Search request dated Wednesday, 2023-04-19
Name: Shatorion
Type of object lost: Ring
Location where item was lost if different from address: Lake Pflugerville
How long ago was item lost? 2 days ago
Message and comments: Item was lost in particular area of lake in shallow water. I'm pretty sure of the area it was lost !

Search announcement dated Wednesday, 2023-04-19
April # 2 Water Search
The white gold men's ring was lost in waist deep water. The husband has ordered a metal detector to try himself...
Thanks, Scott

Search update dated Thursday, 2023-04-20
The owner will have his detector and is going to try tomorrow morning. I do not have a time yet.
Scott

Search effort dated Friday, 2023-04-21
I met the owner this morning. He lost the ring on the other side of the lake from the beach area. He was getting out of a boat when it tipped over dumping all of his belongings into the lake. When he got out of the water his wedding ring was gone, but he was able to save the fish he had caught.

[Scott found about 40 targets, but not the ring.]

The area is fairly small, some vegetation, no visibility and very muddy. I am going back Sunday morning with a rake to clear the debris and a mask to avoid pushing the ring deeper. Anyone interested in helping, let me know.
Scott Hegel

Search effort dated about 2023-04-28
Scott and Andrew went back to the Lake and searched again. They found many more things including several cell phones, but again no ring.

Search update dated Friday, 2023-05-05
Dropped pin This is the pin dropped where the guy lost his ring at Pflugerville Lake for those asking about it. The lake is higher now than it is in the aerial. The spot is in between 2 trees in a little cove with some tall reeds in the water nearby. It’s a place where people often fish and put kayaks in.
Andrew

Search update dated about 2023-07-05
Scott and Fred tried again, and again found many targets, but no ring.

In early March 2026, Lake Pflugerville was lowered about 10 feet to allow repair of a broken pipe.

Search effort dated 2026-03-15
Scott and Andrew went back to the lake to search yet again and were able to detect on somewhat dry ground. Andrew searched areas that had not been searched before and Scott worked his way along the shoreline, both finding many targets.

Scott received a good signal under a large rock about 5' from the shoreline, moved the rock and about 6 inches down in the mud found a shiny wedding ring. They continued hunting in case they had not found the long-lost ring.

Later that day at home a search of Scott's files confirmed that they had found the missing ring.

[This is another example of Scott's never-give-up attitude.]