A similar thing happened to me. One day I was in a hurry and moving laundry from the washer into the dryer when I heard “ping, ping!” It was the diamond from my engagement ring!
I frantically looked everywhere for it, in the machine, in each piece of clothing that I was moving. I actually took apart the washing machine and put it back together after determining the diamond was not there. That took me almost a whole day to accomplish. It was sad time. I went without my engagement ring.
Then one day almost a year later, I got into a cleaning frenzy in the laundry room, and realized that somehow I had not looked around the dryer. I found a yardstick, and slid it back and forth underneath the dryer. Within a few seconds, the diamond surrounded by dryer dust bunnies rolled out! I was quite ecstatic and said a thank you prayer for it’s recovery. Yes, we got a sturdier mounting after that.
I’m sorry to hear about your wife, but your story is a neat one.
Here’s another:
A friend picked me up to go to lunch after her job of cleaning the stables, etc.
At the red light, she noticed that her diamond was gone.
So, we prayed then and there, “God, you know where it went. Please show it to her, in Jesus’ name, Amen.”
I gave her a few ideas about finding it at home using a flashlight at night.
She called me the following week - she had found it!
It was at the bottom of the horse water trough!