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Lost Ring Found Nelson

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Elaine lost her ring in the golden sands of Tahunanui beach Nelson.

The ring was custom made by hand especially for Elaine when she left Scotland 30 odd years ago. A little piece of home to take with her on her travels abroad. For the past 30 years that ring had graced her hand continuously.

As you can imagine, when the ring flew from finger and buried itself in the sand Elaine was more than a little distraught. After some time of standing and staring at the sand Elaine and her friend decided that a more thorough search was going to be required.

A systematic grid search began as they scraped the top layer of sand away. Helpful bystanders offered advice on how to proceed, but as time passed, the search had grown and yet still no ring had been found.

Reluctantly, they gave up and retreated to their rented accommodation to drown their sorrows. Calling on Doctor Google for assistance they happened across the Mine For Gold metal detectors and ring finders website. A damsel in distress request was lodged, still with little hope they would be united with the precious ring.

Fortunately, the local detectorist was quick to respond and was happy for an early morning treasure hunt before Elaine and her friend had to board a plane back to Auckland.

Up at 6am (lucky it had been clocks back an hour for daylight savings that night!) and off to the beach. Arriving a little before the agreed time to meet the ladies, he headed off along the beach according to the directions given over the phone the night before.

Next to the log (unfortunately recent storms had deposited many logs), against the grass, within sight of the big slide (narrowing the options somewhat). Checking likely logs along the way but heading for the one that looked most like a seat two ladies would find an attractive option to pass the time on.

Bleep – a strong signal rings out. Unfortunately, a quick dig reveals a bottle cap rather than a platinum ring.

Bleep – another strong signal. This one sounds better. A quick scoop with the shovel and the target has been shifted, but it is still not obvious. No wonder they didn’t find it. However, the trusty Garrett pinpointer makes short work of locating the elusive ring.

When Elaine and her friend show up at the beach they were very surprised to find that they didn’t need to try and GPS match their spot again as the ring was already found. It is fair to say they were more than a little pleased to be reunited. Hugs and a more than generous reward were exchanged.

Once again the family will be left to fight over Mum’s favourite ring when the estate is divided up, but until then, it has found a new home on a bigger finger and won’t be dislodged again!

Another fabulous result from the Mine For Gold ring finder team of metal detectors for hire.

Wedding Ring Lost In Garden

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Another Mine For Gold ring finder success story.

Philip lost his platinum wedding band while gardening at home in Auckland. He was standing at a raised garden bed when it was raining. He said he shook his hands to rid them of dirt. The next thing he hears is a ping noise behind him, he is 1 metre from the boundary fence. Successful hunt for lost ring

The ring went through the netting fence into a pile of grass clippings and compost. After an hour and a half crawling around in the mud, rain and humidity it was finally located in the neighbours property. What made it extra challenging was that his property backs on to two other neighbours so I had to dig in 3 different properties!

Ian uses a ctx3030 (The GPS function comes in really handy for big search areas) and an X pointer from Deteknix to successfully find your lost rings.

Lost Ring Finders Christmas Present

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Ring Finder Christmas Miracle – Dec 21st

I received a call from a very upset lady, the usual story of a slightly-too-large ring and the sea.

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Lost Ring Found For Early Christmas Present

The previous day, she had gone for a morning swim, and returned to discover she and her ring had parted company.

Now, I knew the beach in question is very mobile and notorious for ‘swallowing’ rings so time was of the essence!
I cashed in some of my leave at work and headed away in order to catch the next low tide.
An hour and a half and a car ferry later, I arrived on site. Looking at the steep beach angle I could realistically only give her maybe a 50:50 chance of finding it.

After a quick walkthrough of the timeline leading up to the loss, I marked out the area of highest probability and started searching between the tideline and the waist-deep dropoff. Figured I’d do the hotspot first before getting the wetsuit on!

A lot of litter signals from can tabs and so forth caused several stops to listen carefully and determine if it was the ring… all were discounted for one reason or another.

Then, on the third line a clear tone and the scoop went in for a big bite out of the gravel. I checked the hole to make sure I had the target and waded ashore to empty the scoop.

On top of the pile of stones was the ring, and only 12 minutes from switching the machine on (Largely thanks to an extremely accurate start point).

Handed her the lost ring with a smile and a “Happy Christmas!”.
One extremely grateful, and very relieved couple.

Another NZ ring finder success story from the Mine For Gold metal detector team.

Ring Finder Success Story

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Another Mine For Gold Ring Finder success story.

A damsal in distress lost her ring on the lawn while putting her son in the car. Despite many hours on their hands and knees scouring the area nothing showed up.

Local ring finder Al came to the rescue. Despite a wild Wellington weather day and an area littered with false targets he persisted. In this case persistance equalled reward. The shiney gold engagement ring eventually popped out of the undergrowth making one damsal a very happy girl.

Our knight in shining armour packed up his metal detector and rode off into the rain – ring found, job done!

See if you can spot the ring he uncovered with some skilled detecting work…

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Lost Ring

No need to buy a metal detector to find your lost wedding ring or lost engagement ring when you can hire a metal detector and a skilled operator.

Although it is possible to buy new jewellery to replace lost treasures, you can not replace the sentimental value of the original item.  Do not despair. Treasure hunters are here to help you recover your lost rings and misplaced jewellery.

Gold rings and silver rings can all be found with a metal detector whether lost in the garden or lost at the beach. Anything metal can potentially be recovered from lost keys to lost toys to lost precious metals.

Steps To Take When You lose A Ring:

  1. Mark the spot as accurately as possible where you believe you have lost your ring. Do this as soon as you notice it has gone missing. The narrower the search area the more likely your ring can be recovered in a timely manner.
  2. Do not panic. If a quick visual survey of the area does not turn up your lost ring or lost jewellery then call your local treasure hunter. Most experienced metal detector operators with good equipment can recover items buried to a reasonable depth in mud or sand.
  3. Often lost items of jewellery turn up in unexpected places. That is to say that it is often not lost where people think they lost it. So if your lost ring is not recovered by your local treasure hunter in the area you first expected it may not be the fault of the metal detector.

Lost Treasures We Can Find

Lost engagement ring, lost wedding ring, lost jewellery, lost keys, lost metal items that could pose a danger, buried wire, lost favourite metal toys. Almost anything metal can be detected in normal ground conditions.

Treasure Hunters For Hire Near You

Use the Contact Us form to be connected to your local treasure hunter.

When making contact please tell us which city you are located in or near so we can forward your contact details to a ring finder near you.  We have metal detectors for hire located in most cities around New Zealand available for hire as ring finders.

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