[Jewelry making - Article 00290] - Re: [Orchid] Finding lost diamonds

[Wayne Werner]

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    LOST DIAMONDS.....no such thing...they are just trying to get back
    to nature. 

    1) I made a platinum ring with a cat logo on the top for John Popper
    of Blues Traveler Many years ago, it had sapphire sunglasses and
    diamonds on the side. He went out hunting on his property in Bucks
    co. Pa....fell down in the snow with gun in hand. latter that day he
    noticed that the top of his ring was missing. He called to let me
    know that he wanted a new ring. I told him just for kicks, in the
    spring when the snow melts go to the place where he fell in the snow,
    sure enough there it was face up and sparkling. I figure the
    temperature change from warm house to cold outdoors and the shock of
    the fall popped the piece off. 

    2) I had a customer in my studio a few years ago to make a wedding
    ring. he showed me his school ring from 1969. funny story he said,
    "I lost it when I was a kid. then a few years latter I got a call
    from a fisherman. He had caught a fish in a local pond, cleaned the
    fish and found the ring in its stomach!" the fisherman tracked down
    my customer because his name was inside the ring and the highschool
    was local. sounds about right to me....all my shad spoons lures are
    gold or silver and full of that bling bling that fish and mermaids
    love so well. 

    3) A craft person that I know, (I will not use Her name) bought a
    used Volvo from someone in New England. She was having some trouble
    with the gearbox so she had it checked by her local mechanic. A few
    days latter the mechanic handed her the 3 caret almost flawless 3
    stone ring that he found in the gearbox down under the gearshift. it
    was worth twice as much as the car..... 

    4) OK last one......over the years I have set alot of stones for
    local stores and customers. I have found lost stones in the cuffs of
    my pants, down my pants, in my shoes,and years latter in strange
    places but this one tops them all. I was flush setting some 1mm
    diamonds one day, snapping them into the nice tight settings that I
    had prepared. one of them popped up off of the bench when I went to
    set it. I stopped, looked left, looked right, then blinked, when I
    did, I got a painful discomfort under my eyelid. the small diamond
    had hit my moist eyeball, stuck to it, when I blinked it ended up
    under my eyelid. OUCH! a strange scratching feeling followed. I
    turned to the jeweler next to me told her what had happened. lifted
    my eyelid up, looked down at the floor and around it came. "OH MY
    GOD! YOU GOT A DIAMOND IN YOU EYE!" she shouted. she got it out with
    alittle piece of tissue 

wayne werner
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