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Good luck Sharen, let us know what you found!

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Sharen, I know you didn't ask for this advice but finding a ring can be difficult because everyone believes they absolutely know where they lost it but if that were true, they would have found it already. Many of us have had good success doing the following.

1. Ask whether she was walking towards or away from the house when she lost it. Most people wear their engagement ring on their left hand. From her point of departure from the house to the point of suspected loss is a key area to search. Search from the center to the left side extending about 6 feet from the center. Rings are almost always "flung" a bit when dropped from the hand. It's a natural thing since people swing their arms whenever they walk. Do a fast search and then go back and do a thorough, inch by inch search of the entire path from the house to the loss point.

2. Rings lost can rest on the surface of the grass unnoticed or nestle themselves in the grass above the dirt. They can be hit by a lawn mower or weed whacker and sent yards from their original resting point. Find out their lawn mowing habits. Determine if the lawn was mowed just after the loss. If so, you will have to expand your search area accordingly.

3. Even though there is no question that the ring was lost, always question the precise story of the loss. Not in an "I don't believe you" sort of way but in the way of reality. Had they really known exactly where they lost their ring, it would have been found right after the loss. Most of the time the loss is discovered a long time (relatively) after the loss. Even a few minutes between the loss and the discovery of the loss can displace the area the person remembers as being the point of loss. Using your imagination, start thinking about what may have happened if they were just a little wrong. I once had a friend who swore she lost her ring while gardening. I believed her and searched her tulip bed for hours, inch by inch. Over coffee later, it occurred to me to ask her where she washed her hands after gardening. "Oh, in the deep sink next to the washing machine." The ring was in the sink trap. As any detective will tell you, witness statements are unreliable but not due to the reliability of a witness.

4. If you are not searching in the all metal mode or with zero discrimination, you may already have swept over the ring. This is crucial. Rings often fall into the lower end of discrimination. Dig everything in the yard. Everything.

Good luck, Sharen.

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Sharen, it sounds to me as if your analysis is right. Most likely it got lost and perhaps even found by a passerby.

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