It was not quite a needle, but Jaz Steel still found something shiny in a haystack.
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It took a four-wheel-drive adventure through the state’s North-East for Ms Steel to realise her two diamond rings had fallen off her fingers.
“I never take my rings off,” she said.
“We were four wheel driving at Ansons Bay, so that’s where I thought I must have lost them. I remember moving sticks and branches off the track.
“We looked there for eight hours. We couldn’t find them.”
Despite the low chances of finding her bling, Ms Steel stayed positive.
Originally from Victoria, Ms Steel and her family have been travelling around Tasmania for about four months.
Looking back on the past days’ adventures, Ms Steel saw a photo of calves at Pyengana Dairy that had been taken days before. It triggered something.
“We thought we would do a detour back to [Pyengana]. We obviously didn’t think it would be there.
“There’s a lot of sawdust and a lot of calves, so the chances were quite low.”
Ms Steel searched the pens with a group of volunteers and farm workers, but were having no luck. They had almost lost hope.
The farm workers were kicking around in the sawdust when she spotted something shiny beneath a calf.
“We were just about to leave. We found it, I couldn’t believe it,” she said.
Ms Steel said the other ring could be at Pyengana Dairy, St Columba Falls, Cosy Corner, or Ansons Bay.
- If you have information about the ring, contact The Wandering Steels Facebook page.