By JONATHON HOWARD
A MARRIED Noosa man has been sent to the dog house after it took him too long to pick up his wedding ring.
The case of the lost wedding ring – featured in Noosa Today on Thursday, 26 June – has now been returned to its rightful owner.
Noosa local Frances Gibson found the man’s wedding ring on the beach at Glen Eden, Marcus Beach on Saturday 7 June.
Ms Gibson withheld key details about the ring in order for the rightful owner to provide a description.
But it seems several men are missing their most important accessory after Ms Gibson was bombarded with phone calls.
“Since the article I have had about nine local Noosa men call with the hope it was their lost wedding ring,” she said.
It was around the sixth call when Ms Gibson realised she was talking to the rightful owner.
“No one was attempting to claim the ring or anything, I think they all had genuinely lost their wedding rings at the beach and were hoping it would turn up,” she said.
“The owner described the ring perfectly and had a photo of it on his Ipad and said he’d lost it about three months ago.”
Ms Gibson said the owner, who went only by Luke of Peregian, was hounded by his wife to pick up the rose gold ring.
“His wife got upset when he didn’t pick it up quickly enough, but she was relieved it had been found,” she said.
The couple was asked if they wanted to say anything for the follow up article and they provided their comments to Ms Gibson.
“We’re extremely grateful to Frances for helping us find our ring,” they said.
“We love the fact we still have honest and lovely people in the world.”
The couple have been married for about two years.
Luke did eventually pick up the ring which remains safely on his ring finger – for now.
