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On this Valentine鈥檚 Day, let鈥檚 go on a hunt for symbols of love gone missing.

Weddings rings are some of the most common pieces of jewelry married couples lose. More than in the past five years, according to British insurance company Protect Your Bubble.

Now, a growing network of treasure hunters, known as The , are on a mission to reconnect married couples with missing rings.

Julie Meador realized she lost hers after finishing a round of golf near Wenatchee, Wash., and noticing a hole in one of her pockets.

鈥淚 put my jacket on and my rings were gone out of my pocket,鈥� Meador said. 鈥淚 was like literally freaked out.鈥�

Her wedding ring of 25 years and an anniversary ring were both gone.

鈥淚 was like, ‘how am I going to tell my husband this because he was in a foursome behind me,’鈥� she said. 鈥淢y heart hurt.鈥�

The Meadors scoured the golf course over the next two days, but the rings never turned up. Then their search went online, where they came across TheRingFinders.com, a directory of more than 500 metal detector do-gooders who help strangers find lost items.

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鈥淲e鈥檙e actually going out and helping people recover things that have deep, sentimental value,鈥� said Jeff Morgan, a Seattle-area ring finder, who joined about five years ago.

Since then, he鈥檚 recovered more than 50 wedding rings. He鈥檚 found them in backyards, in the snow, on shorelines, and even scuba diving in Puget Sound.

鈥淚t鈥檚 more than just a hobby, per se. It鈥檚 really become more of a passion to help more people,鈥� Morgan said. 鈥淲hen you get that recovery moment it鈥檚 just like, 鈥榓h, yes, another ring saved.鈥欌��

One of Morgan鈥檚 recent missions took him to the golf course where Julie Meador lost her rings.

鈥淚 think he talked to the founding guy of Ring Finders about my situation and that guy was like, ’18 hole golf course? Odds are not good.’鈥�

Chris Turner is CEO of The Ring Finders, which he founded in 2009. He was inspired by his first ring hunt as a teenager in the early 70s.

鈥淚 found my neighbor鈥檚 ring that was lost in her garden. The look on her face, I鈥檒l never forget that. She just froze. She was stunned,鈥� Turner said. 鈥淚 got an apple pie on my doorstep for a year every Friday, so I was very happy about that.鈥�

Today鈥檚 Ring Finders don鈥檛 accept baked goods as payment. In fact, they only ask for donations because Turner insists the business is not about making money.

鈥淲hy do I do it? I do it for the smiles. I really do,鈥� Turner said. 鈥淚 absolutely love what I do. It鈥檚 the best job I ever had — once you experience returning something to someone, you鈥檙e hooked.鈥�

As for Julie Meador, she went searching for her ring with Jeff Morgan three weeks after it went missing.

Four hours into the hunt, they reached the 15th hole, when Morgan鈥檚 metal detector came to life.

鈥淲e鈥檝e got your ring,鈥� Morgan said to Meador.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 the one I really wanted,鈥� Meador responded, as she started crying. It was her wedding ring.

Moments later, Morgan found her other diamond in the rough.