Montana couple finds engagement ring 36 years after losing it in toilet

[Renew Deal]

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Terry Claver found the engagement ring his wife had accidentally dropped in the toilet 36 years earlier.

"This whole ring story is a timing story," Donna Claver tells The Billings Gazette. "It's the story of God's timing and it's the story of His favor."

Terry gave the ring to Donna in 1973, not long before they were married. In fact, they only had three dates before deciding to tie the knot.

Eighteen months after getting married, a very pregnant Donna took off the ring in the bathroom and carefully put it on the lid of the toilet.

"I remember putting it on the back of the toilet to put lotion on," Donna Claver told The Gazette. "I saw it slip toward the toilet bowl, and I went to grab it, but I missed and it fell in. It went right down into the little hole at the bottom of the toilet. I could put my finger in that hole and feel it with the tip of my finger, but it was wedged in tight."
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Worth reading the entire story: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/montana-couple-find-engagement-ring-36-years-losing-toilet-article-1.998284

[Ilsa]

1. I know it's a lot of trouble, but

why didnt they just drain, then unseat the toilet and fish it out rather than take a chance on permanently losing the ring? If they couldn't do it themselves, they could save up for a plumber.

On edit: Okay, they did that. I'd still would have bashed the thing up and replaced it back when it got lost.

[Renew Deal]

2. I was talking to someone about this story and they thought the ring might not have been expensive

Metals were cheaper in the old days and they barely knew each other, so the toilet and services might have cost more than the ring.

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. Perhaps, but what was the flow like for the 36 years it was stuck

in the drainage hole?

[Ilsa]

5. Probably a huge tank on the old throne.

Maybe flow wasn't affected much.

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. Huge enough to flush

shit/paper for 36 years but still keep a ring snugged in place?

[Ruby the Liberal]

3. He remembered the ring 36 years later when working across the street

but never thought to R&R the toilet to get the diamond out back when they still owned the place? One would think the cost of replacing a toilet would pale in comparison to the cost of the ring.

[getdown]

7. although, 36 years ago

most couples didn't spend a year's wages on a ring ...

[Arugula Latte]

8. I'm sorry, but how f'ing stupid do you have to be to believe

that some invisible omnipotent hovering sky creature has something to do with your engagement ring and the crapper?

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. Really?

How respectful. And to think people who do believe in a God/Gods defended the athiests when their beliefs were being shit on here.

[Arugula Latte]

11. Back at you -- Really?

A ring and a toilet is a deity's concern? Seriously?

I'm sorry, but it's just so laughable.

[Ruby the Liberal]

12. No, 'deity' is not my issue and I agree on the ring/toilet.

I guess I was a little taken aback to see "invisible omnipotent hovering sky creature" in reference to said (or similar) deity.

After defending against the slams on athiests, I kinda thought it would go both ways on the respect-o-meter.

[applegrove]

10. Friends of my brother lost their engagement ring at a private beech in Nova Scotia. It will never be

found.

[dimbear]

13. Wonder why Dimbear is so twisted? I grew up reading that paper.

Man oh man. The Billings Gazette.

[bluedigger]

14. Well, it's a Divinely inspired excuse, at least.

"Honey, God has told me to stop ignoring that ring you lost in the toilet 36 years ago, and to retrieve it. Anything else on your to-do list?"

[davsand]

15. After 36 years of being in a toilet would you REALLY want to put that ring back on your finger?

I love my husband, but I am not sure I could wear that ring and not think about where it had been for the last 36 years.






Laura