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Post #296 above concerns a Swedish woman's lost ring found on a carrot that had grown through it:
... And now it's happened again in Alberta (Canada):
FULL STORY (WITH PHOTO): http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40956139
Sweden: Wedding ring 'found on carrot' after 16 years
A Swedish woman has discovered her wedding ring on a carrot growing in her garden, 16 years after she lost it, says a newspaper.
... It was not until 16 years later when Mrs Paahlsson was pulling up carrots in her garden that she noticed one with the gold band fastened tightly around it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16374283
... And now it's happened again in Alberta (Canada):
Woman finds long-lost diamond ring on carrot in garden
A Canadian woman got an extra carrot with her diamond ring when it was found in her vegetable patch 13 years after she lost it.
Mary Grams, 84, was devastated when she lost the ring while weeding on the family farm in Alberta in 2004.
But she had kept the ring's loss a secret from all but her son for more than a decade.
On Monday, her daughter-in-law discovered the secret - and the ring - when she pulled up a lumpy carrot.
The carrot had grown straight through the ring, enabling it to be plucked out after many years hiding in the dirt. ...
FULL STORY (WITH PHOTO): http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40956139