Northumberland metal detectorists reunite holidaymakers with lost family heirloom rings
Local metal detectorists have come to the rescue once again as they reunited holidaymakers with treasured lost rings.
Oxford couple Sarah Stone and Logan Mills are currently on holiday, walking part of the Northumberland Coastal Path.
When travelling from Craster to Seahouses, they stopped for a picnic on Embleton Bay, however, when leaving, Sarah realised she didn't have her engagement and wedding rings on.
The rings were a special family heirloom, originally belonging to Logan’s great grandmother and so the couple began to panic.
"We hopelessly tried searching for the rings in the sand,” Sarah said. “Logan ran the three miles we'd walked so far that day to see if he could see them anywhere.
"We asked in all the pubs and coffee shops we'd passed. Everyone was really helpful, but no-one had seen them.”
Hours of stress later, the couple decided to try and find a metal detector to help with their search.
This is when the staff in the Ship Inn at Low Newton-by-the-Sea let them know that the Andy Grant and Lorna Rawlings at the Pipers Pitch, Craster, were metal detectorists.
After a short phone call, Andy and Lorna kindly offered to come down to help the couple find their rings.
Sarah and Logan had marked the place they had been sitting on Embleton Bay and, much to the couples amazement, within five minutes of searching, the metal detector beeped.
“Andy and Lorna had never met us, so we were blown away when they volunteered to come to Embleton Bay to help us search,” Sarah added.
"When the detector beeped and Andy started digging through the sand, we had to look away.
"We didn’t dare hope it was our rings. When he pulled out our wedding band, and then our engagement ring shortly after, we genuinely couldn't believe it.
"We are over the moon to be reunited with our rings, and so grateful for the incredible kindness and skill of Andy and Lorna.”
And this isn’t the first time Andy and Lorna have saved the day with their metal detector. Back in 2024, they successfully helped holidaymakers find an engagement ring they thought was lost to Bamburgh beach forever.
“Andy and Lorna are proud of their 100% success rate finding lost engagement rings, as they should be.” Sarah added.