Couple drop ₤14 k ring at the beach and invest hours trying to find it

A couple invested hours combing a beach in darkness looking for a ₤14,000 engagement ring, after it vanished in the sand throughout a photoshoot.

Kirsten Durand, 31, and Tory Parker, 30, were posturing on the beach when their ring slipped from its box.

With the tide quickly approaching, the couple had no option however to equip themselves with screens and a metal detector and begin desperately browsing the beach prior to their ring got gotten rid of.

Finally their professional photographer, Yakira Parise, concerned the rescue and had the ability to recuperate the invaluable piece of jewellery.

Kirsten, from Vancouver, Canada, stated: ‘We were taking our pictures and doing a mock proposition and after Troy stated “will you marry me” I jumped into his arms and we was up to the sand.

‘We didn’ t understand till our professional photographer requested a close up of the ring that it was missing out on.

‘We were flipping out.

‘The ring has always been the most important part to me and I’ d ended up being so connected to it.

‘It was freezing and getting dark so we were shining our torch lights and combing every part of the beach.

‘We were taking a look at the pictures to see if we might exercise where it was.

‘We had a metal detectorist come so we were all looking by him however it was in fact our professional photographer who ultimately discovered it.

‘I was crying and so happy as soon as it was back on my finger.’

Troy, an owner of a martial arts studio, stated: ‘We were freaking out because we didn’ t understand when the tide was being available in.

‘We didn’ t desire it to get gotten rid of.’

Troy proposed to Kirsten back in April 2022 throughout the latter’s Bridgerton- themed birthday celebration, however headed to the beach after choosing they desired a couple of snaps to accompany their ‘save the day’ welcomes.

They set up a shoot in October 2022 and took some mock design pictures of the proposition.

‘It ended up being a disaster,’ Kirsten stated.

‘The ring has actually constantly been more crucial to me than the wedding event or the gown.

‘ I desired one I might give to my kids.

‘So it was devastating when we thought we had lost it.’

The couple browsed from 5.30 pm till the ring was lastly found at 8pm.

‘There were so many times I felt like giving up,’ Kirsten stated.

‘Amazingly, our professional photographer simply pulled it out of the sand and stated “I found it!”’

‘She commended me and my hands were frozen however I was so pleased.

‘I never want to take it off again.’

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