Yikes.
British holidaymaker Katie Patterson found herself in an unenviable position while holidaying in Majorca.
The 23-year-old medical student lost a £10,000 (almost €12,000) diamond ring while she was swimming in the Mediterranean Sea. Sound familiar?
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The ring, which she inherited from her late grandmother, was a family heirloom and simply slipped off Katie’s finger into the 5ft deep water.
Katie did what any of use mere mortals would do- she frantically fished for the ring, to no avail and flew home to Newcastle-Under- Lyme defeated and deflated.
What she did next, though, is entirely out of the realms of us regular gals.
Once home, Katie contacted underwater metal detecting specialist, George Edmunds from Dorset who she believed could reunite her with the precious heirloom.
Miss Patterson then paid for George, his partner Julia and herself to fly back to Majorca to the exact same spot where she lost the ring 6 days previous.
Armed with a waterproof metal detector and a snorkel Mr Edmonds eventually found the ring buried three inches under the seabed 30ft from the beach.
Speaking to
The Telegraph, Mr Edmonds sounds like a bit of a geezer
“I’m a bit of a teaser so I showed her some coins I had found. She looked a bit crestfallen.”
“Then I said I had found a Mickey Mouse ring kids can buy at fun fairs and brought out her ring. Her face was an absolute picture. There was a lot of crying and hugging, She was over the moon.”
We'd say she was pretty fucking chuffed alright, a ten grand ring is by no means Micky mouse money. You have to ask why someone in their right mind would go swimming with such an expensive piece of jewelry in the first place. I mean, it's obviously not about the money though, as Mr Edmonds explains,
“The sentimental value far exceeded the monetary value, because it was passed down to her from her grandmother”
Suurrree. #firstworldproblems.
