Anguilla
Lost a ring or watch on Anguilla?
From Meads, Maundays and Rendezvous at the West End to Shoal Bay East and Island Harbour at the eastern end.
Most of Anguilla's beaches are calm, with gentle shoals, so a watch, ring or phone lost in one of its bays can often still be searched for. Your pin of the spot decides the most, and after that the bottom it fell onto: bare sand, or seagrass and rock.
Ring Seekers is a lost ring and jewelry recovery service that works with experienced local metal detectorists to search for a ring, wedding band, watch, keys or phone lost on Anguilla. Tell us what happened and where. We choose an experienced detectorist who knows the bay, brief them with your map and photos, and tell you honestly if the odds are poor.
Gentle shoals on most beaches, and some winter surf on the Atlantic side
Now and then, in the winter months, the Atlantic side of the island gets surf. Elsewhere the water off Anguilla's beaches is mostly placid.
Off the north coast the seabed is a mix of patch reefs, sand flats and seagrass beds. The south coast has extensive seagrass beds, and at Rendezvous Bay the bottom is mostly sand and seagrass.
What sits with us, and what sits with you
The person who replies first reports back
Whoever answers your first WhatsApp message is the one who arranges the search and tells you how it went.
Landmarks the searcher can find
The detectorist reads your pin and photos ahead of the search, along with anything fixed you noticed near the spot, such as a rock, a beach bar or a pier.
Seagrass and rock, weighed up front
A band dropped in the sand at the water's edge and one that fell among seagrass or rocks are very different searches. We tell you which one yours looks like, and when the odds are poor we say so.
Standing, swimming or jumping
Tell us what you were doing when it went: standing in the shallows, swimming out, jumping from rocks or stepping into a boat. It changes where a search starts.
You agree the cost, then we book
We explain the costs before any search is booked.
West End bays, the Shoal Bay reefs and the cays offshore
Below are the bays, village beaches and cays where visitors spend the day, and what the water is like at each. We leave Dog Island and Sombrero Island alone.
Bays, a fishing village and the cays
Shoal Bay East
Shoal Bay East, at the eastern end of the island, has a wide shoreline, and the beach is busy almost all year. Offshore there are patch reefs and seagrass beds, popular with snorkelers, and hotels and small restaurants sit close to or on the sand. Shoal Bay West is a different, quieter beach.
Meads Bay
Meads Bay is one of the West End beaches, with calm water and a backdrop of restaurants and boutique hotels. Those buildings are the easiest way to say where on the sand you were.
Maundays Bay and Cove Bay
Maundays Bay is a curved bay where the water is consistently calm and the sand soft. Cove Bay is another of the West End beaches.
Barnes Bay and Long Bay
Barnes Bay is a narrow beach whose waves shift with the seasons. Long Bay has clear water and soft sand.
Rendezvous Bay
Rendezvous Bay, another West End beach, is a two-mile stretch with shallow, gentle water. The bay has extensive seagrass beds, and hotels and small restaurants sit close to or on the beach.
Sandy Ground and Road Bay
Sandy Ground is a lively village beach on Road Bay, with fishing boats, beach bars and calm, shallow water. At night it is the island's place for dancing and drinks, and by day the shuttle boats to Sandy Island and Prickly Pear leave from here. Tell us whether it went on the sand, in the water or getting on or off a boat.
Little Bay and Crocus Bay
Little Bay is a secluded cove set against cliffs, reachable only by boat, where people snorkel and jump from the rocks. The bay has extensive seagrass, with some coral on the submerged rocks along its edges, and tour boats visit often. Crocus Bay, a sheltered cove near The Valley with calm water, is often where trips there set off.
Island Harbour and Scilly Cay
Island Harbour is a fishing village at the eastern end of Anguilla, where boats moor in a protected cove. A fishing pier juts out toward Scilly Cay; visitors wave from the end of it, and a small dinghy comes across to take them over for lunch.
Sandy Island and Prickly Pear
Sandy Island, just off Sandy Ground, is a small cay made of sand and coral fragments, where people swim and snorkel. Prickly Pear, reached by shuttle from Sandy Ground, is a place for snorkeling and swimming. On a cay, first settle whether it went on the beach, in the water or on the boat.
Places we cover on Anguilla
- Shoal Bay East
- Shoal Bay West
- Meads Bay
- Maundays Bay
- Cove Bay
- Barnes Bay
- Long Bay
- Rendezvous Bay
- Sandy Ground
- Road Bay
- Little Bay
- Crocus Bay
- Island Harbour
- Scilly Cay
- Sandy Island
- Prickly Pear
- Blowing Point
- Savannah Bay
Rings, watches, keys and phones on Anguilla
Rings and the rest of the jewelry box
- Wedding bands and engagement rings
- Heirloom and signet rings
- Bracelets and anklets
- Chains and pendants
- Earrings
Metal that is not jewelry
- A smart ring such as an Oura
- Watches, analog or smart
- Keys to the rental car or villa
- Phones that slipped from a pocket
- Glasses and sunglasses with metal frames
From the rock jump to the shuttle dock
- A jump from the rocks at Little Bay
- Snorkeling out over the reef at Shoal Bay East
- Stepping off the shuttle at Sandy Island
- A night of dancing at Sandy Ground
- Waiting on the Island Harbour pier for the dinghy to Scilly Cay
- Boarding the ferry at Blowing Point
Setting up a search on Anguilla
It starts with a few lines about the day, and we ask for the rest.
What went, and when
Send a WhatsApp message with what is missing, the bay or cay, and roughly when you last had it.
Your map and your camera roll
Add a map pin, any photos of the spot, and a photo of the item if you have one.
We brief whoever can go
The detectorist who can take on that bay reads your pin, photos and account of the day before going out.
Out on the sand, then back to you
Nothing is booked until you say yes. Afterward you get the full story of the search, good or bad.
Questions about Anguilla
What would a watch land on after a jump from the rocks at Little Bay?
Extensive seagrass beds, with some hard and soft coral on the submerged rocks along the edges of the bay. Tell us which rock you jumped from, roughly where you came up, and whether you swam to the beach or back to a boat. If it went down off the rocks and nobody saw where, it is a long shot, and you would hear that from us first.
The hotel said Shoal Bay, and that is where my bracelet went. Does it matter which one?
It does, because Anguilla has two. Shoal Bay East, at the eastern end of the island, is a wide beach that is busy almost all year, with reef and seagrass offshore and snorkeling popular. Shoal Bay West is quieter, with soft sand and a shallow way into the water. A pin from your phone settles which one it was, and then where on it you were.
Could sunglasses that went missing on a Prickly Pear shuttle day still be on the beach at Sandy Ground?
They could, if that is where you last had them. Check first with the shuttle whether they turned up on board. If not, tell us the last time you remember wearing them, out on Prickly Pear or back on the beach at Sandy Ground, where the water is calm and shallow. Say too whether the frames are metal or plastic.
Which landmark on Rendezvous Bay helps most with an engagement ring lost while swimming?
The hotels and small restaurants close to or on the beach. Rendezvous Bay is a two-mile stretch, so name the one you were in front of, or send a photo with a building behind you, and say how far out you swam. Under the shallow, gentle water the bottom is mostly sand and seagrass.
I was waving for the Scilly Cay dinghy at the end of the Island Harbour pier when my phone went over the side.
The pier runs out into a protected cove where the village's boats moor, toward Scilly Cay. Say which side the phone fell, and whether a boat was tied up beside you at the time. If anyone watched it go in, ask them to mark the place on a photo taken from the pier.
Which restaurant were we in front of? We only half remember, and my Oura ring went in the water at Meads Bay.
You do not need the name. Meads Bay has calm water with restaurants and boutique hotels behind the sand, so a photo from your day that shows any building settles it. Add whether you could still stand where the ring came off.
Does the curve of Maundays Bay help place a wedding band that slid off while I was floating?
It does. Maundays Bay curves, and the water is consistently calm, so the two ends of the curve give you something to measure from. Say roughly how far you were from each end and how far out, and pin where you left your things on the sand. If you floated for a while, say which way you drifted.
Anguilla
Start from the spot where you last had it
Drop a map pin on the bay or cay where it happened and send it to us on WhatsApp with a line about the item. From that pin we start looking for a detectorist who can get there.