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With a Stroke of Luck, Waterford Resident Gets his Ring Back
For more than 40 years Elias Hage was married to Eleanor until she passed away in 2011. Every day Elias would take a swim at Waterford Town Beach. On one fateful day, he came out of the water to see the wedding ring he wore since 1960 was gone. Read how Keith Wille turned this heartbreaking story into a fairy tale ending.
The Westerly Sun
Surf Gives Back Ring with a Little Help
Ellen and Michael Stefanski had their share of losses last month, but following a visit from Keith Wille and his XP Deus, a little something meaningful was found.
The Patch
Widower Embraces Man After Finding Treasured Wedding Band at Waterford Beach
“I do this because sometimes all people have is a token to remind them of the best parts of their lives,” Wille said in an email, “and those memories do not belong lost in the ocean.”
The New Yorker
The Lost-Jewelry Hunters
Yet after almost three hours of non-stop detector-swinging, Wille was still probing for new leads, maintaining a running conversation with his client. “It makes no difference if I find it with the machine or I jog his memory and he finds it somewhere else,” he said.
The New York Times
Archaeologists & Metal Detectorists Find Common Ground
Mr. McBride says there is a “better than even” chance that Mr. Wille discovered the site of Tatuppequauog, one of the villages mentioned in the 1638 letter. If it is Tatuppequauog, Mr. Wille would be listed as the discoverer.
WFSB Channel 3
The ring commemorates the love between him and his late wife
After weeks went by Mr. Hage thought all hope was lost but a man with a metal detector and a hobby of finding things changed all that.
WCVB Channel 5 Boston
Couple reunited with engagement ring lost in snow
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.
Western Mass News
Metal detectorist helps couple recover lost engagement ring
AGAWAM, MA (WGGB/WSHM) — A Westfield woman and her fiancé are breathing a sigh of relief after someone was able to recover a priceless family heirloom from the snow.
News8 WTNH
Treasure hunter from Conn. helps people rediscover lost possessions
A professional treasure hunter from Connecticut went viral for finding $46,000 in the floorboards of a Massachusetts home. Since then, his modern-day treasure hunting business has skyrocketed.
Inside Edition
Treasure Hunter Finds $46K Hidden In Floorboard of a Massachusetts Family's Attic
A treasure hunter helped a Massachusetts family settle decades-old rumor that money had been hidden somewhere inside their house since the 1950s. Within an hour's time, Keith Wille found the $46,000 in a lockbox that was hidden under the home's floorboards.