A newly-married man lost his wedding ring while swimming in the sea in Gower just two days after he tied the knot. Robin Gemmell, from Oxford, was enjoying a relaxing dip in Caswell Bay following a "perfect" day marrying the love of his life, Hayley, in a beautiful ceremony at Oldwalls in Gower, when he felt his wedding band slip off his finger and plunge into the water.
Robin immediately dived under the water to try and find the ring and kept bobbing up and down scouring the area he had been swimming - but he couldn't see his ring at all. He thought it was gone forever and wasn't looking forward to telling his new wife what had happened.
Then, up stepped Caswell resident Tony Ballantine, a local metal detectorist with a history for finding things. Amazingly, he was able to reunite Robin with his wedding ring just a few days later. Tony, 59, has been a keen metal detectorist since he was just 10 years old and has reunited five people with their wedding rings in recent years. Last month, he spent six hours searching Caswell Bay looking for Robin's ring - to great success. You can get the biggest Swansea news stories straight to your inbox with our newsletter.
