Wonderful story, Eduardo. I lost my wedding ring at a beach along the Texas coast (not, on my honeymoon but many years later). When can you get to Texas? > -----Original Message----- > From: Jose Eduardo de Alencar Moreira [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 10:27 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: achives thanks and a curious story > > Many many thanks to all those who sent me messages with the Conus Wars > material. I got all the messages I wanted. > > To do not leave this message without something shell related, here comes a > 10% shell related story, but curious and unbelievable. > > In my vacations, a month ago, I spent part of it in Fernando de Noronha > Island, off the Brazilian Northeastern coast. It is a really beautiful > place > to dive but not as good to shelling since 70% of the island is a Marine > National Park. Shell collecting is only allowed outside the MNP, where you > can find, among others, Nerita ascencionis chlorostoma (endemic) and big > Conus regius. > > My curious story started while snorkeling in a beach, inside the MNP, > known > as Sancho, when I found a wedding ring shining in a rock crevice. I put it > in my finger (close to it my wedding ring almost disapeared) and headed to > the beach. I showed it to my wife and in the ring we found "Roseane > 24/04/99". Since it was found on May 1st, we though it was lost by someone > in a honeymoon. > > We left that beach, walked on a trail up the hill, stayed half an hour in > another beach. Another trail, another hill, another beach ... up we > reached > a beach about two hours after my finding. > > There we stopped to drink some water and we found two couples. One couple > left the area and the other started to kiss. Then I realized that the guy > didn't have a wedding ring and the lady had hers. I asked her name and she > said it, followed with a "Why are you asking?" > > I told her: "It is a real pity. If your name was Roseane, I would have > found > your husband's wedding ring". > > They both said together, pointing to the other lady that was leaving: "But > her name is Roseane and her husband lost a wedding ring yesterday in > Sancho > Beach". > > We started to call them back. I asked the date of their marriage: > 24/04/99. > Then I said that I had something that belonged to them and I put the ring > in > his finger. > > You can't imagine their emotion. You can't imagine our emotion. The other > couple also married on 24/04/99 and he also lost his ring during the > honeymoon trip. > > I'm not a mathematician, but the probability of something like this > happens > is VERY VERY VERY LOW. > > All started with a snorkeling to see some live shells. > > > Cheers, > > Eduardo > Brasilia, Brazil