Some yeas ago we had a similar close encounter with an engagement ring diamond. The ring’s claws had caught in my wife’s clothing and a diamond fell out onto the floor without her realising. I followed her into the bathroom and took my slippers off whilst sitting on the chair. As I stood up to make my way over to the filing bath, I stepped on the sharp diamond only to yell out about stepping on something sharp. I sat down again and removed what I thought was a piece of glass and tossed it into the washbasin and rubbed the sole of my foot. Later after my bath I found one frantic lady searching all over the bedroom for a missing diamond. Then it all fell into place. Next I went back into the bathroom armed with a 7" pair of Footprint grips and carefully removed the basin waste trap. I then c a r e f u l l y took the trap into the kitchen to tip the contents into a china bowel and there sparkling away was the diamond. One very happy lady later and one very happy husband thinking about all that dosh saved having the ring fitted with a new ‘matching’ diamond
Susan, I think it was the lady herself, but I feel so sorry for the original owner who handed it into the car boot or wherever this lady bought it from thinking it was paste jewellery!
Oh did you do a course about diamonds? That sounds interesting…was there a reason? Are you interested in gemology? I liked getting the bags of broken jewellery from charity shops (£5 a bag…although they don’t seem to do it anymore), and sorting out the beads and chains. I went through a jewellery making phase a few years ago. The most I found was a gold chain!
The “Diamond” course was part of a management course where every participant was given a random subject to research well enough to give a presentation and take questions at the end of the week. “Diamond” was lucky for me because I had, at one time and for a short while, been a reseller of dress rings with semi-precious stones (today’s value £250-£500), so I knew a little about the subject to start with.
that was a close call!
