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Lady’s heirloom wedding ring recovered! – Bradford Beach, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  • from Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin, United States)

A fun evening of beach volleyball with friends at the popular Bradford Beach, turned to horror when Milwaukee resident, Faith Platt, felt her mother’s wedding ring fly off her hand as she dove for a ball. The diamond-studded, yellow-gold band vanished in the loose sand. Despite halting the game and several players helping to look, even sifting the sand with their hands, the ring could not be found. The growing ache in Faith’s stomach only intensified as the possibility entered her mind that her mother’s ring might be lost forever. Did someone already pocket the love token? How could she face her mother with such news?

Faith’s fiancé, Samuel Rasmussen, stepped into motion and began to look on the internet for someone with a metal detector. That’s when he found my lost-ring-recovery services and the Ring Finder’s directory of metal-detecting specialists. I received a text message early that evening and arrived at the beach about an hour later. A game was in progress on the court where the ring was lost and so I visited with Samuel and Faith until the court was clear.

As I moved towards the area where Faith believed she was when the ring left her hand, I picked up a solid signal in the sand about 8’ away. I noted the signal as being consistent with a small gold band and determined it worth investigating later. When I swept the location where everyone had been searching, I failed to hear any signals. The sand was quiet. This meant the ring had to be elsewhere. Had someone already picked it up? The thought was disturbing. Then I remembered the earlier signal and moved to that location. Immediately the signal I heard before repeated itself. One scoop later, a petite yellow-gold, diamond-studded ring lay gleaming in my hand—Faith’s heirloom ring! Tears, hugs, smiles ensued. Another mystery solved.

If you or someone you know has lost a ring or other jewelry item, don’t let its story end. Call me. I would love to add your smile to the growing list of clients who, like Faith and Samuel, are so glad they reached out to me for help. It almost goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway, “It’s more than a ring!”

Lost wedding-rings found in the water at City Beach! Lac Le Belle, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.

  • from Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin, United States)

July 2nd, 2026, found Janis Ammann enjoying a refreshing swim with her daughters and grandchildren at City Beach, on Lac Le Belle in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Then, without warning, her wedding rings along with a highly-sentimental gold band slipped off her hand into the murky water. Losing her wedding rings was traumatic. But losing the band that had once belonged to her mother, made the loss even more devastating.

Despite their best efforts, feeling the sandy lake bottom with their feet and hands, the rings could not be found. An hour later, Janis left the swimming area with a grieving, heavy heart. It was like leaving a piece of her behind.

A couple days later, on July 4th I received a text from Janis’s daughter, Angela. She found me on the Ring Finder’s online directory of metal-detecting specialists. She asked if I’d “be interested in helping to (hopefully) find it.” Being the July 4th holiday in America, I knew the beaches would be crowded. I also knew metal detectorists would be busy searching for lost items. Time was of the essence and so I made my way to City Beach within the hour.

On arrival, I was horrified to be met by a gentleman leaving the beach with a metal detector in hand. My heart sank. Had he found the rings? Would he give them up? A brief conversation with the man led me to believe he had not been in the area where the rings went missing. Maybe, just maybe, the rings were still there.

Angela sent me a Google Map with a pin showing where the family had been when the rings went missing. I waded into the water and carefully began sweeping the lake bottom. Not far from the marked area, a faint signal invited further investigation. Imagine my joy to see a thin gold band gleaming in the bottom of my scoop! It was the heirloom ring! Then, about six feet away, I heard another signal—the wedding rings belonging to Janis!

I sent a photo of the rings to Angela who in turn telephoned her mom with the happy news. Janis initially thought it was a cruel joke. How could her daughter do such a thing? Then the truth sank in; unbelievably, her precious rings were safe and sound!

Janis and her husband drove to my home in Waukesha, Wisconsin that same morning, to take delivery of the priceless love tokens. And the smiles on their faces tell the rest of the story.

If you or someone you know has lost a piece of jewelry, recently or long ago, on land, in the water or in the snow, don’t let its story end. Call right away. I’d love to add your smile to the growing list of clients who, like Janis are so glad they did.