Larry Fluckiger, Author at The Ring Finders

Lost ring in Cottonwood Heights: Found and Returned

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What is worse than a waterline leak that turns your front yard into a muddy mess? Losing a precious ring in that muddy mess.

After family members came to help Lisa out by digging a 5 1/2-foot-deep hole in the mud, her son-in-law discovered that his gold wedding band was missing. They were worried that the ring was in the mud in the bottom of the hole, which was now completely filled with muddy water. They spread out the mud they had dug from the hole on tarps in the driveway and searched through it several times by hand. But finding a ring by hand in the mud is nearly impossible. They contacted me and I brought my metal detectors out the next morning. There was some urgency because a team of plumbers was coming, and finding the ring after they dug up the yard would be even more difficult. The search that had taken hours by hand took less than 10 minutes with my detectors. We found the ring in a clump of dried mud! After we clean the mud out, the ring will be as shiny and beautiful as ever.

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Lost ring in Salt Lake City: Found

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Natasha arrived in the US from the Ukraine a few months ago with her husband and son because of the Russian invasion of her home country. They settled in Salt Lake City. One of the few things they were able to bring with them was her beautiful yellow and white diamond wedding band. Unfortunately, while she was in their new front yard, the ring slipped from her finger and disappeared. She called me after a week of looking for the ring unsuccessfully. I brought my metal detectors to her home and quickly determined that the ring was not in the grass or in the nearby flower beds, so we knew we needed to look elsewhere. I started by moving a ceramic planter, and the ring suddenly popped into view. It had been pinned, out-of-sight, behind the planter. Now, as Natasha settles into her new home, although she still has the heartache of leaving her original home, at least she doesn’t have to deal with the heartache of losing her wedding ring, too.

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Lost ring in Salt Lake City: Found

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Bill and Hanne were married 60 years ago. Hanne’s feelings were hurt when Bill stopped wearing his wedding ring about 20 years ago, but she never asked why, and he never volunteered the reason. Today I got a call asking me to bring my metal detectors to Hanne’s home to see if I could find an heirloom item that Bill said he may have lost in the yard. I searched for two hours, and I didn’t find that item, but I did find a beautiful two-toned gold ring that seemed to have been in the ground about 20 years. When we showed that ring to Hanne, she recognized it immediately. It was her husband’s wedding ring. She realized that the reason he had stopped wearing it 20 years ago was because he had lost it in their yard, and he had never had the courage to tell her. Bill passed away a few years ago, but I’m sure he would be happy to know that his ring has been found and is now in his wife’s possession.

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Lost keys in Salt Lake City: Found

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Alan was driving with his five pet dogs from his home in California to visit family in Massachusetts. If you have five dogs, you drive rather than fly. They stopped for a break in a Salt Lake City park to let the dogs have a break and chase a ball. When they got back to the pickup truck, Alan realized his truck key was missing. He had dropped it in the six-inches of snow in the park. In order to continue his trip, he would have to find the key or get a new one made. After several hours of searching, the sun went down, and he realized he needed help. He found The Ring Finders, and we talked on the phone. My schedule was free, so I met him at the park an hour after we first talked. A half foot of snow doesn’t bother a good metal detector. I followed him through the park as he retraced his steps, then I started a grid search, detecting in the area he had thrown the ball for the dogs. After an hour, I heard the beep from my detector that I was hoping for. The key was half-buried in the snow. He was able to start his truck and continue the trip to the east coast.

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Lost ring in Provo River: Found

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Tiffany and Justin volunteer to help with their church youth activities every week. Recently, the whole group floated on inner tubes down the Provo River. When one of the tubes got hung up in the river, Tiffany jumped out of her tube to help out. Unfortunately, when our hands are in cold water, our fingers shrink, and the wedding ring that she had worn securely for over 20 years slipped off her finger and disappeared into the knee-deep river. Justin searched for three hours the next day, hoping to see the ring among the rocks on the river bottom, but he couldn’t find it. They found my blog posts online, contacted me, and we met the next morning at the river to search with my water metal detector. Because the water was so cold and fast, and because we weren’t exactly sure where the ring was lost, it took almost 2 1/2 hours to find it, but I did find it!

This recovery is my 40th. I’ve found and returned rings, cell phones, car keys, earrings, and other items. I’ve helped many people move from the sadness of loss to the happiness of finding their cherished or needed items. I’m happy I can help.

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Lost rings in Sugarhouse: Found

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Jodi and Dan were watching their daughter play soccer at a local park. Jodi removed her wedding rings to apply sunscreen to her daughter, but was then distracted by their newborn baby, and she forgot about the rings. After the game was over, they gathered their belongings and were heading back to the car when they realized they didn’t have the rings. After hours of searching through the long grass, Dan was able to find the wedding band, but they couldn’t find the white gold engagement ring with its large solitaire diamond. They found TheRingFinders.com and asked me for help. It took almost 2 1/2 hours of searching with my metal detectors, but we finally found the ring! I was happy to help them find the cherished ring that she had worn for 18 years.

 

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Lost rings in Provo: Found

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This is a sad story with a happy ending. Unfortunately, Jill’s mother passed away. After the funeral and the viewing, Jill lovingly removed the four heirloom rings from her mother’s hand and wrapped them in a tissue before the casket was closed for the burial. Later, at home with family and friends, there were lots of tears shed and lots of tissues used. Someone who was just trying to help gathered up all the tissues, including the one with the rings, tossed them in the trash, then took the trash bag out and threw it in a large dumpster. Jill, after having lost her mother, now had to face the additional loss of the heirloom rings. Her husband Nate knew he had to find the rings, but more trash was being added to the dumpster all the time, and the garbage truck was coming soon. He found my name on TheRingFinders.com, called me, and I came immediately. Nate had been pulling trash bags from the dumpster and arranging them so I could quickly scan them with my metal detector. As I detected possible targets, we would tear open the trash bags to investigate further. After a several minutes of searching, we found the rings! When she saw the rings, Jill grabbed Nate and cried into his shoulder for several minutes, overwhelmed with relief at getting the lost rings back.

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Lost ring in Central Idaho: Found

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I was on a metal detecting trip at a popular resort at a natural lake in Idaho. Tourists come from all over to enjoy the spectacular views of the Saw Tooth Mountains, and to play in the lake. In water about four feet deep, I retrieved a ring. It turned out to be a high school class ring. With many of the rings I find, I have little chance of finding the owner, but class rings are different. This ring had the name of the high school, the year of graduation, and the last name of the owner. I called the high school and left my name and phone number with a counselor there. She contacted the student, and a few days later I got a call from Marianne! She gave me her address and I sent the ring. Now it’s back on her finger, where it belongs.

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Lost ring in Zion National Park: Found

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Maria was on vacation, hiking through the Narrows in Zion National Park. About knee deep in the cold Virgin River, her grandmother’s family heirloom wedding ring slipped off Maria’s finger and disappeared into the water. Maria, together with friends and strangers, searched for the ring, but couldn’t find it. After she returned home to Connecticut, she found me on TheRingFinders.com. While she contacted the National Park Service for permission for me to find her ring, I packed my metal detectors into a backpack. I left home before 3:00 am, drove 4 hours to Zion, and hiked for an hour through the Virgin river, through water that got as deep as my chest, so I had to hold my backpack over my head to keep it dry. Thanks to Maria’s detailed instructions, I found the location where the ring was lost. I selected the best metal detector for that terrain and started searching. It was literally about 30 seconds into the search when I got a beep, and there was her ring! They hadn’t found it earlier because it was nestled between two rocks, but rocks won’t hide gold from a metal detector. It took another one-hour to hike back through river, and another four hours to drive back home. I sent Maria a video of me sealing her precious ring into a box and attaching a UPS label. Her ring is now back on her finger.

   

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Lost ring in Sandy: Found

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Addie and her husband spent an hour at the park throwing balls for their dogs. After they got back in their car, she was horrified to discover that her 14K gold diamond wedding ring, that had been her grandmother’s, was gone. Addie was recovering from a serious illness, so she had lost weight, and the ring was loose. They spent the afternoon searching through the grass, but they had covered a lot of ground playing with the dogs, so there was a large area to search, and they didn’t find the ring. Addie called me to ask for help. I brought my metal detectors and met her at the park. It took an hour and a half, but I found the ring hiding in the grass!

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