A school girl reunited a husband with his wedding ring just 48 hours after he lost it bodyboarding in Devon.
Imogen Tite, 11, was swimming on a family camping holiday at Woolacombe Beach in North Devon when she dived under a wave, ran her hands over the sand, and found the ring.
Just days earlier, James Mizrahi and his wife Rebecca, who live in Loughborough, East Mids, shared a post on August 15 on social media asking if anyone had found a ring on the beach.
After Imogen, who was on vacation with her mother Emily and brothers Charlie, 14 and Elliot, 6, found the jewelry, he immediately assumed the ring belonged to her father Andy, but he had taken off his own ring, before he went into the water.
After examining the wedding ring, they found it had the message “James and Rebecca 10/25/03” engraved on the inside.
Imogen Tite, 11, was swimming while on a family camping holiday at Woolacombe Beach in North Devon when she dived under a wave and found the ring (pictured)
Imogen (pictured) found the ring swimming while on a camping trip with her family
Just days earlier, James Mizrahi and his wife Rebecca, who live in Loughborough, East Mids, shared a post on social media asking if anyone had found a ring on the beach
Mr. Tite, a 40-year-old medic, said, “That day, Imogen and her brothers were playing in the waves, and Imogen ran his fingers through the sand on the ocean floor.
“She showed up with a ring on her finger that she first thought was mine.
“I instinctively looked down to check my wedding finger, but I take mine off in the ocean as the cold water can shrink your fingers.”
He said they decided to search for the owners online after discovering the engraving.
Imogen, who is starting high school next month, said, “I thought the ring was my dad’s because it was near me. I was amazed when I realized that someone must have lost it. ‘
Armed only with the engraving “James and Rebecca, 10/25/03”, the family created a public post to locate the owner.
Andy’s post was shared thousands of times before it was read by someone who happened to also see a recent post looking for a lost wedding ring.
Imogen was on vacation with her mother Emily and brothers Charlie (14) and Elliot (6) (pictured)
He said, “We had so many strangers contacting us trying to help us find the owners because we had to find their names and wedding dates.
“It was nice to see an online community go out of their way to help Imogen and me find the owners.”
Just a few days earlier, Mr Mizrahi and wife Rebecca had shared a post in the hopes that someone might have found his ring.
Andy posted online to find the owner of the lost ring. He wrote that it was a 9-karat white gold band
Armed only with the engraving “James and Rebecca, 10/25/03”, the family created a public post to locate the owner. Pictured, Andy with Imogen
The ring was lost under the waves of the sea at Woolacombe Beach (pictured)
Andy said, “James had lost his ring two days earlier. He was bodyboarding when it fell and you thought if you lost something in the ocean it would be lost forever, but that was lost and found within 48 hours, which is just amazing – that’s the power of social media.
“A lady on Facebook happened to see both my found status and Rebecca’s lost post in a local group in Devon and brought us together.”
Andy then contacted Ms. Mizrahi through her Facebook profile. He also found her husband on LinkedIn and contacted his workplace, with Andy receiving a call back from a very relieved Mr. Mizrahi within three hours.
Imogen and her brothers (pictured) spent five hours swimming in the ocean the day the ring was found
Andy added, “James and Rebecca were so shocked when I contacted them. They were really amazed that Imogen found it – and couldn’t believe it was hidden under the sea.
“You sent Imogen a nice email, you were very grateful that she was found as they are still happily married.
“Imogen is our water baby, born in water and loves nothing more than water sports and swimming.
“She must have spent five hours or more in the ocean that day and she was so excited to have found something that meant a lot to someone.”
