shitty situation

That’s not as bad as swallowing a crown then having it put back in. Don’t ask me how I know. $100 better than $1000.

You could probably open the septic tank and put a catch mesh basket under the pipe and run water down the line and have a chance of flushing the ring into the basket. Other option is call the man with a camera and see what they can see/find. as stated above.

So is the juice going to be worth the squeeze for all this plumbing, not counting sentimental value

I'd call Austin Brennen with Mainline. $150ish and he can run a camera through the system and try to locate it, if it's still in the pipes. Otherwise you're gonna need a shovel, a bunch of buckets, wading boots and a strainer. Gonna suck to be you if it's not in the lines near the toilet.

The only positive I can think of for you is that she did it and not you.

Ha..It be my luck after I pulled the toilet then pumped out the septic and strained it, she would find it a week later in the side pocket of her purse....

Its probably in the trap. Gold is very expensive but also very heavy.

Option 4 — Get a new wife.

The original post said she was cleaning the bathroom, sounds like she is a keeper. Cooking and cleaning is hard to find their days, even with a stay at home wife.

Exact thing happened to my wife. Went through some of the advice that has been given on here. Even had the septic tank pumped. No luck. About 3 months later
I found it behind the sofa cushion. Good luck.

I think you've gotten great advice so far on how to locate and retrieve the ring if it's still in the pipes somewhere and being gold I'd say there's a pretty good chance its not made it to the septic tank yet. Assuming you do retrieve it make sure sure you have it resized after its cleaned so you won't end up with a repeat performance.

It’s not going to be easy but at least you know it cant be far. It it was me, I would sacrifice the commode. I would take it off, take it outside and bust the bottom. If you look at the commode, it has a sorta trap built into it. There is a good chance it is sitting in that area. (Especially if you havent flushed it since it happened) Hammer the porcelain and pray it is sitting there. If not, take a flashlight and look down the drain to see if it’s sitting in the 90. If still no luck, the hard part starts. I had a situation kinda similar. I pulled the commode, ran a hose through the bathroom window and flushed the hell out of the line pushing it into the tank. I then dug the top off the tank, had a septic company start pumping the liquid out of the tank. Starting at the top to make sure to pull only liquid and working his way to the bottom. If it is in the tank, it has dropped to the bottom. Just make sure he is not getting close to the solids at the bottom. Once he gets the liquids out, I took a net and did the nasty part. Most septic tanks have a divider to separate the solids. It most likely is in that part. All this is not for the faint hearted, But with it being special to your wife, it is worth doing everything possible. Even if you cant find it, youve done everything possible. it was worth the trouble for me. I obviously am not fond of digging through chit, but my wife would walk through fire for me, I didnt mind.

I’m sure you make a better living now than when you purchased that ring. Go Better... Go Bigger...Go Brighter. and if she a good hearted woman she’s not going to want her man wallowing around in that human Cesspool. I’m guessing you’ve never tangled with a polecat or a skunk. There’s no way to get that spray off. It just has to wear completely off. What do you think a human feces and urine cocktail is going to be like swimming in. Not to mention the parasites that could possibly be in there in the inner through your skin. Spend the the dinero and stay out of that Sewage.

Well...what happened? Are you at the hospital with staff?

Divorced?

Are you still digging?

My cheap ass would have the entire plumbing system out in the front yard.

well not exactly what happend... but pretty DAMN close. apparently it somehow came off her hand when she walking to her car after work and landed in the grass. She found the outer band on thursday morning next to where she parks at in some grass, BUT the maintenance man had cut grass before she got to work and the lower half of the inner band was found mangled up and no stones or upper half of the band to be found. Miraculously the outter band is not damaged a bit.

At least the price of gold is high right now this weekend. I would take what you got to the pawn shop or local coin dealer and get what you can for the metal tomorrow. Gold is currently running about $1990 a troy oz for 24kt. So 14kt, even mangled at about .25 ozt will still fetch you a couple hundred to put towards a new ring.