Boca Raton and Palm Beach
Lost a wedding ring in Boca Raton?
Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth Beach, Palm Beach and Jupiter.
On dry sand a wedding band drops straight down and stops within a few inches, and the footsteps that follow do the burying. In the wet sand at the water line it works deeper with every tide. Out past the break the sea decides. That is the whole question on this coast, and it turns on where you were standing.
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 or phone lost in Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth Beach, Palm Beach or Jupiter on Florida's southeast coast.
We choose and brief the detectorist, and stay with you until the search is done. Tell us what happened and where. We choose an experienced detectorist who knows the beach, brief them with your map and photos, and tell you honestly if the odds are poor.
Line it up with a tower before you leave
In the first hour, stay near the place if you can. Note the nearest lifeguard tower, boardwalk or pier, take photos looking inland and along the shore, and drop a pin on your phone map. Try not to dig with your hands, because loose sand fills in behind you and the band only goes deeper.
Then send us the pin, the photos and a picture of the ring or other jewelry. Say whether it went down on dry sand, in the shallows, out over a reef or off a pier, and roughly how deep the water was, because that decides whether this is a walk on the sand or a job for a diver.
Places we cover in Boca Raton and Palm Beach
- Boca Raton
- South Beach Park, Boca Raton
- Red Reef Park, Boca Raton
- Spanish River Park, Boca Raton
- Delray Beach
- Delray Municipal Beach at Atlantic Avenue
- Atlantic Dunes Park, Delray Beach
- Boynton Beach
- Oceanfront Park, Boynton Beach
- Lake Worth Beach
- William O. Lockhart Pier, Lake Worth Beach
- Palm Beach
- Mid-Town Beach, Palm Beach
- Phipps Ocean Park, Palm Beach
- Jupiter
- Jupiter Beach Park
- Carlin Park, Jupiter
- John D. MacArthur Beach State Park, Singer Island
Sand, jetties and piers from Boca Raton to Jupiter
The ground and the water change town by town along A1A.
Red Reef Park, Boca Raton
Red Reef is a city park known for snorkelling. There is a snorkel trail with a jetty running out from the beach and 20 artificial reefs just offshore. A ring, watch or Oura ring lost while snorkelling ends up in the water, so tell us which reef you were over or how far along the jetty you had gone.
Spanish River Park and South Beach Park, Boca Raton
Spanish River Park spreads across both sides of A1A, with tunnels under the road to the ocean beach and a lagoon on the Intracoastal side, and its sand has been described as the colour of rich cocoa. South Beach Park is the next one south, with its own access points onto the sand. The city has about two miles of guarded beach, so a lifeguard tower is usually the best landmark for your pin.
Delray Municipal Beach and Atlantic Dunes Park
Delray's main public beach is where Atlantic Avenue meets the ocean. Atlantic Dunes Park, one block north of Linton Boulevard, has a short nature trail behind the sand and Ocean Rescue lifeguard towers. Tell us which tower or beach path you used, because a lost wedding ring is far easier to search for from a firm starting point.
Oceanfront Park, Boynton Beach
Boynton Beach's beach park is on North Ocean Boulevard in Ocean Ridge, with lifeguards through the day and surfing and skim board areas at the north and south ends. Those two ends are where boards and wetsuits come off, and with them rings and watches.
Lake Worth Beach and the pier
The city's beach is about a quarter of a mile long with lifeguards all year, next to the Casino building, which dates from the 1920s. The William O. Lockhart Pier runs 960 feet into the Atlantic and is known for fishing. A phone or keys dropped over the rail can be found by a diver with a detector.
Mid-Town Beach and Phipps Ocean Park, Palm Beach
The Town of Palm Beach guards two public beaches, Mid-Town Beach and Phipps Ocean Park. Mid-Town faces the end of Worth Avenue, which gives you a street and a tower to cross your spot against. If a ring goes late in the day, take the photos before the light goes.
Jupiter, Carlin Park and MacArthur Beach
Jupiter Beach Park has 1,700 feet of guarded beach and a jetty, and Carlin Park has 3,000 feet. A jetty is something you can point at in a photograph, which makes this the easiest stretch on the page to place. Further south on Singer Island, John D. MacArthur Beach State Park has nearly two miles of beach, reached over a 1,600 foot boardwalk across a saltwater cove from the car park and nature center.
What we do with what you send
The same person every time you write
You explain what happened once, and every reply comes from the person handling it.
A detectorist briefed with your map and photos
We find someone who can reach your beach and send them your pin, your photos and a description of the ring, so no time goes on guesswork.
Vague spots are hard, and we say so
If the spot is a guess spread over half a mile of sand, or the ring went out past the break days ago, you hear that before anything is booked.
Sand, reef and pier are three jobs
A band on dry sand, a ring out over the reefs at Red Reef and a phone off the end of the Lake Worth pier need three different people, and we tell you which one yours is.
You decide with the number in front of you
What a search would come to is set out before anything is arranged, calmly and without pressure.
What the water does here, Boca to Jupiter
What we look at before anyone searches a beach in Palm Beach County.
A small tide
NOAA tide datums for the Lake Worth Pier ocean station give a mean range of 2.72 feet (about 0.83 metres). Low tide uncovers only a narrow wet strip, so tell us whether you were in the shallows or on dry sand.
Warm water all year
NOAA monthly averages for Lake Worth Pier run from about 74.5°F (23.6°C) in January to 85.7°F (29.8°C) in August. People swim here all winter, so rings and watches come off in the water in every month.
How deep a band sits in this sand
On dry sand above the towel line a band drops straight down and the next few footsteps bury it, which is still well within reach of a beach detector. In the wet sand at the water line it works deeper with each tide, which is why a single day matters here.
The reefs and the pier
Near the beach end of the Red Reef jetty or the Lockhart Pier the water can be shallow enough to wade. Further out it is a diver, and which of the two it is gets settled first.
Want a first idea of your chances? Try the lost ring recovery calculator.
Questions about Boca Raton and Palm Beach
I lost my wedding band at Spanish River Park in Boca Raton. Is it still there?
On dry sand, very likely. A band drops straight down into loose sand and sits within a few inches of where it fell. Spanish River has tunnels under A1A to the ocean beach, and those split a long beach into stretches you can actually name. Tell us which tunnel you came through, how far towards the water you were, and send a photo with the nearest lifeguard tower in frame.
My Oura ring came off while snorkelling at Red Reef Park. Is it worth a search?
It can be. An Oura ring has a metal shell, so a waterproof detector picks it up like any other ring. Red Reef has a snorkel trail with a jetty running out from the beach and 20 artificial reefs just offshore, so tell us which reef you were over or how far along the jetty. A search in the water needs a calm, clear day, and we will say honestly if it is not.
I dropped my phone off the Lake Worth Beach pier. Can it be found?
The pier runs 960 feet (about 290 metres) into the Atlantic, so where along it you were standing matters more than anything else. Near the beach end a phone may be in water shallow enough to wade. Further out it is a job for a diver, and a phone has enough metal in it to give a clear signal. Plastic sunglasses have none, so those are found by eye.
A watch came off in the surf at Oceanfront Park in Boynton Beach. What now?
Tell us which end of the beach you were at, because the surfing and skim board areas are at the north and south ends, and give us the lifeguard tower nearest you. A watch has plenty of metal in it, so it reads clearly on a detector, and the question is only how much sand to cover. Get the photo and the pin done while you are still standing there.
My earring is somewhere on Delray Municipal Beach. Where does a search start?
At the beach path or the Ocean Rescue tower you used. Delray's main public beach is where Atlantic Avenue meets the ocean, and Atlantic Dunes Park is one block north of Linton Boulevard with a short nature trail behind it. A small stud gives a weak signal, so a tight area matters more here than the photos do.
I lost a bracelet on Mid-Town Beach in Palm Beach. What should I do?
Mark the spot against the lifeguard tower and take your photos before the light goes. Mid-Town Beach faces the end of Worth Avenue, so the tower and the street give a searcher two lines that cross at your spot. A bracelet on dry sand tends to lie flat and shallow, which makes it one of the easier things on this coast to pick up.
Can you help with a ring lost at Carlin Park or Jupiter Beach Park?
Yes. Jupiter Beach Park has 1,700 feet of guarded beach and a jetty, and Carlin Park has 3,000 feet, so the jetty, a tower or the crossover you used is what narrows it. Tell us how far along you had walked and whether it went down on the sand or in the water.
Boca Raton and Palm Beach
Which tower, which tunnel, which jetty
From Red Reef to Carlin Park, a clear pin and a few photos are the best start.
Dry sand keeps a band close to the surface. Wet sand does not, and past the break is another matter again. Send the beach, the pin and the photos on WhatsApp and you will get a straight answer on which of the three you have.