The relationship ring dug up from a Waiheke Island beach will be reunited with its owner.
"We found the owners!" said Amanda Pipe, whose 6-year-old Jackson had found the inscribed ring while digging in the wet sand of Palm Beach on Saturday.
"John lost it a couple of weeks earlier while swimming chest deep in the sea. Spent hours trying to find it. They were stoked to hear we had found it. Happy ending to a lovely story."
![The ring was found by Jackson Pipe in the wet sand at Palm Beach, Waiheke Island. Photo / Supplied.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/YQJJDFKFV7JFJIT3SY3RHOG24E.jpg?auth=b77d8c1fa718f213e8a2d7149a3d2de52032112ef7feb63ab93b9bb127de6fdc&width=16&height=22&quality=70&smart=true)
Separately, a friend of the couple's read the Herald story about Jackson's find and contacted the paper to say she wondered if the ring might be theirs.