DIAMOND RINGS

MACDADDY

Tenderfoot
Oct 21, 2007
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Eugene, oregon
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WHITE'S DFX WITH A DD ECLIPSE LOOP AND SUNRAY PINPOINTER
BOTH SETS OF RINGS WERE LOST AND I WAS CONTACTED TO LOCATE THEM


THE 2 RINGS ON TOP OF EACH OTHER BELONGED TO A LITTLE OLD LADY WHO LOST THEM WHILE THROWING HAY TO HORSES OVER A BACK FENCE IN NOVEMBER. THE HORSES WERE STANDING IN MUD ABOUT 8 INCHES DEEP AT THE TIME IN NOVEMBER. I HUNTED FOR OVER AN HOUR BEFORE FINALLY FINDING THEM. IT WAS IN AUGUST AND THE MUD HAD TURNED TO EXTREMELY HARD PACKED DIRT. WHEN I CALLED OUT TO HER TO ADVISE THAT I HAD LOCATED THE RINGS SHE CAME UP TO ME WITH TEARS IN HER EYES. THEY WERE HER GREAT GRANDMOTHERS AND WERE HANDED DOWN TO HER TO LOOK AFTER. THESE 2 RINGS WERE LAST APPRIASED AT $37,900.00. EACH RING HAS A 2 CT MAIN DIAMOND. THE TOP RING IS SOLDERED TO THE TO THE ONE RING AND IT HAS APPROX 20 DIAMONDS IN IT.

A WEEK LATER I GET A CALL FROM A GUY WHO SAID HIS WIFE HAD TOSSED BOTH HER WEDDING RINGS OUT THE WINDOW OF THEIR CAR AFTER AN ARGUEMENT. IT WAS CLOSE TO THE ROAD AND IN FIELD GRASS. WE HUNTED FOR ABOUT AND HOUR AND A HALF AND CAME UP WITH ONE RING. MY WIFE AND I WENT BACK AFTER DINNER THAT EVENING AND FOUND THE SECOND RING IN 10 MINUTES. WE DELIVERED THE OTHER RING TO THEM AND TOOK THIS PICTURE. THESE TWO RINGS WERE VALUED AT $4,000.00
 

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txkickergirl

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Jan 4, 2007
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Help I am blind....dang if I had those I don't care how mad at hubby I was he would half to pry them off my dead hands.
 

E59

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Feb 28, 2005
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Wow, those top two are killer! I hope you got a reward, you really deserve one. There are a lot of people out there who would have pocketed them after realizing how valuable they were.
 

River Rat

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:o :o For crying out loud! Man, if I had rings like that I sure wouldn't be haying horses, cows or anything else at that matter. I simply love the bottom ring in the top pic.

Throwing rings out the window? LOL How stupid can stupid get? ::)

You did good, I sure hope you got some type of reward.

;) RR
 

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