Woman who accidentally flushed her diamond wedding ring down the TOILET is stunned when the accessory is FOUND 13 years later

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Holy c**p! Woman who accidentally flushed her diamond wedding ring down the TOILET is stunned when the accessory is FOUND 13 years later​

• Mary Strand has been reunited with her wedding ring 13 years after dropping it
• The Minnesota woman, 71, lost it after it fell down the toilet
• It was found 13 years later at a wastewater treatment plant a quarter-mile away

A woman who accidentally flushed her wedding ring down the toilet has remarkably been reunited with the diamond band - 13 years after it slipped off her finger.

Mary Strand, 71, and her husband, David, 75, from Minnesota, have been married for 46 years - and 13 years ago, David marked their 33rd anniversary by surprising his wife with a stunning diamond ring.

However, the accessory - which featured a large diamond surrounded by 16 smaller stones - never fit Mary properly and one day, disaster struck, and it slipped off her finger and into the toilet while she was using the bathroom.

A devastated Mary thought that she had lost the precious piece forever - until just a few weeks ago when she received a call letting her know that the ring had been found after more than a decade at a water treatment plant just a quarter of a mile away from her home.

• Mary Strand, 71, who accidentally flushed her wedding ring down the toilet has finally been reunited with the diamond band - 13 years after it slipped off her finger

• On their 33 anniversary, her husband David surprised his wife with a diamond ring surrounded by 16 other small diamonds

• However, the jewelry never fit quite right, and while Mary was in the bathroom it fell off her finger and went down the toilet

The story of Mary's missing ring - and its incredible re-discovery was shared last week by the Metropolitan Council, a government agency that specializes in services for the Twin Cities metropolitan region.

On its website and in a YouTube video, the agency revealed how Mary had watched on in horror back in 2010 when her gold band plunged into the toilet bowl and was flushed down the pipe.

She threw her hand in, desperately searching for the diamond. She called David, who owns a sewer and drain cleaning business, to come to the rescue.

David took the toilet out in hopes to shake the ring loose and even snaked a camera 200 feet down the drain. With no luck, the pair reached out to municipal workers to have them check the city's pipes, however, they were once again disappointed.

Mary lost all hope and accepted that she would never see her jewelry again.

But, 13 years later, Mary received a call she thought she'd never get.

In March, three wastewater workers found the ring while trying to fix a machine.

When they looked over, they saw a flash of gold floating in the water, it began a week-long public campaign to find the owner.

• The lovebirds went to the Metropolitan Council to retrieve the ring on Wednesday, which marked Mary's first time seeing it since 2010

• Although she thought it was gone forever, she was met with a miracle when she was finally able to flash the gold on her finger over a decade later

• It reappeared at a wastewater treatment plant just a quarter-mile away from their home (pictured)

• Then, many jewelers examined it and the city sent out an alert on social media before Mary claimed it

Hundreds of calls came in from families who had lost beloved heirlooms, however, the descriptions never matched.

It wasn't until Mary and David's daughter found out about the ring through a neighborhood message board that she alerted her parents, telling her mom, 'It's got to be your ring.'

Mary called the city council person the next day, but after 13 years of the ring being missing, she wasn't able to recall exactly what it looked like, so she sent over a picture.

And to the city worker's surprise, the ring was an exact match.

Two jewelers then confirmed the ring was the same and compared Mary's odds and being reunited with the ring to winning the lottery.

One of the jewelers said: 'The odds are astronomical.'

On Wednesday, the lovebirds went to the Metropolitan Council to retrieve the ring, which marked Mary's first time seeing it since 2010.

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• David - who searched their toilet 13 years ago for the jewelry - was shocked when it reappeared all this time later

• After thirteen years of floating in grit and muck, four of the 'itty bitty' diamonds had fallen off, and the gold band is 'really smudged', however, she was overjoyed to have it back

They captured the moment in a heartwarming video.

A council worker said: 'Are you ready? Now it doesn’t look like it did.'

Mary responded: 'I've been prepped for that.'

She unwrapped a blue cloth to reveal the diamond ring.

'I was very excited,' Mary said of the moment she got her ring back.

After 13 years of floating in grit and muck, four of the 'itty bitty' diamonds had fallen off, and the gold band is 'really smudged.'

However, Mary noted the ring was still 'absolutely gorgeous.' She added that she was just over the moon to have it back.

'I remember looking at it and flashing back to when he gave it to me, that’s how memorable a thing it was,' she said.

And although Mary joked she had a problem with losing rings, she said she was going to make sure this one never left her sight again.

Source:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12111719/Womans-lost-ring-13-years-flushed-toi