Ring lost 12 years ago found on home-grown carrot

Owner was washing the vegetable picked by her husband for dinner when she found the jewel

Carrot ring
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A gold ring lost in the owner’s garden has been dug up 12 years later on the end of a home-grown carrot.

Lin Keitch, from Monkton Heathfield near Taunton, Somerset, was given the gold ring with a heart-shaped amethyst stone by her husband Dave for her 40th birthday 29 years ago.

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