TODAY we have another good news story about an item lost on a beach, after our most recent update telling of the recovered prosthetic leg on Rhode Island (CW yesterday). This time it was a precious diamond wedding ring – a somewhat more conventional object, but perhaps trickier to find...
TODAY we have another good news story about an item lost on a beach, after our most recent update telling of the recovered prosthetic leg on Rhode Island (CW yesterday).
This time it was a precious diamond wedding ring – a somewhat more conventional object, but perhaps trickier to find – which slipped off the finger of a woman playing football at North Beach in Hampton, New Hampshire.
After fruitlessly searching for the family heirloom, Francesca Teal turned to social media, posting a plea on Facebook for anyone who might visit the beach with a metal detector to be on the lookout, according to the Boston Globe.
The post was shared multiple times and ultimately held the attention of an energetic 60-year-old Lou Asci who donned a wetsuit and used a waterproof headlamp and metal detector to ardently search for the ring.
Two days of fruitless looking led to a bit of frustration, but on the third day he said “I wanted to go back and give it one last shot” – at which point he found the ring lurking in sand on the ocean floor.
He sent Teal a message with a photo of the item, saying “please tell me this is the ring so I can finally get off this beach!” – and it was.
