A fisherman found his wedding ring in the Liffey a week after it fell into the river.
Rob Moore, who got married in October 2021, had to go home to the missus after a day of fishing to explain that he lost his wedding ring in the capital’s river.
But against all odds, cameraman and now, Rob’s favourite colleague, Sam Mulcahy found the ring.
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Rob told Dublin Live: “I was fishing in the Liffey in Kildare and I was about to head home so I went to throw the bait into the water and my wedding ring went flying into a deep part of the water.
“Your hands get cold when you’re out fishing and they shrink slightly. I can’t swim so I thought that it was gone.
“My wife wasn’t too annoyed, she thought that’s what would happen since I’m always out fishing. A lot of lads fishing lose them. She was good about it, she didn’t think I’d get it back."
A week later, Rob met Sam with all the gear, and they went down to the river.
“I went to work a few days later and I was telling the lads," said Rob.
"One of them said that he’ll find it. I said it’s probably gone down the bottom of the river but he came the next day, fully fitted with a snorkel, high power magnets.
“We tried for an hour but no luck, I thought we’d see it glistening in the water. I thought it was gone, it was really hard but he’d a metal detector in the car. He went in with it and came out with the ring. It was unreal.
“I thought to myself, this is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I was so wrong, Sam did find the ring with the equipment he had.”
Rob was over the moon to find his ring and the video shows how ecstatic they were when they got it back.
He added: “It was lucky because there wasn’t much rain that week so the water level dropped in the river and the clarity was much better.
“We got lucky with Sam's gold mining background too.
“I’ll get my ring down a size or even take it off from now on.”
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