My wedding band had 3 rows of diamonds across the top, and I always wanted an engagement ring to go with it. So for our 50th wedding anniversary my husband gave me an engagement ring. It was a marquise cut diamond with 4 baguette diamonds on each side and four small round diamonds on each side of the baguettes. I thought my set of rings was so pretty. So I had them attached together. That made them a little tighter getting them on and off, and over time putting pressure with twisting taking them on and off the wedding band broke. I wrapped my rings in a kleenex in case the broken band would cause some diamonds to become loose and so I wouldn't lose them. I and other members of my family had done business with Brooks Fine Jewelry, so I took my rings there to be repaired. I was told they could fix them the next Friday. So I wrapped them back up in the kleenex and put them in my purse. The next week I could not find them. I thought surely I didn't throw the kleenex with my rings in the trash. I finally decided to go outside and empty our trash barrel where we burn our trash and after 30 minutes of digging in the charred trash I found them. They were black and covered with burnt ash. The diamonds were black and the gold was black and burned. I cried. So I put them in a little box and I took them back to Brooks Fine Jewelry. I walked in and asked the young man if he remembered me coming in with the broken ring. He said he sure did. So I opened the box and showed him my black burnt rings and said, "Can you fix them?" After I explained what happened, they checked them and said they thought the diamonds were ok, and they would see what they could do. Two weeks later I got them back and I could not believe it. They looked as new as if they had never been worn. I am convinced the jeweler at Brooks Fine Jewelry can work miracles. I've learned something from this. A kleenex is something to use on your nose, not to wrap your jewelry in.
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