‘Amazed Beyond Belief’: Wedding Ring Found After 44 Years
- Posted on November 11, 2010 at 11:47am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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When Noel Gold’s young sown borrowed his wedding band 44 years ago and lost it, he never expected to see it again. But he was wrong.
KSL-TV reports:
When he loaned the ring to his son, he’d been wearing it for more than 20 years.
The ring had apparently rolled into a floor heating vent at the ward house in Murray and was undetected for about six years.
That‘s when the Gold’s long-time friends of 37 years, Jay and Enid Thompson come into the picture. The two couples used to attend church at the same church, but when ward boundaries changed, the Golds went to another ward. …
“We were standing in line to get a plate of food at this church social and I looked down and saw it and reached down and picked it up,” Enid Thompson said.
She did her best to locate the owner of the ring. Engraved inside the band were the letters “N” and “M”. Mrs. Thompson checked church rolls and phone lists with no luck. So the ring stayed in her jewelry box for nearly four decades.
Then, on November 2nd, the Golds and the Thompsons just happened to run into each other at Cottonwood High School to vote in the 2010 election. And the mystery was solved.
“I walked in and stood in line, and you could see in the voting booths, and they were there”, Enid says. “And that light just came on like that to ask them about the ring!”
Noel couldn’t believe it.
“I was in a state of shock almost,” he said.
The Golds never thought they’d see the ring again, but they never replaced it either. “It just didn’t feel right,” Noel said.
The couple just celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary. With their original rings.
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barthom
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 4:38amI once let my son put on my wedding ring. Dad called him upstairs. He ran up, skipping steps and swinging his arms around as young boys do. After awhile I asked for it back and he have it, didn’t even remember it. We didn’t remember that he had run up the stairs. We looked all over. We borrowed a metal detector, and began looking outdoors. I told my seven kids that I would give a reward if anyone of them found it. We gave up for awhile. One day the ring fell down, as if from the ceiling, near my daughter, who was fixing the garbage can in the kitchen. It could have fallen into the garbage. You see, there was a hole in the floor at the top of the stairs. It had stayed stuck in that hole until that very time. It felt so amazing to me at that time – the way it was found.
Report Post »leftbrainfemale
Posted on November 12, 2010 at 3:59amBTW, for anyone who has ever lost something at Disney World – write to ‘em and tell where you lost something in the park – they just may have it. I lost a camera/flash attachment years ago in a space mountain car and wrote to ‘em. They sent the camera back. I then wrote about the missing flash – they sent it back as well! Have two letters on Disney letterhead – thought it pretty amazing!
Report Post »peezee
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 9:11pmIt is nice to hear a story of good in such hellish times.
Report Post »justice
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 7:25pma love story with a very happy ending.
Report Post »Benjamin Linus
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 6:52pmmy precious, they have found my precious… they are trixy…
But seriously, cute story!
Report Post »TheFormerlyInvisibleMan
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 3:55pmA friend lost his class ring on the shore of Lake Superior and it was found nearly a year later and returned to him based on the graduation year and initials on it.
Report Post »kickmore
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 2:01pmPatriots, when doing our civic duty God occasionally will prompt us with an act to spread His love. God is good!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 4:26pmWhen my husband served in Viet Nam he had lost so much weight his VMI ring slipped off his finger. Some years later it was returned to him. God does watch over us.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 4:36pm@Grandmaof5
That indeed is an incredible story. Glad to hear it.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 5:31pmThank you, Snowleopard, I enjoyed yours too. He also lost his wedding ring out of his golf cart and that was returned some time later too. We don’t give him jewelry anymore……
Report Post »smokie
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 1:51pmOn a much smaller scale, I once worked in a kitchen wares store, and lost my wedding ring.
Report Post »A week later, a customer bought a gadget, and when I opened the box to make sure it was all together, my wedding ring fell out.
Johnnyp1958
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 1:49pmRing around the collar
Report Post »Cedi
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 1:35pmGreat story, and a great marriage. I wonder if those attributing this to God also credit God with losing the ring? Just curious.
Report Post »proud2bnamerican
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 1:50pmYou betcha we do. Sometimes he has to take from us so that we learn to appreciate what he has given us. It makes us stronger and better.
Kind of like our Republic. This great nation will fall if we don’t take steps to keep it safe.
Thank you to all the armed services, active and veterans, who put their lives on the line to keep me and my family out of harms way.
Report Post »chickensandkittens
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 6:35pmGod sometimes only allows challenging things to happen to us. He doesn’t neccessarily CAUSE them, he just doesn’t stop them. He has the power to save us from any and all inconvience and difficulty, but He doesn’t always do so. That‘s why we’re here. So He–and we– can see what we’re made of and so we can learn. When He helps us, it affirms our faith in Him. When He withholds His help for a moment, it strengthens that same faith.
Report Post »tbb
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 12:43pmWith all the bad things happening in the world it is so good to see a happy ending to a sad story.
Report Post »steve5150
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 12:39pmIs CNN so hard up they don,t have spell check.
Report Post »We Are Not Alone
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 12:31pmWe were married in 1968. One day while golfing with my husband, he took his wedding band off and I took mine off and gave it to him for safe keeping. After the round of golf I asked for my ring back and it was gone….. I cried for 3 months and called the golf course every day. I had just given up when we received a call from the golf course saying that they had found the ring, with a few dents in it, buried in the dirt. Unfortunately, I never did find out who found it to thank them ….. We’ll be celebrating our 43rd anniversary in January….….. miracles do happen
Report Post »mimitweetin
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 12:19pmCongratulations to the Golds!
I had a party once and a couple was on our dock and the man lost his wedding band through the cracks in the dock. When they sobered up and realized it the next morning they went looking for it and found it. I was surprised to say the least.
Report Post »Independent American
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 12:18pmLast month, a young man on a second honeymoon to the north shore of Oahu found a man’s wedding ring. He posted information on Craig’s list and is still awaiting a response.
Report Post »wonderbug
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 12:16pmMust be a God-incident.
Report Post »wonderbug
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 12:15pmThat is amazing.
Report Post »El Paco
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 12:08pmHey, maybe someone could find my ring I lost down in Hawaii in like 40 years…. after I dropped it in the sand…..
or maybe not.
Go Utah! :P
Report Post »Independent American
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 12:19pmWhich island were you on when you lost your ring?
Report Post »El Paco
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 3:04pmPoipu Beach, Kauai. Just took my ring off to put in my boardshort pocket and it slipped out. I’m a dunce :P
Report Post »jbhansen
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 6:08pmOr ours that was lost at the bottom of Splash Mountain in Disneyland… ;)
Report Post »Quest4Truth
Posted on November 12, 2010 at 6:27amFrom the time I was a little girl I’ve always had this feeling that one day I would find a diamond ring in the sand. I’m now 70 years old and it still has not happened. Sooo, if you can supply the $$$ for the trip, I will gladly go and look for it for you, ha,ha.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 12:06pmNow you have to bring it Mordor and destroy it Mr. Gold. From what I’ve read, it aint easy.
Report Post »mallsniper
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 1:52pm;)
You’re clever
Report Post »momforpresident
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 11:24pmYou made my day! What a wonderful story though. I’ve really enjoyed the happy stories The Blaze has had as of late.
Report Post »Butterfly2012
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 12:05pmWhat a sweet story.
Report Post »chubbzbar
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 11:57amThis could happen only in Utah. We live in such a small world
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 12:24pmNo, this could happen anywhere that God wishes for it to happen.
Seen in Florida one time where my church was helping a young man who became homeless with getting a hot meal, his first in awhile; when I went back to the front office, his family came inside with flyers showing his picture and asking us if we knew anything of where he would be.
The reunion to say the least was great. Only God could do this.
pajamash
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 1:31pmMrs. Thompson! You are a jewel for not taking that ring to get the money for the gold. Bless you!!
Report Post »libertylover55
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 4:23pmBoth are inspirational stories. God can do anything.
Report Post »Anarcho Capitalist
Posted on November 11, 2010 at 11:12pmthis is way cool. I lent by brother a pipe once. He lost it at some point in time. It was so cool to. It was all white with a glass octopus on it. Then about 4 years later my buddy went camping at a small pond in oregon were i use to live. He seen some glass sticking out of the sand and come to find it was a glass pipe. When he cleaned it he realized that he had seen it before (glass pipes are all unique). it ends with him calling me and then coming to see me in Idaho. It was my old pipe.
VERY ODD EVENT. I could not believe it.
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