Greg a golf buddy of mine knew I was a Ring Finder. When his friend Ruthann lost her gold diamond ring while doing yard work he gave her my number. Ruthann and Greg searched the area with no luck so decided to call in the professional. It was an area of dense shrubs so I could not swing my detector. Using my pin pointer on my hands and knees I found the ring lodged between the shrub roots. Another happy ending.
David’s wife was dropping their young daughter off at school and as she bent down to give her a kiss her diamond stud ear ring got tangled up in her daughter’s hair! It dropped somewhere either into the grass or onto her daughter’s backpack or on the sidewalk. After a frantic search someone suggested she call one of The Ring Finders! I met David and conducted an extensive search but my metal detector only picked up lots of small pieces of aluminum and a ton of small trash items. My last look over the sidewalk revealed where her lost diamond stud ear ring was hiding…and it was in one of the joints of the sidewalk and it was almost impossible to see! But thankfully it was found and returned to a very grateful young couple. I breathed a silent prayer of thanksgiving as I drove home!
How can I help you find something you have lost recently or years ago? Call or text me ASAP as 321-363-6029 and let’s talk.
Mike McInroe…very thankful to be a member of theringfinders.com
I was completing my 2nd ring finder mission of the day when I received a text from Jim regarding a lost platinum wedding band. It just so happens I was 15 minutes down the road successfully helping another gentlemen with his lost band…so i headed in his direction. Upon arrival Jim took me to his backyard and explained that he was playing/wrestling with his dogs when his ring came up missing. He suggested an area where he felt it most likely fell off….but couldn’t rule out any area in the large yard. As I always do I started scanning with my metal detector the most likely area the ring was lost. From 40 years of metal detecting I know that a ring on the surface has a very dramatic/unique signal on a metal detector…so I was hyper focused on hearing just that signal. I also calibrated my machine for just a gold/platinum ring. 3 minutes into the search….the signal I was looking for blew my ears off! It was 3 inches down in the deep grass and invisible to my eyes…but I knew it was there. I got out my ponpointer…dug around….and there it was! I was very happy to be able to return Jim’s ring to him…his smile as I handed his ring to him makes being a busy ring finder the best thing in the world!
This adventure started on Sunday, Nov 30th around 11:30 am when I received a text saying, “Hi Jim. We lost a men’s gold wedding band at Ocean Isle Beach on Wednesday. Any chance it is findable? It was in the surf as the tide was going out.” I texted her back and told her I’d call her shortly. A short time later I called the number attached to the text and spoke to Susan. She told me that the ring was lost at approximately 3 pm on Wednesday, Nov 26th. A check of the tide tables for the 26th showed low tide was at 5:24 pm, meaning the ring was lost about 2 ½ hours before low tide. Susan also said that there was a couple of gentlemen metal detecting who had looked for the ring without success. Looking at the tide tables for Sunday, low tide was at 9:15 pm. I told Susan I’d be out there around 7 pm that evening. My next concern was finding a place to park, since Susan and her group had already left to go home. But I’d figure that out when I got there.
It was dark when I got there at 6:50 pm. I pulled in the driveway of the house and took a picture of it with the name, “Sea Wolf,” and sent it to Susan to let her know I was there. As I’m trying to figure out where to park, the cleaning crew was leaving. I explained what I was doing and was granted permission to park in the driveway. That problem solved. Made my way out on the beach and went through Susan’s text messages again to make sure I was in the right area. Up to this point, I was assuming the lost ring belonged to her husband. In her text she said that her son, Logan was the one who lost his yellow gold wedding ring 4 to 5 houses down from the house they were renting. So my plan was to go to the far side of the 6th house and work a grid back to the house they rented. I had just enough moon light to see my grid lines from dragging my sand scoop in the sand to keep me on track. I was working from the mid-tide line down to ankle/shin deep in the ocean. I passed the 5th, 4th, and 3rd houses with no luck, other than 2 pennies, 2 pull tabs and a tungsten ring that had been buried for quite a while. It was close to 9 pm and reaching dead low tide. As I was coming out of the water behind the 2nd house, I got a solid 16/17 on the Minelab Equinox 800 VDI (visual display indicator) and I knew I had Logan’s gold ring. After 4 days of sitting in the surf under the moving water and shifting sand, it took me a couple of scoops to get the ring out. Bingo. I sent a picture of the ring to Susan who sent it to Logan and he identified it. I got the ring in the mail on Monday and sent it on its way back home to Virginia with an estimated delivery date of today, Friday.
Susan – Thank you for contacting me to help find Logan’s ring.
Logan – So happy I could help find your ring and get it back where it belongs.
Jim
Jane and her college roommates were enjoying the first snowfall of the year in front of the historic Utah County Courthouse. After a snowball fight, they made snow angels, and then discovered that one of the roommates had lost her favorite ring in the snow. After the snow melted, Jane returned and searched thoroughly for the ring in the grass but couldn’t find it. She hoped to find the ring, then give it as a surprise birthday present to her roommate in a few weeks. She found my name in TheRingFinders.com and gave me a call. We met the next morning, and after maybe 45 minutes of searching in a light snowfall with my metal detectors, we found the ring hidden in the grass. Jane is excited to return the ring to its owner at the birthday party!
It’s that time of year! ❄️🌨️Lynette was cleaning off her car the other day and felt her ring fall off. She said she tried so hard to find it. It was a ring given to her by her parents when she was 16 and has worn it every day since. So you can imagine how special this was to her. I bundled up drove 40 minutes and met her at her location. After she showed me what happened I grabbed my gear and told her she didn’t have to wait out here with me in the cold. She went inside, I swung my detector maybe 5 times and got a low faint signal. It was buried in the snow in the rocks next to her car. It was so helpful that she knew when it fell off, it aided in the 3 minute search! Seeing Tears of joy always warms my heart. Worth the nearly 1.5 drive time 😊
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Olivia called letting me know she had lost a bracelet in the sand at a private beach club while at a party the night before. There had been a lot of activity at the party, so she was unaware the bracelet was gone until later that night. We arranged a time to do the search, and she obtained permission for me to come and help her.
She took me to the area of the loss when I arrived, and showed me where she believed the bracelet might be. It was a good sized area that would have to be meticulously gone over with my detector. I worked a tight grid making sure I covered every inch of sand, but not find the bracelet. I then began to expand the search area when I got a good signal, dug, and had her bracelet. She was happy to have it back, and it made for a very productive day.
Don’t let the County beach cleaning machines take your lost valuable, call as soon as possible! I will work hard, searching beaches, parks, and yards, using the most up to date metal detectors, to help you find what you thought might never be found again. I search, Beverly Hills, Hermosa Beach, Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Newport Beach, Northridge, Pasadena, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Seal Beach, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Torrance, Venice Beach, Zuma Beach, and all parks, yards, gardens, and ponds (to 5 foot depths) in all of Orange County, all of Los Angeles County, Southern California, and Ventura County.
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Early Monday morning, while I was at work, I received a text from Dan. Dan said that he was in need of my services. He told me that he and his wife had just got married on Saturday (two days ago) and his ring was a little loose fitting to begin with. He went on to say that he was out in their front yard and was adjusting a Christmas light in the deep snow. When he stood up and turned around he shook his hands to get the snow and water off of them. While he was shaking his hands his brand new wedding ring flew off of his finger! He said he felt it come off, but didn’t see where it went. I told him that I was at work at the time and that the earliest that I could be there would be around 3 pm. We agreed to meet then if they didn’t find it first. Around noon Dan messaged me back and told me that they hadn’t found it and have given up. I reassured them that I would be there as soon as possible. I arrived shortly before 3 o’clock and met Dan’s wife in front of the house by the Christmas decorations. I could see where they were looking for his ring by the areas of disturbed snow and exposed grass from them dumping warm water in the grass to melt the snow. I started in the strip of grass in-between the curb and the sidewalk. Starting with the snow that had been pushed up along the curb by the snowplows… nothing. I then did a small grid pattern in the suspected area, around all of the disturbed snow and bare grass, nothing there either. So I went to the other side of the sidewalk and started working my way back towards where I had begun. After about only 10 or 15 feet I got a quite, but solid, 4 on the Equinox 800. I grabbed my Garrett pinpointer and started searching the deep snow. As you can see in Dan’s Ring camera video I immediately got a solid signal that sounded like something laying on top of the ground. I quickly located the item in a handful of snow and as I opened my hand I could see the distinct edge of the black and gold ring in the fresh white snow!
Success!!!
Another smile for the book!!
Lost Keys Found in the Snow: A Winter Recovery Tale
It was a crisp winter morning when our client lost his set of keys—complete with two key fobs—while snow blowing his driveway and tidying up the yard. He needed the keys to unlock a locked shed out back, and he distinctly remembered slipping them into his jacket pocket after. But despite a thorough search using a rake and even a rented metal detector, the keys had vanished into the fresh snow. His activities had taken him all around the house: clearing the driveway, putting away a few items from the deck, and navigating the side yard and beyond. Most of the snow had been raked and disturbed in the process, but the keys were nowhere to be found.
Frustrated but hopeful, the client reached out to Darrin Gay of The Ring Finders. Darrin, recognizing the challenge of a snowy search, referred the job to me, Paul Nolan, another Ring Finders metal detecting specialist in the area. I had the afternoon free and promised to swing by within the hour.
I arrived around noon under a brilliant sun with not a whisper of wind—perfect conditions for a recovery. The client gave me a full tour of the property: the long driveway, the side yard, the shed, and the expansive two-tiered backyard with its large deck. Snow blanketed everything, crisscrossed by tracks from boots and equipment, but the path was straightforward.
I started with the most likely spot: the driveway. Grid by grid, I swept my detector—nothing but silence. Next, I moved to the shed and side yard, where he’d unlocked the door. Again, no signals worth chasing. That left the backyard, a vast expanse of undisturbed powder dotted with the deck’s shadow and scattered winter chores.
The detector hummed to life here and there, picking up faint targets buried deep below the frozen ground—nails, tools, or who-knows-what from seasons past. As I circled the deck, I hit a consistent line of signals along the back drip edge, like buried wiring or low-voltage lines snaking underground. Steady pings, nothing exciting. Then, a brief clear patch… followed by one more hit, about six inches long, right in line with the others but offset by four feet.
I figured it was more of the same—probably just extension cords or landscape lights. But the tone was off, crisp and shallow, only an inch or two beneath the surface crust. Something nagged at me. I set the detector aside, grabbed my garden rake, and gently scraped away the top layer of snow.
There they were: the lost keys, glinting in the sunlight like buried treasure. Two fobs intact, no worse for the wear. The client’s face lit up as I handed them over—a huge relief after days of worry.
It’s funny how it always seems to happen in the last place you look. Another successful hunt for The Ring Finders, turning a snowy mystery into a quick win. If you’ve lost something precious in the white stuff, don’t rake alone—give us a call!