Our Success Stories for the past year...
Lost Wedding Ring found November 2021:
(Lost Item #3205)
This item was lost at the beach in Destin, Florida back in early October. One of our members managed to find it a few days ago.
Congratulations to Dan Ortiz !!!
The Found Ring!
Delivered!
Back with Owner!
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Lost Wedding Ring found July 2021:
(Lost Item #3168)
The ring was lost in the owner's backyard about a week ago. He felt it fly off his finger at the time but didn't hear it ding off the patio. He went and bought his own metal detector to try and find it but the thing barely worked so that was a bust, and then he filed a lost item report with us (Lost My Stuff).
I got there at 5:50pm with my Equinox 800, and we found it within 5-7 minutes, even though he'd been looking for it for a week and I still barely know what I'm doing, but the 800 is a great piece of equipment so even on the very basic settings I used it still worked like a charm! The ring was the second hit I heard. I had given the owner my pinpointer to follow along behind me and do a little digging in the mud since we've had a LOT of rain here lately, and he found it pressed all the way into the mud, probably 2 feet off the patio and an inch or so into the mud. (I believe it was buried in the mud due to him or someone else stepping on it while looking for it during the last week).
We were both very excited as he'd obviously been looking hard for days and I'm new to the group and it was my first time to go search and find something. I actually think I may have been more excited than he was! I was so happy we found it!
By the way, we did the whole search in the rain! I wanted to help him ASAP as I was sure missing your wedding ring must make both parties really sad and anxious, and who cares about a little rain anyways!
P.S. I really enjoy being a member of the Group. It's such a nice thing to be able to help people in such an "easy" and important way!
Jen
The Found Ring!
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Lost Wedding Ring found July 2021:
(Lost Item #3166)
The mans tungsten wedding ring was lost by the husband in the Poudre River in Windsor, Colorado while tubing with his wife, family and friends. He stated that the ring came off in shallow water while attempting to paddle around a deposit of cobble stones. He visually marked the spot and filed a lost item report that afternoon. I received the report, contacted him, and we arranged to meet the next morning at 9:00.
He brought along his father who was also on the tubing trip the previous day. When we met, our first challenge was how to get to the search site as the river bank was private property. After checking with a passing Windsor policeman we were able to find an available route to the site over public land. We arrived at the site and waded to the pile of cobble. He pointed to an area of about 20'x20', and said that he was concerned the ring had traveled downstream. I said that I thought it had stayed put, based on my years of gold prospecting and had probably lodged itself behind one of the coble stones.
The water was only about 10" deep over the cobbles but running very fast. I learned that the best way to swing the coil in running water was to turn sideways to the current, plunge the coil under the water upstream and let the water take it by me to the end of the swing, then lift it out, step forward and repeat. After about 15 minutes I got a solid 19 hit on my Minelab Equinox 800 reading only about 2 inches below the coil. The husband, using my submersible pinpointer, squatted down to recover the target, looked up with the biggest smile on his face, and his dad and I knew we had found the ring.
We all 3 stood there in the middle of the river excited and high 5'ing each other. We were back at our trucks by 10:15 and by 10:30 were on our way. It was a great recovery and I was able to help put smiles on some faces.
Greg
We Found It!
Happy Campers!
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