Ventura County · about 20 minutes from me
Lost Ring Recovery in Ventura, CA
Ventura is where I get the most calls, and the surf line between Surfers Point and Emma Wood is the most common place in the county to lose a ring.
Searching in Ventura
Ventura's beaches shelve steeply and the sand shifts fast after a swell, so a ring lost in the wet sand can be a foot down within a day. This is the one place I really push people to call the same day.
If it went into the water
I search land and shallow water, and the tide decides everything. Tell me the time of day it happened and I can work backwards from the tide chart to figure out where the waterline actually was — which is often nowhere near where you'd guess. I've started a search at 3:30 in the morning because that was when the minus tide let me reach the spot.
What I bring
A Minelab Manticore detector, a long-handled CKG sand scoop, a pinpointer, and a methodical overlapping grid rather than a wander. On grass I cut small plugs that go straight back so the turf recovers without a trace.
What you can do before I arrive
Stop looking, and don't disturb the area. Raking sand or combing grass with your fingers relocates the ring — usually deeper and sideways — and destroys the one piece of information that mattered most.
A recovery near Ventura
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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Beaches
Ventura beaches I know well
Mondo's Beach
A longtime local surf spot north of town, and the site of one of my hardest water recoveries.
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Solimar Beach
A narrow, cobbly stretch along the coast north of Ventura, right beside the highway.
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San Buenaventura State Beach & Surfers Point
Ventura's in-town beach and pier area, from the Promenade down past the state beach.
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Ventura questions
Common questions
How fast can you get to Ventura?
I'm based in Fillmore, so Ventura is about 20 minutes away. I work seven days a week and I'll always try to match the search to the best conditions — on the coast that usually means working around the tide rather than the clock.
What does a search in Ventura cost?
A $75 call-out fee covers travel and fuel, and it applies whether or not I find the item. If I find it, you set the reward — what the recovery is worth to you and what you can afford. Full pricing here.
What should I do right now?
Stop searching the area and don't rake, sift, mow or water it. Then call or text me with the time, the place and as much detail as you can, ideally with a photo of the spot. Preserving the area is the single most valuable thing you can do.
Do you search private property in Ventura?
Yes — yards, gardens, driveways and private lawns, with the owner's permission. Most of my inland work is exactly this.
Lost a ring in Ventura?
Call or text 805-290-5009. The sooner I hear from you, the better the odds — and the first conversation costs nothing.