A romantic stroll along the scenic shores of Galveston, TX, turned into a nightmare for Sierra Rodkey and fiancé Brandon Jeffers-Calhoun when Rodkey realized she had lost her cherished diamond engagement ring in the surf.
"I didn't think about the ocean robbing me," Rodkey told Fox 26 Houston. "I was just in the waves and I looked up like this, and I noticed my ring was gone. I just cried."
For hours, the couple searched the coastline between Pleasure Pier and Stewart Beach, but came up empty.
That was more than a year ago.
"We never thought that it would be found," said Jeffers-Calhoun.
With nothing to lose, Rodkey recently decided to put out an alert on social media.
And as luck would have it, Clyde Longworth of Galveston Metal Detecting Services, quickly responded.
In an interview with Fox 26 Houston, Longworth revealed that he had found a diamond ring about a year ago on Stewart Beach.
"It was on the slope leading down to the water," he said.
Reporter Jade Flurry and her news team made arrangements for the metal detectorist to meet the couple and reunite Rodkey with her ring.
"Would that be it?" Longworth asked the couple as he held out the ring.
"That's it, Babe," said Jeffers-Calhoun. "That's the one."
"I have so many emotions," added Rodkey. "Actually I'm shook. I don't know what to say. This is unreal. I'm still trying to take it all in. It's unbelievable."
Jeffers-Calhoun was clearly overwhelmed by the whole experience.
"I'm still processing it, but this is just more proof that I'm the luckiest man in the world," he said.
Rodkey looked at him with an adoring smile because it was clear that Jeffers-Calhoun was referring to her.
Credits: Screen captures via fox26houston.com.