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| Couple reunited with a wedding ring that was lost 40 years ago | Couple reunited with a wedding ring that was lost 40 years ago |
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| It has been 40 years since Jim Flynn last saw his wedding ring. | It has been 40 years since Jim Flynn last saw his wedding ring. |
| He and his wife of 56 years, Jane, had a pair of rings specially designed when they got marred in 1960. The rings were engraved, and bore the date they tied the knot. | He and his wife of 56 years, Jane, had a pair of rings specially designed when they got marred in 1960. The rings were engraved, and bore the date they tied the knot. |
| The ring was lost in 1976 when the pair were spending the summer on on Lake George in the Adirondacks. It was where they had spent their honeymoon and a place they eventually bought a property on the lake's western shore. | The ring was lost in 1976 when the pair were spending the summer on on Lake George in the Adirondacks. It was where they had spent their honeymoon and a place they eventually bought a property on the lake's western shore. |
| Fast forward forty years to August 2015 when Peggy Rodman, whose family has a property next to that of the Flynns, spotted something on the floor of the lake. | Fast forward forty years to August 2015 when Peggy Rodman, whose family has a property next to that of the Flynns, spotted something on the floor of the lake. |
| “I’m always thinking I’m going to find something really neat and I always find golf balls, or nothing really exciting,” Ms Rodman told the Post Star newspaper. “I’ve found sunglasses, a swim mask, nothing exciting.” | “I’m always thinking I’m going to find something really neat and I always find golf balls, or nothing really exciting,” Ms Rodman told the Post Star newspaper. “I’ve found sunglasses, a swim mask, nothing exciting.” |
| Yet on that August day, Ms Rodman spotted something gleaming and glimmering on the lake bottom. It looked like an overturned bottle cap; it was something far more precious. | Yet on that August day, Ms Rodman spotted something gleaming and glimmering on the lake bottom. It looked like an overturned bottle cap; it was something far more precious. |
| “I grabbed it. It wasn’t deep. I could still stand there,” she said. | “I grabbed it. It wasn’t deep. I could still stand there,” she said. |
| It turned out to be a wide ring, bearing the date "2-6-60" engraved inside. Ms Rodman asked around and turned for help to a year-round resident from the lake, who learned it belonged to Mr Flynn, who now lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. | It turned out to be a wide ring, bearing the date "2-6-60" engraved inside. Ms Rodman asked around and turned for help to a year-round resident from the lake, who learned it belonged to Mr Flynn, who now lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
| Speaking from Oklahoma, Ms Flynn told The Independent both she and her husband, who still works as a doctor, were thrilled by the ring's discovery and the chance to be reunited with the symbol of their enduring marriage. | Speaking from Oklahoma, Ms Flynn told The Independent both she and her husband, who still works as a doctor, were thrilled by the ring's discovery and the chance to be reunited with the symbol of their enduring marriage. |
| “It was really special. It was something that meant a great deal to us,” she said. | “It was really special. It was something that meant a great deal to us,” she said. |