[Jewelry making - Article 00283] - Re: [Orchid] Finding lost diamonds

[Karen Olsen Ramsey]

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    It wasn't a diamond, but still a great story..... 

    I was in high school in the 70's and my parents returned from a
    vacation to England. They brought me a pair of earrings that I
    loved....as much for the sentiment as the earrings themselves. They
    were simple... a sterling bezel on a post with 8 x 10 mm. tigereye
    oval cab set in them. I wore them everywhere, including Lighthouse
    Beach on Lake Michigan where I spent my days socializing with my
    friends that summer. It was a huge public beach, a hot summer, and
    always extremely crowded. 

    One day, a friend noticed that I was only wearing one earring, and I
    realized that the one must have come off there. My group of about 10
    friends spent at least an hour sifting through the sand around us to
    no avail. I assumed that it had probably come off while I was
    swimming. Had it been in the sand, we surely would have found it. We
    had been very thorough. 

    I was devastated. Though the earrings were not exactly "me", the gift
    had meant a lot to me and I felt terrible that I had been so
    careless. My friends felt my sorrow. 

    I shopped at all the stores in town to see if, by chance, I might be
    able to replace it, but no one had anything like it. I went to Dave's
    Rock Shop (anybody remember his store in Evanston, Ill.? Is it still
    there? ) to see if I could find a replacement stone so that I could
    make a new one, but he didn't have one. 

    At least a week went by, and I tried to figure out how to replace
    this special earring. I was at home, and heard a knock at the door. A
    friend of mine stood there. He was from a completely different group
    of friends than the one I was at the beach with, but a good friend,
    none-the less. 

    "I heard that you lost an earring a the beach the other day," he
    said before I could even invite him in. 

    I started to lament the story to him. His parents were good friends
    of my parents, we had a special friendship, and I knew that he would
    be sympathetic. He then extended one hand toward me, with his fist
    closed. He turned his hand over, opened his palm, and said, "Is this
    it, by any chance?" 

    In his hand was my earring. I think I cried. 

    He had been to the beach that day, sitting with his group of friends
    on the sand. This is a huge public beach, very well used in the
    summer, very crowded. Generally, you arrive and find an unoccupied
    slot to place your towel...there is usually no real choice as to
    where a person can sit. You take what you get. 

    This was a week after I lost it. He and his friends just happened to
    sit exactly where my friends and I had been sitting. None of his
    friends had been there the day that I lost it. 

    He put his hand in the sand and found my earring. Just like that. But
    he had no idea it was mine until one of his friends said that he had
    heard from another friend that I had lost an earring at that beach
    the week prior. Perhaps it was mine. Now what were the
    chances..........? 

    I still am incredulous that it came back to me. And I still have
    them both! 

Karen
Karen Olsen Ramsey
http://www.artjeweler.com
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