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Newlywedโ€™s Engagement Ring Lost In The Beach Sand, Found With A Metal Detector, In Ocean Park, Maine Old Orchard Beach

  • from Old Orchard Beach (Maine, United States)
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๐Ÿ’ FOUND AT THE BEACH! ๐ŸŒŠโœจ

Talk about a rollercoaster of a day for a couple of newlyweds!

On July 11th, Jen and her husband Ryanโ€”married for just one single monthโ€”were enjoying a beautiful Maine summer day on the beach in Ocean Park, Maine with 15 to 20 of their closest family and friends.

Suddenly, the unthinkable happened. Jen went to remove her engagement ring, and it ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ, vanishing deep into the sand somewhere in front of her. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

The entire group jumped into action, searching the sand, but couldn’t find a trace of it. Thatโ€™s when someone in the crowd made the brilliant suggestion to call The Ring Finders of Maine! ๐Ÿ“ž

When the call came in, I was actually an hour away at Sebago Lake Maine , knee-deep in a water search for another lost wedding ring. I told the Ocean Park crew that Cheryl and I would head their way the second I finished.

Talk about luckโ€”just 5 minutes later, I recovered the ring at Sebago Lake!

I immediately called Jen’s group back to let them know we were on our way. I gave them two crucial pieces of advice: ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐›๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ง๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐.

When we arrived in Ocean Park an hour later, the whole group warmly greeted us. Jen showed me exactly where she was standing and the direction the ring flew.

And let me tell you, this group did a phenomenal jobโ€”they used childrenโ€™s beach toys to create a large circle around the entire hot zone! A truly brilliant move. ๐Ÿงธ๐Ÿ–๏ธ

I kicked off my grid search at the top of the toy circle, working my way down toward the ocean. I finished my first pass, turned around, and started heading back toward the shore.

About 3/4 of the way back…๐๐Ž๐Ž๐Œ! I got the exact tone I was hoping for on my metal detector. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

I pulled out my pinpointer, cleared the sand, and pulled out Jen’s beautiful engagement ring!

The second the ring cleared the sand, the entire beach exploded into cheering and clapping! ๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ‘

The heavy tension in the air instantly evaporated, replaced by pure joy and relief.

๐Ÿ‘‰๐ƒ๐จ๐ง’๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐› ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ!๐ŸŽฌ
Congratulations again to Jen and Ryan on your recent wedding! I am so incredibly happy I could help save your summer day and bring that beautiful ring back where it belongs.

Moments like this remind us every day: ๐–๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐›!โค๏ธ

Lost something valuable in the sand or water? Don’t lose hopeโ€”call The Ring Finders of Maine at 207-423-3027.

Remember our motto: “๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐“๐จ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐“๐จ ๐”๐ฌ.”โœจ

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Earring goes missing in Oregon yard, found with a metal detector

  • from Oregon City (Oregon, United States)
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Tiny gold Sunday morning, I received a call from Erin inquiring if I might be able to help find her earring that was lost in her yard. She explained that nine or ten days prior, she had been spreading fertilizer on the lawn. She drove below a low-hanging branch, and felt it catch on her ear. She quickly stopped, and found the back of the earring on her shirt, but the diamond stud was gone. She checked her clothing , the lawn tractor, and immediate area, but didnโ€™t find it.
Erin then did what many others do, acquired a metal detector. She had the matching earring, but her detector couldnโ€™t find the small amount of 14k gold in the mount. Then Google search, found me, and made the call.

It was great timing, and I was able to go over later in the day. I loaded two of my best suited detectors and headed out.

Arrived, met Erin, and went over the details. She had the other earring, so we placed it in a small ziplock. I dropped it on the lawn and ran the first detector over it. Nothing. Made several adjustments to settings, but still struggled to get a good response. Switched to the trusty Manticore with a 10โ€ coil, and in gold field mode with some adjustments, I was able to get a faint but repeatable response. ย  I held onto the other earring as a reference, and began searching. Shortly into the search I decided to switch to a smaller 8โ€ coil. Recalibration on the detector, and started again. Shortly thereafter, I hit a perfect target, good tone and display. Looking down, I saw the missing item slightly buried in the ground.
Erin was close by, so I said โ€œI got itโ€ and she excitedly came over. When she got to me, I of course couldnโ€™t find it visually, and it took a few moments to find it again with the Manticore.
Itโ€™s always so gratifying to hand over something to another person they thought was lost forever.

This was a challenging search, with a great outcome. It was also amazing to meet people who traveled the same path as me, and reconnect with shared memories.

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Lost Gold Wedding Ring Found, Donner Lake, Truckee, California

  • from South Lake Tahoe (California, United States)
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Got a text yesterday afternoon at 4:27pm, from Cody, requesting a lost ring recovery search for her husbandโ€™s wedding ring in Donner Lake. This wedding ring was very special having originally belonged to his late father.
He had been climbing a rock, three hundred feet or so, offshore in Donner Lake. His hand slipped and off came his ring in about 8 feet of water.
We arranged to meet at the entrance to the Donner Memorial State Park at 8:00am.
By 8:15am they guided me to a shoreline location closest to the offshore rock.
I geared up and began swimming out to the rock. With my XP Deus 2 metal detector and Blu3 Nomad dive system, I was able to recover his ring in a short amount of time.
At 8:40am I handed the ring over. He and Cody were very happy and relieved to have his fatherโ€™s ring back on his finger.

 

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Lost Wedding Ring at Silver Strand Beach in Oxnard by Dave The RingFinder

  • from Santa Barbara (California, United States)
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If you have lost your wedding ring, a bracelet, golden grill or a necklace donโ€™t waste the time or the money buying or renting a metal detector. Instead hire an expert metal detecting professional like Dave The RingFinder! Dave is the โ€œmetal detectiveโ€ and knows how to stack the odds in your favor to get your precious jewelry back. Call or text Dave at 805-290-5009 so he can create a plan to get your ring back!

I got a text Sunday afternoon from Chris who had been visiting from Texas and while vacationing at Silver Strand Beach in Oxnard had lost his wedding ring boogie boarding. Evidently he had just caught a sweet wave and got up to wave at this his family and off came his wedding ring into the surf. Thinking he still had a chance to find it he went out the next morning and searched the beach at low tide and came away empty handed. Chris shared his situation with a passer by on the beach and he suggested he find a guy who uses a metal detector and that he had heard of a guy who finds rings for people. He went home and found Dave The RingFinder on Chat GPT! Unfortunately Chris and his family had left Oxnard to visit family in Bakersfield and wouldnโ€™t be returning so I was on my own. I explained to Chris that the only low tide decent enough in this cycle was the next morning at 6am and that I would go then. He gave me the area and unfortunately it was about 75 yards long by 25 wide so I had to move fast.

I got to the beach and began to move in and out of the water gridding perpendicular to the ocean. I had gone almost the entire distance south that he had mentioned when I decided to make a couple more passes before turning north to search. I had only dug two targets in that first hour so I began to theorize that most objects were buried deep. That being said on the next pass I got a solid 41 on the Minelab Manticore in about 6 inches of water and I began to scoop. And there it was, Chrisโ€™s wedding ring! It was going back to Texas after all!

Don’t Wait โ€” Time Is Critical After a Ring Loss in Ventura or Santa Barbara County

Whether you lost a ring, necklace, bracelet, or other jewelry on a Ventura or Santa Barbara County beach, in shallow surf, in a backyard, at a park, or in an open field โ€” the clock starts the moment it’s gone. Shifting tides, moving sand, and other detectorists can all work against recovery the longer you wait. Skip the metal detector rental and trust the expert โ€” Dave The RingFinder.

Dave The RingFinder serves the entire region including:

Ventura County: Ventura ยท Oxnard ยท Port Hueneme ยท Camarillo ยท Thousand Oaks ยท Moorpark ยท Simi Valley ยท Fillmore ยท Santa Paula ยท Ojai

Santa Barbara County: Santa Barbara ยท Carpinteria ยท Goleta ยท Montecito ยท Summerland ยท Lompoc ยท Santa Maria ยท Solvang ยท Buellton

Notable beaches and recovery locations served: Mondo’s Beach ยท Surfer’s Point ยท San Buenaventura State Beach ยท Rincon Beach ยท Carpinteria State Beach ยท East Beach Santa Barbara ยท West Beach Santa Barbara ยท McGrath State Beach Oxnard ยท Silver Strand Beach ยท Mandalay Beach

About Dave The RingFinder โ€” Ventura County’s Metal Detecting Specialist

Dave The RingFinder has been recovering lost jewelry with a metal detector since 2011 and has operated full-time as a professional ring and jewelry recovery specialist since 2017. Also known as The Metal Detective, Dave brings professional-grade equipment, deep local knowledge of Ventura and Santa Barbara County beaches and tides, and a genuine passion for reuniting people with their most treasured possessions. Every recovery is personal.

Before you spend an afternoon chasing down a metal detector rental in Ventura or Santa Barbara County, make one call instead. Dave has the equipment, the experience, and the track record โ€” and he works on your behalf from the moment you contact him.

๐Ÿ“ž Call or text Dave 24/7: 805-290-5009 ๐ŸŒ davetheringfinder.com

Lost something? Don’t rent โ€” trust the expert. Dave The RingFinder is here to bring your jewelry home

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Lost ring Unity Maine

  • from Brewer (Maine, United States)
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Saturday afternoon I received a phone call from Dennis of the RingFinders Of Maine. He had given my contact information to a gentleman with a lost ring in Unity Maine. ย I was contacted minutes later by Eric who had lost a ring in waste deep water while throwing a football. ย WE made arrangements to meet the next morning at the camp.

Once there, I got the rest of the story. Eric was attending a bachelor’s party and they were throwing a football in the water. To catch a high ball, he jumped and reached with his left hand. ย He caught the ball and felt something hit the top of his head. ย He asked his friend if he had thrown a rock as well. Approximately 5 minutes later, he noticed that his wedding ring was missing and figured immediately that that was what had hit him in the head.

I thought to myself, [not outloud so as not to jinx myself], this hunt is going to be easy.

After getting my metal detector and gear put together, I asked Eric to direct me to the spot he recalled being in. The bottom of the pond seemed to be a thin layer of mud, some vegetation and gravel type rocks. The first target wasnโ€™t the VID number I was hoping for, yet I wanted to get it up to be sure. Retrieving the first target proved to be a challenge as the rocks were embedded in the mud and clay which made scooping a target difficult. AFter seven attempts, i finally got that first target that was a fishing lure!! ย I said out loud โ€œI got it!โ€. ย  Eric and his friends, exclaimed โ€œYou got it?!!!โ€. ย I had to say “no no, not the ring, just this darn fishing lure”

The second target was a penny. The third target had the perfect VID number of 43 which is what I was looking for. I managed to retrieve the target with the second attempt ย and it was the ring! ย I said out loud this time , โ€œNOW I have the ringโ€.

Ericโ€™s smile says it all !

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LOST HUGE GOLD RING IN POND NEAR MAXTON, NCโ€ฆ.FOUND!!

  • from Raleigh (North Carolina, United States)
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Received a call from this gentleman last night about him losing a big gold ring!

Story goes, he was fishing at a highway pond/revisor and when he casted, the ring flew off and into about 2-2.5 feet of water but got swallowed up by the sandy bottom. He and his buddy jumped in trying to find it with no luck and Brian said he would find someone with equipment to come find it. He searched via ChatGPT and it told him to go to Gold Finders where he found me!

We agreed to meet up today after I got off work.

Drove down, met him at the spot, jumped in the water and scanned around. Found three cans then BOOM his big gold ring!

HE WAS SO EXCITED!! He took to IG and recorded a video of me in the water, full gear and his ring!

Love theringfinders.com page and helping folks get their priceless items back!!

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Total ring recoveries since joining โ€œThe Ring Findersโ€ 120 total!

Ring count for 2026: 106 (24 โ€“ recoveries/1 – return)

GOLD โ€“ 27 (19 โ€“ recoveries/1 – return)
GOLD/STAINLESS โ€“ 1
PLATNIUM โ€“ 4 (4-recoveries)
SILVER โ€“ 24
TUNGSTEN โ€“ 4 (1-recovery)
TITANIUM – 1
JUNK โ€“ 41
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โ€œDIG IT ALL, SAVE SOME RINGS, BURY THE DRAMA!โ€

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Sea Isle City NJ Lost Wedding Band Found by Ring Finders South Jersey John Favano

  • from North Wildwood (New Jersey, United States)
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LOST A RING IN SEA ISLE CITY, NJ?

Call now! 215-850-0188

Ringfinderssouthjersey.com

techniques greatly improve success.

Wedding bands, engagement rings, necklaces, and bracelets disappear every summer.

Many recoveries happen within hours after receiving the call.

Quick action makes an important difference.

If you lose jewelry, stop searching immediately.

Mark the location whenever possible.

Avoid unnecessary walking through the search area.

Then contact Ring Finders South Jersey.

I proudly serve Sea Isle City, Avalon, Stone Harbor, The Wildwoods, Cape May and surrounding South Jersey beaches.

I also recover lost jewelry from parks, yards, homes, and shallow water.

Every recovery strengthens my commitment to dependable service.

Helping families recover treasured memories never gets old.

Lost your ring in Sea Isle City?

Contact John Favano at RingFindersSouthJersey.com today.

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Lost Oura Ring at Aulani Lagoon Ko Olina Resort… Found & Returned!!!

  • from O‘ahu (Hawaii, United States)
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This ring return was triggered when I over heard on a YouTube video “Detect Florida” Shawn mentioned you can return Oura rings.ย  That led me to do a Google search and sure enough when I told the Oura AI Assistant that I found an Oura Ring and would like to return it.ย  AI asked if I could send a pic of the QR code inside the ring.ย  Since I had two in possession, I sent both QR Codes.ย  Low and behold a real person got back to me and said both were a match in their database.ย  ย Then Bridget asked if I would allow them to provide the owners with my email address and/or phone number so that they could reach out to me for a return.ย  Of course I agreed and the next day Dominique from Belleair, Florida contacted me.ย  She provided me her address and as you can see from that beautiful smile the Oura ring is back on her finger.ย  Aloha to Dominique!

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Lost Gold Ring Recovered in Elkton, Maryland!

  • from Baltimore (Maryland, United States)
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I received a call from Darcy earlier in the week informing me that while washing her dog outside in the yard, she immediately noticed that her ring was missing! She was certain earlier that day that the ring was on her finger and came to the reasonable conclusion that it must have come off while cleaning up the pup. She even rented a metal detector an attempted to locate it herself but became frustrated like most people do when she could not make heads or tails for the sounds she was getting from a detector. Despite her location being well over an hour drive, I agreed to make the trek because I felt certain just like Darcy that the ring had to be in that yard somewhere. Once I arrived, I immediately got to work. Darcy was very helpful showing me exactly where in the yard she was during her dogs’ bath. Because of that, I was able to locate the ring within 15 minutes! It made the long drive well worth it to see the look on Darcy’s face when I found it!

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Lost Gold Pendant recovered in Reisterstown, Maryland!

  • from Baltimore (Maryland, United States)
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I received a call from Anne informing me that while out in her front yard, she felt her necklace come loose. She was able to quickly find the chain but could not locate the pendant that was attached to it. After hours of searching the yard without success, she knew she needed help. I made plans to come out the very next morning as Anne and her husband were about to travel for several days leaving later that day. Once I arrived, Anne showed me exactly where she was in the yard when she felt the necklace come loose. I quickly got to work and within an hour was able to locate the pendant! It was face side down under dense grass, hence the reason Anne was not able to “eyeball” it during her visual search. Anne was very thankful and overjoyed when I made the find! She requested that she not be in the picture, so it is your truly showing off the recovery! I am happy I was able to get this pendant back where it belongs before Anne and her husband left for their trip!

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