Diamond Rings Found in Toilet -12 Years Later!

By Miss Cellania in Home & Garden on Jul 1, 2008 at 10:51 am

10-year-old Cameron Delonde was retrieving a dropped toothbrush from the toilet when he found a set of diamond rings! Cameron and his father traced the rings to the former homeowner who had lost them 12 years earlier. The rightful owner’s daughter, Mary Trainor was delighted to see them.

Trainor said her mother passed away five years ago and she and her brother searched in vain for the family heirlooms, to no avail. She said she was thrilled to have them back and still can’t believe they’ve been returned.

Cameron’s father said he’d had a ring stolen years ago and remembered how that loss felt. He said he was determined to return the rings.

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bean
Jul 1st, 2008 at 10:59 am
Those things spent over a decade in a toilet and she’s willing to put them on? Gutsy.
ted
Jul 1st, 2008 at 11:50 am
But did he use the toothbrush after?
kid_icarus
Jul 1st, 2008 at 12:12 pm
good for them. it’s nice to see people doing the right thing.
Scooter
Jul 1st, 2008 at 3:09 pm
I dropped a plastic toy down the toilet when i was a kid, it got stuck and my parents retrieved it, but i stopped playing with it. I can’t imagine finding a diamond ring that spent 12 years in a toilet, cleaning it an putting it on… Gross. PAWN
Warenwirtschaft
Jul 1st, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Did the the diamonds change color? I bet they are a lot darker now on the surface.
meghan
Jul 1st, 2008 at 4:21 pm
That’s heartening that people would go through the trouble of tracking down the right owner. Though it is sorta gross with the toilet bit…
Tempscire
Jul 1st, 2008 at 5:53 pm
You all know the rings can be cleaned, right? And in better way than just soap and water.
prophet
Jul 1st, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Good for them.
Noelegy
Jul 1st, 2008 at 6:50 pm
That is awesome. Some years back, a ruby ring that had belonged to my late grandfather was stolen from my family. We checked local pawn shops, but to no avail. I’d give almost anything to find it, and I have some heirloom pieces that it would break my heart to lose, so I guess the point is yeah, I can understand how the woman felt when she lost the rings.
Adam Stanhope
Jul 1st, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I hope they boiled them.
Drew P.
Jul 17th, 2008 at 11:44 am
This is an amazing story. I actually had my college ring returned to me a few years ago by a stranger, it was definitely one of the best feelings ever. Being in the D.C. area, I heard a story on some couple that found a diamond ring and returned it last week. I heard about this new arena for submitting lost and found rings, and it looks like it has already been working for people. It’s mervisdiamond.com/found , i guess check it out if you’re having no luck with finding your rings…
buy rings
Aug 7th, 2008 at 3:04 am
i thing he was very honest guy who returned the rings.

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