Lost wedding ring in Madawaska Ontario

By (Stephane Coutu)

Today’s excursion took me to beautiful Madawaska area (North of Bancroft). Received a text from Emily yesterday afternoon about her loosing her custom made engagement ring, while vacationing with her whole family at a cottage near Madawaska Lake. She was swimming in about 10’ of water when disaster struck. Her beautiful emerald/diamond platinum ring slipped right off her finger. Quick thinking, a couple of guys grabbed a buoy, a rope and a rock and marked the approximate location where she was when the ring fell off. After multiple attempts at snorkeling/diving, they could not locate ring. Once I arrived and got situated, I suited up my Scuba gear and with he help of my underwater metal detector, I started searching for her ring. Unfortunately, what was supposed to be a sandy bottom, turned out to be your typical Ontario lake condition with silt but no weeds this time. Once the silt at the bottom gets stirred up, visibility went to zero. But, with patience and proper gridding, thirty minutes later, I was able to find her ring for her. Emily’s reaction was absolutely priceless. Another happy ending. Life is good! I will post a video of her reaction once I receive it. Special thanks to James Mathias for sending Emily my way. 😊 Check him out at Ontarioringrecovery.com !