:usaflag:Lost Rings!!:detecting:

[Cupajo]

Yesterday I told an old timer I know that I search for lost jewekry in the water with an underwater metal detector.

He told me about losing his university ring in 1944 at a nearby beach and from his description I think there is a better than average chance that it is still there!!

I will give it a try tomorrow AM if all goes well!

Recovery of a ring lost 66 years would be a hoot and certainly worth a news article!

My door-bell rang early this PM and a young man at the door asked if I was the guy who had helped people to find lost rings.

I found out that yesterday he had lost his wedding band in the water in front of the cottage he was renting and had a fair recollection of its location.

Shortly, when the tide is right, I will head to the site and give 'er a go!

It's only a 1/4 mile from where I sit.

I'll keep Ya All posted!

CJ

 

[Cupajo]

I entered the water at 7PM with my Dual Field complete with new Lithium batteries and walked out against the small swells the 65 or so feet to where Mark was standing.


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He said as nearly as he could remember he was "just about here' when he felt the wedding band fall off his finger.

The first signal was strong, but small in size and I explained to him that it could be a fishing sinker or anything metal for that matter.

It turned out to be a small sinker!


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I asked him to step aside a few feet and right where he was standing there was a very strong signal from another small object which I suggested just might be his ring and then and there I dug up his ring!


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The digging was hard because of the stones, but #36 ended up in my sifter and made the whole family (Standing on the beach watching) very happy!!!

10 or 15 minutes of water time including the digging. (It would have gone faster if I wasn't dodging waves!)

CJ

 

[tvr]

Incredible that he actually located where he lost it that accurately! Great story and another great recovery for you.

Looking forward to seeing that ring lost 66 years ago!
Cheers,
tvr

 

[John(Tx)]

wishing you luck and keep us posted. HH

 

[scubadetector]

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[Gold Nuggets]

It's always a good feeling to be able to find something
that someone has lost.... Especially when they knew
exactly where they lost it!! Congratulations on a successful
recovery and return. HH Gold Nuggets

 

[Cupajo]

Thanks for your kind replies Fellow Hunters!

I just got in from cruising the swimming area where the friend lost his university ring in 1944.

The last time I hunted there was in the 80s and I was walking on stones and small boulders in waist deep water.

This AM the sand was so deep where he said to look that I couldn't even find the bottom!

I'll monitor the spot for future hunts and I hope I can find the old gents ring for him or his family should it work out that way.

After 21/2 hours of water hunting I brought home 2-quarters, 2-dimes, 2-nickles, and 4-pennies.

A couple of bottle caps, one fishing lure and a dozen fishing sinkers nearly all an ounce and smaller and a few odd bits of rusty iron along with a half dozen hair pins.!

GL&HH friends,

CJ

 

[Cupajo]

For the second day in a row I had someone come to my house and ask me to help them find a lost ring!

About a half hour ago I went back to the beach a few cottages down frrom the one where I found the ring yesterday to find a ring that had been the prized possession of an elderly lady that had died several weeks ago.

It was given to the future bride of her grandson and lost on the sandy beach shortly thereafter.

I fired up my Ace 250 and in 15 minutes or so recovered a quarter, two nickles and a zinc pennie, but no ring.

When I turned to hunt a parallel path with the sun at my back I saw a sparkle that can only come from a diamond and didn't even give the Ace a chance to do its thing!!
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I pointed it out to the father of the bride to be and the rest is history as they say.

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Granpa offered me a sizeable tip for my time and I asked if I could be paid with these photos instead!

What a day!!!

CJ

 

[scubadetector]

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[Joel-Winnipeg]

Gongrats on the good deeds, two in a row that is good

 

[dfxone]

CJ, I give you two thumbs up for a great story and deed. You deserve a big banner for your efforts. GH, Don

 

[cometguy]

Wow, there are several things about these stories that amaze me. Glad they found you and glad you found the rings. Both recoveries are pretty neat. Good job.

Don
HH

 

[Cupajo]

Thank you Fellow Hunters for your kind comments.

There have been some fun times recovering lost rings over the years.

I have never asked for payment and have refused when it was offered.

I have, however accepted a bottle of wine when it was offered and also been surprised with a gift certificate for a fine meal at a local restraunt several times.

It may take time, but if they are there at a depth I can search I have found them.

In the past few years I failed three times on the dry sand and I'm cinvinced that in each case the jewel "walked away" with a little help!

GL&HH Friends,

CJ

 

[metalfun]

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[scubadetector]

I spend a lot of hours finding people. I send a lot of things out of state. I live off detecting and every little bit helps.

 

[Cupajo]

Hi SD,

As a 40 year resident of this small community on the Connecticut Shore I have been blessed with easy access to the areas where I pursue my hobby and take pleasure in helping these folks out.

That being said, if the day ever arrived when I "turned pro" I would approach the whole thing differently and start calculating what my time and efforts are really worth to the owner of the jewel and probably would draw up some sort of agreement to cover any expenses and keep things "legal"!.

Under Ct. law as it has been explained to me I have the legal obligation to return any recovered object to its rightful owner!

(I think it says something about reasonable effort to locate the owner and return to, etc.)

When you know that person is no longer living and there is no way to trace the ownership it is obviously a keeper!

There was one ring I took several years to get to the rightful owner and ended up doing it through a third party.

I never heard one word from the owner and to this day don't know positively that the third party hasn't kept the ring!

That's going above and beyond in my book and had I sold the thing I wouldn't have to doubt the trustworthiness of the third party!

Thanks for your reply Fellow Hunter!

GL&HH Friend,

CJ

 

[Sanddigger]

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[scubadetector]

never get one. I have only had about 4 people come to me while I was hunting and I have found their stuff. Never asked and never got rewards. BUT I have found owners and have returned over 30 class rings. Some I have got rewards and some I have got thank you's. TWO in particular I recieved nothing.

One the guy that owned the class ring was deceased and his spouse wanted it, I was featured in a paper in Pensylvania for that one. And the other a USAF pilot ring from 1947 I spent 2 years researching. He had died in 2002, BUT his son was a retired pilot same name and he wanted the ring. So I sent it to North Carolina. Not a thank you or shipping or anything from these two.

BUT as you have said, You can go places nobody else can and so can I. I have been on the Detroit news twice, in 5 different papers and twice in the same paper. A lot of people know who I am and that in itself is a great help.

I will always look for owners of class rings. I totally surprise people. Also old ID braceletts. I still will send them off. I feel the good people that reconize my efforts outweigh the ones that don't. I have recieved tons of thanks.

But to pay for my air, and my time, if somebody wants to hand me money I will let them!!!!

GL to you!! You and I both for sure have good karma along with a lot of other detectorists that think like we do!!!

 

[Cupajo]

Hi Again SD,

Few people realize how much energy, devotion to principle, effort and time what you have described requires!

You have certainly gone "above and beyond" many times with your efforts and my detecting hat's off to you Friend!

GL&HH Fellow Hunter,

CJ

 

[Cupajo]

This AM I checked my E-Mail and found that a Friend of mine who had witnessed Fridays wedding ring recovery had sent me a note of approval!

My first!!

I thought y'all might like to see what an impact your recovering and returning a ring might have!

Hello, CJ,

Congratulations, again, on your finding the lost wedding ring on Friday! It was wonderful for me to be there to see the joy, relief and wonder that you brought not only to the couple who had lost the ring but to all those around who had observed the drama around the couple's loss and the searching for the ring for the past days. I think that your finding the ring in the short time you did, after many folks searching with masks and snorkels and toes, was more wondrous and wonderful to the observing crowd than had you been curing lepers with a single word or touch. What a great gift you have given so many folks with your many ring finds! I was reminded of the ending of so many old Lone Ranger TV series in which folks asked "Who was that masked man" as the hero rode out of town as people talked of the experience of watching you find the ring.

My daughter, who had rented a cottage for the week a couple doors, up wants to know how it went for the search you mentioned you would be doing on Saturday for the lost ring from 1944? I know so many were interested and wishing you well.

It is a great gift you have given so many. You are a generous man of many talents!

All the best,

David