Circa 1979 I had an accident on the way home that meant an ambulance to hospital and a probably life saving emergency operation, two weeks in hospital and two months off work. While recuperating it occured to us I'd lost my wedding ring. We checked the hospital, nothing. We even thought perhaps it'd be stolen at the hospital, lost more likely TBF.
At the time I was an engineering storeman, the stores had thousands of parts bins, some used veey regularly, some almost..or never.
About 6 to 9 months later its stockcheck time...I reached up and grabbed a bin of parts, spread them out to count...and there is my ring.
Wierd...they were parts that never moved, I dont even remember ever looking at them in the past.
You can only assume I'd probably done a stock check just before the accident, ring fell of and I didnt realise it at the time.