Our Success Stories for the past year...
Lost Wedding Ring found May 2013:
(Lost Item #803)
I'm so grateful for lostmystuff.net, for Chris, and for all of the members of the Lost My Stuff Group that were helping to try and find my husband's lost ring. I'm just lucky that it was a great human being that found it rather than someone who would try to pawn it. Thank you again. I plan on sending this to the newspaper after one of the English teachers at my work edits it!!
Sunday, May 12th my family was at Clearwater Beach throwing the football in the water and enjoying Mother's Day until Kyle, my husband, realized that he lost his wedding ring. As soon as he lost the ring I noticed we were to the right of Lifeguard Stand #1 and parallel to the second small danger sign by the jetty. We searched for two hours but the water was so rough that we couldn't even see our feet in the water, plus it was high tide. At that point I thought his ring was gone for good and that we were never going to be able to find it. We went back up to the condo and of course the first thing I did was search online for "Lost Wedding Ring Clearwater Beach".
I came across a newspaper article about a guy who had lost his wedding ring at the same beach, and had put up an ad on craigslist that resulted in a good samaritan finding and returning his ring, which gave me hope that there may be a good person out there who could find my husband's ring. I decided to post an ad on Craigslist and on Lostmystuff.net (http://www.lostmystuff.net).
We went back to the beach at low tide and searched for four hours until past sunset Sunday trying to find the ring, along with the help of four metal detectorists that I found on the beach. They wanted nothing in return for their time and effort. They wouldn't even take a meal on us for their help!! I kept on praying to St. Anthony and to family in heaven and it still couldn't be found. When I got home Sunday night I checked my email and had emails from five people willing to help try to find it in the morning.
The next morning at work I prayed for St. Anthony and for the metal detectorists of Clearwater Beach with colleagues in the chapel. An hour later I got the best phone call ever from an amazing person, Chris, saying he'd found my husband's ring right where we thought it would be, 4 inches deep into the sand. He had the ring all nice and polished when I met him Monday evening to get it. He said there were other people out there trying to find this same ring, all because of the Craigslist post and the Lost My Stuff Group Report. Thank you St. Anthony, my family in heaven, and of course to the great citizen Chris... We will be forever grateful!! Came to find out he used to live in Plant City and his wife subs at Catholic schools around Pinellas County.
So blessed!
Mrs. Erica O.
Chris & the Happy Owner!
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Lost Wedding Ring found April 2013:
(Lost Item #797)
Yesterday while Jason and his wife were visiting friends and having an outdoor party, Jason was playing tether ball with some of the kids when his wedding band slipped off his finger and flew onto the grass. After spending several hours searching for it Jason went and bought a metal detector from a sport and outdoor shop the following day and spent a few more hours searching for the ring before his wife reported the lost ring to the Lost My Stuff Group.
After seeing the report stating that the location was near my home I called Jason's wife and agreed to meet with her husband and search for the ring. Arriving at the location I gathered my metal detector and pin pointer and was directed by Jason to the general area surrounding their tether ball pole. Jason believed that the ring flew several feet from his hand and had even searched the neighbors backyard thinking that it may have even flew over the fence.
A few minutes after beginning my search I was able to pull from the grass Jason's lost wedding band. Both Jason and his wife were very happy that the ring was found so quickly.
Mark S
The Found Ring!
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Lost Wedding Ring found April 2013:
(Lost Item #789)
Located this chunky wedding band with the E-trac for a very thankful Dad in Versailles, Kentucky after work yesterday. Had to hunt most of the lawn, but it was worth it as always. No reward or money accepted as usual -- just a good vibe for the hobby.
We first went over the lawn where the owner had been mowing and the area where he had dumped the grass clippings. After a fruitless search (I did find a few shallow coin signals which I assigned to his cute kids to dig up and they were thrilled!), I asked him where he might have taken a break, removed a sweatshirt or had a drink. As soon as he showed me that area I swung the detector no more than twice and bam -- a solid gold ring signal in the headphones. 10 seconds later his ring was back on his hand. It was already partially buried by turf and would have never been found by sight.
"Awesome! Now my wife won't kill me!" he exclaimed!
I'm glad to have saved a life!!!
Scott C.
Lexington, Kentucky
The Happy Owner!
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Lost Wedding Ring found March 2013:
(Lost Item #759)
I was about to get out of work when I saw the lost item report come through for a zip code I'm pretty familiar with and fairly close to. I gave John a call within minutes of receiving the report in hopes to make this my second wedding ring recovery this year. He said that was the best news he's heard all day and I was at the place where he had lost it within the same hour.
He had been tossing out fertilizer on his yard with his wedding ring on, and it had slipped off into the grass. He had searched on hands and knees for a while and then went and bought a cheap detector. Even with the detector he still couldn't find the ring so he found the Lost My Stuff Group website and filed a report.
After he showed me the general 10'x10' area he had lost it in, I grabbed my detector and began to swing. Nothing on the first line, then two foil signals when I turned around on the next line, and then a solid 46 on my AT Pro at 2"!
"I bet this is it!", I said, as he closely watched me, and there it was!
I gladly handed it over to him and he was really grateful. He was extremely happy to get his wedding ring back and gave me many thanks!
By far this was my fastest recovery. I found it in under 15 swings of my detector and within the same hour it was reported lost -- woohoo!!!
The Happy Owner!
The Found Ring!
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Lost Ring found March 2013:
This ring wasn't reported to Lost My Stuff, but one of our members and a few of his friends went and made the search and recovery:
Back in February, an 89 year old neighbor of mine named Harold was throwing grass seed on some pasture ground near his home. His ring flew off his finger as he was riding his four wheeler and throwing the seed. I contacted several members of the Topeka Treasure Hunters Club I belong to and we went and looked for the ring that same day but couldn't find it. At the time it was very wet and cold.
Yesterday we decided to look again. The weather didn't help us any again as snow was falling. Three of us searched the same area as before for 45 minutes or so. We were about to give up the search at that point, but we spotted some more 4 wheeler tracks and grass seed and decided to follow them for awhile. The tracks were on the face of a dam on a small pond the owner had recently cleaned out.
While following the tracks I heard one of my friends say "What's that?", and there it was on the slope of the dam! It was covered in dirt, and only about 1/4 of the ring was visible. If much more time with spring rains and snow had passed it would've definitely been lost forever in the pond. We hadn't been able to search this area before because of very wet and slick muddy conditions.
Thanks to the help andefforts of my friends Dave, Russell & Jerry, the ring has been returned. Harold was very happy to get it back. He had it made over 30 years ago, having paid $125.00 at that time for the 1908 five dollar gold piece and $300.00 to have it made.
Thanks to everyone who gave up their time to come help!!!
Mike Garrett, Member of Lost My Stuff and the Topeka Treasure Hunters Club
The Happy Owner!
The Found Ring!
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Lost Ring found February 2013:
(Lost Item #727)
I joined this Volunteer Group some time ago but due to other time constraints, distance, etc, I've not been able to help out in a search. But now, with plenty of available time (unemployment) and a nearby Lost Item Notification, I was able to make a FIRST FIND today, help a very nice family, and make new friends along the way.
Mary & I made contact yesterday and agreed to meet this morning at her house. My wife and I arrived to find her husband who gave us the rundown: Seems their daughter was in town over Christmas and after giving the dog a Frisbee workout discovered she was missing 2 graduation rings. The house is on 5 acres and, after searching as best they could, feared the rings gone for good. Sometime in January, after their daughter had returned to Boston, Dad happened to glance down while getting into his truck and next to the gravel drive spotted one of the missing rings. Since then, they have focused on that surrounding area and looked periodically for the other one, but to no avail.
A friend of theirs does metal detecting as a hobby and posts finds on-line. Mary told him that she wished he was in the area to help them out and he suggested going online. That's where LostMyStuff surfaced for them.
I asked them a few questions - rings on same finger (?), R/L handed throwing Frisbee (?), and began a search in the general area of the first ring find. Dug a target #1 but too deep for recent loss; Dug shallower target #2 - alum. bottle cap. As I cleaned up after the 2nd hole and started to move on, I caught a glimmer from the sun reflecting off what I thought might be morning dew. Reached down and lifted the corner of the grass/weed clump and THERE IT WAS!! A success story. Very COOL for all concerns!
Mom & Dad are happy and thankful; Daughter will be especially pleased to get her 2 keepsakes back they tell me; my wife and I feel grateful to have had a chance to help out. (Total search time +/- 8 minutes! - the best part - wish they were all that quick and successful!)
Bruce K
Bruce & Mary
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Lost Wedding Ring found February 2013:
Today, I went to the beaches in Toulon (Southern France) even though it's not tourist season. After 3-4 hrs of detecting the wind increased and having only got limited results (small coins and junk jewelry), I decided to walk back to my car and go home.
This beach is lined with several restaurants and since it was lunch time, all of the outside tables were full of people. As I walked back to the car, I detected down the sandy beach passing one of the restaurants. Shortly after passing the restaurant, I heard a woman trying to get my attention. After removing my earphones, I listened to her story (in French) about her granddaughter (about 8 yrs old) who had just lost one of her earrings on the beach near the restaurant and she asked if I would try to find it.
We walked back to the beach area where the granddaughter had lost it (a 12x12 area of deep white sand) and I asked to see the other earring. It was soooo small.... what a challenge!! The earring was in a silver outline of a heart, just a heart on a post for pierced ears. You could see by the look on the granddaughter's face, she was really sad about having lost it.
I prefaced the search by telling the grandmother that the detector I was using (my BHID) was designed for underwater searches of items of a little more size but that I would try. I found several targets (junk) and sifted the sand as best I could with no luck. After about 10 minutes, I still hadn't found the the girl's lost heart. The Grandmother had rejoined her husband at the lunch table (not more than 15' away) as did the granddaughter. What pressure!!! All the patrons knew what was going on and you could tell that they didn't believe there would be a happy ending.
Shortly thereafter, I followed up on a rather good signal very carefully, as I was wearing rather bulky skin diving gloves (I had been detecting the water earlier). All of a sudden, I caught just a little glimmer of something shiny... I reached down and carefully moved some of the sand and there it was... A REALLY small heart shaped silver earring!
I interrupted the luncheon with, "Madame". She came over to me and I handed her (to her disbelief) her granddaughter's earring. The granddaughter was clearly pleased and I smiled. The grandmother immediately told the other luncheon crowd that I had found her granddaughter's earring.
A great way to end my day!!!
The Well Supplied Searcher!
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Lost Ring found January 2013:
(Lost Item #714)
I contacted Kimberly who made the lost ring report earlier this week and met with her this afternoon. The location where the ring was lost was located about 10 minutes from my home. After searching less than 3 minutes in the grassy area next to a sidewalk, I got a very loud signal in the headphones of my detector. Reaching down into the grass I picked up the missing ring and handed it back to Kimberly. She was amazed and very happy to have her ring back on her finger.
Mark Sebesta
Cypress Texas
The Found Ring!
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Lost Wedding Ring found January 2013:
(Lost Item #698)
I've had quite a successful 2012 finding rings, but not so much success in finding the owners. I guess people who lose things don't know where to look for people to help recover them or for people that have recovered items. I knew I could do more and wanted to help more people who had lost stuff so I decided to volunteer for The Lost My Stuff Group around the 2013 New Year.
The day after I joined, there was a report for someone fairly close that I knew I could help. I made contact and after a few phone conversations we set up a day for the attempted recovery. I had never done a water recovery before but was anxious to give it a shot. The lost ring owner borrowed some waders from a friend of his since I didn't have any and I met up with him on Sunday morning.
After 30 minutes or so of searching in the water, almost getting stuck in the mud in a few places, and only recovering a few fishing weights and hooks, I needed to get in the sun to warm up before I could continue. That water was really cold! On my way out of the water I was looking down and there was a nice sparkle barely sticking out of the mud just next to the water by a few inches. "I found it!"
They were very grateful for the recovery and many thanks were given! I couldn't have been happier to help them find it and I'm really glad it's back where it belongs. We chatted for a while afterwards and I made a new friend too!
What a nice start to 2013!
The Successful Searcher!
The Found Ring!
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Lost Class Ring found December 2012:
(Lost Item #678)
I signed up as a Lost My Stuff volunteer earlier this summer in hopes of being able to help someone find something they had lost. Checking the website daily, I waited and waited for someone to file a report of something lost in my area. Apparently, no-one in central Pennsylvania ever loses anything!
Finally a report for my area was sent and I quickly responded to it. Unfortunately, I knew this wouldn't be an easy hunt, as the Class ring was lost over 30 years ago!! Nevertheless, I was eager to try.
After talking back and forth with the owner's son, who filed the report and now lives in Florida, I set the date to go and they got permission from the now current homeowners. With snow flying and 40 mph wind gusts forcasted, I left early in the morning and arrived in Indiana, PA around 9am. I immediately set up my Minelab Xterra 705 and began sweeping a grid in the yard.
As the story went, the ring was taken off and placed on a small table at the corner of the concrete patio. The ring was supposedly picked up and carried into the yard by a young nephew of the owner. I figured it wouldn't be real far into the yard as the boy was around 3 years old at the time. I began near the porch working my way down the yard. I found a quarter, a nickel, 4 dimes, a dozen pennies, and 4 gold colored pull tabs, which made my heart race every time I dug one, making me think I found the ring!!
Being lost for 30 years, I dug every target whether I knew it was a penny or not. After 4 hours, I was at the very bottom of the yard and was really losing hope, thinking I had missed it or maybe over the 30 year period someone else had found it. I literally had 4 feet of yard left when my detector sounded off. It was reading close to a penny, but I dug it anyhow. As I flipped the dirt over I saw a little glimmer of gold. It took a few seconds to sink in that it was the ring. Seeing the date 1965 looking back at me, I quickly pulled it out of the dirt and held it up like a first place trophy! This is the first ring I've ever found and I'm so glad to return it to the original owner after 30 years.
Thank you "Lost My Stuff" for having this page and allowing me to volunteer on it!
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Jake S.
The Found Ring!
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Lost Wedding Ring found December 2012:
This ring wasn't listed on the web site. I'm a Lost My Stuff Group volunteer searcher and while I was hunting a local school yard I was approached by an older woman who wanted to know what I was doing or had I lost something. After some small talk about metal detecting she went home just across the school yard.
A few minutes later she returned and asked if I thought I could find her daughter's husband's wedding band that he had lost four years ago while he was cleaning gutters at his home. I said I'd be glad to look and arrangements were made for Monday afternoon.
Shortly after 3:15pm he was home and I was shown where he thought he lost it. After just a ten minute search I got a Screw cap reading on my detector, 68-71. I dug a small plug and didn't see it. With the help of my pin pointer I had a strong signal. Sticking in the digger again I pulled out a small plug and right there in the plug was his gold wedding band!!
The wife and kids were very happy, as was he. They offered to pay me but I told them to spend it on Christmas. I wished them a Merry Christmas and went home with a very good feeling about helping them find that lost part of their life.
They said they would send me a picture of the ring which is posted below. This was my third return of a wedding ring this year!!
Mike Garrett
The Lost Ring
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Lost Ring found November 2012:
(Lost Item #661)
To: Lost My Stuff Owner
With the help of Stephen Sparks and Martin Larson (Martin actually was the one to find the ring), my wife Lisa's missing ring was FOUND on our property under some leaves.
Stephen and Martin were both the NICEST guys and they worked hard and were just a blessing, all the way around.
I admire folks like you, Steven and Martin, who help people. Imagine -- folks who just want to help other folks!!!
Your group must bless a LOT of people...
God's Grace,
Gus A. Wolman, III
Gus, Lisa & Martin
Stephen, Lisa & Martin
The Found Ring!
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Lost Ring found November 2012:
(Lost Item #662)
I'm a member of the Treasure Hunters Association of Pasadena (THAP) in Texas and a volunteer of the Lost My Stuff Group. Miguel had been in contact with another member of our association and was advised to contact Lost My Stuff. After setting an appointment for the following morning, we started our search for his ring.
After scouring the area for half an hour where he thought it might be without success and about to give up, he directed me to where his car had been parked. Sure enough, it only took a few more minutes before the prize rang clear from the detector!
What an awesome experience! (Finding something dear to someone). It was a silver ring Miguel had purchased in Portugal when he and his wife visited there and Spain. It held quite a bit of sentimental value.
It was so rewarding reuniting him with an important reference of his life experience!
Sincerely, Rex Owens
Miguel & his ring!
The Found Ring!
And a note from the Owner...
I lost my ring on Saturday, 11/24 and after researching on online for tips on how to find the ring, I came across this website (Monday, 11/26). I filed a Lost Item Report and that same night I was contacted by a volunteer and had a scheduled appointment for the following morning with a gentlemen by the name of Rex.
After 30 min of setting up a grid we started searching with no luck... Just before giving up I asked to have a smaller section searched and within 5 minutes Rex found the ring!!!
I was extremely grateful and along with several thank you's and handshakes came a bear hug!
Thank you Rex and God Bless you and your Group.
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Lost Ring found November 2012:
(Lost Item #650)
Today was a fantastic day for my mom as she recovered her lost ring thanks to the time, skill and generosity of your group member Roger Barbrick. My mom lost her ring a week ago in her backyard when she was raking leaves. Both she and I searched for it with no luck.
When I was searching the web trying to find a place to rent a metal detector I came across the Lost My Stuff Group website and posted a lost item report. I was subsequently contacted by about 10 of your group's members, including Roger, with offers to help search for the ring. I was overwhelmed by the charitable volunteerism offered by your group - it was really wonderful!
Because Roger lives in Salem, the next town over from us, I accepted his kind offer to come by and search for the ring. He came today with a couple metal detectors and we set out searching my mom's backyard. After about an hour we had covered almost all the area where we thought it might be.
At this point, I didn't have much hope that we would find the ring, until I heard the exclamation of joy from my mother!!
Roger had found the ring with his metal detector and then plucked it from the lawn after seeing it with his eyes. I can't tell you how happy my mom and I are that Roger was able to find the ring as it contained a small engagement diamond that my deceased dad had given to her. She had been sick at heart at its loss but she is now so relieved and happy.
I want to express my deepest gratitude to Roger, your Group, and the other members who graciously offered to search for the ring. We wouldn't have found it without you. It's really a wonderful organization that you have providing such a valuable service.
Gratefully, Nicholas Arena
Roger and the Happy Owner
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Lost Wedding Ring Set found November 2012:
(Lost Item #647)
My wife was working in her garden, removing old growth and preparing to plant the Fall/Winter crop of lettuce, broccoli, carrots and other veggies. It's nice to live in coastal Virginia, where you can grow just about all year. She came into the house in a mild panic, both her wedding rings were missing.
She has lost a good bit of weight lately, and had just commented this last week that her rings were quite loose. I had told her we should get them resized soon, and she moved them from her ring finger to her middle finger for the moment. She was quite sure that she had them on earlier in the day, and thought they must be in the garden.
Our garden isn't huge, but it's not small either, a raised-up cinder block type about 15 feet wide by 40 feet long. She had thrown two bags of fertilizer by handfuls into the garden, then had climbed in and was digging and mixing by hand down 3-4 inches. We spent an hour or more pushing dirt around with no luck, and darkness stopped us.
I decided to see if anyone in the area rented metal detectors, and somehow stumbled onto the "Lost My Stuff" website. I put in a lost item report at 6:32 PM, and when I checked my emails a couple hours later, I was surprised and happy to see that four of your members had responded within the first hour! I replied to all, and asked one of the closest how to schedule a visit.
This afternoon, Carl Fuller from Portsmouth met us at the house and within 15-20 minutes had found both rings!!! My wife is very relieved and happy!
Carl was very pleasant and personable, and of course refused any compensation, saying that re-uniting people with their lost treasures was enough of a reward in itself! What a great representative for your group, although I believe that the majority are probably the same.
So, thanks to you all for providing this website and your time. We are appreciative beyond words, lost rings back on finger within 12 hours... Amazing!!!
Randy and Sharon Curley, Chesapeake VA
The Found Rings
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Lost Wedding Ring found November 2012:
(Lost Item #631)
On October 28, 2012 my husband and I decided to start the yearly task of raking our leaves. Hurricane Sandy was headed our way, and we wanted to get as much done as possible before it hit. Later that evening, while sitting on the couch, my husband noticed his wedding band was missing. We were married in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and that is where we bought our rings, so they were not only special, but hard to replace.
We immediately went outside and started searching, to no avail. We had 5 large bags of leaves and we quickly decided to put those in the garage and go through them when the weather improved. In the meantime, we contemplated buying a metal detector and it was during this Internet search that we came across Lost My Stuff.
I put a report out there even though I honestly thought nothing would come of it. Not a day later I was contacted by Luke who lives about 4 hours away. He immediately offered to come down to assist in our search. During the next week, I borrowed a metal detector from a co-worker, and e-mailed with Luke almost on a daily basis to keep him updated. We grew very frustrated with our search and he was very generous with his time and with his recommendations for going about our search.
On Saturday, November 3, we decided to give it one final shot. Luke advised us to take the leaves outside and spread them on a tarp and then search with the metal detector. If the ring wasn't found, he was going to make the trip to Roanoke to help us.
Within 15 minutes of starting our search, the detector started beeping and my husband looked down and saw the glitter of gold. The ring was found!!
A BIG shout out to Luke in Winchester, Virginia for all of his help and guidance and willingness to travel 4 hours to help someone he has never met.
Terry & his ring
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Lost Wedding Ring found November 2012:
(Lost Item #638)
Thank you, thank you !!
Lost wedding band found in 5 minutes in the dark. Your group is amazing and Brett wouldn't accept any reward.
Sincerely, Amy Goodwin
The Happy Owner
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Lost Earring found October 2012:
(Lost Item #630)
The story starts out 3 days ago. I was out at Pineapple Willy's with the Surf PI and the new Stealth 720. I had just done a grueling 4-1/2 hour hunt in the rough choppy water. My plan was to give myself a real workout with the new scoop in bad conditions... I succeeded!
I came up out of the water and a woman comes up to me and asks me to help her find a lost earring in a 20 x 20 area. Of course I said "Heck Yeah".
I gridded the area 3 different ways and got every pulltab and bottle cap in that area as well as 37 cents, but not the earring. I had her move one of their 2 beach chairs but not the other because she was pretty sure it wasn't under the chairs. She wasn't entirely sure that it wasn't up in their condo room though. I didn't end up finding the earring and I'd like to think if I wasn't so tired from the day in the water, I'd have had her move BOTH chairs. I told her that I was with the Lost My Stuff Group and to go file a lost item report in case I found it later on another hunt.
She filed a lost item report the other day, and I got the time to go look today after work. Well I couldn't remember exactly where she'd been sitting so I gridded about a 150 x 20 stretch of beach. As I neared the end of the time I had for the day, I hit an iffy signal just about where I remembered her chairs being right on the edge of the cut, so I went ahead and dug it.
WOW! What luck -- there it was in my 720 after I shook out the sand. I'm sure now that the earring was under the chair that I didn't have her move. I emailed her a picture from the beach and am awaiting her response.
Another happy Lost My Stuff customer!
The Found Earring
And a note from the owner...
Mike R. wouldn't give up. I lost a very simple and small silver earring down at the Shores of Panama last week. It wasn't expensive, but very important to me as it had been my mother's before she passed away. I wear them all the time. Unfortunately, I noticed it was missing, and wasn't quite sure where I could've lost it.
I noticed Mike out in the water with his detector, so I approached him and asked him if he could look if he had time. He did take the time but wasn't able to locate it. I figured it was lost forever (especially after an exhaustive search in our condo which even included opening the vacuum cleaner bag and sifting through that - yuck!).
Well, Mike persisted, made a larger grid and ended up locating my earring!!! I can't begin to express my gratefulness for his willingness to keep looking. Thank you so much for your group and their efforts. Mike was very polite and professional in his approach.
Again, thank you so much!
Crystal G.
A Happy Wisconsinite!
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Lost Engagement Ring found October 2012:
(Lost Item #513)
I just want to say thanks to John G. who found my wedding ring set. It was lost in Rising Sun, Md. After posting the ring as lost on the Lost My Stuff website I received quite a few emails but was kinda leary about having someone come to my home. I received an email from John and sent him one back, arranging a date and time to come look.
When John came by I showed him the area where I thought I lost the set and he got started right away. Within the first 30 minutes he found the outer half of my ring and about 10 minutes later he found the other half, so it ended up to be a very sucessfull find in about an hours worth of hunting !!!
John was very informative, kind and professional. I can see he enjoys doing this!
Thank you,
Debra Lloyd
The Found Ring!
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Lost Engagement Ring found October 2012:
(Lost Item #611)
I lost my engagement ring at an apple orchard. I was looking for some car keys I had lost while picking apples. When I finally got home I realized my ring was missing too! It really wasn't a very good day :P
Luckily I knew right where I had been picking, but even though I crawled all around the area I didn't find anything. The grass was pretty long and matted and it was hard to look well. Someone mentioned how useful a metal detector would be. An internet search helped me find a metal detecting group in Maine, and their forum mentioned the Lost My Stuff Group.
I filed a Lost Item Report on their website and was contacted by a Mr. Wright who was so helpful in finding a time that would work for both of us just a few days after I contacted the group. We met at the orchard and he found the ring in about 5 minutes!
It was actually the day after my wedding anniversary, and getting my special engagement ring back was definitely the best present I got this year!
Thanks so much to your group and volunteers like Mr. Wright for rescuing what seemed like a pretty hopeless situation!
Kristina W.
Kristina & her ring!!
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Lost Wedding Ring found September 2012:
(Lost Item #590)
Ann H. of Foster City, California sent us the following story:
I was in the park 2 weekends ago to help setup for my niece's birthday party. I was helping to move some picnic tables around, so to safekeep my engagement and wedding rings, I put them in an outside pocket of my purse. About half hour later when I was thinking about putting them back on, I only found my engagement ring!
I didn't leave the area at all for about 6 hours. My husband, family, friends and I raked through the grass and even bought a metal detector to retrace my steps, but didn't find anything. I reported it to the Parks & Recreation Department and the Police but received no news.
I posted onto the Lost & Found on Craigslist and was contacted by a volunteer metal detectorist who works in South San Francisco but lives further away who spent a whole afternoon helping me look but didn't find anything. He knew about the Lost My Stuff website and recommended that I post a report so that other area volunteers could help.
Harry P. of Lost My Stuff contacted me on Monday morning and by Tuesday afternoon he had found it!
I have to say that I was very lucky to have met such nice people that were willing to help. In this economy, I had imagined the worst case of someone finding it and selling it. According to Harry, on Tuesday (the 2nd day he was looking), lawn mowers had gone by but fortunately not close to where he found my ring, which was near the picnic tables I moved in the first place, but hidden by the tall grass!
My husband and I went to pick up the ring from Harry yesterday, which happened to be our 1 month wedding anniversary, so it was the best present ever!
Thanks for everything and the quick response of your volunteers!
Ann
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Lost Wedding Ring found September 2012:
(Lost Item #578)
On July 7, 2012 I joined The Lost My Stuff Group. On July 8th I got my 1st assignment. On July 9th I rode up to Greenwood Lake and recovered a gold wedding band for a wondeful lady named Anne C.
On August 23rd I ventured out on a cross country motorcycle trip. On August 31st I received a call from Anne C. She was very embarrassed to tell me that she'd lost the same ring again at the same beach. I was in Arizona at the time so I told her to contact The Lost My Stuff Group and file a lost item report, as there are other volunteers in the area that might be able to help her before my return.
As things turned out, I got back to NYC on September 20th but Anne was away in Pennsylvania, so we finally got together on September 24th. I arrived at Greenwood Lake around 11am and slipped into my wet suit. (The lake water is getting cold and there was a little wind kicking that would have definitely given me a chill without protection). Anne showed up and pointed out the area where she was swimming when she first noticed her ring was missing. Anne is a very busy mom and had to go pick up her son Elijah, and promised to return in an hour with lunch.
I wasn't in the water a half hour and there was gold in my scoop!!
When Anne returned, I handed her the ring and got a nice warm hug in return. I took some pictures and Anne showed me a pretty substitute ring that she now plans to wear whenever she goes to the beach! I ate my lunch and we chatted a bit. I could sense how relieved Anne was to get her ring back, not once, but twice!! I got one more hug (I like hugs!) and Anne was on her way.
Today was my birthday and it was a good day!! I was able to recover and return a young lady's wedding band, and that was nice.
Greenwood Lake
Anne's Ring -- Home Again!!
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Lost Wedding Ring found August 2012:
(Lost Item #476)
My husband lost his wedding ring while at the beach in Tahoe with our 2 kids. He had placed the ring in my bag for safekeeping, then got it out and placed it back on his finger as we were leaving for the day. He stood up, flung his hand behind him, and the ring slipped off.
Immediately we froze and began looking around. We knew the approximate location of the ring, but even after hours of searching, we couldn't find it.
I began looking for places to rent a metal detector, or if someone in the area offered the service, but I didn't have any luck. Then, just by chance I was linked to the 'Lost My Stuff' website through a message board.
I submitted all the info and received at least 5 phone calls and emails within a day all offering to help. I was very touched by your volunteers' willingness to help a stranger.
Volunteers searched on a couple of different occasions but the ring wasn't found. A third Volunteer named Rodney called and even though I told him a few others had already tried and were unsuccessful, he said he didn't mind and was still going to give it a try.
Rodney called me the next morning and said that he was pretty sure he had found my husband's ring! I was shocked! He then followed-up by sending me a picture and that confirmed everything!
The ring had been lost for over a month -- on a busy Lake Tahoe beach -- and now it was found!! Oddly enough, I had just ordered a replacement wedding ring for my husband no more than an hour before I got the phone call from Rodney!
Even though the ring wasn't found on the first or second try, it was found on the third, so don't give up hope! I had a feeling that the ring was still there, and I'm so grateful for your kind volunteers!
Thanks again!
Nichole
The Found Ring
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Lost Wedding Ring found August 2012:
(Lost Item #535)
Misty L. of Deerpark, Texas reported she'd lost her wedding ring to the Lost My Stuff Group on Thursday, 8/16/12. One of our members, Janie O. of Pasadena, contacted Misty the same day and arranged to meet her the next morning to search for her ring.
Janie was planning to go hunting with the Aubry V., the Co-Huntmaster of the Treasure Hunters Association of Pasadena that morning anyway, so she invited him to help search.
After they met up with Misty and determined the particulars of how and where Misty had lost her ring they began the search. Not 5 minutes later Janie heard Aubry shout "Got it!"
Aubry had found the ring!
Misty was really excited and happy her ring had been found and said she was definitely going to be telling everyone how much she appreciated Janie, Aubry & the Lost My Stuff Group!!
Misty & Aubry
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Lost Class Ring found August 2012:
Today around 3:00, I met with a young lady named Lauren and her boyfriend in a local Galveston restaurant to return her Class Ring. She was very exited to get it back. Her story is as follows:
Just after graduating from college, she came down to Galveston with some friends to spend the day at the beach. They were in the water about ankle deep and started throwing around a ball. She caught the ball, and as she threw it to one of her friends, the ring came flying off. She saw where it landed and they tried to find it but were unable to. This was the 2nd time she had lost it, and she knew she would probably never see it again.
About a week later is when I made the discovery. It was about 10:00pm and I was hunting as the tide was going out. In the water near shore I found a hole and got a strong signal with my metal detector. After I dug a scoop of sand, I adjusted my head light and looked into my sandscoop and saw the familer sight of Gold! I could tell right away it was a class ring, and I knew I had to try and find the owner.
Her name was inside the ring and I passed the information on to my friend Jim. He was able to find Lauren thru the school she just graduated from and he put her in touch with me via email.
Lauren said right before they left if she ever loses it again she'll be sure to call me. This is the 2nd ring I've returned within a week, and its a great feeling to be able to return the rings to their rightful owners!!!
Scott P in Galveston, Texas
Lauren & Scott
Lauren & her Ring!
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Lost Wedding Ring found August 2012:
(Lost Item #508)
I have been looking for my wedding ring for over a year and half. In my yard, while doing yard work, every weekend I would spend about 15 min to 30 min digging, raking and searching to no avail.
I even purchased a metal detector for around $75.00, but I just found a bunch metal scraps.
Then I found this group called The Lost My Stuff Group. I filled out the Lost Item Report and 24 hours later received an email and a call from Jim Doncaster. He came over 30 minutes later and found my wedding ring within 15 minutes! That was amazing!!!
Thankyou so much Jim, and also thankyou for this group.
Sincerely, Joseph Bruno Pelle
Joseph & Jim
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Lost Wedding Ring found July 2012:
(Lost Item #500)
I called Andrea and arranged to meet her and her husband at the sandy "tot lot" where the ring was lost. When we met there, they were able to tell me specifically where the ring was lost. I searched that area with my metal detector and found the ring in about 10 minutes. They were very happy (and I think quite surprised) with the quick result!!!
Completed Monday, July 30, 2012, at 9 PM.
-- Tom
Alex & Cara & the Ring!
And a note from the owner...
My husband Alex & I had gone to Cheviot Hills Park and were playing in the sand with our daughter Cara. Alex took his ring off and gave it to me to hold. I placed it on my thumb, figuring it would be safe... still loose, but okay.
Wrong!
When I went running after Cara, it fell off, into the sand. Alex and I spent almost 3 hours looking but no luck. He was convinced it had been picked up by someone and was gone. I was convinced it could be found but had no clue how!!
When we got home, I typed "lost my wedding ring at a park" into Google. Lostmystuff.net was one of the first hits and the philosophy seemed right on... "We do it because it's the right thing to do" sounded like something I'd say and something I'd teach Cara.
The next night, Tom met the three of us at the park and, after a few candy wrappers and other such junk, got a good hit on his metal detector. He sifted the sand, grinned, held up a shiny object and asked, "Is this your ring?"
It WAS!!!
When my husband asked how he could thank him, Tom replied, "You just did."
Thank you for being here!!!!!
Andrea
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Lost Wedding Ring found July 2012:
(Lost Item #498)
After receiving an email about a lost ring from lostmystuff.net, I knew it was my chance to help a young lady out and find her lost 10th aniversary diamond ring. I received the email on Saturday and the soonest I was able to search was Sunday morning.
The lady & her husband (Wendy & John) had left the Galveston area and so they couldn't meet me at the search area. John contacted me and explained the general area where the ring was lost, and also texted me a good picture of the ring.
I only had about an hour to search Sunday morning and the tide was high. I hit the water about 10:00am, and only found some change and pull tabs before I had to leave. I was determined not to give up, so around 4:00pm the same day I headed back out for another try.
As luck would have it, the moon was full and the tide was way out. I knew this was the perfect opportunity I was looking for. I started searching by doing a "grid pattern" in the area I was told to seach. It was almost dark and while doing a cross pattern on the grid, I got the signal. After digging about 4", out came the ring. I held it in my hand and knew this was it! It's the best find I've ever made!
I contacted Wendy & John and they asked me if I could meet them on the beach where it was lost the following weekend. I gladly said yes, and after meeting with them, I gave Wendy back the ring. She was so happy, as was I, and I'm glad I was able to help them out.
Scott P.
Scott & Wendy
The Found Ring!
And a note from the owner...
The ring lost was a 10 year anniversary band I bought for my wife not 2 months ago... It was lost on 07/24 while my wife was on a getaway in Galveston, TX in the Gulf of Mexico. The devastation of losing the ring made my wife sick to her stomach.
To have someone go out and spend their spare time and return the ring with no questions asked and no reward expected restores my faith in humanity.
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Lost Wedding Ring found July 2012:
(Lost Item #477)
On Tuesday 7/17/12, Myles W. was teaching his son how to swim at Greenwood Lake when his wedding band slipped off. His Aunt Dee, who had been present on 7/9/12 when I recovered a Wedding band for Anne C. at this same lake (see Lost Item #462 below), approached Anne and asked her about getting in touch with the guy who recovered her ring. Right there on the beach, in this day of gizmo's and gadgets, Aunt Dee sent a Lost Item Report to the Lost My Stuff Group from her Smartphone!
On Saturday 7/21/12, another Lost My Stuff Group member (HG) and I joined forces to search for the lost ring. Upon our arrival at the lake we met Aunt Dee, and she pointed out the area where the ring was lost. Her nephew Myles works nights and couldn't meet us personally. After about an hour of pulling bottle caps and pull tabs, the glimmer of gold once again appeared in my scoop! I asked HG not to say anything to Aunt Dee until we had our cameras in hand.
Aunt Dee and Myles's cousin Nikki were in disbelief that we had found the ring so quickly and started calling everyone on the phone. We took some pictures, exchanged pleasantries, and HG & I moved on to the local ballfield where we were hoping to find a lost Baptismal cross and chain (Lost Item #466).
The Lost Ring!
HG & Kevin
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Lost Engagement Ring found July 2012:
(Lost Item #485)
I just wanted to say thank you so much to lostmystuff.net for the great service I was provided when I was in a state of panic from loosing my engagement ring.
Yesterday I realized it was missing, and after retracing my steps I realized I must have left it on my kitchen counter. I recently got a new puppy and thought for sure he was the thief who took it, since I knew my ring was sitting next to some new shavers I just bought which ended up being dragged In my back yard by that sneaky devil.
After I checked everywhere, I knew I had to figure something out, so first I took my puppy to the vet for an X-ray, and it came up negative for my ring. So then I started searching the web for metal detectors thinking it must be in my backyard. At first I contacted a different site, and after waiting a long time I finally received an email from them saying they found someone to help but I had to pay, and they couldn't come till Saturday.
I was crushed because I just dropped $80 for my dogs X-ray and there was no way I could wait till Saturday. So I kept searching online and found lostmystuff.net and saw their services were free, so I reported my lost engagement ring on their site.
In a verrrry short time I got a response back which I was pleased about, and then I was connected with Mike! Mike came within an hour of us talking to each other to help search for my ring. He was so nice, very positive, extremely thorough and went straight to work on hunting for my ring.
Well, after about 20 mins of watching him do an amazing job, my nerves got the best of me and I needed to get up and keep looking for myself. It then hit me that the only place I hadn't checked already was in my trash can. Sooooo about half way through my digging, there was my engagement ring in the plastic bag my new shavers came in!
I realized I must have scooped my ring in the bag when I was cleaning the counter. I ran to tell Mike and my fiance who couldn't believe it. I told Mike over and over how sorry I was for wasting his time, but he was so nice about it all and just happy for me that I had found it.
Even though my ring was in the trash, I'm still so impressed with the service I received from lostmystuff.net that I will refer them to all my family and friends that ever need some help hunting for their lost treasures, but only after they've checked their trash cans first, I promise!!!
Brittany with her Ring!
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Lost Wedding Ring found July 2012:
(Lost Item #462)
Well, Saturday I decided to join some of you guys and volunteer my services with the Lost My Stuff Group. I signed up to receive Lost Item Reports for any items lost within 50 miles of my home. Sunday I was informed that Anne C. of Greenwood Lake had lost her wedding band while swimming at the Village Beach on Saturday.
I called her and asked for a few details and directions. It's bad enough when someone loses a wedding band but to make matters worse Anne's loss occurred on her 11th wedding anniversary. I told her I would be in Greenwood Lake today.
I left my house early and arrived at 10:30am. It was a little frustrating, not taking any chances I dug everything. It went on for 7 hours with a lot of Anne's beach friends wondering if this guy from NYC was really going to find her ring. They were also impressed with the fact that with Lost My Stuff there's no charge for the service.
After pulling scoop after scoop of nails, screws, bobby pins, bottle caps and pull tabs, I finally walked out of the water past where Anne was sittng to get my camera to take a picture of the look on her face when I handed her her wedding band, a nice heavy yellow and white gold band. I also had her son Elijah help her put it back on her finger!!!
It was a nice ride home although I must admit my back is a little sore and I may not have put on enough sunscreen. The pretty glow of gold in my scoop, the joy in Anne's face and the happiness that her beach friends shared with her made my little physical discomforts nothing to complain about.
Kevin
It's out there... somewhere!
Anne with her Found Ring!!!
And here's the email we received from the owner:
The whole story... It still seems unbelievable to me...
I lost my Wedding band on Saturday 7/7/12 in the lake. I went to catch a ball my son threw and it hit my ring finger and my ring flew off with the ball. Ironically it was my 11th Wedding Anniversary.
On Sunday Morning I went online to research purchasing a metal detector, while perusing I happened upon a forum about Treasure Hunters, which then led me to the lostmystuff.net website. I put my info in on a whim, not really thinking I would get any response. Three hours later I received a call from a man named Kevin. He lives in NYC and had a day off. He said that he would like to come to my beach and try to locate my ring. I gave him directions to get here.
I got down to the beach at 9am, waiting for his arrival. He showed up at 10:30am. I showed him the area in which I believed it had fallen off. About 3 hours in he had asked if I was absolutely positive that I had lost it in the water. I said yes and the hunt continued. After 7 hours and many failed scoops, many bobby pins, bottle caps, glass, screws and a few other misc. items he walked out of the water, at which point I thought he was done and totally grateful for the time and effort he had put in. He walked over to his bag to retrieve something, then walked over to me and said he wanted a picture of me holding MY RING!! I cannot beleive that he found it!! I thanked him again and again, gave him a big hug and promised I would share the site info with all my family and friends.
I also need to add that he has been treasure hunting since the 1970's and only joined the website as a member on Saturday (the day I lost the ring). I was his first official find. I am so very LUCKY!!
So if you have ever lost an item that you need to retrieve with a metal detector, please visit the site lostmystuff.net. There are stories about people losing things years and years ago and being found finally after all those years. This is a group of hobbyists that don't look for any monetary reward, just the thrill of the find!!Thanks to all who wished me well in finding my wedding band. Someone asked him how long he was going to look and he said "as long as it takes"... and he did... Anne
and No, I won't be wearing my ring to the beach anymore :)
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Lost Wedding Ring found July 2012:
(Lost Item #454)
After 2 weeks of being a Lost My Stuff member, I had my first chance to locate an item. The post for the lost item was on July 4th in the Fort Wayne, IN area. The item lost was a white gold wedding band. It was lost while swimming in a pond 3 to 7 feet deep. I responded to the post that same day and volunteered my services to attempt searching for the ring. This was my first water attempt.
The owner (Joe) & I corresponded with a few emails about time, location and the necessary tools needed to get the job done. Joe was very nice and was very thankful for my help no matter what the outcome would be. I finally made the 6 mile car ride to Joe's destination on July 5th. I got to the location and met with Joe and he showed me the location where he felt he lost his ring.
I gathered up my detector, threw my water shoes on, grabbed my mask and in the water I went. I started out on the shallow end sweeping back and forth. Had a few hits but nothing ring related. Then I picked up a good solid hit in 5 feet of water. My AT Pro was coming up with a 45 signal in the foil range. I told myself this is it! I searched and searched with aggressive bluegill biting my ears. Finally I go under with my scuba mask on and locate the ring. I put it on my married finger before I came back up. I said "Does this look like your ring?" Joe was puzzled at first, and then a big smile and a sigh of relief came to reality!!!
The search took 1 hour. His family and children were out there as well. Joe thanked me many times and wanted my address. I said I didn't need anything, especially money. He said his wife will probably want to send me something. I said a thank you card would be all I could accept. We shook hands and away I went.
Thank you lost my stuff, this was a fun opportunity for experience and good karma.
Rudy & Joe with his Ring!
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Lost Wedding Ring found July 2012:
(Lost Item #458)
Today a fellow approached me while I was detecting on the beach and asked me to help find his wife's wedding ring, saying he knew exactly where she was when it fell off. Even with that it had been 30-45 minutes since it was lost and the current, while not as bad as yesterday, was still really strong. Being pretty new with the PI detector still, and not really knowledgeable about wave action on small rings, I was pretty dubious about finding it, but I told him "what the heck, let's give it a try."
I first grid searched from farther out than she was straight into the beach for a width of about 20 yards. Then I did a 90 degree cross grid of the same area to no avail. I decided to do a 45 degree grid and on the 7th pass I heard a signal that I just KNEW was a ring. I scooped it gently and and looked inside and there was a very small white gold and saphire lady's ring. I asked him to describe the ring his wife lost and he did to a "T".
Total search time... maybe 45 minutes. I was extremely pleased with my new PI and I now feel like I'm becoming one with it!!!
Mike searching at PCB
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