Lost a ring in a lake in Germany?
You can post from home too. The place and the day are enough to start.
Sylt, North Sea · Photo: Albert F. Vontz on Unsplash
Just happened?
Stop moving. Every step in the water stirs up the bottom, and every step on the lawn widens the ground somebody has to cover later.
Mark the spot. In the water, line yourself up with two fixed things on the shore, like a jetty post and a tree. On the lawn, just leave your towel where it is.
Don't feel around for it. Hands and feet push a ring into the mud, and the cloud they raise hides it.
Take a photo and drop a pin. Get something in the photo that won't move: a jetty, the bathing ladder, the kiosk.
You can post from home too. The place and the day are enough to start.
How Retrievly works
You post a request.
What you lost, roughly where and when. You mark the spot on a map, and a photo helps.
Someone nearby offers to look.
People who own a metal detector see a rough area, never your exact spot.
You choose who goes.
Only the person you pick gets the exact spot. Meet in daylight, somewhere public: Retrievly vets nobody.
Places we already know
- Berlin · Deutschland
Ring in Berlin verloren
Ring oder Schmuck am Wannsee, Müggelsee, Tegeler See, an der Spree oder am Landwehrkanal verloren? Was jetzt hilft und wer mit der Sonde sucht.
Somewhere else in Germany?
These are the only places we have written pages for so far. You can still post from anywhere else in Germany. If nobody near you has signed up yet, we go and ask the detecting groups and forums there for you.
Post your lost item for free
The first ten minutes
Stop moving.
Every step in the water stirs up the bottom, and every step on the lawn widens the ground somebody has to cover later.
Mark the spot.
In the water, line yourself up with two fixed things on the shore, like a jetty post and a tree. On the lawn, just leave your towel where it is.
Don't feel around for it.
Hands and feet push a ring into the mud, and the cloud they raise hides it.
Take a photo and drop a pin.
Get something in the photo that won't move: a jetty, the bathing ladder, the kiosk.
Already on your way home?
Most people only notice in the car or while unpacking. You don't need to go back. The lake, the day and roughly where you went into the water are enough to start.