This guide will help you find more rings while metal detecting.  We all love to find rings, but the question is WHERE should you look?  One of the very first places you should be looking is anywhere people have taken their rings off for “safekeeping” or, to avoid losing their rings. Ironic, isn’t it?

Here are a few locations that you should definitely focus on while looking for rings while metal detecting:

Places where people sit or lay on the ground.

Many lost rings are actually “put up” for safekeeping, with the intent to take the rings with them when they leave, but are forgotten.  Some people will place rings on a beach towel, so they don’t lose the ring, only to end up flipping the ring off of the towel into the sand.  You’d be surprised how fast sand can cover a ring!

Edges of Basketball Courts.

The grass next to and around basketball courts is another productive area to find rings. In many instances, players take their rings off and put them on their backpack, or on the edge of the court with the intention of picking them up when they leave. A lot of times they either forget or drop their rings in the grass and can’t find them.

Be sure to detect the grass areas around basketball courts, and the grass areas leading to the parking lot which are often overlooked.

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Hot Tip: Detect the grass right next to the parking lot pavement, or gravel. This is a high traffic area with a high concentration of targets in a small area that is often over looked by metal detectorists.

Where coaches and players put gear and backpacks.

Just like around basketball courts, Sports fields where players and coaches put their backpacks and gear during games can be productive areas to find lost rings and other items.  You can drive by while games are being played and see where they most often put their backpacks etc.

Corners of soccer fields and goalie boxes are common places to find rings and other jewelry. I tend to find a number of clad quarters and dollars along the sidelines of sports fields so don’t ignore that area as well.

Women’s Softball Field Sidelines.

The ​edges of softball fields in particular where girls remove and lay their rings so they don’t lose them is a great place to metal detect. As above, anywhere players put their backpacks and gear is worth searching for lost items.

Near Skate parks, Where skaters put down all their gear. (Notice a pattern yet?) 

Like ball fields, the sidelines of the skate park where gear gets set down at a corner, or under a tree will be where you can find rings. Just watch during summer months where the skaters are sitting, That’s where you want to detect when you come back!

Beaches and parks in areas where ladies are using sunscreen.

Sun tan lotion makes fingers slippery and rings can and are lost while applying sunscreen. Sidelines of volleyball courts, soccer fields, the grass areas around playgrounds are all areas that ladies may be applying sunscreen to themselves or children during the summer months. These are all areas that rings can be found with fair consistency.

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Anywhere that People Remove Gloves.

During fall and winter rings can fall off cold shriveled fingers or when removing gloves due to loose rings.  When your hands are cold it’s easy not to notice a ring slide off your finger when taking off your gloves.

Four locations that regularly produce rings in the fall and winter are Soccer and Football sidelines, Swing Sets in Parks and Concession stands.

All are places where people are taking off and putting gloves on. These spots tend to produce more rings during fall and winter as people put their hands in and out of their pockets, and gloves more often.

Under swing sets where parents push children is a good drop zone for rings, in the colder months in particular. Concession stands can be hit or miss, but it’s definitely an area where people are putting their hands in their pockets and  pulling off gloves.  The grass areas in front of or beside the concession stands where people congregate can be a great area to find rings. You’ll find a fair amount of coins there, too.

Random Spots – Large Trees at all of these areas mentioned in this guide.

Rings are like every other metal detecting find, they can be found just about anywhere. Hill sides, near side walks, behind baseball back stops, just about anywhere people congregate is a good spot to swing your metal detector. Don’t overlook detecting In and Around gravel parking lots, rings and coins don’t sink very deep and in many instances all you have to do is reach down and pick up the target!

Hot Tip: One other hot spot not mentioned above is around large trees.  Trees are always a great spot to metal detect.

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