Lost ring found on craigslist, the hard way

Here's a brief version of what I heard from Julie M and Pete J:

... we were enjoying our Honeymoon in Maui and decided to take some surf lessons. We had a great time, even got up a time or two; and were getting ready for dinner when Pete realized his 7-day old custom-designed wedding ring, was not only gone ... but likely swallowed up by the ocean during surf lessons. Not. Good. News.

... I looked up the beach name, and posted an ad on Craigslist.org which I have duplicated here to emphasize the incredibleness of the story.

"My husband lost his 7 day old wedding band on 10/20 at 1:25 pm while in a surf camp sponsored by Maui Wave Runners near the 76 gas station. As best as we can tell Kama'Ole Beach Park I is the best description for the area. The ring is a paladium band, with 3 rows of dimples that continue around the band, we are on our honeymoon so you can imagine the joy if someone finds it."

Fast-forward 3 weeks later, to my living room as we received an email from a man named Mike entitled "The Ring. Picture" and there it was! Mind you this email was from a man we never heard of, who had nothing other than the description above for his search. Turns out Mike had the right underwater equipment and had been looking daily since our Oct 21st posting; in water and waves up to his chin. When we first spoke, the first
thing he said was "the ring was a lot farther off shore than I originally thought."

Comments

[Jordan 5]

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That is an awesome story-it is good to know there is kindness and good left in humanity.

[Cynthia]

Wow, that gentleman must have had lots of fun searching for that ring. I hope he got a great reward, as kindness does deserve awards!

[Debbie Gottsleben]

What a beautiful story -shows the impact of social networking and the positives of our connected lives. Craigslist has taken some hits when there is a negative outcome but this story shows the positive benefits of being able to get your message out to a globally connected community.

[dwitzel]

great story. "the kindness of strangers."

[Jay]

This is an awesome story. I'm very glad they got their ring back. I can't help thinking about Greg Brady and the tiki, though. Please don't tell me that Mike who found the ring looked like Vincent Price.