Couple finds missing engagement ring, 36 years after it fell into toilet

by Julie on Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:34 pm

Cute story, but I would have gotten the ring back long before I moved out of the house.

Couple finds missing engagement ring, 36 years after it fell into toilet

Sapphire sparkler retrieved by zealous husband who refused to believe it was gone forever

By Rachel Elbaum
TODAY.com contributor

updated 2 hours 57 minutes ago

A Montana woman has gotten back her long-lost engagement ring, 36 years after it first went missing.

Terry and Donna Claver had been out only three times when they decided to get married back in 1973. The pair picked out a sapphire engagement ring with a gold band, the best they could afford at the time.

About a year and a half later, a heavily pregnant Donna put the ring on the back of the toilet while putting lotion on and watched it slip into the toilet bowl.

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