Nick Day’s parents gave the couple the ring for Christmas. (Unsplash/representative image)
A couple in the United States were recently reunited with their lost engagement ring, 21 years after it was accidentally flushed down the toilet.
Nick Day, a Florida resident, proposed to his wife Shaina with a diamond ring that was soon lost on the lines, Fox 59 reported. “She came up to me one day and said, ‘I think I lost my ring,'” Mr Nick recalled the incident that took place at his mother’s house 21 years ago. He added, “She said, ‘It was on the counter, now it’s gone and I think I accidentally flushed down the toilet.'”
According to the outlet, the couple didn’t give up their search at first and got dirty to find the diamond ring. “I climbed down into the septic tank so we could pump it all through a sieve to try and find it. No luck,” Shaina Day recalled.
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But in November, over two decades later, when Mr. Nick’s mother Renee hired a plumber to replace the toilet, he discovered the ring inside. According to NBC News, the plumber then asked Ms. Renee if it belonged to Ms. Shaina, and after taking a close look, the mother-in-law said it was indeed hers.
After a thorough cleaning, Nick Day’s parents wrapped the ring and presented it to the couple as a Christmas present. “You brought that out. It was wrapped in a little Christmas bag, so we opened it up and we both knew what it was,” Mr Nick recalled. “It was kind of an ugly scream. I sat there and I was like, ‘Oh my god, that’s my ring. this is my ring I wipe my eyes and mascara goes everywhere,” Ms. Shaina added.
The couple said they could now incorporate the diamond ring into a new piece of jewelry or pass it on to a future generation. However, they also stated that they had learned a valuable lesson from the incident. “Check your toilets if you lose things,” Nick Day said.
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