- Land/Shallow Water Search
Norman Slaymaker
Cost For My Service
I am working on a reward basis. Depending on where you are there will be a $25 call out fee to cover my gas cost. There will be no call out fee in the Iowa City area.
Search Types
I have top grade equipment for both land and water. So I'm willing to search all land or beaches.
Water up to 5 feet. Even snow.
Search Locations
I will help you in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities and Des Moines areas.
I will help anywhere within 150 miles, if further away we can work something out.
Norman Slaymaker's Bio
have been metal detecting for many years now. I've found everything from aluminum hunting arrows to fabulous wedding rings for people who have called on me. Please look at my blog posts on this page.
I belong to a metal detecting club from Cedar Rapids. I have searched and recovered many lost items over the years. I will do my absolute best to recover your lost valuables.
I have uploaded many metal detecting videos to YouTube, below is a link to my YouTube channel.
Norman Slaymaker - Recent Blog Post
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Lost ring in Saylorville Lake… Found with a Metal Detector (2026)
Last weekend a guy named Rob lost his white gold wedding band while boating with his brother. They had pulled near shore and somehow he lost his ring overboard. Luckily they were in about waist deep water and the brother marked the area. So I had to get there and grid the area for awhile […]
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Lost Wedding Band … Found in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (2026)
Received a call this morning about a lost wedding band. The lady had been on a walking trail last night and lost her wedding ring which was a three ring set. Her husband and her found two of them right away but the third one couldn’t be found. I gridded and searched the area this […]
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Lost Platinum Ring… Found in DeWitt, Iowa (2026)
Yesterday I found a platinum wedding band for Tim, who lost it while pulling weeds in his garden and moving the weeds and brush to a burn pile He said he never had the band off in 22 years of marriage and his anniversary is on Friday. So he got it back just in time.
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Lost Car Fob… found in Dubuque, Iowa (2025)
We had a crazy snow storm on Thanksgiving weekend. Chris lost her car fob in about 9 inches of snow. She gave me a call and I looked for it today. I had a successful search, we were both happy!
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Lost I phone… found in Waukee Iowa (2025)
I found an I phone today that Ryan lost in a field of weeds behind his house. He said that it was lost in June and he had been searching for it ever since. He even purchased a cheap detector but was unable to find it. I was there around three hours gridding different sections […]
Norman Slaymaker - Testimonials
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You truly are amazing! (2026)
Thank you again! You truly are amazing!
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