showed itself. I called the little girl and her mother over and asked, ‘is this your ring’? They were so excited and so grateful.
Another great day in the life of « The Ring Finders in Dallas,Tx »
God I love this hobby!
Don & Ellen
We received a panic call from a young man about 8pm one night saying that his girlfriend had lost the locket and chain he had given her somewhere in his front yard. He wanted us come that night but we were tied up and promised to come early the next morning. We arrived around 7am and he explained that he and his girlfriend had been playing around in the front yard when the incident happened. She had placed the item in the pocket of her hoodie prior to playing around. She was extremely upset with him and he was really upset that he couldn’t find it himself.
We got out our detectors and began scanning and in just 5 minutes or so we got a HIT. We found the locket and chain. He was shocked and happy and could not thank us enough.
What a thrill to have another successful hunt for « The Ring Finder ».
Don & Ellen Wilson – Carrollton,Texas
Hi,
I joined The Ringfinders back in August and have been busy finding peoples lost rings. It’s very rewarding to both my clients and to myself . If you have lost a ring feel free to contact me.