Gold and diamond ring found in the sand at Curracloe beach, Wexford
A gold and diamond ring lost near the main entrance to Curracloe beach, Wexford. The owner left the next morning. It was found on the Saturday.
Ireland
Lost a ring or watch in Ireland?
The slide runs along the park's embankment, wide enough for a child and a grown-up together, and its top and its foot are the first two places we ask about.
A detectorist can look for it, whether it was a watch on the slide in Limerick's People's Park, a ring on a Dublin strand or keys in a Cork park. What they need from you is the moment you last had it, placed as exactly as you can, and anything that has happened on that ground since.
Ring Seekers is a lost ring and jewellery recovery service that works with experienced local metal detectorists to search for a ring, wedding band, watch, keys or phone lost in Ireland. Tell us what happened and where. We choose an experienced detectorist who knows the park or the beach, brief them with your map and photos, and tell you honestly if the odds are poor.
Five area pages divide the coast between them: the Dublin coast, Wexford, the Waterford and Cork coast, Kerry with Clare and Galway, and Mayo with Sligo and Donegal. The cities of Cork, Limerick and Waterford are dealt with here instead, each through one of its parks.
The Atlantic on one side, the east coast on the other
Two of the area pages lie on the Wild Atlantic Way, the coastline that runs from the Inishowen Peninsula in Donegal down to Kinsale in Cork. The Waterford and Cork page meets that route at its southern end, while the Dublin and Wexford pages keep to the east coast.
In Cork, Limerick and Waterford the search is on park ground rather than on a shore. For the coast pages, the Marine Institute's tide predictions give the water level from the tide alone, leaving out any storm surge from wind or air pressure, so mention it if the sea came in higher than you expected that day.
How we run a case
One contact, any county
Whether the loss was in a Cork park or on a Mayo beach, you deal with one person at Ring Seekers on WhatsApp, and it is that person who reports back.
Where your pins go
The brief is built from what you send: a pin for the bench, the slide or the stretch of strand, photos of it, and the times. A detectorist reads it before choosing where to begin.
Two stops, one message
A week on the Wild Atlantic Way, or a day split between a Cork park and Kinsale harbour, still fits in one chat. Name each place, and we look for a detectorist for whichever of them your details point to.
What to put in the first message
The item and its metal, the county and the place, and a pin. A photo of the item, or of its match, can follow later.
What the search will cost
We explain the costs before any search is booked, in writing in the same chat, so a partner or a friend who was there can read them too before you decide.
Our Ring Finder Service Locations in Ireland
Coast by region, cities by park
Read the first five cards as a map of the area pages: find your town in one of them, then open that page from the list above. After them comes one park in each of Cork, Limerick and Waterford.
Five stretches of coast, three city parks
Dublin coast
Bray's promenade and the beach beside it, Killiney Beach, the East Pier at Dún Laoghaire, Sandycove with the Forty Foot, Seapoint and Sandymount Strand. North of the city, Dollymount Strand on Bull Island, Howth pier and Claremont Beach, the Burrow Beach at Sutton, the Velvet Strand, Malahide's beach, village and demesne pitches, and Skerries South Strand.
Wexford
Rosslare Strand from the village out to Rosslare Point, the car parks at Rosslare Europort, the trail, Village Park and beach at Rosslare Harbour, and Curracloe with Raven Point. Then Courtown's harbour, Main Street and both its beaches, Kilmore Quay, and in Wexford town, Redmond Park and Min Ryan Park.
Waterford and Cork coast
Tramore Strand out to the dunes, Guillamene and Newtown Cove, Clonea Strand, and Dungarvan with Walton Park. In Youghal, Front Strand, Claycastle, Redbarn and the boardwalk, then Clonakilty and the Inchydoney beaches, Kinsale's harbour and the Scilly Walk, and Garrettstown.
Kerry, Clare and Galway
Men's Beach, Ladies' Beach and the Long Strand in Ballybunion, Kilkee Beach, the Pollock Holes and the town, and Lahinch's beach, Promenade, Main Street and playground. In Galway, the Salthill beaches and Promenade, Salthill Park, Quincentennial Park, South Park and Shop Street.
Mayo, Sligo and Donegal
Bundoran Beach, its promenade and Tullan Strand, Strandhill's beach, and the beaches, promenade and pier at Rosses Point. Then Sligo town and Doorly Park, Enniscrone's beach, promenade and pier, Westport with its Quay and Bertra, the Great Western Greenway, and on Achill, Achill Sound, Keel, Keem, Dugort and Dooega.
Fitzgerald's Park, Cork
Fitzgerald's Park is a Cork City Council park on Mardyke Walk, on the banks of the River Lee. Geometric flower beds sit against winding wooded paths, with a rose garden, a pond with waterlilies, the ornamental fountain and pavilion left from the city's exhibition, and a playground. Daly's Bridge, known locally as the Shakey Bridge, brings walkers over the Lee from Sundays Well Road.
People's Park, Limerick
At Pery's Square, People's Park is the principal park in Limerick city, a place for a picnic or a stroll, with a great many mature trees. It has a drinking fountain, a bandstand, two park shelters and the Limerick City Gallery of Art. The playground is fully inclusive, with a roundabout, a trampoline, a sand digger, a sensory garden and a wide slide along the park's embankment.
People's Park, Waterford
In Waterford city, the People's Park has a playground and a skate park, and the bandstand stands at its heart. Tell us which of the three you spent time beside, and pin where you stood or sat.
Places we cover in Ireland
- Tramore
- Dungarvan
- Youghal
- Clonakilty and Inchydoney
- Kinsale
- Ballybunion
- Kilkee
- Lahinch
- Galway city and Salthill
- Bundoran
- Sligo town
- Strandhill
- Rosses Point
- Enniscrone
- Westport
- Achill Island
- Rosslare Strand
- Rosslare Harbour
- Curracloe
- Kilmore Quay
- Courtown
- Wexford town
- Bray
- Dún Laoghaire and Sandycove
- Sandymount
- Bull Island
- Howth and Sutton
- Portmarnock
- Malahide
- Skerries
- Fitzgerald's Park, Cork
- People's Park, Limerick
- People's Park, Waterford
- Killarney, Connemara, Glenveagh and Wicklow Mountains National Parks
Clasps, straps and key rings, in a park or on a strand
Rings, a Claddagh among them
- A wedding band, or the engagement ring worn with it
- A Claddagh ring
- A gold chain, with or without a pendant
- A single earring, stud or hoop
- A charm bracelet or a bangle
Watches, phones and the car key
- A watch, analogue or smart
- A smart ring, Oura or another make
- A phone that slipped from a pocket
- The car key fob, with the house keys on its ring
- Reading glasses or sunglasses, if the frame is metal
How it goes in the three parks
- Going down the wide slide at People's Park, Limerick
- A picnic near the bandstand in Limerick
- Walking over the Shakey Bridge to Fitzgerald's Park
- Sitting by the waterlily pond in Fitzgerald's Park
- Watching at the skate park in Waterford's People's Park
- Pushing a buggy past the bandstand in Waterford
The order things go in
It runs the same way for a city park as for any of the coast pages.
1
The item and the county
On WhatsApp, name the item, the county and the park or beach. Rough times are fine at this stage.
2
The spot, pinned and photographed
Drop a pin on the last place you had it. Photos of that ground, and of the item or one like it, let the detectorist recognise both.
3
A detectorist for that county
We look for a detectorist able to get to that park or strand, and they start with everything from the chat in hand.
4
Hearing the outcome
With your go-ahead the search takes place. The report comes to the same chat, plainly worded, good news or not.
Questions about Ireland
Going down the wide slide at People's Park in Limerick with my toddler, I lost my watch.
The slide runs along the park's embankment, so first tell us whether you noticed at the bottom or on the climb back up the bank. Pin the top and the foot of the slide, mark anything else you used, such as the trampoline or the roundabout, and send a photo of the watch that shows its clasp.
After a picnic in People's Park, Limerick, I was down to one earring.
Four things there stay put: the bandstand, the drinking fountain and the two park shelters. Tell us which of them your rug lay nearest, and whether you went into the gallery on the way out. Photograph the earring you still have beside a coin, so its size is clear.
My bracelet was gone by the time we reached the playground in Fitzgerald's Park, and we had come from the waterlily pond.
The park mixes formal flower beds with winding wooded paths, where trees lean over the riverbank, so say which kind of ground you crossed, and pin the pond end and the playground end of your walk. Mention any stop on a bench or on the grass in between.
Is a phone dropped off the Shakey Bridge in Cork worth a message?
Yes. Daly's Bridge, the Shakey Bridge, crosses the Lee between Sundays Well Road and Fitzgerald's Park. Say whether the phone landed on the bank or in the water, and which end of the bridge you were closer to, and send a photo taken from the bridge towards the spot. A phone that went into the river itself is a long shot, and you would hear that from us first.
We noticed the car keys were gone as we left the skate park in Waterford's People's Park.
The skate park, the playground and the bandstand are all in the one park, so list the ones you went to, in order, and pin where you stood watching the skaters. Describe the fob, and anything else that hung on the ring.
We were in Waterford city, not Tramore. Is that on the coast page?
Not on that page, which starts at Tramore. Waterford city is covered here, through the People's Park described above, and a pin on the part of the park you were in is the place to start.
Are Galway's city parks covered as well as Salthill Promenade?
Yes, on the Kerry, Clare and Galway page, which takes in Salthill Park, Quincentennial Park, South Park and Shop Street as well as the Prom and its beaches. On grass or pavement, the pin matters as much as it does on sand.
Ireland
Name the county and the item
Message us on WhatsApp with the county, the park or beach and the missing piece, and drop a pin where you think it went, even a rough one.
Recent recoveries in this area
Real searches from this area, each told in full on its own page.