Trevor Oxborrow, Author at The Ring Finders

18k Gold Tiffany & Co. Ring Found & Returned to Owner

  • from South Lake Tahoe (California, United States)
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Bita contacted me early this morning requesting a recovery search for her special ring which was lost in the sand at Kings Beach the day before. Special….because her mom had given it to her years ago.
Knowing that Kings Beach gets hit daily by Treasure Hunting Metal Detectorists, I loaded my equipment and headed straight there. An hour later, Bita was guiding me to the ring loss location which she and others had spent a considerable amount of time searching the day before. After only a couple of minutes, I got the signal I was anticipating. Reaching down I scooped up a handful of sand and began slowly sifting it between my fingers. “Found it” — and needless to say, Bita was very, very happy to have her ring back.

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Lost Gold Wedding Ring Found & Returned to Owner, Truckee River, Tahoe City, CA

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Lacie contacted me and requested a recovery search for her husband’s wedding ring which was lost in the Truckee River two days prior.
River recoveries are the toughest. Fortunately, Lacie pinned the exact location where her husband felt the ring come off his finger while hand-paddling the raft in the cold Truckee River.
The recovery challenge was the ring had found it’s way into a small crack between to rocks. So it took several grid sweeps to locate.
Lacie and husband were very happy to get his ring back.

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Lost Gold Quinceañera Ring Found & Returned to Owner

  • from South Lake Tahoe (California, United States)
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On August 9th, Oscar had posted, on Facebook, that his daughter had lost her Quinceañera Gold Ring in about 4 feet of water at Sand Harbor. He also stated “I can always buy another ring but that ring had sentimental value to my daughter.”
I reached out to Oscar and offered to search for his daughter’s ring. He provided detailed directions and a pinned map location.
My only worry, was that within the elapsed 42+ hours, Treasure Hunters had already found the ring. So I started searching early at 5:57am. Within minutes I found her ring buried in the sand in 4+ feet of water. Conveniently, I met up with Oscar’s brother that same morning and was able to return her ring to the family by 8:08am.

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Lost Ring Found & Returned, Carson City, Nevada

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Lost for over a month, this couple thought they might never see her wedding ring again.
A few days ago, Cameron—the husband, published a Facebook post describing the circumstances of her losing her wedding ring while playing football at Terrace Park. Additionally, he requested if anyone visiting Terrace Park to keep an eye out for her ring.
I reached out to Cameron and offered to search the park. I spent 3 hours searching the first day and found a silver ring that I thought for sure was the right ring. I couldn’t quite tell from the photos he posted. Sent photos to Cameron, but dang it…not the ring. After 3 hours on the second day, I was ready to give up. On my very last grid pass, I got a solid target signal and found her ring.
I was able to drop her ring off today and found out it was her birthday. The same day as my mom, who had passed away 4 years ago.
A lot of good Karma today!

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

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Got a text yesterday afternoon at 4:27pm, from Cody, requesting a lost ring recovery search for her husband’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 father’s ring back on his finger.

 

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Lost Platinum Wedding Ring Found & Returned, Pope Beach, Lake Tahoe

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Got a text last night at 8:34pm requesting a lost ring recovery search at Pope Beach, Lake Tahoe.
Backstory: (Pope Beach the previous evening), Keaton placed his platinum wedding ring in his shirt, on the beach, before going for a swim. When he got back from the swim, he picked up his shirt and his ring fell into the sand and disappeared. He spent the better part of an hour searching, with no ring found.
Knowing of TheRingFinders.com way before he ever lost his ring, he knew exactly who to contact.
5:54am I started searching. Keaton provided a map, description of how he lost his ring and landmarks nearby.
All of which got me into the right area. My first solid signal, a 59 on my XP Deus 2 metal detector, ended up being his lost ring.
Keaton arrived at 6:30am, I handed the ring over, he was happy and relieved to have it back on his finger.

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Lost Gold Pendant Found & Reunited with Owner, Creek Beach, Lake Tahoe

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Thanks to Michael Dewey, fellow Northern Nevadan Ring Finder, who connected me with this client.
Lost gold Italian Horn Pendant recovered and returned to the Owner. The significance and loss circumstances of this gold pendant were posted by the owner on Facebook. I reached out and offered to help find his pendant.
This search turned out to be a very difficult recovery—mainly because of the large search area—and took almost three and half hours of underwater metal detecting at about ten feet deep.
The client was very relieved and so very happy to be wearing his pendant again.

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Lost Gold Wedding Ring Recovered & Reunited with Owner, Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe

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Thanks to Michael Dewey, fellow Northern Nevadan Ring Finder, who connected me with this client.
Got a text at 6:30am requesting a water search for a lost gold wedding ring offshore at Kings Beach. At that moment I was just arriving at Creek Beach, on the east shore of Lake Tahoe, to begin an underwater search for a lost gold pendant.
Knowing that Kings Beach gets hit hard by metal detectorists every day, I switched gears and immediately started the climb back to the parking lot and drove over to Kings Beach. Once I arrived, the client—who was in waist deep water searching—came back to the beach and shared the when/how/where of his lost gold wedding ring.
I geared up and got into the water to begin the first grid sweep of a fairly large search area. Halfway out to the farthest point—a red buoy—I got a solid 72 on my XP Deus 2 metal detector. I can only wish all water recoveries were that fast. Usually they take hours and hours.
The client was very relieved and happy to have his wedding ring back on his finger.

 

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Lost Citrine Wedding Ring Recovered, Truckee River, Lake Tahoe

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While I was in the Truckee River searching for a different wedding ring, near the River Ranch raft take-out, I got a voicemail requesting help finding another lost wedding ring in the Truckee River.
This new client described the ring loss location, which turned out to be six tenths of a mile upstream in a deep eddy. She sent the pinned map location via a text message. After driving the short distance, I was able to find parking and walk down to the river bank. Four ducks welcomed me as I donned my fins and diving mask, obviously expecting me to provide breakfast. Within five minutes, (using my blu3 Nemo dive system and XP Deus 2 metal detector), I was able to detect and scoop up the Sterling Silver Citrine Wedding Ring that was buried in sand about seven feet underwater.
The client was very happy to have her wedding ring back on her finger.

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Two Lost Gold Rings Found at Nevada Beach, Lake Tahoe

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Received a phone call at 12:23PM regarding a lost family heirloom ring at Nevada Beach. The caller was from LA County and wouldn’t be able to meet me at the ring loss location since they were currently driving back home. The client explained that their grandmother—wearer of the ring—noted the very moment she lost it and they all noted the location. That bit of info was encouraging. They returned the next morning to search for the lost ring, but were unsuccessful.
As I drove to Nevada Beach, further details were revealed. The grandmother had taken two rings off and intended to put them in her purse. As she was about to place the rings into here purse, they slipped out of her hands falling and disappearing into the deep sand.
Wait a minute …..TWO RINGS! Yes, she lost two gold rings the previous evening around 6:00PM and Nevada Beach was exceptionally crowded prior to the July 4th fireworks.
Two gold rings, one an irreplaceable family heirloom. Okay, now my big worry was whether the rings had been found by a treasure hunting metal detectorist earlier that morning—July 5th.
Arriving at Nevada beach I headed straight to the described ring loss location—seven to ten feet behind a bench to the left of the boardwalk. After searching for 10 minutes with no success, I remembered that the boardwalk to the south also had a bench immediately to the left. There are 3 boardwalks at Nevada Beach, but only 2 with a bench immediately to the left. So I headed straight to the south boardwalk.
After a couple of swings, I got a strong target, but it turned out to be a pull-tab. The second target was a solid VDI of 60 on my XP Deus 2 metal detector. At 2:48PM, I sifted my scoop revealing two gold rings. The client and client’s grandmother were very happy.
Two gold rings recovered in 2 hours and 25 minutes from being notified.

 

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