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After she said “Yes” to His Proposal, Her Silver Engagement Ring Slipped into the Ocean, North Myrtle Beach SC.

  • from North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina, United States)
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On Wednesday September 2, 2026, and just before 8 p.m., I received a phone call from Kenneth saying he had lost a silver engagement ring in the ocean. He continued by saying that he had proposed to his Fiancée, Alli and within a few seconds, he heard her say, “Oh NO!” when her ring had slipped off her finger at the edge of the water and disappeared. I got the address and was on my way.

When I arrived, I met Kenneth on the beach, and he showed me the area. The problem was it was Pitch Black outside, and he wasn’t sure of the exact location. So, I was looking at a pretty good size area. I started a grid search at what was thought to be the far north end of the area. After about an hour, I called it a night. I couldn’t see my grid lines and was just wandering aimlessly in hopes of hitting the ring with the Equinox 800. I told him I’d be there the next morning at low tide.

The next morning when I showed up, there was another guy detecting the area. I was confused and Kenneth said someone had responded to his post on Facebook and had been there since 5:30 a.m. When I talked to the guy, I found out he was a Ring Finder from NC and was on vacation. He had seen the post and thought he’d lend a hand in finding the ring. I got a better idea from Kenneth of where the ring was lost but it was apparent, by the scoop drag marks in the sand, that the area had already been searched. So, I did the top half of the beach with no luck. After a couple of hours of searching we called it. I wasn’t pleased with the results and had planned on redoing the area on another day.

I was busy for the next 2 days but was finally able to make it out on Sunday morning before low tide, 4 days after the loss. I started my normal east/west grid search, from the beach to the water, and at the southern point where Kenneth was positive they hadn’t been past. From the details Kenneth had given me, I knew the ring should be just above the low tide line, just not sure how far across the beach. Just around an hour of doing my grid search across the beach, I was about 15 feet out of the water and hit a loud and solid 21-22 on the Equinox VDI (visual display indicator). Those numbers told me there was silver under the coil. It took a couple of scoops, and the target was out of the hole. I spread the sand out with my foot and saw Kenneth’s silver engagement ring lying on the beach. I took a picture of his ring and sent it to him, then called him. He confirmed it was his. Tuesday, I got the ring in the mail back to where it belongs.

On Friday 9/11, Kenneth advised me he received his ring in the mail. The ring is back where it belongs safe and sound!

Kenneth – Thanks for calling me and allowing me to help find your lost treasure. I wish you and Alli all the best.

Jim

 

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Lost Gold Ring Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver.

  • from Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
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Lost your Ring/Jewellery/Cell Phone/Keys…Call ASAP 24/7 Chris- 778-838-3463

I received a text message in regards to finding a lost ring at Spanish Banks beach here in Vancouver. After asking a few questions, I learned that the Ring was lost on Thursday and she was reaching out to me Sunday, late afternoon. I told her with the amount of people hunting the beaches these days there was a good chance someone may have already found it. She also told me she lost it beside a log and everybody who metal detects goes around the logs, and she posted it on a lost and found forum online, the odds were definitely against us, but it would still be worth searching for just for the what if factor.

The young lady was not able to meet me at the beach as she was working so we were able to FaceTime and she put me in the area where she believe the ring to have been lost. This search surprisingly only took me five minutes and it was just a foot or so away from the log.

I love my Job!!! Makes me happy to reconnect people with their most sentimental items. If you’ve lost something, don’t wait until it’s too late call ASAP. I look forward to helping you find what you thought was lost forever.

 

I’m posting most of my recoveries now here on Instagram…

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Lost Ring in Annendale VA – Found! (September 2026)

  • from Fairfax (Virginia, United States)
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A very common occurrence, Kyla was doing yardwork over the weekend and at some point, lost her wedding ring. She put an awesome effort in, but couldn’t find the ring anywhere, no matter what she tried. So, on Sunday evening, she reached out for some “RingFinder” help. I met her this morning; she showed my the yard, shared details on where she thinks it may be, and what she was doing when she lost it… and within the hour, she had her ring back! If you lose it, don’t wait – call! I am always excited to help you recover your lost item!

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Land and Water Lost Item Recovery Seattle

  • from Mercer Island (Washington, United States)
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Gold Engagement Ring Lost In The Beach Sand, Found With A Metal Detector In Kennebunkport, Maine

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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💍 𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀 𝐁𝐄𝐄-𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄𝐓𝐘!🐝

It was August 1st when the phone rang. On the line was Kaitlin, sounding completely anxious. Her sister, Kelly, had just lost her precious engagement ring somewhere on the beautiful, massive expanse of Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport Maine.

As a detectorist with 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞, I immediately went into investigative mode. 🕵️‍♂️ I started asking my usual checklist of questions to narrow down the search grid:

* Did she lose it in the water or the dry sand?

* Did she see or feel the ring slide off?

* Was there a specific area where she spent most of her time?

* What kind of metal is the ring made of? (I always bring a matching test ring to calibrate my detector and show the client exactly how it works!)

What Kaitlin told me next was a scenario I won’t soon forget! 🤯

Earlier in the day, Kelly had been swimming, which naturally shrinks fingers. Later, while relaxing peacefully in her beach chair, a bee or hornet suddenly landed right on her! 🐝❌

Total panic set in. Kelly jumped up, took off running, and began wildly flailing her arms to swat the stinging threat away. She bolted around her family’s beach setup and ran toward the water until the bee was finally gone. 🏃‍♀️💨

It was only when she sat back down in her chair that her heart sank—her engagement ring was gone. To make matters worse, her wedding was just two months away in October! 😭💍

Kelly was fairly certain the ring was somewhere in the dry sand. But with her running in circles and flailing her arms, that ring could have flown off her finger in a 360-degree radius, landing anywhere up to 30 or 40 feet away! The search grid was going to be massive.

Kaitlin mentioned that the whole family was still out on the beach actively searching. I immediately gave her some crucial advice: “Please hold off on disturbing the area as much as possible! Whatever you do, don’t dig any holes.” When helpful searchers dig and refill holes, they can inadvertently bury a shallow ring too deep for a standard detector to scan. 🛑⏳

At that exact moment, Cheryl and I were actually over on Mackworth Island  in Falmouth, Maine. We were in the middle of searching for a lost diamond stud earring. Unfortunately, that specific hunt turned up empty.

As soon as the earring search wrapped up an hour later, we packed up our gear. With all the wild details of the bee-panic engagement ring loss fresh in our minds, there was only one thing left to do: hit the road and get to Kennebunkport Maine as fast as possible! 🚗💨

I called Kaitlin back to let her know we were about 45 minutes away. She told me her father would meet us at the beach access path to guide us directly to the spot. Sure enough, the moment Cheryl and I arrived, her dad was right there waiting for us. He escorted us straight down to the scene of the “bee incident.”

That is where we met Kelly. With her wedding coming up fast in October, the stress and anxiety coming from her were palpable. I knew we needed to find this ring, and fast. ❤️💪

Kelly pointed out exactly where her beach chair had been when the bee landed on her. Then, she walked me through her frantic flight path as she tried to escape it. At first glance, it didn’t look like a massive area. But knowing how far a ring can fly when someone is violently flailing their arms, the potential search zone could easily extend 40 feet on either side of that path.

I decided the smartest move was to start scanning the dry sand between their family beach setup and the nearby dune restoration project. As I looked around, two major worries crossed my mind. First, I prayed the ring hadn’t flown into the protected dune grass, which is strictly off-limits. Second, the beach was packed! There were crowds of people with towels, blankets, and beach bags lined up just past the high tide mark. If that ring took flight, it easily could have landed right on someone else’s towel or bounced straight into a stranger’s beach bag. 😱🎒

With the stakes higher than ever, it was time to turn on the detectors and start swinging.

I started with a tight grid search in the area behind their beach setup and right up to the edge of the dune grass. After about 30 minutes of careful sweeping, my detector picked up only a few stray coins and the usual beach trash—but no engagement ring. 🪙🗑️

Next, I moved into their beach canopy. I spent about 10 minutes checking inside, but the metal frame from the canopy makes a thorough search difficult because it interferes with the detector’s signals. It wasn’t a perfect sweep, but I knew I could always come back and try a different approach inside the canopy later in the evening if the primary search areas turned up empty.

Having now cleared the interior of the canopy, the north side, and the west side, it was time to change direction. I shifted my focus to the south side of the canopy and began working my way toward the front, closely tracing the path of her frantic flight to safety. 🗺️🤔

Almost immediately, my headphones lit up with that beautiful, low tone I was hoping to hear! 🎧🎉

I pulled out my handheld pinpointer to narrow down the target, then carefully brushed through the soft sand with my hand. I felt the familiar shape of a ring. Before I even had it pulled completely out of the sand, Kelly and Kaitlin caught sight of it and started jumping up and down in pure joy! 💃✨

Their father and other family members erupted into applause, and the cheering and excitement instantly spread to nearby beachgoers who had been watching the drama unfold. It was an absolutely fantastic moment, seeing so much happiness wash over everyone on that beach! 🥳👏

Kelly and Kaitlin immediately rushed over to give me giant hugs, followed by a firm, grateful handshake from their father as the cheers continued. Kelly couldn’t stop thanking me, flashing one of the biggest, best smiles I have ever seen. 😁❤️

As Cheryl and I packed up and walked away, I was floating on cloud nine. Helping Kelly recover her engagement ring just weeks before her big October wedding is exactly why we love doing this work. There is no better feeling in the entire world. I truly have the best job, and I love what I do!

“𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒔.” 🙌✨

🚨 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐒? 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄! 🚨

If you or someone you know loses a ring, keys, or jewelry on the beach, 𝐃𝐎 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐈𝐓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐎 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐃𝐈𝐆!

 Stop what you are doing and call Dennis at 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 right away at 𝟐𝟎𝟕-𝟒𝟐𝟑-𝟑𝟎𝟐𝟕. 

The sooner you call, the faster we can get you your own happy ending!

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Ring Recovered from Water in Lake Geneva, WI

  • from Lake Geneva (Wisconsin, United States)
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A Friend in Need

Lake Geneva, WI, once dubbed the Newport (RI) of the West in the late 19th century, has a rich history and many charming features, drawing both tourists and residents.  Some come for the shopping, the restaurants, and the small-town atmosphere.  Others come for work or strong schools.  It’s no surprise the lake itself, Geneva Lake, is the main attraction, the magnet, the reason people come to the area.

And surrounding this beautiful lake is a 21+ mile lake path that the public has enjoyed for hundreds of years.  It began as a simple footpath for Native Americans to travel and hunt between villages.  In the 1870s, it evolved into a workman and estate trail before finally becoming a legal right-of-way in the late 19th century.  It was during this final stage, in 1894, that a piece of land was donated to the city of Lake Geneva to build a park and library.

And this is where my story begins.

On August 25th, 2026, Susan left me a voicemail.  “I’m calling in regards to hopefully you helping to find a piece of lost jewelry near the shoreline at one of the spots in Lake Geneva.”  After talking with Susan, I learned that a friend of theirs had lost a special ring in the lake, near the front of Library Park.  This historic lakepath is now a concrete sidewalk with open views of the water and benches for sitting and enjoying the space.

In front of one of these benches, somewhere in the shallow water, sat a ring for nearly a month.  The ring was accidentally thrown into the water by a friend.  I met with Susan and Randy to see what I could do.  They contacted me on behalf of a friend, hoping I could find it with my metal detector.  Could I find it?

It was a cool morning, around 6:30 am, when we met.  I listened to their story, and as I got in the water, Randy pointed me in the right direction.  The seaweed was thick in this shallow area, and there were many rocky sections that could easily hide a ring.  I searched in a grid pattern for nearly an hour and found only trash and a few coins.  At this point, I was getting quite cold, and my pouch was full of heavy trash.  I decided to take a break, dump all the trash from my pouch, and rethink the search.  Although I wore my full-length wetsuit, Randy saw I was chilled and offered to get me a coffee.  I brushed it off, not wanting to impose on him, but his kindness insisted, and off he went.

In the meantime, I sat on the bench with Susan, talking about the situation and how it was thrown into the water… and then I had an idea.  

I got up and picked up three small stones, felt their weight, and guessed they might be close to the weight of a ring.  The ring was thrown from a seated position on the bench.

  I handed Susan a stone and said, “Throw it.  Throw it like you remember it was thrown.”  She did, and the stone didn’t even make it to the water.  It clattered on the stones along the shore.  

“Try again,” I added.  “Really give it a throw!”  She obliged, and this time it just barely plinked into the edge of the lake.  

“I think I’m searching too far out, Susan,” I said.  “The stones you threw are nowhere close to where I was looking.”  She agreed.

Randy arrived with the hot coffee, and what a blessing it was!  It wasn’t long before I was warm and eager to start the search again.

But before getting into the water, I gathered three more stones and ran Randy through the same stone-throwing test… and had similar results.  Each stone landed just beyond the shoreline.

I donned my gear and stepped back into the water, searching in barely ankle-deep water, listening and scanning with my eyes.

Moments later, I saw it, the ring, clearly resting between two fist-sized stones.  I questioned my eyes, as it had been nearly a month in the water, and ran my detector over it.  Beeeeep!  I reached in and plucked it from the bottom.  The search was a success!  

Randy and Susan were elated!  They were able to return this precious piece of jewelry, which has so many irreplaceable memories connected to it, to their friend.

If you or someone you know has lost a phone, ring, or other jewelry item, please call.  The smiles I enjoy when returning lost items are one of the best parts of what I do.

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Fishing gear lost in lake recovered Burchard Lake Nebraska

  • from Lincoln (Nebraska, United States)
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Contact me for all your metal detecting and recovery needs. Rob 402-580-6933. Land, water, cracks in concrete, rings, keys, hearing aids, phones, buried cache, etc. Assisting law enforcement. Sonar searching and recovery. Serving Lincoln and the greater Nebraska area. Why rent a metal detector when you can have the best.

Gerald was enjoying some late summer fishing from his kayak on the lake. Of all the items he equipped himself that day with, one was a fishing pole that he got when he was 12 when his dad taught him to use it. He lost his balance and went port side in. As his life jacket kept him afloat, 4 rods, 2 tackle boxes and a pair of pliers sank quickly in the 15′ deep water as he grabbed the kayak and flipped it back over. He returned the next day and tried to magnet fish for anything that might stick. After 2 hours the only thing that stuck was the magnet between 2 big rocks at the bas of the dam. This seemed like a good challenge so I hit the lake a few days later and the rest is history. Was my honor to recover his items especially the irreplaceable rod that held so many memories.

 

 

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Equestrian Center Recovery in Wayne, Illinois

  • from Chicago (Illinois, United States)
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Received a call from a woman that lost a gold and silver brooch while riding her horse at Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne Illinois.

My first reaction was this was going to be quite a difficult search due to the area that may have to be covered, however to my surprise I have never seen such a clean site, it was absolutely void of targets, (good news for the horses) and no horse poop (good news for me) This enabled me to use my large coil to get more coverage and was able to hit it within an hour.

VERY HAPPY ENDING!!

 

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Ring lost in Serra Mesa found

  • from La Jolla (California, United States)
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Shelly found my number asking for help finding her lost ring. She was in the back yard on a deck overlooking a canyon when her ring took a high dive over the fence and into the abyss below.  She and her husband had even bought a detector and pin pointer to search with on their own, but, without any luck. This was no ordinary back yard. It was a steep jungle of jade plant, scrub trees, and native brush, along with the typical debris a canyon seems to accumulate……aluminum cans, foil, metal junk of all sorts, and some broken up concrete. Oh, and in the middle of all this is a metal chain link fence separating their yard with a SDG&E access road area. Not going to be an easy one….and it wasn’t. First hot and humid day, with hope and a prayer, but, with limited areas to swing a search coil, it wasn’t found. Serious ground clearing was in order, and that’s what they did the second day. Shelly and her husband bought a chainsaw and some loppers to try and clear the search area. Third day, I came back to see if the ring could now be found. A quick sweep of the area again and still nothing. Ok, time to get serious. All three of us now decided to completely clear everything from in and around the fence and cut down a tree that was in supposedly ground zero. Hit the fence line with detector and pin pointer now that I had some access. Still nothing. Well actually something….We had had Shelly toss some coins where she thought the ring went, and We found all of those. Before expanding the search area even more, we cleaned all the debris we had created and moved it all downhill so I could make one last sweep over the dirt access road along the fence that we both had swept 2-3 times already. Two thirds of the way through, I got THE signal! Just under the dirt was this gorgeous ring. Not sure if it had been hung up in the tree, the brush, the jade plants next to the fence or what, but, we now had a happy couple, and a sweaty, tired detectorist eager to get out of that canyon and into some A/C with a cold drink. A pleasure to meet you both, your folks, your puppy, and thank you for the reward.

 

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Lost engagement ring lost on an Oregon beach

  • from Oregon City (Oregon, United States)
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I received a message from Vincent a couple weeks ago, asking if I could help find his fiancé s ring he had lost on the beach in Rockaway.
The ring was put in his hat for safekeeping, and placed on a large log where they had set-up for the day. At some point, he put on his hat, and the ring was gone.
It was almost a week since the loss, and he had acquired a metal detector, and returned to search for himself, but had no luck.

Vincent sent me a map of the area, highlighting the log and the section of beach they had been on. He also sent photos of the of the ring, a 4.5 karat pink diamond in a rose gold setting.
I was able to drive out there the next morning, always wanting to get to a public place as soon as possible. I arrived early before too many people were on the beach, and found the large log he had described. Searching that area, I only found a couple of aluminum pull tabs.
I then began an east/west grid search of the area.
Again, more aluminum. Then I hit a faint but repeatable signal with good numbers. I kicked back the sand and saw nothing. Moved some more sand and saw a big, pink rock. Bingo!
I sent Vincent a message telling him the ring was definitely not around the log he had thought he had lost it. I then sent a picture of the ring.
After several excited messages, we agreed to meet up in the PDX area to return the ring.
We met up and he told me he was going to wait for a bit and re-propose with the lost ring. I agreed to wait to post the details until after that.

Vincent returned Sierra’s ring to her on her birthday. Sierra called me to express her appreciation for me returning the ring.
Returning something so special to people who thought was gone forever is better than any reward.

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