This Monday July 23, 2012 cell phone photo provided by Emily Geislery shows a platinum Princess cut diamond ring belonging to Necia Rasmussen that washed up on the shore of Rigby Lake in Idaho and found by Geisler while she was kayaking _ four years after it went missing. (AP Photo/Courtesy Emily Geisler)

When she lost her diamond wedding ring four years ago, Necia Rasmussen held out hope for several months before finally buying a replacement. But she never stopped missing the one that got away.

Earlier this week, she nearly fell over from joy when she was reunited with the platinum Princess cut diamond ring that washed up on an Idaho lake shore and was found by a kayaker four years after it went missing.

Rasmussen, 34, said she started crying when she claimed the ring after describing it in great detail and providing a photograph.

“I mean, what are the chances?” Rasmussen told The Associated Press on Thursday.

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