Lost Wedding Ring

[stuart@crowncouncil.com]

My wife lost her wedding ring in a Utah reservoir last week and we are trying to create a plan on how to find it. We have been told my many divers that we will not be able to find it, but after spending some time on this web-site we think that it can be done. Could any of you point my in the right direction for underwater metal detectors and any other advice you might have (tools, search patterns, GPS, anyone in the Utah area). I am a certified diver, but I do not have any experience looking for anything under water. We are going to have to dive about 15 feet in very low visibility water to find it. I am willing to do water ever it takes to find the ring - so please let me know if you can help me. Thanks. Stuart Anderson

 

[bdahunter]

If you KNOW very accurately where it was lost.
If the reservoir hasn't been stirred up since it was lost.
If you can get somebody who dives and has a good detector.

You have a CHANCE of recovering the ring. Just being honest about your chances.

Good Luck and I admire your determination,

BDA

 

[houndawgg]

Be careful of who you talk to locally. I'd contact a club in your area and see if any of them have water machines and dive, then decide how to approach him/them. Find out who is most experienced and if they're willing to be hired or help. With lots of luck, you may find someone who can lower the odds of finding it.
A lot has to do with how the bottom is, where the ring fell. If it has aquatic growth, the higher it is, the more difficult it will be to search. I'm surprised visibility is against you in a reservoir, but that's discouraging. Not many divers have low viz experience and it's spooky. NJ has lots of wreck divers that are familiar with this type of diving, but unfortunately their not convenient for you.
I would check with a dive shop and see what sort of underwater markers and stringers they have, so you can grid the targeted area and aren't just frailing around blindly, missing spots and doubling over others.
Hopefully, the area isn't littered badly with mid conductive targets that will be required to be removed, to locate your ring.
Most of all, you'll have to be realistic about finding it at all and a lot of that has to do, with how accurately you know where it is.
If you have any questions, shoot me a PM on this forum, with your number and I'll call to try and help. Good luck, Gary

 

[Bob @ Sebastian]

Stuart

Send me a PM. I was Capt of a dive recovery/rescue team for 25 years in Michigan. I may be able to help in suggesting what search patterns and other methods that we used successfully in our operations.

Bob