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Local diver recovers 32 rings from Lake Lanier, hopes to find more

Richard Pickering shows off his No. 30 recovered ring, an engagement ring belonging to Brianna Ruark that he found at Lake Lanier Olympic Park in Gainesville on Tuesday, May 17. Photo courtesy of Brianna Ruark.

Divers 1 — Richard Pickering shows off his No. 30 recovered ring, an engagement ring belonging to Brianna Ruark that he found at Lake Lanier Olympic Park in Gainesville on Tuesday, May 17. Photo courtesy of Brianna Ruark.

As Brianna Ruark and her husband finished a wonderful family day on the lake, she handed him their 11-month-old baby from off the boat. When he reached for their daughter, he unintentionally pulled Ruark’s engagement ring and wedding band off her finger.