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I was going to suggest leaving something inexpensive lying round, then watching the little one to see what he does with it. Your things can only be inside the house so don''t panic. You will find them. It will probably take some time. Try going through a room at a time and look EVERWHERE. Even the most unlikely places. Good luck!!
 
A friend''s 2yr old just did the same thing about 2 weeks ago. They found the rings at the bottom of one of his toy boxes. When my daughter (18 mos.) walks off with something she shouldn''t have, we usually find it next to her toy box, bookshelf, pantry.....whatever is more interesting to her than whatever she was carrying. She''ll just drop it and then go on to the next thing.
Good luck!!!!! Oh....and your hubby offering to sell his new motorcycle....sooooo sweet!!!!!
 
That sucks...I''d check the sink trap....call a plumber...since your other ring was in the sink...
 
Oh I am SO sorry.

After I read your post I was going to suggest letting him get hold of an (inexpensive) ring & then following him.. and then getting a metal detector... and Bliss suggested both of those things already!

I''m glad you''re doing poo-checks just in case. :)

If it makes you feel any better, at least you know that there''s almost a 100% chance that your jewellery is still inside your house somewhere... and that it will turn up eventually.

If you have a three-piece suite or sofa I would check down all the cushions, and even put your hand right down the back.

Has he started putting things in his pockets yet? It might just turn up in your laundry.

Also check through his toys, book, bed and also through everything at low-level in the house that he can easily reach... shoes, plant pots (even under the surface of the soil!) and under any rugs or mats on the floor.

Don''t forget to look *under* beds, sofas & furniture, just in case he dropped it & it rolled.

Does he have a money box that he could have ''posted'' it into? Or any other tempting looking little slots?

Maybe he could have threaded the ring *onto* something, like a plant, doorhandle, bit of a toy...

Check the cutlery drawer.. dishwasher... washing mashine...

(Just casting my mind back a year or so to think what my son might have done!).

Forgive me if you''ve done all this - I just thought I''d bung some ideas out there in the hope I might be able to help. :)

I really am sending you lots of love & hugs & I know you will get your ring back in the end - just hang in there. *hugs*

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You need a hug!
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I'm so sorry, but I'm sending a lot of luck your way. I have a good feeling about this one, hoping for a happy ending. (And you're 2 year old sounds TOOO CUTE! I have a huge soft spot for the mischievous ones)
 
I am so sorry and really feel bad for you. I know you are blessed to have your son and are so grateful for that, but the diamond ring was probally one of your favorite material possessions. Try not to fee bad about filing a claim with your insurance. A few years back a car fell on my tree under a clear blue sky....... then my daughter totaled a car......then
my husband rear ended a car.......

I felt like a fool and like the insurance company hated me. But over time it was forgotten. Life is unpredictable. Besides when you get your new ring the old one will most likely show up.

Regards,
Lisa
 
If the eternity band was found in the sink, did you have the trap removed to see if your ering is there? Turn off the lights, use a flashlight and look around the floors. Look under the bathroom rugs, etc... And look in your son''s room. But don''t feel badly about filing a claim, that''s what insurance is for.
Good luck!!!
 
Oh my word!!!
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This is just sooooo awful, Jenn... but I echo the poster above who said you are handling this amazingly well... honestly, I WOULD be comatose AND hysterical!!!

You have been given some great advice. I do believe you will eventually find it, but in the meantime, I, too, would file the insurance claim.

The only way you may not find it is if the dear little nipper flushed it. My husband''s BFF from childhood said that he clearly remembers being 3 or 4 and playing with his mother''s watch. He accidentally dropped it in the toilet and remembers thinking, "Oooooh, dirty water..." and flushed it to get clean water so he could fish it out... but of course, that swished the watch away!
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So, unless your sweet little munchkin flushed it, I do believe you will eventually find it. In the meantime, hang in there... and maybe buy a pretty CZ to wear for now... just for SOME *bling*!!!!

XOXOXO!

Lynn
 
I just wanted to add that I usually don't recommend bribing either, being a preschool teacher, but these are dire circumstances.

When my brother was little, my mom could not ever find his shoes. Turns out he was stashing them in his ATV explorer (remember those?).

When my son was under 2, he hid my key chain that had my house and car keys on it. I looked for it for hours until, exhausted, I leaned up against the door jam of the kitchen, and saw my keys on the floor between the fridge and the cabinet. This might sound silly, but you might try crawling around on your hands and knees, at "kid level" and you might see somewhere he stashed the rings.
 
Don''t know if it is too late for this option, but :

Roto-Rooter to the Rescue
Posted Thursday, May 15, 2008 by Paul Abrams
Roto-Rooter to the rescue! On April 22, Roto-Rooter of Cincinnati was called to the home of Margaret Clark of Anderson Township in Greater Cincinnati. Mrs. Clark had been cleaning her 4-carat diamond ring, a 20th anniversary gift from her husband. She left the ring on the sink wrapped in tissue to dry. When she returned later, she grabbed the tissue, ring and all, and threw it in the toilet and flushed it down. Mrs. Clark instantly realized her mistake and panicked. She thought the ring was gone for good. Talk about a plumbing problem!

She called Roto-Rooter for help. Roto-Rooter plumber Gary Morford used a line camera to inspect her mainline. It''s a fiber optic camera we normally use to look for cracks or breaks and determine if a sewer repair is in order. Within minutes of running the camera into the pipe, Mrs. Clark spotted her big diamond ring on the video monitor, deep inside the pipe. Gary pinpointed the location of the ring and had to break concrete in the basement floor to reach it but he was able to recover the ring for the customer. Channel 12 News out of Cincinnati did a big story about it then fed the story to TV stations across the nation. The story appeared more than 90 times from coast to coast and on CNN repeatedly.

Also--I watched one of those Dirty Jobs show, and they do have filters at the sewer plants that can catch objects--it would be a long-shot, but I would still contact them also if a diamond ring comes up, they could call you.

best of luck to you: I second the "get down on two-year old level" and look.
 
First, what a horrid thing to have had happen- and you can''t even have the satisfaction of being peeved with the culprit! Glad you have insurance.

Second, do NOT be afraid to double, triple, and quadruple check in some places. I lost a ring that was too loose once, and searched my cavernous purse at least three times, taking everything out and such. Then, two weeks after I''d given up, I reached into my purse to pay for something and grabbed my ring. I still have no clue how that happened! It just urped it up finally.

Beyond that, I do think the idea of giving your cutie a ring to see what he''ll do with it is a great one. Years ago, I kept wondering what happened to all my hair ties- I tend to lay them here and there, but I was going through literally 20 or 30 in two months, which was just weird. Finally I started wondering of our magpie-ish kitty was to blame. So I gave her a hair tie to play with to see what she''d do with it, and sure enough, she immediately carried it in her mouth, plopped down in front of this super heavy low-to-the-ground chair, and batted it underneath in a matter of seconds. Then she was bummed that her new toy was gone. I looked under the chair and there must have been dozens under there. (That chair is long gone, but I have no doubt she still hides them *somewhere* when she can, along with gallon milk top ring things and any thumbtacks she can get. Those were liberally mixed in with the hair ties!) Certainly not in the league of a kid and a diamond ring, but hey, you might get lucky!
 
Jenn just wanted to tell you how sorry I am. I would be a mess iif it was me. My kids liked to throw things away, did you check the garbage? Good luck with your search.
 
Oh Jenn I am SO sorry!!!
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My oldest son (now 4 1/2 years old) took my original 3mm platinum wedding band (huge sentimental value!!) and my $3000 Omega watch 2 years ago! The wedding band we just can NOT find anywhere but I did find my watch about a year ago!
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Guess where it was? Curled up into a little ball in the bottom of one of his deep toy chest! While I''m resigned that my ring is gone, I''m always somewhat hunting for it when we move a piece of furniture around or do a deep cleaning of the house.
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Look in the crevices of the sofa and chairs, take apart the sink drains, run your fingers over the carpet! Make it a game with your son and he may just lead you to his "treasure"!

Please keep us updated!!
 
Oh no-that is just terrible! I''m sorry!

One trick I''ve read here is using a flashlight to look for a lost diamond. I assume low lighting would be best way to get the diamond to shine in the light. Good luck!
 
Oh, I''m so sorry! This exact thing happened to me when my first son was 2 and loved to play with my rings. We found my engagement ring when we purchased a new sofa. My ring was in the bottom of my old sofa, I could hear the tinkle when it was being moved. I ripped the material off the bottom and there was my ring sitting on the frame! Now I have a 21 month old son who loves to throw things in the garbage, needless to say I keep my jewelry well out of reach! Don''t give up, you''ll find it!!
 
He might have an area where he is collecting and hiding his shiny things. Can you get a cheap decoy ring, nice and sprakly, leave it around and watch him, hopfefully he might take it and lead you to the rest of his stasch. It sounds like he might have a little hoard of things somewhere. Just make sure he dosnt catch you watchin him. worth a try.
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good luck. Also look inside his favourite toys.

d2b

ooops I see the decoy has bee suggested, but definately worth a try.
 
Oh I am so sorry, that''s totally gutting. I feel a bit sick too reading your post!
I hope it turns up.
 
Yikes! I''m so sorry this happened to you. You''ve already gotten some great suggestions! I agree with Cleo - try looking closely at any stuffed animals or toys your rings may fit on. A coworker of mine one day couldn''t find her watch, the next day a ring, and a second ring a day later. When she went looking for them, she found them "dressing up" some stuffed animals in her grandson''s room. The rings were on the "arms" of two and the watch was around the neck of another. When she asked him about it he shrugged his shoulders and said "I just wanted them to look pretty too, Nana."

The CZ ring thing is great too... good luck! I really hope you find everything.
 
Oh no! How horrible. I''d be upset as well. They may be just diamonds, but people put such meaning in their possessions plus the sentimental value. I hope that you''re able to find them.
 
Date: 8/15/2008 11:21:03 AM
Author:Jenn5504
Well, I didn''t know who better to reach out to for moral support than my fellow PS''ers. In just over a 24 hour period one of my diamond studs AND my engagement ring went missing
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............we know who the culprit is.......our precious 2 year old son.
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I know, you''d think ''surely it''ll turn up''. Well, after more tears shed than I like to admit, and after an EXHAUSTIVE search by myself and my husband we have still not found it. I''ve gone through MOUNDS of trash, taken apart all of the sink traps, you name it. The earrings were upsetting enough, but then to have my 1.82 ct. RB WF classic tiffany knife edge go missing a day later was almost more than I''m able to handle. I''m TRYING with all my might to remind myself that it''s just material possessions, that I have my health and family and I know that is most important. But I''m telling y''all, I am GREIVING over this ring especially. He managed to run off with my 2mm platinum band, too, but that''s a drop in the bucket compared to the solitaire. It''s just so baffling that he has done SOMETHING with a half carat princess stud, a band AND the solitaire and we can NOT figure out what??????? We are 99.99999999% sure he didn''t ingest these items. If for a second we thought that was even likely I''d of coarse be more concerned with HIS health than sitting here whining about missing my diamonds.......but the ring is substantial and he''s past the ''put it in your mouth'' age. He has given me puppy dog eyes every time I ask what he did with them and he just holds out his hand as if to show me ''I HAD them, but I don''t know where they went''. I''ll try to end this on a ''bright side'' comment. I did locate my eternity band in the sink..........so I do have that ring left. I am literally PRAYING that we''ll find the engagement ring at least.............in the mean time, I''m trying to let go of these prized possessions and move on. There is no way we can shell out $8-10k right now to replace these items. My original e-ring was already replaced by insurance when the diamond broke, so I can''t imagine my insurance company is going to cover this. I''m leaving town today to go to a weekend-long birthday celebration for my very best friend. I HAVE to suck it up and put on a good face for this, average (normal...) people would NOT understand why I am in this emotional state when I say ''it''s over diamonds''........Ok, just throw me a bone and a little pat on the back and I''ll get out of y''alls hair for awhile, I can hardly bare to look at all of this beautiful bling at the present time.
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Coming late to the party so this may already have been said.

If it is covered on your policy then they will replace it. They may cancel you afterwards or raise your rates, but they have to replace it by law.

Now if it is not covered for mysterious disappearance then that is a different matter.

My condolences, this is always a traumatic experience, I wish you to find it!

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Oh no! I''m so sorry!

Can you buy or rent a metal detector? Maybe that would help with some searching?
 
UPDATE: THE RINGS HAVE BEEN FOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so happy to report that my 4 year old daughter found my rings! I got a call Saturday morning from my husband, telling me that she wanted to tell me something. (I was out of town this weekend). She said "Mommy, if found your ring!" in the most excited and proud tone I may have heard her use yet! She knew how sad I was about it, so she was SO proud to save the day! She found it in our nearly 4" long shag carpet in the living room. The carpet I had combed through with my fingers VERY carefully but somehow I missed it! When she found it, my husband started digging and digging in the carpet for now that 3rd or 4th time and found my little plat band. Woohoo! No earring discovery, but that was already covered. I just want to thank every person who listened to my problem and gave such wonderful advice! I read every one of them just now, my very first opportunity to get online since leaving town Friday, I had missed a lot of them since leaving town Friday, and I was so touched and thankful for all of the support and advice. THANK YOU fellow PS''ers!!!

p.s. Late Friday my husband called me, on my way out of town, to report that he had gone to see our insurance agent and MUCH to our shock and amazement, she assurred us that it would be covered, but that we''d most likely be dropped after that. Thankfully it is a personal articles policy, so it wasn''t like we would lose our house policy or cars or anything. She told him maybe I should stash the new ring in a safety deposit box for a few years at which point they would pick us back up. Thankfully none of that is necessary now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But wanted to add that for anyone who may read this post later, in the same panic and shock I was in when this happened---maybe it''s at least a bit reassurring
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Oh that is SUCH GREAT NEWS! I''m so happy for you!!!
 
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations!!! I am SOOOO happy for you - what a clever daughter! Bless her heart. :)

I knew you would get them back!!!

Your earring''s likely to be buried in there too.

You about tying a pair of tights/stocking over your vacuum cleaner with an elastic band and vacuum your floor.If the earring gets picked up it''ll get stopped by the tights. :)

Oh, I am so happy - thankyou for telling us!

x x x
 
That is excellent news! I was so afraid they may have been flushed away! Give your little girl a big hug for finding the missing ring!

It''s a good time to find a special pretty box to store your jewelry in - maybe on the top shelf of your closet. Little ones are attracted to shiny diamonds just as we are - but they forget where they put them!

I am really happy for you - bet you will sleep well tonight!
 
Yay! What a little hero your daughter is! Now I''m sure I don''t need to say this, but I would keep those diamonds far, far away from your little magpie of a son!
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YAY!
 
oh i am so glad. that is how it works though, you can look and look and somehow it turns up where you already looked. my heart feels better now that you have it.
 
leave some other non precious rings around and see where he takes them, look for patterns, his favorite spots/
 
Thats wonderful news! How clever your daughter is!!!
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