Spring is right around the corner. With warmer temperatures comes yard work & spring cleanups. Spring cleanups cause calls for my service to skyrocket. 

You are wearing gloves and your rings. Taking your gloves on & off, not realizing your rings came off with your gloves. An hour or two later you realize that your ring is missing. Panic sets in as you have no idea where you lost it. 

The first place you should look is in your gloves. The next place to look is in all of the pockets of the items you were wearing. If you put the spoils of your cleanup out in the trash bring it back. Don’t let the trashmen take it, as it will have to be searched. 

If it is dark out take a flashlight out and search the area you were working in. You might be able to catch a glimpse of sparkle from the precious metal or stone in your ring. 

When all of your searchings come up empty, give me a cal, The Metal Detecting Man. You probably need a professional meal detectorist. I have several different detectors that I use, each has its specialty. I also have tools to look in cars under seats. I can search land & shallow water. House searches are mostly visual searches due to all of the pipes, wires, & nails in the walls & floors. 

Have a GREAT Spring!!

 

 

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Making a Snow Angel = a Lost Ring

I got the 1st lost ring in the snow call for 2022. Mike was making a snow angel and lost his wedding ring, in Collinswood NJ. They had someone else out yesterday, with a metal detecter, but they didn’t have any luck. 

There was about 8 inches of new snow on the ground. It only took about 15 minutes. They were very happy. Click here to read the full story!

If you lose something you should call a professional. It takes a long time and a lot of practice to learn how to use a medal detctor properly. 

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Hot Humid Weather, Sweat, & Wedding Ring Don’t Mix

My latest recovery was on a rugby field (The South Jersey Rugby Football Club’s Field, in Cherry Hill NJ). The picture above has a red star on it. That is the approximate location where I found the ring. I thought it would take a few days to locate the ring, as it is a large field with a lot of targets. Pieces of cans, cleat spikes, bottle caps and more. 

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I will search almost anywhere. I cannot search water that is deeper than 5 feet deep. If you lose something, make mental notes of where you are. Mark the area. Take pictures of the surroundings & land marks. If your phone registers latitude and longitude numbers get them. Put a pin on the map. The more information you can provide the better the chances for a successful recovery. 

 

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Lost Wedding Ring While Doing Yardwork in Bellmawr NJ – FOUND

My second request of the day & it was successful.  Ernie was doing some yard work this morning. Later in the day, he noticed that his ring was missing. It was pretty quick also. The important thing is when you lose something make as many mental notes as to what you were doing as possible. The more information you provide, the quicker the searches are. 

Read the full story here!

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Lost Ring in Seaside Park Beach

I went on a recovery to find a ring this morning. I wasn’t on the beach for 5 minutes when I found a large silver ring.  It wasn’t the ring I was looking for! BONUS! 

I found the correct ring in another 5 minutes. A beautiful gold ring that was handed down in the family.  I stayed a little while longer after returning the recovered ring and I found another silver ring.  Another BONUS! 2 more items to add to my safe deposit box retirement fund…

I LOVE my Hobby!!

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How to Find a LOST Ring in Oaklyn NJ

Another quick recovery this week. It took all of 15 minutes. I was hoping it would be found, but there was a good chance that the ring was in a large metal dumpster. There were too many hazards in the dumpster that would have prevented me from searching. 

Read the full story here

This was the first search that I have done that both the loser and the searcher were fully COVID vaccinated. 

If you lose something take pictures and write down information that would assist me in finding your lost item. If it’s made of metal, I can find it!

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Snow Shoveling Temporally Claims Another Ring in Berlin NJ

 

 

We had a 3-day snowstorm earlier this week. I knew I would be getting a call or two for lost items. We got 8 – 10 inches of the white fluffy stuff. 

Cold days are like days when you go to the beach. Take off your jewelry. The cold shrinks your hands and things fall off. Especially if they are loose on a normal day. 

As I type this it is snowing again. We are expecting 5 more inches, and I am expecting more calls for service. Stay safe!

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Don’t Wait To Call

 
 
 
 
 
 
I received a call to search for a ring that was lost 50 years ago. The woman lost it when she was 14 years old, walking through a park to babysit. She had recently seen a show on tv about Jon Cryer, the actor losing his ring. He found a ring finder on the internet, and he found it. Click here is a youtube video about Jon’s loss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itDIVZE8tHM.
 
The park is still there, and she was just by it about a month ago. Every time she is in the area, she rides by and thinks about the ring. It was a large gold ring with a diamond in it, given to her by her uncle. It was too big, but she had tape on it to fit her finger better.
 
I had time the following Sunday morning to search. I looked at Google maps to look at the park. It is a large park, but she is sure of the route she traveled. I’m excited about the search.
 
The drive is about 45 minutes. I arrive first and cannot believe what I see. The entire park is under construction. There are piles of dirt everywhere, 20 to 30 feet high, a large trench through the whole thing. It looks like they are putting in a sewer system and going to develop the area.
 
Carol arrived shortly after and was devastated. There was a small area that was undisturbed. I did search that area but didn’t find the ring.
 
The moral of this story is not to wait when you lose something. If Carol would have found me a month or two earlier, there is a good chance the ring could have been found…
 
I love my hobby!
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A Bad Day in a SnowStorm! Lost Keys

I went on a search after the Nor’Easter snowstorm this week. Looking for a very expensive car key & house key. They were found!

To read the full story click here.

I get a lot of calls after snowstorms. People lose rings while throwing snowballs, sledding, cleaning snow off of vehicles, and shoveling.  A lot of keys are also lost. The sooner you call the better chance of finding them. 

Have a safe & Happy Holiday Season!!

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2 New Recoveries

2 new recoveries in 3 searches. The one unsuccessful search was in York, PA. It was for a small stud earring. 

The 1st recovery was on Halloween. It turned out to be a search in the house after the necklace and 3 rings were not found outside. See the full story here

The second recovery was in Wilmington DE, I got the call as I was leaving York, PA. See the full story here.

My busy season is upon us, fall yard works causes a lot of lost jewelry. 

 

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Not the Right Ring….


I made a 250 mile round trip to Connecticut to look for a ring. I found a ring, but not the ring that I was looking for. 

It was a rainy, messy Saturday morning. Traffic was light. We searched the small search area for almost 2.5 hours. Ken was a FDNY firefighter, that has retired. I thought this would be a great thing to do, 1 first responder helping a retired first responder. 

To read the full story click here.

 

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Lost For 18 Years…

I beautiful platinum ring was lost 18 years ago while gardening. The loss created a lot of heartache for Audrey. She is putting her home up for sale and moving to Florida in a few weeks. Her son asked me to look for the ring. She desperately wants to have it back. It was her mother’s ring.

The Metal Detecting Man to the rescue. The ring is back where it belongs. The joy brought to this woman, by finding this lost ring made my year. 2020 may be depressing, but this return brightened up the rest of the year. 

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Another Football Game on the Beaches = Lost Chain & Charm…

A friendly game of football on the beach between brothers results in a lost chain and pendant. 

A nice day at the beach on a Saturday afternoon, in Ventnor NJ resulted in a panicked phone call to the Metal Detecting Man. I responding right away. 

This is the third football loss in the last couple of months. Chains and stud earrings are the hardest things to find with a metal detector. Success is not always possible. It doesn’t mean that I won’t try. I want you to have you lost items back. 

To read the full story click here.

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Football on the Beach Causes Lost Chai Charm in Margate

 

Playing football on a chilly day during the Memorial Day Weekend caused some heartache. Dean’s son lost a family Chai charm from a necklace. Kids will be kids, a chain was grabbed and snapped, the charm when flying, and quickly sank in the soft sand. It didn’t help that the wind was blowing sand all around. 

The lifeguards suggesting looking for people with metal detectors and Dean found me! A short time later It was in Dean’s hands. 

Read the full story here.

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Another Victim to Yardwork

I received another search request earlier this week for a lost wedding ring. Paul was cleaning out ivy from his back yard. When he went inside & washed his hands he saw that his wedding ring was missing. 

I went over to his place after work. He showed me the area and I searched for all of 2 minutes before I uncovered his ring. The bonus he invited me back to search for artifacts. His house dates back to 1806. 

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Coronavirus – Lost Wedding Ring While Playing Field Hockey With The Kids

April 25th was a beautiful day to search for a ring. It was a 45-minute ride to West Chester PA. The search took 2 minutes. Well worth it though. I was glad that I was able to find it. The owner of the ring was relieved that she has the ring back.

Social distancing was in place. There were no handshakes or hugs. It was nice to get out and fire up my metal detector.

If you lose something, call a professional. This family spent may hours searching for this ring.

Read the full story here.

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Footbal Game Gone Wrong…

Quinn was playing touch football when he touched a player on the other team. This person got mad and grabbed his collar, which in turn broke a chain that held a small gold cross.

This cross was given to him by his grandparents for his First Holy Communion. Well it was lost. His mom called The Metal Detecting Man. We were able to recover it.

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NJ Story Ring Lost 50 Years Ago Returned

I do not know Gus, but this is an awesome story I had to share:

DOVER, New Jersey — Sometimes you lose something very special and you think you will never see it again.

A New Jersey woman felt that way about her high school ring. Now, Elaine Hoffman, 69, can finally sport her ring she got when she was 18 years old.

“I know we went back to look for it, I do remember that,” said Hoffman.

The then18-year-old returned to Hurd Park in Dover, New Jersey several times in a fruitless search of the ruby and 14-karat gold Morris Hills High School ring with the Scarlet Knight mascot on the side and her initials on the other.

Those initials were the only thing Gus Seretis could go by after finding the ring 50 years later while scanning the park with his metal detector this past July.

“Oh my God, gold…take it, clean it off…popped out the little plug inside where the little finger hole is, I see MS. I’m like ‘I can return this if I can find the person,'” Seretis said.

Seretis says he could have gotten about $80-$100 for the ring for the price of the 14-karat gold, but he knew it was worth way more than half of it would be to him.

“In the metal detecting community, it’s kind of like an unwritten code that if you can return it, you do return it,” Seretis said.

He spent two months trying to find the 1968 graduate with the initials ‘EMS’ and was only able to do so with the help of the Morris Hills High School Alumni Facebook group.

“It was sweet of Gus to take the time to research, find out who it belongs to. HE could have just taken it and gotten money for it, and moved on,” Hoffman added.

To See The ABC 7 News Footage Click Here

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