Pre-Ramble: I can hear the throngs of folks cramming scuba gear into the back of their Subarus and heading out to Bass River Beach.  Today Show.com contributor, Michael Inbar posted this account of a BIG BLING 911 when a surprise marriage proposal went awry on Monday:

Matt:  “Stacey! … The ring!”

Stacy: “Wait — what ring?”

Stacy: “… I went to pick it up and heard something fall; I thought it was a rock … “

It was.  In a well-intended attempt to deliver a memorable marriage proposal, 31-year-old restaurateur Matt Cawley tied a $9,000 family heirloom onto a sand dollar and positioned it on some rocks on a nearby jetty for his intended fiancé to happen upon by surprise. In attempting to pick up the loaded sand dollar, flustered fiancé, 30-year-old schoolteacher Stacey Scanlon, accidently bobbled the stunning multi-carat ring (shown right), and watched in horror as it disappeared between the rocks.  

NO!! DON’T DO THIS!!!  This scheme had disaster written all over it from the start. It’s like one of those movie moments where you can see that the hero is headed for certain doom and are compelled to scream out loud at him in the theater.

After it fell, the frenzied search began … “Lifeguards, passersby, and even a retiree with a metal detector pitched in … for four hours we all just worked and worked and worked, moving 200- to 300-pound boulders, …  perfect strangers just helping out.”

Bad news/good news – Unfortunately, despite the thorough search, the ring was not found. Fortunately, Cawley’s mom had insured the bling a few days before the fateful proposal event and a replacement version is now being made.

The Take-Away: Memorable marriage proposal? Mission accomplished.

To read the full story, go to this link on Today Show.com.

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