St George, Cedar City and southern Utah
Jewelry that came off in the reservoir or somewhere back along the trail
Sand Hollow, Quail Creek, Gunlock, Snow Canyon, St. George, Cedar City and Brian Head
Sand Hollow is warm blue water set in red sandstone. The Sand Dunes trail in Snow Canyon ends at what the park's trail guide calls a giant sandbox of red sand. In either place, lost jewelry is one small thing in a lot of sand or water: a chain that came undone while you swam, or a lost ring that was on your hand at the trailhead and not at the car.
Ring Seekers is a lost ring and jewelry recovery service that connects people who lost a ring, wedding band, watch, keys or phone in St. George, Cedar City and southern Utah with a metal detectorist who can search there. Tell us what happened and where. We find a detectorist who can reach the place, brief them with your map and photos, and tell you honestly if the odds are poor.
That covers an engagement ring, an Oura ring, a bracelet, an Apple Watch, a key fob, glasses or a hearing aid too.
Your camera works where your signal does not
Cell phone service in Snow Canyon is unreliable, and the park's own trail guide says so. Start with what needs no signal. Take one photo facing the water or up the trail and one facing back, with a boat ramp, a trail sign or a picnic shelter in the frame. In a reservoir, note how deep the water was on you.
Note the date and time too. Back in signal, send us the photos and a map screenshot on WhatsApp. We will ask what the item is made of and when you last saw it.
Places we cover in St George, Cedar City and southern Utah
- St. George
- Cedar City
- Hurricane
- Ivins
- Gunlock
- Brian Head
- Sand Hollow State Park
- Sand Mountain dunes
- Quail Creek State Park
- Gunlock State Park
- Snow Canyon State Park
- Tonaquint Park and Thunder Junction
- Main Street Park, Cedar City
- Southern Utah University campus
- Lake at the Hills
- Bristlecone Pond, Brian Head
- Zion National Park and Springdale
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Cedar Breaks
- Lake Powell and Lone Rock Beach
From the reservoirs near St. George to the snow at Brian Head
Sand Hollow pairs sandy beaches with 15,000 acres of red dunes
The park is about 15 miles (24 km) east of St. George. Utah State Parks counts 1,322 acres (535 hectares) of water for boating, paddleboarding and swimming, with camping in a campground or on the beach. A ring could slip off as you haul yourself back onto a board. Keys or a phone could bounce out of a pocket on Sand Mountain, the red dunes where people ride off-highway vehicles.
Deep water at Quail Creek and seasonal waterfalls at Gunlock
Quail Creek State Park, in Hurricane, has 600 acres (243 hectares) of water that can reach 120 feet (about 37 metres) deep, with beaches and paddleboard and kayak rentals. Gunlock State Park is 15 miles (24 km) northwest of St. George, in red rock country. People picnic on its beach and swim in the reservoir. Its waterfalls flow only in season, when a phone or glasses could go into a pool below them.
Snow Canyon's sandbox trail and the slot at Jenny's Canyon
Snow Canyon State Park is eight miles (13 km) north of St. George on State Route 18. Two of its shortest trails are family walks: Sand Dunes, half a mile (0.8 km) of deep sand to a wide patch of red sand where children play, and Jenny's Canyon, the same length, to a short slot canyon. You will have been on a marked trail, which narrows where a dropped watch or a lost ring can be.
Tonaquint Park and the Thunder Junction playground in St. George
Thunder Junction All Abilities Park sits inside Tonaquint Park on South Dixie Drive. The city lists wheelchair-accessible play equipment, a climbing wall and a splash pad.
Cedar City's Main Street Park, the SUU campus and Lake at the Hills
Main Street Park, at 200 North Main, has a playground, picnic tables and two pavilions. Southern Utah University has more than 16,000 students, and a campus search is a small one if you can name the building. Lake at the Hills is the city's own small lake, 17 feet (about 5 metres) at its deepest, with a sandy edge, a ramp for non-motorised boats and kayak rentals in season.
Snow and tubing lanes up at Brian Head
Brian Head sits at 9,700 feet (2,957 metres). The resort has skiing and snow tubing in winter, and Bristlecone Pond is where people gather in summer. A glove pulled off at the top of a tubing lane, or a jacket pocket left unzipped, could send an Oura ring, a key fob or a phone into the snow.
Zion, Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks and Lake Powell
In Zion, shuttles from Springdale run up the canyon to the Emerald Pools and to the Riverside Walk, a paved path beside the Virgin River that leads on into The Narrows. At Bryce Canyon, the paved half mile (0.8 km) of Rim Trail from Sunset Point to Sunrise Point is the park's easiest walk. Cedar Breaks, a few miles south of Brian Head, looks down into a half-mile-deep amphitheater from over 10,000 feet (3,050 metres). On Lake Powell, people swim off Lone Rock Beach. Name the shuttle stop, the viewpoint or the beach.
The same four things, whichever park it was
One conversation from the first message to the last
You tell the story once on WhatsApp. Whoever reads it is still the one replying when the search is over.
Nobody drives out to Sand Hollow without your photos
The detectorist has your pictures, the beach or trail name and the depth in hand before setting off.
The deep end of Quail Creek is not the Snow Canyon sandbox
Quail Creek can reach 120 feet (about 37 metres). In Snow Canyon some trails are deep sand and others cross bare sandstone. We tell you honestly which kind of search yours is and how the odds look.
No surprises about money
We explain the costs before any search is booked.
What red sand, a moving waterline and desert heat mean for a search
Sand that swallows footprints
Four Snow Canyon trails are described as deep sand in the park guide: Sand Dunes, Red Sands, Hidden Pinyon and Padre Canyon. In loose sand a small item may be pushed under by the next few footsteps. Mark the spot and step back; do not rake through it with your fingers.
A waterline that is not fixed
Reservoirs rise and fall. The state park pages for Sand Hollow, Quail Creek and Gunlock show the current water level, and a live water temperature too. A spot that was waist-deep on the day may be shallower or deeper by the time of a search, so give us the date and a landmark on shore.
Hot on the desert floor, snowy on the mountain
Summer afternoons are very hot around St. George. Snow Canyon's own trail guide advises keeping off the trails through the middle of the day in June, July and August, so a summer search is an early morning or evening job. Cedar City is at 5,846 feet (1,782 metres), and the resort at Brian Head says it gets more than 360 inches (about 9 metres) of snow a year.
What you might be wondering, from Sand Hollow up to Brian Head
My necklace came undone while I swam off the beach at Sand Hollow, chest deep. It is a reservoir, not the sea. Does that help or hurt?
It helps in one way: a reservoir has no tide. What does change is the water level, so the date matters. Photograph the shore from where you stood and note what you lined up with. A search for a lost necklace can go ahead after you have gone home.
My husband's wedding band came off while he played with the kids in the big sand area on the Sand Dunes trail in Snow Canyon. Where would anyone even start?
With your photos. The trail is half a mile (0.8 km) round trip and ends at one large expanse of sand, so pictures of the kids playing show which part you used. Send them with the time, and try not to dig through the patch by hand.
We are camped on the beach at Sand Hollow and my ring is in the dry sand beside the trailer. My husband keeps looking up metal detector rental near me. Is he right?
He may be. Renting a detector yourself can suit a fresh loss on dry sand or a lawn, and a camp spot you can point to is that kind of loss. A detectorist makes more sense for wet sand, water, a big stretch of dune or something very small.
A rented paddleboard tipped at Quail Creek and my iPhone went to the bottom. It will have died by now, so is Find My even worth opening?
Open it today. Apple's support page says that if Find My cannot show a current location, for example because the battery has run out, the app keeps the last known location for up to seven days. Screenshot it, then tell us how far off the beach you were.
My metal-framed glasses fell out of my shirt pocket somewhere on the Petrified Dunes trail. Is that a job for a detectorist?
It can be. The trail guide lists Petrified Dunes as 1.2 miles (1.9 km) round trip across Navajo sandstone. Go through your photos first, since the last one that shows the glasses cuts the distance. Then send us that stretch of trail.
My daughter's gold bracelet came off on the grass at a family reunion in Main Street Park, Cedar City, between the playground and the northwest pavilion. Is that enough to go on?
It is a good start. Mark the patch of grass you used on a map screenshot, add a photo from the day if the bracelet shows in one, and tell us the time you think it went. The smaller the patch, the better the odds.
The key fob for our rental car fell out of my jacket on the snow tubing hill at Brian Head, and more snow is coming. Is Brian Head too far up for you?
No. We take enquiries from Brian Head as well as Cedar City and St. George. Fix the spot before the next snowfall: photograph the lane you used with a sign or a building in the frame, and tell us the time it happened.
St George, Cedar City and southern Utah
Send the two photos once your phone finds a signal
A map screenshot with a cross on it is a good start.
A lost ring, a chain and a phone all start the same way. Write down which park, which beach or trail and what time while it is fresh. Then message us on WhatsApp with the photos, and we will tell you what we make of the odds.