A family-heirloom engagement ring is back on the finger of a bride-to-be thanks to a ring-finder who found it after it was lost in the snow.After days of panic, Sarah Fitzgerald and her fiancé, Greg Strattner, were reunited with their lost engagement ring.“I took the ring off in the car, I was putting some hand cream on, and I never put it back on,” she said.After arriving at a friend’s place on Super Bowl Sunday, Fitzgerald realized her ring must have fallen off her lap into the snow in the driveway.“By that time, the homeowner had gone out and shoveled the driveway,” she said. “It was just this feeling of ‘Oh my God. It’s in like 14 inches of snow right now and I’ve got no idea how we’re going to find this.”The couple and their friends searched for hours, even using a metal detector, with no luck.“I just felt so bad for her because she felt so bad,” said Strattner.Devastated and desperate, Strattner turned to the internet for help.“So I just Googled how to find a lost ring in the snow and it brought me to ringfinders.com and Keith was right at the top of the page.”“I get calls all throughout the night into the morning. You name it, I’ve seen it,” said ring-finder Keith Wille.Wille has years of experience metal detecting and recovering lost and forgotten items. He made the trek from Connecticut to Agawam to search for the ring, which has been in Strattner’s family for decades.“Eventually, I came right over the spot and buried in ice and snow there it was,” he said. “It was just amazing to me. It was a miracle, I think.”WATCH: Wille finds Sarah’s ring A miracle that the couple said they’re extremely grateful for, and one that Wille has made happen dozens of times.“Every one of them is the same surprise and the same buildup of suspense. it never gets old,” he said.Wille doesn’t just search for rings. He’s also found 19th century weapons and valuable coins.
A family-heirloom engagement ring is back on the finger of a bride-to-be thanks to a ring-finder who found it after it was lost in the snow.
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After days of panic, Sarah Fitzgerald and her fiancé, Greg Strattner, were reunited with their lost engagement ring.
“I took the ring off in the car, I was putting some hand cream on, and I never put it back on,” she said.
After arriving at a friend’s place on Super Bowl Sunday, Fitzgerald realized her ring must have fallen off her lap into the snow in the driveway.
“By that time, the homeowner had gone out and shoveled the driveway,” she said. “It was just this feeling of ‘Oh my God. It’s in like 14 inches of snow right now and I’ve got no idea how we’re going to find this.”
The couple and their friends searched for hours, even using a metal detector, with no luck.
“I just felt so bad for her because she felt so bad,” said Strattner.
Devastated and desperate, Strattner turned to the internet for help.
“So I just Googled how to find a lost ring in the snow and it brought me to ringfinders.com and Keith was right at the top of the page.”
“I get calls all throughout the night into the morning. You name it, I’ve seen it,” said ring-finder Keith Wille.
Wille has years of experience metal detecting and recovering lost and forgotten items. He made the trek from Connecticut to Agawam to search for the ring, which has been in Strattner’s family for decades.
“Eventually, I came right over the spot and buried in ice and snow there it was,” he said. “It was just amazing to me. It was a miracle, I think.”
WATCH: Wille finds Sarah’s ring
A miracle that the couple said they’re extremely grateful for, and one that Wille has made happen dozens of times.
“Every one of them is the same surprise and the same buildup of suspense. it never gets old,” he said.
Wille doesn’t just search for rings. He’s also found 19th century weapons and valuable coins.
