Valencia and the Costa Blanca, Benidorm and Alicante
Lost a ring or other jewellery in Benidorm, Alicante, Valencia or along the Costa Blanca
Valencia, El Saler, Gandia, Oliva, Dénia, Jávea, Moraira, Calpe, Altea, Benidorm, Villajoyosa, Alicante, Santa Pola, Guardamar and Torrevieja.
Between Valencia and Torrevieja a lost ring can often still be found, because the sea has almost no tide and many of the resort beaches are fine sand. What decides it is how closely you can place the spot and how soon someone looks.
Ring Seekers is a lost ring and jewellery recovery service that connects people who lost a ring, wedding band, watch or phone in Valencia or on the Costa Blanca with a metal detectorist who can search there. We have searched in Spain before.
Tell us what happened and where. We find a detectorist who can reach your beach or town, brief them with your map and photos, and tell you honestly if the odds are poor.
How a search works between Valencia and Torrevieja
Fix the place before you leave it. Drop a pin on your phone, then take one photo towards the promenade and one towards the sea, with a lifeguard post or a shower in the frame. Write down the time and whether it fell on dry sand, at the water line or in the sea. Send us the pin and a picture of the item on WhatsApp. A search can go ahead after you have flown home.
We find a detectorist who can reach your town and brief them with your map and photos, so the search starts on the right patch of sand.
Places we cover in Valencia and on the Costa Blanca
- Valencia, Malvarrosa and El Cabanyal (Las Arenas)
- Valencia, Pinedo, El Saler, La Devesa and the Albufera natural park
- Gandia
- Oliva
- Dénia, Les Marines
- Jávea (Xàbia), El Arenal
- Moraira, L'Ampolla
- Calpe (Calp), Arenal-Bol and La Fossa
- The Peñón de Ifach route, Calpe
- Altea, La Roda
- Benidorm, Levante and Poniente beaches
- Villajoyosa (La Vila Joiosa)
- Alicante, Postiguet
- Alicante, San Juan beach
- Alicante, Albufereta and Almadraba
- Santa Pola and El Pinet beach
- Tabarca island
- Guardamar del Segura and its dunes
- Torrevieja, La Mata
Where rings and jewellery go missing from Malvarrosa to La Mata
City beaches, a lagoon park, high-rise resorts and the dune coast south of Alicante.
Valencia, Malvarrosa, Las Arenas and El Saler
The city of Valencia counts eight beaches. In the north are the urban pair, Malvarrosa at 1,000 metres and El Cabanyal, which Valencians still call Las Arenas, at 1,200 metres. To the south, inside the Albufera natural park, come six more, among them Pinedo (1,500 metres), El Saler (2,700) and La Devesa, facing the lake (2,000). The city describes La Devesa as a wild beach. Dunes run behind El Saler and La Devesa, so for a loss up in them, name the nearest beach access.
Gandia, Oliva and Dénia
The regional tourist board describes Gandia beach as more than five kilometres of fine sand. Oliva lies next along the coast, and then Dénia, where Les Marines runs for almost 3 kilometres north-west of the port.
Jávea, Moraira and Calpe
El Arenal is 480 metres of coarse sand in the middle of the bay, the only sandy beach in Jávea, with clean, shallow water. L'Ampolla in Moraira is 250 metres long and about 30 metres wide. In Calpe, Arenal-Bol is 1.2 kilometres long and 40 metres wide, fine golden sand close to the town centre. La Fossa, also fine golden sand, sits in a wide bay between the Punta de Bassetes and the Peñón de Ifach. The route to the top of the rock starts from the park's information centre, passes through a tunnel and ends on a stretch with ropes fixed to the rock face.
Altea and Benidorm, Levante and Poniente
La Roda in Altea runs for around 1.4 kilometres and is made of pebbles, gravel and patches of sand. Benidorm is the opposite. Levante stretches for more than two kilometres of fine golden sand with calm water, sunbed and parasol hire and a promenade along its length. Poniente is the town's other long beach. Phones, watches and sunglasses go missing around the sunbeds, and rings slip off in the water with sun cream.
Alicante, Postiguet and San Juan
Postiguet is about 650 metres of golden sand at the foot of Mount Benacantil, under Santa Bárbara castle, with water the tourist board calls usually calm and shallow. It has lockers, worth using before a swim. San Juan is the long one, almost 3 kilometres with a width of roughly 85 metres. On a beach that wide, note how far back from the water you were sitting.
Santa Pola, Guardamar and Torrevieja
Santa Pola's tourist office counts 15 kilometres of coast, 11 of them south-facing beaches of fine sand. Guardamar del Segura has 11 kilometres of beaches backed by a long line of dunes and a pine forest of more than 800 hectares close to the shore. At the south-west end of Santa Pola, beside the salt pans, El Pinet is 1,374 metres of unspoilt beach reached only on foot, with a trail through the dunes behind it. Boats run from Santa Pola and Alicante to the island of Tabarca, whose clear water draws snorkellers, with lifeguards from mid June to mid September. In Torrevieja, La Mata stretches for more than two kilometres and is the largest beach in the town.
What Ring Seekers does for a loss in Valencia or on the Costa Blanca
One person on WhatsApp
You explain it once. The same person replies from your first message to the last.
Your map goes to the detectorist
Your pin, your photos and a picture of the item reach the detectorist before anyone sets out.
Plain about poor odds
A small earring dropped among the pebbles and gravel of La Roda in Altea, or a ring lost somewhere on San Juan beach with no landmark, is a poor bet. You will hear that from us at the start.
We know how this sand and sea behave
Fine sand at Benidorm, Calpe and Gandia, coarse sand at El Arenal in Jávea where a heavy ring works its way down, pebbles at La Roda in Altea, and almost no tide anywhere. The search is planned around that.
Costs explained first
We explain the costs before any search is booked.
Sand and sea from Valencia to Torrevieja
What the beaches are made of and how the sea behaves.
Fine sand, coarse sand and pebbles
The regional tourist board describes Levante in Benidorm, Arenal-Bol and La Fossa in Calpe and Gandia beach as fine sand. El Arenal in Jávea is quite coarse sand, and a heavy ring can work its way down into loose sand. La Roda in Altea is pebbles and gravel, where small items slip between stones.
A sea with almost no tide
The Mediterranean is nearly tideless. There is no low water to wait for and no tide that will uncover the spot. A well marked position stays useful for days, and a search in the water waits for a calm morning.
Questions about Valencia and the Costa Blanca, Benidorm and Alicante
I lost my wedding ring on Levante or Poniente beach in Benidorm. What can be done?
Pin the spot, photograph it against a fixed landmark, and tell the lifeguards and the Policía Local. Levante is more than two kilometres of fine golden sand with calm water, and Poniente is the town's other long beach, so a marked spot matters more than anything. Then send us the pin and a picture of the lost wedding ring.
My Oura ring or watch came off in the sea at Postiguet or San Juan in Alicante. Any chance?
A fair one, if you can place the spot. A lost Oura ring or a watch gives a clear signal, and the regional tourist board describes the water at Postiguet as usually calm and shallow. San Juan is almost 3 kilometres long, so a pin and a landmark matter.
I lost a ring at Malvarrosa, Las Arenas or El Saler in Valencia. Does it matter which?
Yes. Malvarrosa and El Cabanyal, which Valencians still call Las Arenas, are the city's urban beaches, 1,000 and 1,200 metres long. From Pinedo south, the beaches lie inside the Albufera natural park. La Devesa, facing the lake, is a wild beach. If it came off in the dunes behind El Saler or La Devesa, tell us the nearest beach access.
I lost a ring on Les Marines in Dénia or L'Ampolla in Moraira. What should I do first?
Pin the spot before you leave it and photograph it against a lifeguard post or a shower. Les Marines in Dénia runs for almost 3 kilometres north-west of the port, so a pin and a landmark matter more than anything. L'Ampolla in Moraira is 250 metres long and about 30 metres wide, a much smaller area to cover. Tell the lifeguards and the local police, then send us the pin, the time and a picture of the ring, and we look for a detectorist who can reach Dénia or Moraira.
I dropped my phone or sunglasses in Calpe, on the beach or on the Peñón de Ifach. Can you help?
On the sand of Arenal-Bol a phone is a large target for a detector, and so are metal-framed sunglasses. Plastic frames are found by eye. Arenal-Bol is 1.2 kilometres long and 40 metres wide, so tell us which part of the beach you were on. On the Peñón de Ifach, the route to the top goes through a tunnel cut in the rock, so tell us whether it fell before or after the tunnel.
I lost an earring or a bracelet at the Arenal in Jávea or on the beach in Altea. Is it worth a search?
At the Arenal, often yes. It is 480 metres of coarse sand with shallow water, so the search area is small once you give a pin, though a thin earring is a hard target anywhere. La Roda in Altea is pebbles, gravel and patches of sand, and a small item can drop between stones where a detector hears it but fingers cannot easily reach it.
I lost a ring in Torrevieja, Guardamar or Santa Pola. Can it be found?
Often, if you can place the spot. La Mata in Torrevieja stretches for more than two kilometres, Guardamar del Segura has 11 kilometres of beaches and Santa Pola has 11 kilometres of fine sand, so a pin and a landmark are what make a search possible. The dunes behind Guardamar and at El Pinet are part of the ground too, so say if you were back in them.
Valencia and the Costa Blanca, Benidorm and Alicante
Lost something between Valencia and Torrevieja? Mark the spot, then message us
Which town and beach, which landmark, what time, dry sand, wet sand or water, and a photo of what you lost.
With almost no tide on this coast, a well marked spot is still worth searching days later. Drop the pin, report the loss to the lifeguards or the local police, and then send us the details on WhatsApp.