Marks Detecting, Author at The Ring Finders

LOST GOLD WEDDING RING RECOVERED, TICONDEROGA, NY

  • from Saratoga Springs (New York, United States)
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Little did I know that day I would be driving the almost 2 hours up to Ticonderoga, NY to find a wedding ring which was almost given up on.

Joe and Rebecca and four other family members were staying at a B n’B on a lake in Ticonderoga.  Joe told me he was “pretty sure” he lost the ring while playing football the day before. All six family members had searched every square inch of the yard all day and even in the night. They even bought a metal detector and tried to no avail. They had little hope left.  While I cannot guarantee that I will find a ring, I can at times, depending on the situation, feel fairly confident. This was one of those times. Still, I felt, even after I arrived, that they did not have much hope. I was the last resort. Better to try and know you have done everything you could than to regret it for years to come. That’s what I told them.  They would be leaving the B n’B the next day.

I arrived and got down to work. My heart sank when I heard so many signals in the gold range. “This is not going to be so easy, I thought to myself.”  And it wasn’t. I would have to go real slow and quickly calculate every signal and make a quick decision in my head. Finally after what seemed like forever I had the signal I was looking for. Could this be it? I parted the grass and down in the roots was the glimmer of gold. I was thrilled. Containing my excitement, I called Rebecca and Joe over. I didn’t touch the ring. I wanted them to have the joy of seeing it in situ and picking it off the ground. I pointed to the spot and said, “what do you see?”  “Nothing.” they replied.  I pointed even closer. Still they saw nothing. I practically put my finger right on the ring the third time and finally they saw it, almost made invisible by the golden color of the grass roots. Rebecca started crying she was so shocked and happy.  The family gathered round to celebrate. It was like winning the Super Bowl when all the chips were down. Case closed. Ring found. Happy family. Happy Mark. Call Mark’s Detecting 518-677-0895.

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GOLD WEDDING RING FOUND IN HUDSON RIVER, QUEENSBURY, NY

  • from Saratoga Springs (New York, United States)
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Matt called me and told me the story of how he lost his gold wedding band in the Hudson river. In short, he was standing on the end of the dock and went to catch a football and he felt his ring slide right off his finger. The ring fell into the river about 7 feet deep.  He knew exactly where it fell, but after searching  for a couple of hours with goggles he was unable to locate it.  The bottom of the river was full of deep muck so it was impossible to see the ring or much of anything else. That’s when he called me.

I drove the hour to Queensbury the next day as it was too late to go that same day. I took a friend with me who happened to be visiting which was a good thing because this was going to be one of the most difficult searches. We are both lifeguards and good swimmers but the difficulties seemed endless. Visibility was poor, the ring was in the muck, the current was strong and staying down 6 feet in a mostly vertical position was near impossible. We didn’t have any scuba gear, only my mask. It would have been near impossible to use the big detector down there so I only used the hand probe. I located the ring with in the first five minutes, but the retrieval under such conditions was extremely difficult. Marking the spot, relocating the signal, fighting the current, drifting under the dock and having no reference of where your body was in the darkness once you were down there and  becoming hypothermic were all obstacle that we had to overcome one way or another.  You would have to have been there to fully understand the situation. Long story short, two hours after locating the first signal we finally were able to scoop out the ring in the scooper. The relief and joy we felt were priceless. I had the great pleasure of calling Matt that evening and telling him the good news. He was elated. Since he lived in another state I shipped him the ring the very next day.  I told him, “no more football on the dock!”

 

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Lost Gold Wedding Ring Found in Saratoga, NY Ball Park!

  • from Saratoga Springs (New York, United States)
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John called me at 8:30 am and told me he lost his wedding ring in a ball field. He had taken it off and put it in his zipped pocket with his watch because it was bothering him when he held the bat. He had taken out his watch a couple times to check the time and the second time he realized his ring was gone. He was devastated.  He said he could meet me at 12:30 so there I was waiting for him when he arrived. We hunted for over two hours in extreme heat the area he said he lost it in with no luck. I asked him how long he would like to keep searching for and he said until 3:30, another half hour.  I told him it was time to expand our search area. I could see the sad and almost hopeless look on his face.  I told him not to give up hope, that the ring was not going anywhere and I would even come back another day even though he had to return to Philadelphia. At 3:25 I got the signal I was waiting for. I said to myself, “this HAS to be it.” I dropped to my knees and combed the grass with my fingers and there it was the gold glinting in the sunlight. I didn’t touch it and called out to John, “John, come here!” He ran over not sure why I had called him. I said,”look!”  He couldn’t believe his eyes and picked it out of the grass almost sure he would never see it again. We were two very happy, hot and tired guys jumping for joy! A great moment to cherish.

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Lost truck keys found and recovered from Saratoga Lake, NY

  • from Saratoga Springs (New York, United States)
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Matt called me at 6pm and said he had dropped  his ONLY truck key and faub  into the water which was about 4 feet deep as he was getting out of his boat and onto the dock.  He had searched for a long time but was unable to find it. I rushed down to the lake immediately as it was a race against daylight. The bottom of the lake was all muck and weeds. Not a good situation. I decided to go in without the detector and just use the probe but that only stirred up more cloudy muck which would only bury it deeper. I abandoned the probe and I chose to make a visual search  trying not to touch the bottom.  Because I was moving so slowly and carefully, I could not stay down near the bottom so I asked Matt if he had a weight of some kind to hold me down. He had a small 6lb anchor which did the trick. After 20 minutes I saw what looked like a glint of the key ring sticking out of the mud.  I had found the key.  We were both thrilled and very lucky!  It would have been an expensive nightmare for Matt to have the truck towed and get a new key made from the dealership (without a spare) to make it from. A very happy ending.

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Lost Wedding Ring found Saratoga Springs, NY

  • from Saratoga Springs (New York, United States)
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I received a call from Jimmy who had lost his wedding ring at dusk while walking the dog in his backyard.  I arrived at his house the next day. He said he had searched all over for it but was unable to find it. After asking him multiple questions, he lead me to the area where he thought he lost it. I thought that this would be fairly easy as it had to be on top and he owned a new modern house, but after listening to the ground for a few minutes I knew that something was not right as there were hundreds of  signals…all in the gold range. He revealed to me that there used to be a mechanic shop of some kind right there.  Suddenly things were not so easy. I combed the area for over an hour closely watching the depth meter.  I was beginning to really wonder if I could find this ring, but I had told him I would not give up.  Finally I got the shallow signal I was waiting for.   I combed through the grass with my hands, and there it was already settling into the roots, completely invisible to the eye.  Jimmy was thrilled as was I. What a relief!  A happy ending all round.

 

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Two Gold Rings Found In Trash, Williamstown, Massachusetts

  • from Saratoga Springs (New York, United States)
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The call came in shortly after New Years day. A woman had lost her gold wedding band and an heirloom triple diamond ring in a hotel room. She and her husband had searched everywhere in that room before leaving extremely sad. After listening to their story and asking a dozen questions to make sure it was not lost anywhere else I told them I would meet them at the hotel asap. I told them I could not detect inside the room but I could offer a fresh pair of eyes and a fresh approach. After obtaining permission from the hotel management I met them there and we entered the room.  Fortunately the room had not yet  been cleaned.  I asked them to go through the trash again, even though they had already done that. Within 10 minutes, both rings were found in the trash. We were three very happy people!

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Lost Ring Saratoga, NY and Bennington, VT…Found

  • from Saratoga Springs (New York, United States)
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Hi my name is Mark I am a member of TheRingFinders. If you ‘ve lost something and need help finding it contact me ASAP. Call me at 518-677-0895. I’ll do my best to find what you’ve thought was lost forever.

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