This is not a metal detecting story but a treasure hunting story from Ocean City, NJ, beach.

Most people, when they go to the beach, walk along the water’s edge looking for shells, shark teeth, and other treasures. This lady found an old bottle with a note inside.

After a lot of research, it looks like the bottle was thrown in the ocean in the late 1800’s. How cool is that?

Here is a link to a local news station story on this incredible find:

WPVI ABC News 6 story

Lorenzo Ruijter, a 27-year-old Dutch treasure hunter, found a thousand-year-old medieval treasure using a metal detector. Read the full story here. 

He actually found the treasure 2 years ago and kept it a secret. Some of the pieces are being displayed in a museum. 

Someday, I hope to be making headlines by finding Black Beards Treasure. 

Back at the end of July, I received an email from Rickey. He lost his ring at a basketball court in Westampton, NJ. To read the full story, click here.

If I can make a suggestion, leave your jewelry at home when playing sports or going to the beach. I like the challenges of finding lost items and the rewards, but I would like to go metal detecting to relax. The pressure to find a known lost item is stressful. 

Rickey was in the doghouse when he told his wife that he lost his ring. Hopefully, he is out of the doghouse since the recovery. 

This is a GREAT hobby!

I have done some updating to this website. The significant addition is a “Links” page that will direct you to metal-detecting related websites. You can find that page here. The links are listed from A-Z. 

If you know of a link that isn’t listed, please send me an email at metaldetectingman+links@gmail.com. I will review it and add it. 

I’ve also made several recoveries. They are listed down the right side of the home page under recent recoveries. I will add short posts about each of them in the near future. 

While doing renovation work on his beach house, a guy found buried cash under his house. 

Read the full story here

I have been called out to search for suspected buried treasure at houses. The people say they think a family member buries items around the property because they didn’t trust banks. Some searches were successful and some were not. 

It’s hard to say if a metal detector would have found this loot. As the cash was buried in glass jars. I am not sure if the lids were made of metal. 

How to find a lost ring or jewelry on the beach. 

Screenshot this post, and save this post for future reference! (hopefully, you will never have to use the information listed below. 

1st – Note the location you are in.  If you have your cell phone with you get the GPS coordinates or mark your location in Google Maps.

2nd – Note the time of day. It is needed to reference tide charts. 

2nd –  Take pictures of the area. Pictures of what is behind you, in front of you, what is near you. Note how far away from the water and wet sand you are. Not just close-up pictures, some landscape pictures are a big help when I and on-site looking for the correct area. 

3rd – Mark the area with something. A chair, log, cluster of shells. 

4th – Call a professional Metal Detectorist. 856-433-0719 (Dave the Metal Detecting Man) is a GREAT resource in Southern NJ, Jersey Shore, Northern Delaware, and South Eastern Pennsylvania. 

I have had many successful recoveries in Atlantic City, Ventnor, Margate, Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Avalon, Stone Harbor, Wildwood, Cape May, Long Beach Island, Beach Haven, Surf City, Barnegat Light, and many other shore locations. 

Not many detectorists can say they have had professional football players trust them in finding their NFC Championship ring. I have found items that were lost for more than 30 years. 

I am a 1st responder/paramedic that loves helping others. I have assisted law enforcement in recovering items to help convict criminals. The Atlantic County & Cape May County prosecutors have called for my services. 

I hope you don’t have to use my services, but if you do, give me a call!

Yesterday I had a request to search for property markers/survey stakes. According to the last survey for the property, done over 30 years ago, all four corners should have a metal marker. 

You can read the short story here.

John didn’t want to have to pay for an expensive official survey before he has a fence put up. Most properties these days have metal markers. They are usually a few inches below the surface, so you would be a metal detector to find them. I have done several successful searches for the markers. 

I love my hobby!

May was a rough month. I re-injured my back and missed several days of work. It’s getting better but it is still not back to normal. While I was dealing with that, I contracted COVID 19, which caused me some more lost time at work. 

I did have a recovery request come in during that time. I had one of my detecting friends do the search. It was successful. 

I noticed today that I didn’t post my last recovery. It was in Howell Twp, NJ. You can read the full story here.

Yardwork is dangerous for jewelry!

I am back in service ready to find your lost items. 

Received a call from Michael. He lost his ring while in the yard mulching & playing with his kids. 

He searched without luck. He found my website from another Collingswood search a few weeks ago. 

Read the full story here.

It would have never been found without a metal detector. If you lose something, call a professional!

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!!

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. 

George lost his wedding ring earlier this week. He was taking care of some feral cats. When he got home he noticed his ring missing. He checked his car and couldn’t find it. A friend of his contacted my wife to see if I could help. 

As you see in the picture, the Grinch lost another round. George has his ring back.

Click her to read the full story.

Have a GREAT Holiday Season!!

Between my work schedule and taking a 2000+ mile road trip with my wife, I haven’t posted for a while.  Durning my time away from posting I did have 3 successful recoveries and 1 unsuccessful attempt. 

Here are the links to the 3 most recent recoveries:

• Yardley PA
• King of Prussia PA
• Mt Laurel NJ

I hope everyone has a GREAT Holiday Season!

Janet has lost 2 rings over 20 years. The most recent was her grandmothers wedding ring. I picked a very hot & humid day to search. 

Read the whole story here.

Needless to say she was extremely happy to see that ring again. The smile on her face was priceless!

Have you lost something? Give me a call!

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. 

Click here to read the full story.

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. 

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!

Another successful recovery. Miranda lost her rings the other day. She wasn’t sure if she lost them in her yard or somewhere else. After posting her loss on Facebook, she was referred to me.  We made arrangements to meet early on Saturday morning.  The rings were found in record time.

Read the full story here!

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!!

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!

My latest search was for a lost well-head. I had no idea what it was or what it was made of. The cover for it is made of iron. 

I did find it, and it should bring in a lot more requests, as the guy who called runs a construction company that needs to locate metal objects frequently. 

Read the full story here

If you lost something metal, give me a call.