๐Ÿ† HONORABLE MENTION My cool ring return story

dc426

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My cool ring return story **pics added**

On April 7th Felipe and his wife of just a year and a half went to Clearwater beach for a couple of days relaxation. They are students from Brazil studying at the University of Florida in Gainesville. While swimming Felipe lost his wedding ring. He actually thought he lost it on a different part of the beach. It was just a plain band, 18K but had his new brides name inscribed on the inside along with their wedding date.
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May 1st, I hit several beaches that day and scored the usual stuff including a silver ring and a nice 18K 2.76 gold band from CWB late in the day. It had a name and date inscribed inside.
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Sometime near the middle of June while trying desperately to figure out how to get his ring back ,Felipe stumbled across a Youtube video of Dewguru and his story of finding a news anchor's wedding ring. So Felipe decided to try an ad on Craig's list lost and found.

I always look at CL lost and found every day. One day I saw Felipe's ad. I emailed him to say I may have his ring but he needed to tell me the name that was inscribed. When I emailed him to say we had a match he was over joyed.

It wasn't until today that a nice young good looking couple drove down from Gainesville to meet with me at my work. Felipe and his beautiful wife came to claim his ring. They were both so very happy and Silvanna showed me her matching 18K ring with wedding date and Felipe's name inscribed in hers. To top it off they were returning to Brazil in 2 weeks because Felipe had finished his studies.

I can honestly say that it's moments like these that actually give me a better feeling than actually finding gold in my scoop. It was really cool reuniting Felipe and his lady with his ring. And yes, I did accept a small gratuity from them for my troubles.
DC

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Beach Papa

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Nice find. Nice return. Blessings to ya. Papa
 

tngirl

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That's a great story! Glad you were able to do that for them.
 

Hag730

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Geeesh.....what are the chances?? Nice one!
 

lorraine

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That is a wonderful, heartwarming story, dc

Congratulations on that return!

Lorraine
 

fredinbelize

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Nice one.
I see nothing wrong in accepting a gratuity for your work, I don't ask, but do accept.
 

Lady Pirate

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Such a wonderful story to be told! Makes a person feel good just reading this. Thank you
 

dougofpa

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Excellent story.....great time to bring this up

click on the link below and try and spread the word, lots of people that lose things have no idea this is out there.

And sign-up...i did

Lost My Stuff Group - Home Page
 

kiana7

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Such happy story,,blessings returned to you:icon_thumleft: WTG..HH
 

Smoogle

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AC1955

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This is what it's all about. Nice going, dc.

HH,
Anita
 

FloridaFinder

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Very nicely done. You will be talked about for generations in Brazil - they'll tell the story to their kids, grandkids, etc. I never thought about checking Craigslist lost and found.
 

gold nuggets

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Great story and congrats on the ring return. That was something
Felipe and his bride will always remember....well done DC.
Gold Nuggets :hello:
 

leprechaun

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Awesome find and great return.:icon_thumleft:
 

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It feels good to live an honorable life. And the rewards cannot be measured.
 

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