Somebody please cheer me up. I just lost a sapphire and diamond ring.

[sinkingfeeling]

It just fell off my finger somewhere on a half acre of snow.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Oh, how awful!

I'm really sorry to hear this.

I hope you find it when the snow melts. Yeah, right...when.

[catnhatnh]

2. Mark the area now...

...And get someone with a metal detector to search for it once the snow depth allows...

[iscooterliberally]

3. I don't know if one of those metal detectors would work on that maybe?

Maybe someone you know has one? Sending happy thoughts your way. I hope your ring turns up!

[cwydro]

4. I lost a beautiful homemade charm once.

I know how horrible that feels.

But, I've also found things that I thought I never would. So think positive!

[elleng]

5. Awful!

Get one of those metal detectors, people use them on beaches often, I hear, and search after the snow has melted.

ALL is NOT lost, we promise!

http://www.amazon.com/metal-detectors/b?ie=UTF8&node=554036

[HERVEPA]

6. On your homeowners policy?

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Yeah, but I really want to find my ring!

[HERVEPA]

8. I'm sure. Good luck.

[In_The_Wind]

9. Think of how much you'll enjoy walking among new spring sprouts looking for a sparkle in the sun.

Good luck.

I agree with the above suggestions to mark your area (now).

[KMOD]

10. My mother once accidently flung her mother's ring

into an unplowed field with very tall rye grass.

We were able to find it with a metal detector.

If your is snow is frozen like mine is, it may be laying on top. Maybe you'll be able to spot it if the sun catches it just right.

Good luck.

[KMOD]

11. apparently there are profession services for this

http://theringfinders.com/

I don't know if there is one near you, or what the cost involved is, but I figured I'd post this.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

12. Hmm. Learn something new every day.

Didn't know that was a service one could hire.

And whodda thunk you could spend 2 grand on a detector.

[KMOD]

13. we rented one for the day

when we needed it.

[cwydro]

14. Sending vibes hon.

Once I lost a chain underwater. My friend's son actually found it.

It can happen.

[Heddi]

15. get a metal detector. you can often find them at goodwill

Or ask on Craigslist if you can rent one from someone who has one. I feel your pain...I mourned, grieved for months after I lost my engagement ring. it was a true loss

[MerryBlooms]

16. Mark the area where you think you lost it!

About 25 years ago while I was mowing, I busted my neck chain that held my open-rose/diamond pendant (14k antiqued yellow gold/.35k diamond). I searched daily for hours upon hours, for more than two weeks. It was spring, so there were dew drops and snail trails that all reflected like a diamond... then one day while I was squatting and searching, I saw what was sure just another snail trail, but it wasn't. It was my pendant on-end, and what I was seeing was the V gold bail.

After I found it that day, I went down to our jeweler for a new sturdier chain and a locking clasp. It's now 35 years and counting that my rose has been around my neck and close to my heart.

Don't give up!

[lovemydog]

17. Hold a huge Pee-Athon

Hope that cheered you up a bit.

Seriously, read all the other posts. There's some great ideas on finding it.

[sinkingfeeling]

18. I have a grad student with a really good metal detector today. He located

many Civil War area bullets and old coins on my property last summer. I still have hope.

[Coventina]

19. I feel your pain. I once lost a ring of great sentimental value (but not worth much monetarily)

while at work, and it was never seen again.



It sounds like your situation is much more hopeful, though, so I am sending good vibes your way.

[pipi_k]

20. Everyone has some

great ideas here, which I'm sure one of them will work to help you find your ring.

Back in the 70s I ended up losing my high school ring while on a hayride in the fall. My fingers shrink and expand with the seasons. So on a hayride we were throwing handfuls of hay around, and when I hurled some, my ring flew off my finger.

Well it was nighttime. In the woods.

My ring is likely gone forever unless someone finds it with a metal detector and takes the trouble to look me up (using my initials carved inside the ring) in my class yearbook.


Anyway, knowing that my fingers do strange things with the weather, I now wear inexpensive tungsten bands to keep my rings on. One size for winter, one size for summer.

Hope you find your ring. I know how terrible it feels to lose one, and getting a replacement just isn't the same.

[sinkingfeeling]

21. I FOUND IT!!! It was inside of a file folder in my filing cabinet at work!!

[cwydro]

22. Woohoo!

Good to hear.

[Baitball Blogger]

23. Once it thaws out, get yourself a metal detector.

Who knows what other treasures you will find.