Sometimes a wave of your hand can result in rather sad consequences, such as losing a ring. This problem especially often occurs in winter.
The ring fell into the snow - what can you do?
The fact that a ring goes missing in the winter can be perplexing. Indeed, how to find a small object in the thickness of the snow, which instantly hides everything that falls into it?
The first thing to do after it was discovered that there is no ring, is to remember when it disappeared. You need to take a good look at your clothes it often happens that a small piece of jewelry can get caught on a glove or sleeve, and the need for a long search disappears by itself. Perhaps the ring fell off your finger not on the street, but indoors - at home or at work. If the search work carried out in the apartment or office did not give positive results you need to remember exactly where the gloves were taken off on the street.
Increases the chances that jewelry will be found if lost in the yard of a private house or on the territory of your own personal plot.In this case, you can be one hundred percent sure that the ring will be found, even if you have to wait for spring, when the snowdrifts melt.
Most often, rings are lost by people whose jewelry is the wrong size. Even if the sizes were the same before, over time the finger may shrink slightly and the decoration begins to fall off. You can insure against accidental loss by visiting a jeweler who will reduce it to the required size.
How to find a fallen ring in the snow
If a ring falls off a finger, and a person immediately notices it and knows the place where it fell, the chances of finding it increase several times. The main thing is not to panic and not to try to scatter the snow in an attempt to get to the “treasure”.
Freshly fallen snow, if the temperature outside is minus, is fluffy and soft. A thing that falls into a snowdrift is instantly lost in its thickness and is difficult to find. When the snow is good outside and rolls into snowballs, it’s easier to find something in such snowdrifts.
It is best if someone else is involved in the search work. In order not to lose sight of the place where the ring fell, you need to mark it with something, for this you can use:
- branches from trees;
- stones;
- personal belongings.
If there is no one to call for help and you need to move away from the place where the jewelry has disappeared, you need to mark it in such a way that it does not cause unnecessary interest among people passing by.
There are several ways to find a ring in the snow yourself:
- Use of water. If you have hot water on hand, you can use it to melt the snow little by little..
- "Excavations". In loose snow, the ring can get stuck in the middle of a snowdrift. To find it, you need to dig up the snow little by little, throwing it to the side.
- Screening. Snow can be placed in small portions into a sieve with a coarse mesh and sifted like flour.
Most likely, if the ring is really in the snowdrift, after using any of the methods described above, it will return to its owner.
What to do if you can't find the ring under the snow?
If none of the methods described above gives positive results, in order to find the loss you will have to use more sophisticated tools than a sieve and a kettle with hot water. For searches you will need:
- Gas-burner. Using a burner, you can melt a fairly large area of snow, no matter how hard and frozen it may be. When resorting to this method, you need to follow safety precautions and be as careful as possible.
- Metal detector. A device of this type can be rented for a while. To search for precious items, you will need a finder who has the ability to distinguish metals from each other - discrimination.
If your independent searches do not lead to anything, you can use the services of companies that specialize in finding lost items. Professionals will help you find the ring not only in the snow, but also in the soil, grass or sand.
Is it harmful for gold or silver to remain under snow for a long time?
Should you be afraid that your jewelry will lose its attractive appearance after being in a snowdrift for a long time? No, this will not happen if it is made of a high-quality alloy.
Oxidize and change the color of a gold alloy Only chemical compounds of nitric and hydrochloric acids can. The reaction between oxygen and metal is facilitated by the chlorine contained in such a compound, which is why the gold is destroyed. Table salt scattered on the ice, which prevents shoes from slipping, will not spoil the ring.
In order for a high-quality silver alloy to oxidize, it must either be melted or heated well.Contact with snow can only tarnish a silver ring if it is left in a damp environment for too long.
To prevent personal jewelry from becoming someone else's find, you need to carefully monitor it. In winter, it is better not to wear rings that fit loosely on your fingers or even fly off them.
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