Diamond Search - Calling All Diviners

General advice,

Put a clean bag in the vacuum and go over the house, even in the closets
Go through the current bag with a fine tooth comb, and do the same with the new one.
At least you'll know you tried.

But I stand by my reading.

AJ said:

General advice,

Put a clean bag in the vacuum and go over the house, even in the closets
Go through the current bag with a fine tooth comb, and do the same with the new one.
At least you'll know you tried.

But I stand by my reading.

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The idea of a "drain" showed up as one possibility in my horary chart too. If it went down a sink drain it could be hung up in the "goose-necK" trap under the sink. They sometimes have a clean-out port on them that you can open up.

Hi, everyone. Here is an update...I cleaned my house yesterday very carefully (though I didn't vacuum - great excuse not to!) and no luck so far. I will sort through the vacuum cleaner canister later when I have time. I like the idea of a high-powered flashlight but I really feel strongly that it's a goose chase. If it went down the drain in this house, it's gone.

I have to say, though, that while I did cry a lot Friday when I first found out, I am curiously optimistic about this turn of events. We have been going through a series of challenges in the past few years and this one was like "Snap! That was it, the last trial for a bit. Now things can get back to normal." Weird, huh? Still, that is the way I feel, like there's a checklist somewhere that indicates each challenging event we've faced of late and this one came at the end of the list before a little patch of sunlight that is now coming in. Call me an optimist or call me a Fool but I've made peace with it.

But I want to thank you all so kindly for your efforts here. The main thing I needed was not to be chained to an obsessive compulsion to search endlessly and I am very free of that.

Food for Thought

Mellaenn said:

I have the sinking feeling that it's gone for good.

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Isn't if funny - I just noticed how I phrased my own perception about it - the use of the word 'sinking' and images some of you have of it having gone down the drain.

Mellaenn said:

Isn't if funny - I just noticed how I phrased my own perception about it - the use of the word 'sinking' and images some of you have of it having gone down the drain.

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If it is down the drain, do you know how to get it out? If it is there, it is probably in that S curve in the pipe under the sink. Do you know what I mean?

ETA: I just realized you don't know this because 2 posts ago you said, "If it went down the drain in this house, it's gone." I had only read the first and the last post and knew about the S curve in the pipes under all sinks...

NO, all is not hopeless!!!!!
My legs are tingling like crazy. Who can help you? Do you need to call a plumber or have a friend who is good at this? My husband could do this, but he is not there, if that makes sense. Do you have a handy friend?

Pam O said:

If it is down the drain, do you know how to get it out? If it is there, it is probably in that S curve in the pipe under the sink. Do you know what I mean?

ETA: I just realized you don't know this because 2 posts ago you said, "If it went down the drain in this house, it's gone." I had only read the first and the last post and knew about the S curve in the pipes under all sinks...

NO, all is not hopeless!!!!!
My legs are tingling like crazy. Who can help you? Do you need to call a plumber or have a friend who is good at this? My husband could do this, but he is not there, if that makes sense. Do you have a handy friend?

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As I mentioned in an earlier post, some of those have an opening with a hand-turned lid that you can open to clean it out. Something as small as a diamond could fit through the hole. Otherwise, unless its a glued connection, all it takes is a couple of pipe wrenches. You might be surprised what you find in there

Definitely check the car, around the floor/under the seats, even stuck in them