A metal detectorist has reunited a man with his diamond wedding ring after he found it buried on a beach.<br /><br />Stephane Seguin, 40, lost his $1,200 ring whilst swimming with his kids on a trip to St Augustine, Florida, US.<br /><br />He saw detectorist Joseph Cook, 38, out searching the sands and asked him to keep an eye-out for his ring.<br /><br />Determined Joseph returned to the spot every day for over a month and eventually found the gold and diamond ring.<br /><br />Stephane and his fiancé, Marie-Eve Bedard, 43, travelled 1,600 miles to collect the ring and personally thank Joseph - who they invited to their wedding in 2025.<br /><br />The couple bought the ring in 2011 to be used as a wedding band but with life and kids taking priority, they postponed the big day and Stephane started wearing it anyway.<br /><br />Stephane, a tinsmith from Quebec City, Canada, said: "When I lost the ring in the sea it felt like falling in a dream.<br /><br />"We spent every day looking and then we eventually saw Joseph on the beach.<br /><br />"I said to Marie-Eve 'I'm not going to tell him where it is as he'll look for it and keep it!'<br /><br />"But she went up to him and he told us if he finds it, he'd return it.<br /><br />"We left the following week and he still hadn't found the ring, unfortunately.<br /><br />"But when I saw the video of him finding the ring, I knew it was the ring before he even closed up on it - it was amazing."<br /><br />Joseph, a detectorist and content creator, from St Augustine, Florida, said: "They were the most humble people I've ever met, out of all the returns I've ever done.<br /><br />"They told me their whole story - her dad had passed away at 50, and October has always been a bad month for them and they said they wanted a new chapter in their lives and a positive story for October.<br /><br />"They thanked me a million times and said October is a happy month in their life from now on. That's why I do it.<br /><br />"Being on the beach and having that solitude and being by myself and in the nice weather all day, you can't complain a whole lot.<br /><br />"But for me, it's giving stuff back to the people - a $10 dollar item to somebody could be worth $10,000 in their mind."<br /><br />Joseph, who uploads all his finds to his YouTube channel, had been in the middle of recording a video when Stephane and Marie-Eve approached him.<br /><br />He said: "They came up to me asking if I'd found a ring today and I said hadn't but I asked to exchange numbers.<br /><br />"They didn't have their phones on them so I told them to follow me on my socials and if I found it, I'd return it.<br /><br />"I went back to that place every single day for a month and a half but I assumed someone else had found that ring and decided to keep it.<br /><br />"I decided to try one more time and I wasn't there for more than four minutes and 'beep beep beep', and I knew it was theirs."<br /><br />Just like any other find, Joseph posted it to his social media channels and hoped the couple would see it.<br /><br />Back in Canada, Stephane and Marie-Eve had been watching the videos, in the hopes of spotting the ring.<br /><br />Stephane said: "I didn't know why but I found the videos really entertaining.<br /><br />"I was sure it was going to turn up."<br /><br />Within 24 hours of uploading the video, Joseph had received a message on Instagram from the couple.<br /><br />He said: "As soon as I woke up, they had messaged me in shock and they couldn't believe I'd found it.<br /><br />"I did not expect them to see it that quickly. Marie-Eve sent me a picture of him wearing the ring to prove it was them as well."<br /><br />The couple then decided to undertake the mammoth 1,600 mile, 26-hour journey to retrieve the ring and thank Joseph in person.<br /><br />Joseph said: "Even though I said not to give me anything they made me some gift baskets, gave me my own ring and took me out for dinner. <br /><br />"The hamper had all sorts of things from Quebec and a coffee mug that said 'help others', it was pretty cool."<br /><br />Stephane added: "I felt it deserved something more than being sent in the mail. I didn't want it to get lost again either."<br /><br />Marie-Eve said: "He's so nice, he's fun and authentic and I think he thought we were special.<br /><br />"We're going to get married in the summer of 2025 and we want him to be our special guest at our wedding."
