July 17, 2025: Always scanning the internet for listings of lost valuables, that I can help recover in the Lake Tahoe area, I came upon an hours old facebook post about a lost ring in the water at Zephyr Cove. Messaging the person who posted the lost ring, I explained I had the equipment to make a competent search. Unable to search the very next day, I was concerned the ring would be found by a treasure hunter.
Early on the morning of July 19th, before the busy Saturday crowds arrived, I began searching in 3 to 4 feet of water. The person who posted on facebook had given specific details and landmarks of the lost ring search area. Using my blu3 Nemo and XP Deus2 metal detector, I began a search grid. 45 minutes into the search, I got a solid target signal that sounded better than the previous 9. With great anticipation, I dig my scoop into the target location. Sifting the sand through the scoop holes revealed a men’s gold wedding ring.
I quickly got back to the parking lot and texted the ring photos to the person who posted the lost ring. She confirmed that it was indeed her father’s lost wedding ring. Another successful recovery and ring returned back to its home.
Client’s Testimonial: On July 16,2025: 35 years ago I wanted to go to Lake Tahoe for my honeymoon. I had seen pictures and thought it was the most beautiful place I had ever seen. Well back then we couldn’t afford to make the trip from Indiana, but this year we finally made it. On July 16th we went to Zephyr Cove beach and my husband, Tony, was tossing a football in the water with my son and grandson. All of a sudden he said my wedding ring is gone! We couldn’t believe it. My daughter looked and looked, despite the freezing cold water, and others nearby looked as well. Finally we had to face the fact it was gone. My husband was devastated, stating he wanted to be buried in that ring. It’s still the original that I gave him 35 years ago on our wedding day. I made my peace with it by stating it was a fitting end that I wanted to go to Tahoe my whole married life and when we finally did, his ring ended up lost to the lake. He didn’t like that thought and it gave him no peace at all. Finally my daughter said let’s look for a local page on fb and post it and maybe someone will find it one day and return it. I told her I’m sure it would be many years but maybe someday, after we were gone, someone would find it and return it to our kids or grandkids. Well Trevor Oxborrow from Ring Finders commented on my daughter’s post and asked us to identify where we were and meet him there. We had already left Tahoe and were due to fly home the next morning, see she told him exactly where we had been and sent a picture of the location. Trevor stated he’d go to the lake within a day or two and see if he could find the ring. Well imagine our surprise when a very short time later my daughter received a message to contact him. He sent her a picture of her dad’s ring! We were elated! Trevor mailed the ring back to us and it is back where it belongs comfortably on my husband’s hand. He said he felt naked without it and is so very happy and grateful to anyone that had anything to do with us getting it back. Thank you Trevor and all of the kind people in Tahoe and elsewhere who have sent kind comments or helped us that day for our ring. Without Trevor, Tahoe would forever hold my husband’s ring, and as lovely as Tahoe is, it belongs with him.
Kim
September 14, 2025, 7:03pm : Received a call requesting the recovery of a lost platinum ring at Zephyr Cove Beach. Client lost his ring while in the water and described “ that is where it fell off and got lost, the water was about five feet deep. Ring is silver, smooth with rounded edges and has custom engraving on the inside”. September 15, 2025, 7:45am : Arrived at Zephyr Cove and began donning dive gear. Half hour later began searching the lost area pinned by the client. I don’t think anyone has metal detected that section of the shallow water ever, or at least not recently. Tons of targets—bottle caps, pull-tabs, bobby pins, twist-ties, bits of foil, etc. The ring is platinum (Pt950) so on the Deus 2 should be around a 62 VDI, and of course all the pull-tabs and bottle caps were showing similar. I burned through two Nemo batteries and loaded a third. I was deep into my 4 hour of searching and the cold water was finally getting to me when I got my millionth 62 vdi target, and expected another pull-tab. But that’s the beauty of metal detecting recoveries, just as you think you’ll never find the ring and ready to call it a day, you get the surprise and joy of seeing the ring in your scoop and instantly all the effort and being cold vanishes.
and returned to the happy owner.