[Jewelry making - Article 00177] - Re: [Orchid] Finding lost diamonds

[hans]

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Hi all,

    Many years ago I had a customer who had stunning a 5 carat diamond
    in her engagement ring The claws were worn and I warned her that the
    ring was in need of retipping. No problem, she said, she would bring
    the ring in after her vacation.I warned her that wearing a ring at
    the beach was dangerous at the best of times and more so with her
    badly worn ring. 

    Needless to say, the rock parted company with the ring on the beach
    and high drama ensued. Needle in the haystack? That's easy. Diamond
    in the beach? 

    That's a whole new ballgame. 

    After an afternoon of searching a rather dejected diamond-less lady
    took her children back to their caravan at the campsite. As her son
    stepped into the caravan he felt some beach tar under his sandal and
    on pulling it off the diamond was stuck in it. Serious luck or what?.
    For me too, since I got to make the whole ring over, never mind the
    retipping. 

Cheers, Hans Meevis.
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