A diver recovered a woman’s 105-year-old diamond wedding ring after tirelessly searching a Texas lake for three days to find the heirloom passed down through generations of her family.
JackO’Lynn Page visited the Possum Kingdom Lake in Palo Pinto County with her son’s baseball team last Friday, when somewhere along the way, her wedding ring slipped off and fell into the reservoir.
The man-made lake sprawls across approximately 17,000 surface acres and trails along the Brazos River for 65 miles, according to the Possum Kingdom Lake’s online guide.
The entire baseball squad of 11 boys, their parents and even grandparents attending the team’s day of fun in the sun stopped in their tracks to help Page scour the area for her family heirloom.
When the group’s efforts on land failed, Page turned to the Blue Diver Search and Recovery for help.
Diver Ryan Prigmore arrived ready to turn over every rock at the depths of the 100-by-50-foot area.
Prigmore leapt right in on Friday afternoon and started to search for Page’s ring while she tried to reconcile with the seemingly undeniable reality that her beloved heirloom had been claimed by the lake.
He came up empty-handed Friday, but vowed not to give up.
“I was getting thrashed by the waves, but I gave my word that I would be back to keep trying,” Prigmore told Fox 4.
On Monday, Prigmore returned and was blessed with better conditions in the water. He gave the search another shot and was able to unearth Page’s ring.
All the while, he was texting Page with updates and, eventually, a picture of her ring in his hands.
“I am so thankful for him! He didn’t give up on it. I had been preparing myself for the last few days that it was lost, and I wouldn’t see it again. My ring is so special to me and I had no idea how I’d get over this. I’m over the moon knowing it’s coming home to me!” Page wrote on Facebook.
The Blue Diver Search and Recovery touts itself as “the only honest to God 24-hour dive service throughout Texas.”
The diving crew has recovered everything from a lost jar of dirt to sex toys, making Page’s ring rescue a near-layup for Prigmore.
In a similar case in August, a widow found her husband’s lost wedding ring six decades after he lost it at the base of a tree they planted together shortly after their wedding day.
And a trash crew in New Hampshire found a woman’s wedding ring that she accidentally ditched in the bin. The crew, however, were seasoned experts at finding valuables, having helped three other forgetful residents find their lost jewelry before her.
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