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Lose Your Engagement Ring, Diamond Ring, Wedding band? Try This Internet Lost & Found Website!

The Associated Press today reports an item of interest: There is now an Internet Website where you can post your lost Engagement Ring, Diamond Ring and Wedding Band.

Maureen Silliman felt her empty pocket and gulped: Her new $300 iPod must have bounced out as she ran to catch a train.

While she sobbed, her boyfriend suggested a message on the lost-and-found section of Craigslist, an online bazaar of classified ads.

"No," the 24-year-old Silliman said. "Nobody would ever turn in an iPod."

Her boyfriend posted the message anyway. Within 24 hours, Silliman's iPod was back.

In an increasingly cynical world, there are still places where people try to do the right thing. Everyday on Internet message boards, honest folks post notes about valuables they found: cash, bank cards, diamond bracelets, engagement rings, wedding bands, digital cameras, and even a cockatoo valued at $1,200.

In turn, when there is no place left to look for something missing, the desperate sometimes take the longest of longshots and look online themselves.

Occasionally, it works for both sides. People such as Silliman get back their iPod, still loaded with Radio Head and Broken Social Scene.

The impulse to be honest doesn't surprise Lawrence M. Hinman, the director of The Values Institute at the University of San Diego.

"I think we perceive ourselves as being much worse than we actually are," Hinman said. "There are people who live lives of quiet honesty."

Take Monique Peddle, 48, in Hollywood, Fla., who posted a note online when she found a diamond studded gold bracelet that she could have just as easily slipped quietly in her pocket.. Or Blake Facente, 30, who also turned to Craigslist when he discovered a Dell Inspiron laptop leaning against his building in San Francisco.

The same for Agnes Satoorian, 27, who climbed into a cab in Boston last month and found a pricey digital camera that another rider had left behind.

"I know that pain," said Satoorian, who had recently lost her own camera loaded with sentimental pictures. "I decided I would try to make it right for someone."

Craig Newmark, the namesake and founder of Craigslist, said that the company added the lost-and-found message board in March 2003 after they noticed a proliferation of people looking for things that they were missing.

"The culture of trust is key, and the fact is that we work really hard at that," said Newmark, 53, who now has Web sites in 190 cities that boast more than 10 million users a month.

That means everyday there are new lost-and-found posts. Like the drawer in a school secretary's office where missing scarves wait to be claimed, the message boards accumulate a disparate collection of goods.

Some are outlandish.

The three teeth -- including a molar with a filing that needed replacing -- pick up in downtown Honolulu. The $100 bill found on a sidewalk on the Las Vegas strip. The man in Copenhagen who lost his ex-wife. Or the New Yorker who misplaced her clean-shaven cowboy and implored: "If found please send him to Queens."

In the lost column in Dublin, Ireland, a post under the heading, "$1 Million US reward," has a link to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted poster for Boston fugitive mobster James "Whitey" Bulger.

"I just want him caught," said the post's author, reached through e-mail, who declined to elaborate or give his name.

Other posts are authentic, and even touching.

The 39-year-old woman in Frankfurt, Germany, looking for her birth mother (Bridgitte Siglinde Stolba). The Homestead, Fla., mother searching for a lost dog named Sparky that detects her 17-year-old epileptic son's seizures and barks for help. The 1-carat diamond engagement ring that slipped off a woman's finger in the hills outside Berkeley, Calif.

Success of the Lost and Found is difficult to measure. Craigslist does not track its sites, and the free posting are only valid for 30 days.

But as stories about triumphs like Silliman's iPod circulate, more people keep playing the odds.

Last Fourth of July, scuba diver Stephen Klink found a solid platinum men's wedding band buried in sand beneath 30 feet of water off Cape Cod. Klink, 36, recently posted a note on the Boston-area Craigslist.

"It's a long shot, but I figured it's worth a try," Klink said from his home in Hillsdale, N.J. "Some married guy somewhere is getting whopped on because he lost his wedding ring."


Posted by Barry Gutwein on April 1, 2006 8:14 PM in E-Commerce. | Comments (66)

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But a lot of rings look alike. How can one identify?

Lost diamond ring Sept. 1, 2006.
in route from Indiana to Florida-

Heartbroken...

Lost diamond engagement ring in Macy's parking lot at Freehold Raceway Mall, Freehold, NJ....

Any information on this...please contact me!

Thank you,

Roxanne

LOST DIAMOND TENNIS BRACELET.... between January 9-11 in/around the Scottsdale/Phoenix area....possibly at Casino Arizona....
REWARD!!!! A VERY NICE reward can be yours IF you do the RIGHT THING and call me!!!
This bracelet has a sentimental value that money cannot buy.
404-909-1245

Lost my pear shaped diamond engagement ring in May 2006 in Bradenton Beach, FL. The diamond was laser-inscribed, registered under my name. I am still praying that an honest person will get the ring back to me. What are the chances I'll ever get the ring back????

Lost Diamond Engagement Ring June 2006
GIA: 1.5 Marquise Center Color E SI1
Side Stones: 3 rows of baguettes (42) 1.54 Cts
White Gold - Custom Designed Roemers Orig.
All papers available
St. Louis County (Affton, Kirkwood area)
REWARD!!!!!!!!!!
Joe.Hesse@hotmail.com
314 607-4890


Stolen from our hotel room in Maui, 2 platinum wedding bands in a box. Many other less valuable items were found washed up on the beach over the next few days....but not the rings. August 15th 2004. I have the receipt and can identify.....4ever hopeful... wishfully thinking

LOST WHITE GOLD MARQUIS CUT DIAMOND WEDDING RING SET WITH 14 ROUND DIAMOND RING INSERT/GUARD/WRAP ON MAY 8TH 2006 IN SOUTHINGTON/PLANTSVILLE, CT.
I HAVE RECEIPT AND PICTURES TO IDENTIFY OWNERSHIP.
REWARD! REWARD! REWARD!
elzbth71@hotmail.com
THANK YOU.

Stafford, VA near Blooms or in Park Ridge.

I have just lost my wedding ring and am so
distraught. The solitaire was round 5/8 carat set in gold. It had a ring wrap that was white gold with marquis cut on both sides and small diamonds after that. The two rings were sautered together to make one. This is my most treasured possesion. REWARD!!! PLEASE HELP!

I have just lost my engagement ring and I a distraught. I lost it last night either Big Catch restraunt in Greensboro GA or in the Publix on Washington Rd. It is a tacori platinum w/ a center stone and half pave on the band. If you find it pleas help! REWARD will be given!

I lost my engagement ring the week of Apri 13th-17th. The last time I was wearing the ring was Friday the 13th in Cerritos, CA area at BJ's restaurant. Recently engaged.

Lost Diamond Engagement Ring sometime between December 2006 and April 2007.
1.15 ct. oval diamond solitaire.
Yellow Gold band.
Permanent sizer inside the ring.
Appraisal and Certification available.
I can prove ownership.
Lafayette Indiana
REWARD!!!!!!!!!!
klesmiley@yahoo.com

Lost my grandmother's platinum and diamond wedding ring at Lloyd Center Mall in Portland Oregon. I am sick about it. My grandmother just passed away and the ring means so much to me. I will reward anyone who finds my ring. Please help me and find it in your heart to return it, I will always be grateful to you.

LOST Diamond engagement Ring. I lost my engagement ring at a rest stop in NJ of the Northbound side of the NJ turnpike. It is a platinum Princess Cut Solitaire diamond ring. It's sentimental value is irreplaceable. If found please contact me. Thank You! 410-507-0200

I lost my wedding ring- white gold, onyx and diamond ring in the IKEA parking lot in Elizabeth, NJ in around 7 pm on june 22.

If any body knows about this ring, please mail me at josyog@gmail.com. I feel awful losing this ring. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!

Thank you veryyyy much!

Hi There, I lost my ring 2 years in june! There is a reward, larger that the ring is worth!
Kalapaki Beach, Nawiliwili, Kauai.... 15 feet into the water, straight out from Dukes. I was facing Dukes (the beach), in less than waist high water, that large rock formation was on my right maybe 10 feet away??

Anything else I can help with, please let me know Thanks !

PLEASE HELP ME!!!LOST engagement ring square center stone and 2 triangle side stones. Can prove ownership.

CASH REWARD
Lost in Miami FL airport by gate H6 on 6/21/07

I lost my diamond tennis bracelet june 30 2007
p.goines@insightbb.com

Lost my engagement ring (4 diamonds on a gold band) on 06/30 at Fire N Ice dance club in NJ. Pls . call me at 6102039315 if its found as its got a lot of sentimental value. Blessed soul will be duely rewarded.

Thanks,
Shri

PLEASE HELP! I left my engagement and wedding ring in the Macy's 2nd floor lingerie fitting room at Oakbrook Center in Oakbrook, Illinois! If found, there is a LARGE REWARD, no questions asked. I just want my rings back they have tremendous sentimental value! Thanks!

PLEASE HELP! I left my engagement and wedding ring in the Macy's 2nd floor lingerie fitting room at Oakbrook Center in Oakbrook, Illinois! If found, there is a LARGE REWARD, no questions asked. I just want my rings back they have tremendous sentimental value! Thanks!

630-202-5451

I lost my wedding ring at the Camelback Inn spa Friday June 19. offering cash reward if found.

Please help! I lost my diamond engagement ring and wedding band at SeaWorld San Antonio between the dolphin area and the Lost Lagoon bathroom on 7/23/07, if you have found it please contact me 512-434-9845 or 512-434-9844. There is a reward if found. My heart is aching without them.

Last resort. Found diamond engagement ring in Essex Ct on March 14 2007..Have advertised in Hartford courant, online local Paper. You MUST identify ring completely.. color of band,type, size etc

found wedding ring on coral reef at Ke'e beach on Kauai inscription "mein licht meine liebe 4-22-06"

found son found a wedding band, on Kalapaki beach, Kauai, in front of Dukes, inscribed with date and with love....please email to ID. We think its a man's band. Nawiliwili harbor

If you lost a ring on South Padre Island, Texas before 08/10/2007 please contact me.

I do not want to give any details of where it was found or a description of the ring; because I want to make sure it is returned to the proper owner.

Please provide me with a description of the ring. If you have a picture of the ring, for identification purposes, it will make it much easier.

Do not attempt to contact me for any information about the ring or supply any personal information, except an email address that I can contact you. Simply supply the above information and I will contact you if the information you have provided is correct.

Lost //my beloved diamond engagement ring sometime in the past year or two. Probably in Connecticut or Massachusetts. Hardly ever wore it due to fear of losing it, now my worst fear has come true.
Oval center stone, trilliant cut (triangular cut) diamond on each side of center. Gold is yellow gold. size about 8 PLEASE HELP> REWARD !!!!!!!

I lost my wedding and engagement bands on ANNA MARIA ISLAND IN FLORIDA. They are platinum and saudered together. Please conatct me at m.burwinkel@americanequitygroup.org

I lost my wedding and engagement bands on ANNA MARIA ISLAND IN FLORIDA. They are platinum and saudered together. Please conatct me at m.burwinkel@americanequitygroup.org

Lost my wedding ring in Santa rosa CA. Heart shaped diamond center stone. platinum band. Small diamonds on the side. Very heavy wide band. I will never have another like it. I am so sick about losing it. Hoping for a miracle.

I lost my engagement ring on Friday, Oct. 19th in downtown Minneapolis either at Drink or Brothers and am very heartbroken. This ring has an antique look with a center diamond surrounded by smaller diamonds, set in white gold. To set it apart from others it has 2 sapphires on both sides of the center stone on the bands in between the diamonds. If found please help me! email me at carlson.elin@gmail.com

I lost my diamond engagement ring on October 22 in Manhattan around 8th avenue. The 3-Stone round-cut diamond ring of platinum has 2 small diamonds on both sides of the center stone. If you find it please contact me at dwonderd@yahoo.com

Appraisal and Certification available.
I can prove ownership.
Tank YOU!!!! I'm really full of hope

My diamond necklace went astray last year at a Charity Ball in Chaltham. It had five stones, total of 4 carets

Lost 3 rings at Hunting Island Beach, Beaufort SC on July 20, 2007.
1. My solitare diamond 1.15 ct yellow gold band 4 prong white gold basket holding the diamond
2. Yellow gold ring enhancer with 2 sapphires (one one each side) and 3 small diamonds on the sides of each sapphire
3. The most important of all - A family heirloom - Three diamonds set in white gold with small hearts on the sides of the basket holding the diamonds, yellow gold band
Please contact me if found. Reward will gladly be given.
843-726-6779

Lost: white gold diamond engagment ring and wedding band in Arcadia, CA.

Accidentally got donated in a red ring box to Goodwill store donation drop on October 4, 2007. Don't know which Goodwill store it went to. The engagement ring has leaf shaped diamonds on both sides of the main diamond. Wedding band is v-shaped with mini diamonds. Please help. If found or bought, reward will be offered. Hoping for a miracle.

lost on Saturday evening November 17,2007 in St. Charles, IL --Please contact me if anyone finds it--reward will be given. The sentimental value can't be replaced. Believed to be lost either in Scotland Yard Bar or on the walk home walnut street. I would greatly appreciate someone who would do the right thing.

White gold diamond engagement ring has one 3.4 carrot diamond in an oval shape set in a cathedral setting. lost on Saturday evening November 17,2007 in St. Charles, IL --Please contact me if anyone finds it--reward will be given. The sentimental value can't be replaced. Believed to be lost either in Scotland Yard Bar or on the walk home walnut street. I would greatly appreciate someone who would do the right thing.

I lost my engagement ring in Valdosta, Ga at Belk department store on Sunday December 2, 2007. It is a 3/4 carrot princess cut (square shape), solitaire ring, set in a white gold band. It means so much to, I am recently engaged. Please contact me if you have any information. There will be a reward! Thank you!

I FOUND YOUR "STONE"
as a customer at a cash register on the floor of a store in a shopping center in centeral New Jersey. You will be required to tell me where you may have lost it, describe the stone and show me the jewelry from which it came. Otherwise, it's finders keepers. If it's yours, you will certainly know how to describe it and I am happy to return it.

Bradenton, Florida: I found an engagement ring and wedding band, soldered together, in a parking lot off of Cortez road on Sunday, Novemeber 11, 2007. Please email me a description and/or a sketch of the configuration to claim your ring(s). biggrouper@verizon.net.

LOST WEDDING RING!!!
I lost my wedding ring in Florida in Feb 2007. It has a princess cut center stone (turned on it's side) and is soldered with a wrap that has smaller diamonds radiating out in chevrol-like patterns. Please help! My husband had it costom made, and I have been desperately trying to find it.

Lost Wedding ring Feb 2006. Initially I thought I lost my ring in my home but after searching my house for one year I cannot find it. I have no other choice but to believe that I lost it somewhere in Dekalb IL around Feb 11, 2006. If you have any information please e-mail me at tbrant1654@aol.com

I am looking for a ruby ring that was made from pierced earrings. There are only 2. My sister has the other one and mine was lost or stolen. It is about the size of a marble. It was lost/taken in Kentucky or Tennessee.

Lost a white gold matte finish mens wedding band in a village near Vang Viene, Laos. Its a longshot, but if you find it I will reward its return with more then it is worth.

**PLEASE BEWARE OF FRAUD!!! I HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS SAYING THEY HAVE FOUND MY RINGS BUT WANTED REWARD MONEY MAILED TO THEM BEFORE THEY WOULD RETURN MY RINGS TO ME. ONE PERSON SAID HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER WHO HAPPENED TO BE IN THE AREA AND FOUND MY RINGS. HE CALLED ME FROM OUT OF STATE. I ASKED IF HE COULD DESCRIBE THEM THE SET TO ME AND HE RESPONDED BY ASKING FOR A PICTURE AND THEN HE WOULD VERIFY IF THEY WERE THE RIGHT ONES. HE THEN REQUESTED HIS REWARD CHECK BE MAILED TO HIM IMMEDIATELY SO HE COULD MAIL MY RINGS TO ME. I WAS SO UPSET WITH ALL THE PHONY PEOPLE WHO WERE CONTACTING ME THAT I DECIDED TO QUIT POSTING MY ADDS IN THE PAPERS. JUST WANTED TO PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO ALL OF YOU. I HOPE THAT THERE ARE SOME GOOD PEOPLE STILL OUT THERE WHO WOULD RETURN WHAT DOES NOT BELONG TO THEM**

Lost: Simple style engagement ring, white gold band with .2 carat round cut diamond. Probably lost in Fairbanks AK, may have been lost in a cross country trip starting in Lake Placid New York, including New Haven CT, NYC, New Hampshire, Chicago, Madison Wisconsin, Colusa California and Lake Tahoe areas

I have the paperwork with the gemprint. Probably the most distinctive visible feature of the ring is that it is a certified "Polar Bear" diamond from Canada, and has a tiny polar bear laser engraved into the edge of the diamond. It can be seen with a geologic hand lens or microscope.

DEAR sir/ma
We have diamond engagement ring,which is meant for sale at a reasonable price.they are all in good perfect condition.but how much are you ready to offer for this.payment accepted Western union,,Bank
transfer.we have branches in london,uk California,baltimore, usa.please include your shipment location,personal phone number.you can mail us back so that we can negotiate ok.We were asked to contact you through the website board of directors and customer care.we await for your mail.
trademanager_business@yahoo.com

NOTE: NO PICK UP IT WILL BE CURRENTLY DELIVERED TO YOU THROUGH YOUR
SHIPMENT ADDRESS.ONCE THE PAYMENT HAS BEEN CLEARED,CONFIRMED.THEY ARE ALL
IN GOOD CONDITION,WE AWAIT YOUR MAIL.

Lost Diamond Wedding Ring.
1 ct. pear diamond, (2) .2 ct. triangle on the sides, 24 round stones in a platinum setting. March 22, 2008 in Simi Valley, CA. $1,000 reward. Sentimental value.

Lost 3/4 ct. diamond stone from my wedding ring at Desert Ridge Mall on Tatum Rd. in Scottsdale, Arizona. Went to the T-Mobile Store, In and Out Burger and Shell Gas Station at Desert Ridge (all located close together). Please email me if found or call 602-404-3800.

Lost 3/4 ct. diamond stone from my wedding ring at Desert Ridge Mall on Tatum Rd. in Scottsdale, Arizona. Went to the T-Mobile Store, In and Out Burger and Shell Gas Station at Desert Ridge (all located close together). Please email me if found or call 602-404-3800.

lost my enagement ring that my fiancé who is currently in Iraq gave me. We are going through an extremely tough time. I lost it in Dallas TX. It is a size 5.5 princess cut center diamond, with three smaller round cut diamonds on either side. I lost it the week of march 17th. This was the last thing he gave me before he left. Please someone help me.

LOST in Daytona, Bunnell or Palm Coast. Pair of identical zig-zig style gold ring guards that were handed down from my mom were lost in 2007. They are two small thin zig-zag style bands that were worn together.

On Monday, April 14, I left my platinum engagement ring in my hotel room at the Civic Center-Mariott hotel in Durham, North Carolina, it wasn't turned in yet so it could be anywhere in or around the hotel, if found, there will be a cash reward. I just want my ring back it has tremendous sentimental value to me. please contact katie_san@hotmail.com

I left my platinum diamond engagement ring in my hotel room prior to checking out of the Civic Center Mariott hotel in Durham, North Carolina. The ring could be anywhere in or around the hotel (as noone has turned it in). OFfering cash reward, please contact katie.san@hotmail.com.

Please, please help me. I am up at 3 am posting this because I cannot sleep from anxiety. I have lost my engagement and wedding ring either in Kensington, Maryland, Cloverly, Maryland at the Safeway or Bethesda, Maryland in the Air Rights Building. The engagement ring is a family heirloom and I am devastated, as well as the family (including my husband) being absolutely furious with me. Please, please return this ring if you have found it. A substantial reward is available. They are platinum with a princess set diamond and the band is with channel set baguettes.

Please help. Lost diamond engagement and anniversary rings (1.5 carat each) at Rivergate Mall (TN). I don't know exactly where I lost them, either parking lot, inside the coffee shop, inside the New York Company store.
Offering cash reward. Please contact Sabrina at wiut_uz@yahoo.com

STOLEN: Engagement ring insert/wedding band. Stolen from Tyngsboro MASS in 2003. Engagement ring is approx .75 carat center stone, marquis, with round channel set diamonds on each side. The wedding band, which the engagement ring is inserted into, flares out in either side to accommodate the marquis stone, and also has round channel set diamonds, 11 on each side. This ring was stolen from a home in Tyngsboro MA. Reward offered, have pics to identify the ring. The engagement ring was hand made and has a mark that bears the jewelers work.

Lost Platinum Diamond Wedding Band somewhere between the Adolphes hotel in Dallas and San Diego Park and Fly Shuttle. Guessing it was lost in Dallas / Ft. Worth Airport. It has a ton of sentimental value.

I will give a generous reward for it's return. The stone was a gift from my deceased father in law and the setting was custom made as a gift from my wife.

sam
858-583-1232
sam@hamood.com

Lost my grandmother's platinum diamond antique filagree ring while traveling from
Maryland to Florida around April,2008. I have a picture of the ring for identification. It has huge sentimental value! Reward.

I lost my .75 carat princess cut diamond ring last year (July 2007)in or around the Metro Detroit area. The ring was given to be by my husband when he returned home from Iraq and it is very special to us. The ring is a princess cut diamond that is set in the middle of 2 hearts. Kind of hard to explain. Anyway, I thought I would give this a chance because it has been a year and I am desperate. Please email jodilyn922@yahoo.com

I lost my engagement ring in the Larkspur parking lot on July 17,2008 around 4 p.m. I am devastated at this lost. My fiance worked very hard to save up for this ring. It meant a lot to me. Please please return it if you found it. There will be reward offered. You can email me at pansouk@hotmail.com

I lost my engagement ring on the 18 july 2008..
I believe i lost it around the Ribault RD in Beaufort, sc. ( I was doing community service to help keep the town clean!!) so I believe it can be anywhere from Parris island Landing, to The Carolina Wings restaurant. I was a princess cut three diamond, white gold bands., also my wedding band. thank you very muck for you honesty and god bless you..

My wife lost both rings, including engagement ring (Leo Diamond) in Mexico less than a week ago. If it's hard to find honest people here, I don't want to imagine in Mexico, but... hope floats and if someone ever found it, please contact me, the diamond has an ID and could be easily identified, but again, what are the ODDS! I am just hopping that some how they appear in the States... Thank you and god bless

I lost my engagement and wedding rings in the Philadelphia international airport. The engagement ring is a white gold cathedral setting with a 1/2 carat princess cut (square) center stone and channel set round stones. The wedding band is white gold with channel set round stones. I am hoping that the person who found this ring is honest and will return it. This ring means so much to me, as my husband had it custom made for me. I have certifications and laser inscriptions on the stone that will prove ownership.

My husband lost his platinum filigree wedding band in the sand on Monday, Labor Day, September 1, 2008 in LBI (Long Beach Island, NJ) approximately 17th Street. If anyone finds it, please contact me at padron99@comcast.net. THANKS! Would appreciate it soooo much!

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