Lost Platinum & Diamonds Engagement Ring at Lanikai Beach…FOUND!!!
This ring find began when I got a call from Avery who was on vacation from Orange County, California and enjoying the day at Lanikai Beach. So her mom Julia had taken off her rings to apply sunscreen on her and her sister Kindle. When she finished and moved to another area on the beach they must have fallen out of her dress. I told them I would pack my gear and head over but they had already left the beach. They turned around and decided they would wait at the beach for me so they could show the area to hunt. Lanikai is quite an extensive beach. When I arrived I was blessed to get the first spot near the beach access as a car was leaving. That never happens! Since losing the ring earlier in the day the tide had come up and the area was now wet but the surf was calm. Julia drew a box in the sand and I started a grid search. No ring. She called Kindle & Avery over and they thought I should be hunting more to the North. I started way farther down the beach and worked my way back. Found a brand new nickel which I thought would be the ring. Then finally in wet sand I got a nice #7 on the Manticore. In one scoop there was Julia’s stunning ring in the scoop with a huge diamond glistening in the sunlight. She was obviously overwhelmed, I think she was holding back tears. There were two more rings in this loss but an expanding grid search they never came up. I went all the way to the waters edge and low tide mark but no luck. We guess those may have been eyeballed by someone earlier in the day as Julia and her girls went to a different area of the beach before they realized the rings were gone. They are platinum with diamonds around one of them if someone can come forward with them that would be awesome. Julia was obviously pleased to have her diamond ring back on her finger. Aloha to Julia, Avery & Kindle!