My mom used to take off her wedding ring when she was doing chores. Once she came to visit for a couple of months and she put her wedding ring (of 48 years) in a decorative bowl. As she was dusting her room, she put some dry leafs and lint she picked up from the floor in the same bowl. As she finished cleaning up her room, she opened the patio door and emptied the bowl (was winter time). After a few days she realized she doesn't have her wedding ring. Tracing back her steps, the only thing she could think of was that she threw it out with the lint in the bowl. She started panicking, being afraid that she'll never find it again. Lots of snow has snowed since the "incident" so there was no way to find the ring in case it was still in the backyard. So I went to Canadian Tire, bought a metal detector device and 30 minutes later found my mom's ring. Since then, my parents had their 50 year anniversary and both still have their wedding rings