New Online Website Created Due to A $40,000 Lost Engagement Ring Which Was Found and Returned
While walking in the parking lot of the Tysons Corner shopping mall , Keith Stetzer of Fairfax, Virginia had stumbled upon a 3.02 carat platinum diamond engagement ring. Not thinking twice about it, the man noticed the name Mervis imprinted on it and took it straight to Mervis Diamond Importers, which is a Washington DC Jeweler in order to find the owner of the ring. The jeweler appraised the ring at over $40,000.
Keith had stated, “I’m just trying to return something somebody lost. Its not mine. I didn’t earn it.” Jon Mervis collected 20 years of records with customers who had purchased a diamond ring similar in color and clarity to the one found. Almost immediately after the story got to the press, people began calling to claim the ring.
 Mervis began his search for the rightful owner by comparing his claimants’ certificates to the measurements and description of the stone that was found. Only one certificate had passed the test. The piece of evidence that confirmed the match of the certificate to the ring was that the matching certificate showed that the diamond was one of a limited edition diamonds produced in the year 2000 by the Washington DC Jeweler. If the found diamond was actually the same stone, then the diamond should contain the laser inscription, “Mervis 2000.” After examining the diamond under magnification the marking was indeed found on the stone and the match was made.
The Washington DC Jeweler has since been confronted with over a dozen other such cases of either lost or found diamond rings. Jon Mervis decided that since a diamond ring can be something very important and meaningful to a lady, he created an online Diamond Ring Lost and Found site.Â