Few weeks back wife was working in the sheep pasture. One of the rams butted her in the hand, dislodging the diamond from her ring, (actually my late mother's ring, which I had given to wife.) No way of finding lost stone. Am wanting to replace, but an not an expert in gem stones or prices. How much should I be looking to budget for say a quarter carat, fairly good quality stone? Yeah, it isn't very big, but was all Dad could afford when they bought it, a number of years into their marriage. Ours was even slightly smaller, but all I could afford when we were starting out. (Doesn't fit anymore, so why she was wearing mom's.) Mom's ring won't hold a much bigger stone, anyway. Afraid when I walk into some swanky jewelry shop, they'll be seeing me coming!
- Thread starter RayP(MI)
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PaGlenn
Well-known Member
- Location
- New Milford Penna
You could try locating the diamond in the pasture. Go out late at night and shine a light over the spot you lost the diamond. If the grass is high run a hand mower over spot or let the sheep graze it first. Rake lightly over spot while running the light. I would think the diamond will sparkle with the light. Can't hurt trying.
I own my own jewelry store in a small town. My best advice is to search out a small mom and pop store in an town near you. Stay away from large retail outlets and chain stores. Most of the larger stores don't have a jeweler in house. They usually send all of their repairs out of the store to be done. That being said, there is a large price difference depending on the quality and shape of the stone. Most likely the prongs are worn, or the stone would not have come out. You are probably looking at $300-600 for the diamond. I would figure on approximately another $100 for repair to the prongs to make sure it doesn't happen again. Hope this helps!!
Deutz Lover
Member
Many diamonds will fluoresce under uv light. You might have to hand clip an area as big as 5-10 feet square and vacuum up the grass. If it is in the clippings and not on the ground use a running trough tilted to let the grass go out the end while the diamond drops to the bottom.
Deutz Lover
Member
Another way out idea. Diamond burns at 900 degrees C. Kill the grass in the area with a burndown agent. Wet the ground with water enough to be well damp, but not soaking wet then flame the top. The diamond should be on the top of the soil if it has not been trampled in.
GeneMO
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- Location
- Pilot Grove, Mo.
Deutz, I think you have the plan.
My first wife went to church one evening. I picked her up, we went to a local Hardees, came out and she noticed the main diamond in her ring was gone. We went back in Hardees, looked in the car seat, floor board, in parking lot, etc.
Finally, we went back to the church. A Nun was there tidying up, wife and Nun looked while I looked with a flashlight in the parking lot. After about a half hour she came out with the diamond. Nun and her were crawling around looking under the pews when the Nun yelled out "Praise the lord" ! She found it on the floor.
So odd things do happen.
Gene
My first wife went to church one evening. I picked her up, we went to a local Hardees, came out and she noticed the main diamond in her ring was gone. We went back in Hardees, looked in the car seat, floor board, in parking lot, etc.
Finally, we went back to the church. A Nun was there tidying up, wife and Nun looked while I looked with a flashlight in the parking lot. After about a half hour she came out with the diamond. Nun and her were crawling around looking under the pews when the Nun yelled out "Praise the lord" ! She found it on the floor.
So odd things do happen.
Gene
Ultradog MN
Well-known Member
- Location
- Twin Cities
Ray,
I suggest you go to pricescope.
A bunch of really helpful folks there who are just as nuts about diamonds as we are about old tractors.
Like this place, they aren't in it for the money.
They're just really like diamonds.
Who would have thought...
2 1/2 years ago I was pulling my hair out,
Trying to learn all about those much coveted stones.
Then I found pricescope.
They helped me select the stone I linked to in the thread yesterday.
You have to register to post but that's pretty painless. Just tell them what you wrote here and they will get you on track.
Good luck.
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I suggest you go to pricescope.
A bunch of really helpful folks there who are just as nuts about diamonds as we are about old tractors.
Like this place, they aren't in it for the money.
They're just really like diamonds.
Who would have thought...
2 1/2 years ago I was pulling my hair out,
Trying to learn all about those much coveted stones.
Then I found pricescope.
They helped me select the stone I linked to in the thread yesterday.
You have to register to post but that's pretty painless. Just tell them what you wrote here and they will get you on track.
Good luck.
click here
Not only that, but it has been well trampled in the mud. She was wearing gloves, and took glove off to see if she had injury to hand, never noticed missing stone, until she came into house. Checked gloves, and all over where she had been in house, etc. As tiny as that stone is, it's most probably a lost cause.
A guy that I know his wife lost her engagement ring, she suspected that it had fallen off in the car park at the place she worked. Anyway, they hurried back to her workplace, by the time they got there it was already dark. However when they got to the car park the diamond glinted in the car's headlights. Phew what a lucky find!
Geo-TH,In
Well-known Member
d beatty,
The best place to buy a diamond ring was an antique store in town. Come to find out the guy was knowing bought stolen merchandise. Then the cops shut him down and took all his merchandise, froze all his assets, even took his house. The man lost everything except for his SS. He went from the penthouse to the outhouse overnight. geo
The best place to buy a diamond ring was an antique store in town. Come to find out the guy was knowing bought stolen merchandise. Then the cops shut him down and took all his merchandise, froze all his assets, even took his house. The man lost everything except for his SS. He went from the penthouse to the outhouse overnight. geo
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