Recovery stories
Real searches, told properly
Not a gallery of stock photos. These are actual recoveries in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, written up with the details that mattered — the tide, the hour, the mistake, the signal.
A 40-year wedding ring, six feet deep at Mondo's Beach
Denise felt her ring slip off while swimming in about six feet of water. I searched at 3:30 in the morning at a minus tide, in the dark, with the beach buried in seaweed.
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An engagement ring found by the Santa Barbara Pier — and mailed to Switzerland
Irina was on holiday from Switzerland and had already left Santa Barbara by the time I found her ring. I insured it and mailed it — she had it back two days later.
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A wedding band at East Beach, after Mom forgot she was holding the rings
Ashley handed her rings to her mother before swimming. Her mother forgot she was holding them and stood up. The engagement ring turned up before I arrived — the wedding band did not.
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The ring in the beach chair cupholder at Loon Point
Michael put his ring in his beach chair cupholder to keep it away from the ocean, then forgot about it. It bounced out during the pack-up.
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Thirty seconds at Solimar Beach
Frankie texted about a ring her friends had lost at Solimar the day before. I got a high tone about thirty seconds into the search.
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Why I write these up
Partly because people ask. Mostly because reading one of these tells you more about whether I can help you than any list of services could. If you lost a ring swimming at a Ventura beach and you're wondering whether it's hopeless, read the Mondo's story — that one was in six feet of water and I found it at 3:30 in the morning.
If you've already left town, read Irina's. If someone was holding your rings for safekeeping, read Ashley's. And if you think it might be in your beach chair rather than the sand, read Michael's.
I also post recoveries to my member profile on The Ring Finders directory.
Your story could be the next one.
Call or text 805-290-5009 and tell me what happened.