Thursday, 26 November 2015

What would you do if you saw a £50,000 diamond ring on the ground?

A passer-by who found a massive diamond ring worth
£50,000-£80,000 outside a Nando’s returned it to its owner
in what he described as ‘a fairytale ending’.
The finder, Andy, saw the ring's massive stones sparkling
on the ground and decided to do the honourable thing and
try to find the owner.
He launched a Facebook campaign to find who he described
as the no-doubt ‘distraught owner’ of the ring, and today he
met up with the older lady who it belonged to and returned it
to her.
Andy said:
‘It’s a fairytale ending and shows just how much
good social media can do. I feel like I have done my
good deed for the year.’
Andy, 31, a consultant, was contacted by the owner
earlier yesterday after he launched a Facebook campaign to
find her and an article appeared on MailOnline.
He got into a taxi to meet her and the relative at a London
jeweler and staff verified insurance records she held for the
ring that proved it belonged to her.
Andy has no idea what the ring is worth but an independent
jeweler who saw pictures of the ring on social media said
the main stone was as big as 3.5 carats
Sharon Sheard, manager of Hatton Jewels Ltd in London
qualified with the Gemological Institute Of America,  said
that if the ring was to be sold, she believes it could be worth
£50,000-£80,000 if the stones in the pictures are diamonds.
He said:
‘I have lost my phone four or five times and
mentioned it on social media. Every time I have had
it returned to me – it’s like a boomerang.’
Andy said he found the ring in the early hours of the
morning outside Nando’s after a night out with
friends in the area, spotting it 'sparkling' on the
ground.
He said:
'I was stumbling home and thought I might pass
some fast food joints seeing what tickled my fancy
and it was freezing so I decided to hot-foot it home.
'I was hunched up with my head down trying to stay
warm, and just caught a glint.
'I always considered myself quite lucky at finding a
pound coin on the floor.'
The next day he launched the campaign to find the
ring and in the hilarious Facebook post talking
about finding the ring:

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