A woman from northern NSW has candidly told how Australia Post found her missing gold ring after it slipped out of an envelope during delivery.
Jenny Frecklington-Jones took to Twitter Monday to share the incredible journey of a 9-ct gold ring she’s owned for over twenty years.
The ring with engraved crescent moons and stars was gifted to a 14-year-old Frecklington-Jones by a boy she was dating.
When she ended the relationship, she returned the ring to the boy and did not see him for two decades.
“Fast-forward 20 years, I ran into his sister wearing the ring, and she gave it back to me,” M.s Frecklington-Jones wrote.
Believing that the ring had some lucky properties, over the years, she started lending it to friends who had a flying phobia.
“‘It always comes back to me safely,’ I would say, and it kept coming back,” she said.
Camera icon Jenny Frecklington-Jones at age 14 with the precious ring. Twitter Credit: NCA NewsWireCamera Icon The ring was lost in the mail for a few days before Australia Post returned it to its owner. Mark Brake Credit: News Corp Australia
On one occasion, she dated a writer in Brisbane for a few weeks before moving to Perth.
When the day of departure arrived, he revealed that he feared flying.
She handed him the ring and said, “Here, take this, and send it back to me in the fullness of time”“.
Camera Icon The ring was shared over two decades with loved ones about to embark on long-haul flights. Mark Brake Credit: News Corp Australia
“It’s been all over the world to keep travelers safe. And it always comes back to me. Keep it as long as you need,” she assured him before slipping the ring on his little finger and saying goodbye to him.
The man informed her a few months later that he had returned the ring to her by mail.
“One night, I checked the letterbox, and there was an empty paper envelope addressed to me with ragged crescent cut marks along the bottom and then a perfectly round hole where the ring had escaped,” she recalls.
“I couldn’t figure out why [he] hadn’t used a quilted bag, but… some guys, huh?’
She contacted Australia Post via an online contact form to explain what it looked like, where it came from, and where it was going.
Camera IconAustralia Post has been praised for their quick return of the prized possession. NCA NewsWire/Kelly Barnes Credit: News Corp Australia
“I got a rather perfunctory note back saying someone from Aus Post would look into it,” she said.
Ms. Frecklington-Jones said she had “absolutely no hope” that anyone at Australia Post cared or that the ring would be found.
A few days later, she received an email stating that her beloved ring had been found at Adelaide’s bottom of a sorting machine.
“I have packed the ring well, and it is on its way back to you,” the Australia Post employee wrote.
Within two days, the ring was in her mailbox.
“There are some amazing people who work for Australia Post,” she said.
