.LOST DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RING & CLASS RING IN THE ALTADENA FIRE FOUND & RETURNED
I got a call from Mark the other day to see if I could help him find his wife’s jewelry including her very sentimental diamond engagement ring and his high school class ring that they lost in the fire. We agreed to meet in a few days when he had permission to return to his home for the search, we drove up together on Saturday morning to look at the remains and figure out the a game plan, Mark’s wife was kind enough to draw a map of the most likely the spots where her jewelry used to be. after an hour and a half of removing debris I started shoveling in to the sifting screen right away I started finding jewelry and coins, they must have been over 50 pieces of jewelry recovered including marks high school gold class ring. but still no engagement ring, I moved to another spot along the remains of the bedroom wall, after an hour I shoveled a big scoop of debris and ash and there it was as clear as day, shining up at us from the sifting screen, was his wife’s cherished diamond ring. He called his wife right away with the good news. By the end of the search I recovered at least 65 pieces of gold and silver jewelry. and 150 silver and clad coins from Mark’s collection. We drove back to meet up with Mark’s wife and the look on her face, when she was reunited with her gold and diamond wedding ring, was priceless, she had tears of joy in her eyes, it was a pleasure to help a couple with such a positive attitute and an unwavering will to persevere and survive after a tragedy. They had their health and their life to be thankful for, and they look forward to their future together, they are truly a loving couple.