Beach Wedding on Hold After Groom’s Wedding Band Lost in the Sand Myrtle Beach SC
Just after 4 p.m. on November 13, 2026, I got a call from Mikayla asking if I could help find a wedding band. She went on to tell me that they were just about to start the wedding when they discovered the wedding ring was lost somewhere in the sand. I asked her to send me the address, and I was on my way.
When I arrived, Mikayla met me in front of the resort and led me out to the beach where 25 plus guests were milling around talking to each other, some from as far away as California. Everything for the wedding was set up; chairs, wedding alter, and medal lanterns on each row. I think I met the mother of the bride who gave me more of the story. She told me that the bride and groom’s rings had been put on necklaces that were then given to 2 of her granddaughters who were the flower girls, to wear until the ceremony. Unfortunately, the clasp had come open on the flower girl’s chain who was wearing the groom’s ring. The problem was that no one noticed the ring missing until sometime later. She continued to tell and show me the area where the ring could be in, which went from just above the water line and out to the south of where the chairs were set up. I started a north/south grid line from the water line out to the southern end and up to the alter with no luck. I was kind of lost at that time, because there was no way I was going to disturb what was set up. About that same time someone, it may have been the wedding planner, made a comment that they were losing daylight and needed to get started. It was also mentioned that they had a “stand in” ring they could use. I told them that I could wait and find it after the ceremony. They agreed and started the wedding.
I went back to my car and grabbed my headlamp, just in case and then waited way back in the background. As soon as the ceremony was over and the guest headed towards the reception, I moved in. I confirmed with the wedding planner that I could move the chairs and got the ok. The grandmother had told me earlier that the flower girls had been in and out of the first 4 rows of chairs. I moved the entire section of chairs, turned on my Equinox and started where the first row was. About 5 steps, I hit a solid 14 on the VDI (visual display indicator). I knew a man’s white gold wedding band is going to ring up in the low teens. It took a couple of scoops to get the target out of the soft sand, probably because it had been stepped on so many times. I finally had the target in the scoop, shook the sand out and heard the familiar clang of metal in the scoop. Peered in the scoop and saw Andrew’s wedding band.
I caught up with Andrew and Rachel who were still with the photographer getting their wedding pictures and gave the ring to Rachel so she could complete the ceremony by placing the ring on Andrews’s finger.
Andrew concocted a story to tell everyone at the reception that he had his ring back. I played along and everyone that asks me, I told them I didn’t find it. At the reception when everyone was seated for dinner, he made the announcement saying, “Jim wasn’t able to find my ring, but he did find me a more expensive ring!” as he pulled his hand out of his pocket holding it up in the air showing the ring on his finger. Everyone applauded.
Mikayla – Thank you for calling me to help find Andrew and Rachel’s special ring.
Andrew and Rachel – I wish you all the best in your life together.
Jim
In the middle of October, I received a call from Peter concerning a Lost Ring in the middle of the woods in Maine. Peter and his son had been bird hunting. They were successful and they decided to clean the bird at the end of the road. After cleaning the bird, he rinsed his hands with some water and shook them to get the water off. A few miles down the road Peter realized his ring was missing. His son remembers the ring on his finger when he was cleaning the bird. He felt he must’ve lost it after rinsing his hands off. They went back and searched the Area visibly check the bird remains thoroughly and did not find a ring. He then drove approximately 60 miles to a town and bought a metal detector. Returning after dark, they searched the area with the metal projector and could not find a ring. The next day he contacted me. I was unable to go immediately because I was going myself into the North Maine woods to bird hunt. I said we can do it next Sunday or we could do it Tuesday .Tuesday. We can hunt birds Sunday we cannot. We both agreed to do it next Tuesday. 27 October. We met up at a crossroads in the woods and Peter led the way to the end of this road. They showed me where they had cleaned the bird. I searched the area and the only thing I found was bullet casings. 9 mm and a lot of them. We moved my vehicle and searched the road area and the area where he was standing in the road behind him. The first picture with his son and him standing beside it shows where he was cleaning the bird . At the time they were doing that his vehicle was parked directly behind him. We search For approximately a half an hour and couldn’t not find a ring. I searched every place. I felt the Ring could possibly have flown off his hands. Finally, I had him move his vehicle out Of the way and search there. The final place, of course proved to be successful. His ring had flown off his finger, and either flown over his vehicle, parked behind him or under the vehicle and roll or somehow ended up on the other side of the road. I felt this was the least likely place it could be, but that’s where it was. in the end, another ring was where it belongs.
