Brit loses gran’s £10k diamond ring in the Med… diver, 75, flies out and finds it within an hour
Katie Patterson, 24, was devastated when the family heirloom slipped off her finger while she swam
A BRIT who lost a diamond ring on holiday in the Med flew out an under- water metal detector buff who found it.
Katie Patterson, 24, was devastated when the £10,000 family heirloom slipped off her finger while she swam in shallow waters off Majorca.
When she got home she called “every metal detectorist in the UK” before she was put in touch with retired diver George Edmunds, 75.
Katie, who inherited the ring when her gran died two years ago, said: “One thing my nana instilled in me was never to give up.
“Everyone had been very pessimistic but George seemed confident.”
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The medical student, originally from Belfast, agreed to pay around £1,000 of her savings to fly him and his partner out to the Spanish isle.
Katie, living in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffs, also returned and showed him the area near Palma where she lost it. George, underwater detecting for 30 years, found it in the sand after an hour.
The pensioner, from Weymouth, Dorset, joked: “I said I’d found a Mickey Mouse ring kids can buy at fun fairs and brought it out. There was a lot of crying and hugging.”
Katie added: “I broke down in tears. I just gave him a massive kiss. It was immense relief.”