Woman Desperate To Find Lost Wedding Ring: 'I'm Gutted'

BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY — A heartbroken Shelter Island woman has put out a plea on social media to help her find her wedding ring, which she believes may have been lost in the Bridgehampton or Sag Harbor area.

Kimberly Feierstein said the ring, which is yellow gold, very heavy, with inset diamonds and an inscription that reads "Eleni," may have been lost in Bridgehampton, where her children attend school and where she shops.

"I'm feeling pretty desperate at this point," she wrote on the Free Cycle East End page.

Speaking with Patch, Feierstein said while she is inconsolable, she has been overwhelmed by the sea of concern and caring as news spread about her lost treasure.

"I'm gutted, but I am so touched by all of the outreach on the Free Cycle East End page. Even if my ring doesn't come back to me, it's a powerful reminder that there are a ton of really good people out there — which is never a bad thing to be reminded about."

Sharing her love story, Feierstein said she and her husband Scott were engaged at the July 4 fireworks on Shelter Island in 2004, and married on September 10, 2006 at The Vineyards at Aquebogue.

Her engagement ring was not the ring that's lost, she said. "When I was engaged at age 24 I just wanted that tall setting like everyone else. My husband, Scott, used family diamonds, his mother's, to have a gorgeous, traditional ring made. As I got older and knew more of who I was as a person, I wanted something that reflected me better."

Around 2014, she and her husband used the diamonds from her engagement ring, as well as others from her family, plus the gold from a giant lion's head ring from her husband's grandfather.

They gave the materials to Sag Harbor jewelry designer Eleni Preston. "She helped me to design, and made, a ring that we had envisioned becoming a family heirloom," Feierstein said.

Feierstein, a property manager, said she does not normally wear the ring every day. "On days when I'm not in client meetings, I'm usually getting my hands dirty, so I don't put it on," she said. "I usually wear it a few times per week."

On Tuesday night, Feierstein had a school meeting, so she went to put on her ring and couldn't find it anywhere.

In thinking about where the ring might be, Feierstein said she remembers wearing the ring last week and taking it off at bedtime. She is 95 percent sure she work it Friday because she had an all-day meeting at the Hayground School in Bridgehampton. After the meeting, she went to King Kullen and the wine store in Bridgehampton Commons; she then picked up dinner at Espresso Da Asporto in Sag Harbor.

She doesn't know if she wore it over the weekend on Shelter Island and she definitely did not wear the ring Monday.

Feierstein said she is wracked with guilt, feeling as though, as the first generation owning what she'd planned to pass on as a family heirloom, she'd disappointed loved ones.

"I feel devastated, as though I lost family history," she said. "Since it is a fairly new ring, I know it sounds odd thinking of it as a family heirloom, but I have always envisioned it being handed down generation to generation. I had hoped someday a daughter-in-law — I'm the mom of three boys — would inherit it and share it with her children, and so on."

If you find the ring, email Feierstein at kimfeierstein@gmail.com.