aiii. I’m so glad you found it!!! 
When you go have it fixed, you should make sure that they do the setting more securely. The prongs should be set AS PART OF THE RING- not set to the ring as 2 separate pieces, for the reason that you just found out. You are very lucky to have found it! When rings are set that way, a hit at just the right angle can send the prongs (and stone) flying. Your insurance would replace it, but I know for myself, it wouldnt be the same because it I would know that it wasnt THE stone that my husband so carefully picked out. Good luck getting it fixed!
My goodness those dogs are big (but beautiful)!!! I thought my best friend’s two wimeriners (I know I butchered that) were big! And here I sit w/ my little weiner dog in my lap…
I’ve never lost a diamond, but I only have one diamond ring and I never wear it. I was given to me by my late MIL, because I was the only DIL that she liked, but I don’t really care for diamonds. I’m partial to pearls so my DH gave me a beautiful pearl ring when he proposed.
Well we were in Paris on business/pleasure in 1999 and I remember arriving back at our apartment after an evening out with friends, and when I took my ring off I then notice my beautiful pearl was gone. I wanted to cry, there was no way I was ever going to find it, we had done an extensive pub crawl through Paris, and I didn’t know where to start even if I did try to find it. :pout: In the end my DH just laughed and told me not to worry, that the jeweler would replace it. The jeweler did replace it for free but I don’t wear the ring anymore because I’m afraid of losing it.
:muah: :hug:
Nadja xxx
It was strange how this fell out, I mean the claws are still around the stone, the whole SETTING fell out … it’s like the point at the end of the setting came “unglued” and left this huge hole … DH isn’t taking it back to the same person to have “repaired” …
Toby
I worked with a gal who had the same exact thing happen. She came in one morning all frazzled because the “basket” as she called it came off of her ring and was nowhere to be found. Same scenario, the diamond and all still intact somewhere except completely decapitated from the ring. :pout: It’s strange how it can make you all paranoid afterwards. I don’t even wear my rings to bed anymore. I never gave it a though for 13 years and I even have my rings checked routinely.
Toby, you are SO lucky!!! I´ve had the tips of the prongs break ( I¨m not exactly the most careful thing… ) and had them fixed once, but just discovered the other day, that they are broken again. I live in Spain, and diamonds are not exactly as commonplace as they are in the States, and I¨m a bit nervous about sending it off to a shop here. So this time, I¨m waiting till the summer when I¨m in the states to visit my mother. DH keeps telling me to be careful with it, ´cause it´s the only diamond I¨m getting from him… :doh:
Karen
So glad you found your diamond!
In the book “Marley and Me” they had to do a poop watch for (I think) a gold necklace that Marley, the dog, ate. After they found it, and washed it of course, it came out all shiney and beautiful, and looked much better than it had before!
You’re very lucky to have found it.
I have lost the diamond to my engagement ring. After 12 years of marriage, and wearing my ring every day, one of the prongs broke and the diamond fell out.
I never found it.
It wasn’t a big rock or anything, it was the original engagement ring he bought for me when he was 18. It was a tiny little diamond, but it was THE ring he proposed to me with. I was heartbroken. Hubby bought me a replacement engagement ring 2 years ago (much bigger diamond this time!) along with new wedding bands for both of us, so we both have all new rings.
But I’ll never get over losing my original. That was THE diamond. :pout:
Nadja xxx
Oh, how these stories can make a girl’s head spin!
I’m glad that each one (well, except for Silver) had a happy ending.
I never lost my diamond, but lost the entire engagement ring one day.
I was at work and took the ring off for a moment to put lotion on my hands. My E-ring fell and I just assumed it couldn’t have gone far, as it was a small, carpeted office. Boy, was I wrong.
I had everyone tearing the office up to help me look. I had thoughts of my husband going into cardiac-arrest while looking. We did eventually find it, but let me tell you, carpet has some spring, because the ring was much further than I expected.
I lost my diamond…never ever found it. 
I am STILL sick about it.
It was right when I started to “do” and get Flylady. I was making the boys bed, wacked my hand, and 45 mins later, realized it was gone. But I have NO idea if it was gone before that or not. This was 6 years ago, and this house has been turned upside down numerous times to no avail.
Homeowners ins wouldn’t cover it, because there was no rider, and it didn’t have water damage or run over by a car, the only 2 things it would replace it as a result of. (I know that isn’t correct sentence structure, but I’m from the midwest and we ALWAYS end a sentence preposition with).
Being 14 I have never been engaged, but I once lost a garnet birthstone earring that I was given as an infant. An expensive kind. Anyways, we searched and searched, and then remembered that the day it went missing my mom had vacuumed. So we had to take the bag out, and sift through every bit of dust. We did find it, but the earring was mangled. The ear-pointy stick part was bent, the stone had come out of the earring, and the beautiful red garnet colour had turned greenish gray, I have no idea why.
I was heartbroken. My baby earrings!
So I know how you guys feel. 
I lost my diamond, and when I called my husband in tears, he had me get a new one. I was informed by every jeweler I spoke with that you are supposed to have your prongs retipped every 8-10 years (mine was about 11). Then about a week later, I lost my diamond again. I found it that time, but I no longer wear my ring. Instead, my DH surprised me with a plain gold band that matches his – he even got down on one knee and did a lovely “proposal” again. That’s what I wear now.
I lost my engagement ring a few times…just because I took it off, put it somewhere wonky, and then couldn’t remember where I put it.
I never did have my wedding ring welded to my engagement ring…which has been nice on occasion. When I know I am going to be doing a lot of manual labor, I take the diamond off and just wear my gold band.
A friend of dh’s family actually made my ring (it’s pretty simple …just a band and a small diamond), and so I have 6 prongs on my ring instead of the usual 4, and it has a platinum setting that was “joined” and not glued into the gold ring. Unless I lose my entire ring, my diamond isn’t going anywhere.
That’s nice to know at least.
Misty
I’ve been married for 3 years, and I lost my engagement ring before we were married. We were still in college and had gone to several Christmas get-togethers in one night, then went out to eat. The next day, while running errands, I noticed it was gone. We looked everywhere, at every place we had gone that night and the apartment to no avail. We never found it. I’m lucky he still married me, but I still don’t have a replacement.
LoAnnie
You are so lucky to have found your setting! Thank goodness!
I haven’t had a problem with my ring, but I’ve lost diamond stud earrings before. I switched from friction to screw backs but that didn’t seem to change my luck. (One of the backs would decide to come off by itself every few years.) I didn’t wear any earrings for a while but then I received my late Grandmother’s pair, and I’ve been wearing them pretty regularly. It’s scary because they are huge, very clean stones (not typical earring grade diamonds) – I find myself checking them constantly to make sure they’re screwed on tight. Funny thing is, I don’t remember ever seeing her wear them (she always dressed very modestly), so I think they were probably for investment more than anything else. Still, I feel close to her when I wear them. And a little glamorous too. 
I’m not sure whether I’d be more upset if I lost the earrings or my ring. I know they’re just metal and mineral, but they’ve got lots of sentimental value.
My husband had given me a pair of diamond earrings on our first xmas. I wore them everyday and never took them out. Four years later a chicken that I let sit on my shoulder plucked one out of my ear. I searched for hours and then called my husband fromt he barn to tell him what had happened. He come down with a flashlight and we searched for a few more hours (in the chicken stall amongst pine shavings and poo). We never found it. We decided that when the chicken died (of a natural death as we do not eat our chickens) we would check it crop to see if it was stuck in there. 2 years later a fox took that chicken and we never had a chance to check for it.
The moral of this story is never wear any earring you care about while a chicken is on you shoulder.
So I’m not the only one! Years ago. I was hanging out the laundry(we used to do that back in the old days) when I noticed the middle stone on my ring was missing. Like you, the first thing I did was call dh. then I freaked out and practically tore up the ground under the clothesline-not there- I went back into the house and saw this bright light on the floor next to the phone. There it was! like you I was lucky. But that’s not the end of the story. One day while bowling I saw that it had happened again, but this time the whole setting had split open under the diamond. Luckely I saw it ahead of me on the lane. :happydance: As a jeweler by trade I would advise all our knitters that if they snag yarn on the prongs of their rings, have them checked . The prongs can be tightened and/or retipped. Ellie
That would be so scary! Thankfully I haven’t lost my diamond yet. I take my diamond in every 6-8months for a cleaning and setting check so that if something does happen to it the company will replace it since I continue to have it checked.
Makes me want to have it checked now :doh: