LMS Metal Detecting

MYRTLE BEACH
LOST RING RECOVERY

LMS Metal Detecting - Lost Ring Recovery

How To Start A Recovery Process

If you have just lost an expensive item on the beach, take note of your surroundings. It is important to accurately remember where you lost the item. If possible, use your smartphone to help find your exact location. Google Maps will show you a map with your coordinates. (Screenshot this map) If you’re not very good at stuff like this, then look for landmarks like hotels, beach access areas, and mark the location.

There are a few services available that can help locate your lost item. TheRingFinders.com is a great way to get started, with a zip code search that will connect you with a detectorist in the nearby area. You can also call LMS Metal Detecting at (843)-457-2795 or use the contact form below, and we will try our best to help get you connected with a hobby detectorist as soon as possible. Please remember LMS is not a locating service, although we have recovered hundreds of lost items for people over the years.

The process generally gets moving pretty quickly, but depending on the time of day, the situation, location, and weather conditions, it might take some time to recover your lost item. Unfortunately, we can’t control the high and low tides.

Recovery Cost / Terms & Policy


LMS Metal Detecting has no control over any cost or fee associated with an independent detectorist within the Ring Finders network. Best practice would be to ask the person you have been connected with if they have a finder's fee/cost before they have agreed to look for your lost item.

There is a $200 fee if an employed LMS Metal Detecting Team Member is sent out to search for your lost item. You will be required to pay the full non-refundable amount before dispatch. You will also be required to meet with this person at the location with details about the lost item. The fee helps recover some of our expenses while trying to help you. Please understand there are no guarantees that your lost ring/item will be found. Sometimes, lost jewelry on the beach is found lying in the sand by other people shortly after the item was lost, and we can not find what is not there anymore. We'll do our best to locate the item, but in some cases, it can sometimes be found several days or even weeks later. If you are here on vacation and the lost item has been found after you have left town, we will ship the item UPS Ground, complete with tracking and insurance, at an additional shipping cost. LMS will also hold the item if you decide to return and pick it up at our main office in Murrells Inlet, SC.

Our team members would like to remind you that tips are welcome! 

LMS Metal Detecting reserves the right to refuse service to anyone hostile, aggressive, obnoxious, intoxicated, or poses a safety risk.

Other Randomly Found Lost Rings

We recommend joining our private Facebook group or the public lost & found Facebook group, where many lost rings are posted each year. We do not actively try to return randomly found rings. It would be a daunting task with the amount found. We typically post them on our social media platform, where the owner is responsible for checking in to see if their ring has been found.

Would You Like To Become A Lost Ring Recovery Specialist?

If you’re a Metal Detectorist and are interested in joining the network of people to be called on for help to find a lost ring, please contact us using the form above. You don’t have to be a local of the Myrtle Beach area to get involved. We receive requests to service areas hundreds of miles away from the Myrtle Beach area, and some of these locations are pretty thin with available detectorists.

We also need more detectorists in the Myrtle Beach area to get involved. We do ask that you have a minimum of 5 years of experience. This is not a money-making opportunity for LMS. We are simply trying to help folks who have lost a very special item that normally will have great sentimental value to the person who has lost it.

LMS Metal Detecting Thank you

A special thank you to the friends we have made throughout our travels. We truly appreciate your support, and we’re so grateful for the trust you’ve placed in us with your property. We sincerely hope you are satisfied with your experience and will recommend us in the future.

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  • Tuesday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • Wednesday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • Thursday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • Friday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • Saturday 9:00 am - 7:00 pm

LMS Metal Detecting LLC

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Main Office
132 Cypress Creek Dr
Murrells Inlet, SC  29576
Ph: (843) 457-2795

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