4th Of July - Engagement Ring Recovery - Oxford Ohio

I received a text regarding an engagement ring lost while swimming after a dog that had strayed too far from shore while recovering a tossed ball. The couple had marked the spot where they believed the ring was lost and they dropped a pair of sunglasses in the water near where they believed the ring to be.

After I arrived we grid searched the area for several hours, and recovering the sun glasses, I was having no luck, and sad about their loss, they decided to just head home.

I told them I would stay awhile and expand our search area and as we had gridded the area where they thought the ring would be found, I started a wider grid, around that same area. I went wide, out and around, about deep as I could, but I still had no luck.

On my next turn I stepped in for a bit shallower search, and I recovered a bottle cap. On my very next step, about three hours into this search, I heard that sound I had been hoping for and recovered their beautiful engagement ring.

Back at my car I sent a text to the owners, and told them it sure was a beautiful ring, and I sent this picture.

They responded “Your Kidding”.

I was very happy to have been able to recover this ring!