Dunedin Ring Finder, Dunedin, FL (2026)

04/25/2026

Alexis was visiting Clearwater Beach with husband Brad, their children and some friends, enjoying the great weather and playing beach volleyball behind Crabby’s Beachside Pavilion. She had placed her wedding ring in a zippered pocket of her backpack for safekeeping. The family left the beach after a few hours and later Alexis realized that her ring was no longer in the pocket! She returned later to search the area including the parking lot but could not find the ring. Alexis found me through social media and gave me the details. She thought it was most likely that the ring fell out of the pocket when she pulled the children’s sunscreen out on the way to the beach but it could have been lost further out towards the water where they had set up their canopy. Alexis sent me a map of the loss area and also agreed to meet me on site the next morning to help pinpoint the location. I arrived first and began grid searching in front of the restaurant. Alexis arrived a little later to assist but had to leave shortly thereafter to prepare for a trip out of town. I was unable to find the ring in the area where the canopy was and the volleyball took place so I began to search the beach access area where the family had entered the beach. I soon hit a promising target with my detector and scooped Alexis’s ring out of the sand! She and her husband were in the process of making a flight so I returned the ring to Alexis when they returned a few days later. The smile says it all!

04/21/2026

Sandy and her daughter Kaley were enjoying a vacation at Clearwater Beach as Kaley had flown in from San Diego to spend time with her mother who lives in Lutz. They had not been on the beach long before Sandy realized that one of her gold diamond and pearl earrings was missing. Sandy and Kaley looked around their chairs and umbrella and Sandy retraced her steps back to the restroom where she did find the earring back in the walkway but not the earring. Kaley found out about my services from Amanda at the Hampton Inn and contacted me to give me the details. When I arrived, Sandy told me she thought the earring probably came off when she removed her beach cover-up. After getting a reading for my detector from the other earring, I began my search at the restrooms and searched the sand towards their chairs. Sandy and Kaley then moved their chairs and I found the earring near the umbrella! We were all happy to see the earring back in her ear where it belonged!

04/16/2026

Pamela contacted me after she saw an article about my metal detecting services in the local newspaper. Her husband Tom had lost a 2 carat diamond earring that he had worn for years. They thought that the earring had come off while Tom was sleeping as they later found the earring back bedside the bed. Pamela had taken the sheets off the bed to wash them that day so the theory was that the earring itself had somehow been wrapped up in the sheets and made it into the washer. There was nothing to be found in the washer but the dryer had started to make a strange rattling noise after the earring loss. Obviously my metal detectors would not be effective in that setting but I do have an endoscope that I can use to check out hard to see places so I agreed to come by to see if I could help. After I arrived I took a quick look at the washer and dryer and decided that I might be best to start in the bedroom to see if the earring could still be hidden somewhere. I looked under and behind the nightstand, between the mattress and the frame, and then looked under the bed. With my light, I noticed a small glimmer at the edge of one of the mattress frame supports, reached my hand behind the support and pulled out Tom’s earring! It had been almost completely out of sight behind the support! This is at least the third item I have recovered without using my metal detector.

04/03/2026

Dr. Dave was playing a round at Tarpon Springs Golf Course when he hit a ball that rolled onto the rocks that border the pond on hole 13. As he attempted to reach down to retrieve his ball he lost his balance and fell into the pond. After he climbed out of the pond, Dr. Dave realized that his gold bracelet given to him by wife Susan a few years before for their 50th wedding anniversary was missing from his wrist! After an unsuccessful attempt to locate the bracelet using a metal detector, Dr. Dave found out about me from an acquaintance and contacted me to see if I could help him. Thanks to Jamie, Tommy and Amy with the City of Tarpon Springs as well as Howard and Jim from Tarpon Springs Golf Course, I was able to quickly receive permission to search for the bracelet after signing a release. With Dr. Dave and golf pro Jim watching (for gators!) I worked my way down into the waist deep water and after only a couple of minutes searching, my detector registered a promising signal about three feet down. I couldn’t use my scoop because of the rocks so I was able to reach down and grab the target which turned out to be Dr. Dave’s anniversary bracelet! And then there were smiles…

03/28/2026

Alek was visiting Tampa on business and hanging out with some friends at Ben T. Davis Beach when his 18k gold and diamond ring went missing. He had taken off his ring and put it in his pocket to play volleyball and afterwards had run into the water and dove under. Alek along with his friends frantically searched in the sand and then knee to waist deep water with flashlights since the sun had set but had no luck. Alek found me online and reached out to see if I could come search that evening and I agreed to help because he sounded so desperate. By the time I started searching it was almost 9pm so for several hours I searched the volleyball area and then the water but I was not able to find the ring. Alek and I agreed to meet at 8am the next morning to search again and when I arrived, I noticed that the tide was so low that the area that Alek was in the night before was no longer under water! What a blessing that was. After searching for about 45 minutes in the wet, mucky sand, Alek and I came upon his beautiful ring half buried in the muck! The ring is back where it belongs.

03/20/2026

Beautiful weekend ahead for the local spring break week. Please don’t wear your fine or irreplaceable jewelry to the beach but if you do and lose something contact me ASAP for a free search!
(727) 477-4270
“It’s Only Lost Until I Find It!

03/16/2026

Luigi had just spent a few weeks in the hospital and rehab and decided to get some fresh air and to do a little yard work. For a while, he picked up leaves by hand and tossed them into a can. As he finished, Luigi realized that his 18k Italian gold wedding band that he had been wearing for 51 years was no longer on his finger! The ring had become loose on his finger as he had lost some weight in the hospital and was lost somewhere in the yard. Luigi and wife Cathey frantically searched through all the collected leaves and in the area of yard where was Luigi was working. Unable to locate the ring, Cathey found me through a Google search. I arrived at Luigi and Cathey’s home at dark after conducting another, unfortunately unsuccessful, search and after about 45 minutes, Luigi’s wedding ring was back on his finger where it belonged!

02/12/2026

Nancy’s husband Eddie had sadly passed away only a few months before and Nancy wore his wedding ring on her thumb. Recently, she worked in her back yard to cover several plants to protect them from an expected freeze and afterwards she drove to the beach to take a few pictures of the crashing waves. When she returned home, Nancy realized that the ring was no longer on her thumb! Fortunately, Nancy reported the loss on local social media in case the ring had been found at the beach and several people referred Nancy to me. We set up a search beginning with Nancy’s yard near the plants she had covered and after about a 30 minute search, I located the ring hidden in the grass! Needless to say, Nancy was thrilled to have her late husband’s ring back where it belonged!

02/03/2026

Amy took a short walk on Sand Key and after she returned to her car she realized that her bracelet was no longer on her wrist. The bracelet was very precious to her as it contained some of her late father’s ashes and he had passed away about 10 years ago. Amy searched for the bracelet in the sand with the help of a law enforcement officer but she was unable to find it. She later posted the loss on a local social media page called Seminole Happenings and several people tagged me. I reached out to Amy for the specifics, drove over to Sand Key the next morning, and found the bracelet after about a 30 minute search partially buried in the sand! Very blessed to have been able to get the precious bracelet back where it belonged!

01/15/2026

25 IN ‘25!!

My recovery stories from the past year. Many other searches that were either unsuccessful or the owner found the item somewhere else!
If you have lost a ring or other jewelry outside or if you want a search of your property to see if there are metal valuables buried, contact me for a free metal detecting search!
After all, “it’s only lost until I find it!”

12/25/2025

A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE (practically)!

Tia found out about my free metal detecting service on social media and messaged me to say that her daughter Ryin had been playing with puppy Teddy in her back yard when Teddy jumped up and pulled out one of her diamond earrings! They had been unable to locate the earring so I came over to search. Even though Tia had the other earring so that I could obtain an accurate VDI reading on my detector, it was so small that it did not provide a strong reading on the detector or even my handheld pinpointer detector. I searched for awhile in one mode, checked out a couple of targets in the grass with Tia’s help and when we couldn’t locate the earring, I set my detector on another mode and retested the earring. After the test, I picked up the earring in my glove and dropped it in the grass but thankfully Tia spotted it right away so I didn’t have to look for two! The new mode provided a little better signal so I searched the small grassy area once more. I found a somewhat promising target and because Tia had to leave in a few minutes, she searched the grass by hand while I moved on to find another possible target. A minute later Tia cried out that she had found the earring! A few minutes later she contacted daughter Ryin who was traveling with her boyfriend and gave her the good news.

12/22/2025

JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!!

Kayla found about my metal detecting service through the page Seminole Happenings and messaged me to let me know that her husband Jasen had lost his wedding ring in their front yard the day before. Jasen was wiping water off of the Christmas decoration inflatables when he felt his ring fly off of his finger into the thick St. Augustine grass. He and the family were unable to locate the ring so I set up a search with Kayla. When I arrived daughter Lauren became my assistant and pointed to the areas that she thought I should search. After only about five minutes, my detector found a promising target and when I pushed aside the grass I had uncovered Jasen’s ring! I asked Lauren to come over and gave her my handheld pinpointer detector so she could “find” the ring for daddy. Since Jasen was playing golf at the time and was unaware of my search, I suggested to Kayla and Lauren that they wrap the ring and give it to Jasen as an early Christmas gift which they did. The pictures tell the rest of the story!

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