One month after getting engaged Sara Stocco watched in horror as her diamond Tiffany engagement ring went spiralling deep into a Minnesota lake. The ring, which was in her mouth fell and bounced off the boat floor into the lake below.
The newly engaged couple were celebrating the fourth of July by boating with friends on the lake when the incident happened. Stocco is said to have immediately begun searching desperately for the ring after she took it off to apply sunscreen. The ring fell deep into the depths of the lake which is around five feet deep.
All of Sacco’s friends that were present joined in on the search. The ring, a .89 carat Tiffany engagement ring is worth around $7000.
News soon spread regarding Stocco’s plight and people on nearby boats began searching with her. A son of an experienced scuba diver also rang his father in the hope that he could perhaps assist the search. Around thirty minutes later Geffre a sixty year old diver arrived and ordered people to move large rocks into the lake to signal where had been searched.
Over the following week Geffre made several attempts to find the ring and spent a total of fourteen hours in the lake searching. He eventually found the ring which was buried three inches under the sand twenty five feet away from where it entered the lake.
The relieved couple then decided to reward Geffre with a sum of $750 for his efforts.
“I have a lot of experience and a lot of patience. You just keep finding junk and junk, but if you stay long enough, the metal detector will pick it up,” said Geffre.
The engaged couple are getting married next July and are understandably delighted at the rings return. Stocco has revealed that she has not removed the ring from her finger ever since.
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