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N.S. metal detector operator dives to find Louisiana man's submerged wedding band
The volunteer found the 14-karat gold band in minutes after the owner searched online for help.
- On June 20, 2026, Nate McLagan recovered a 14-karat gold wedding band for Jeff Daglaris from a lake in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, locating it minutes after the Louisiana man lost it while kayaking.
- Unable to retrieve the ring from dark water during a weekend kayaking trip, Daglaris tagged the location and messaged McLagan, a Royal Canadian Navy weapons technician who volunteers underwater metal detecting recoveries.
- Armed with dive gear and a metal detector, McLagan found the band shining exactly where Daglaris indicated. "Oh my God," McLagan recalled Daglaris saying when the ring surfaced.
- Daglaris received a photo of the recovered ring just as he was boarding a plane at the Halifax airport, reversing his earlier regret when he had thought, "Maybe I should take this off and put it in our dry bag."
- This year, McLagan aims to recover 25 missing items for people who contact him, treating the work as a volunteer hobby and accepting only money to cover expenses like gasoline.
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