💍🤿 She Thought Her Engagement Ring Was Gone Forever — Then a Texas Diver Spent Four Days Searching

Arias Laney thought she had lost her engagement ring forever.

Shortly after getting engaged to Dillon Franklin, Arias jumped into the water behind their Airbnb at Canyon Lake, Texas.

Somewhere beneath the surface, her brand-new engagement ring slipped from her finger.

The couple searched for help, and a diver spent several hours looking for it.

Nothing.

Arias says she “cried and cried” after realizing the ring was gone. For her and Dillon, the ring represented far more than its monetary value. It was a symbol of their engagement and the future they were preparing to build together.

But the Gainesville, Texas, couple wasn’t ready to give up.

They called another diver.

His name was Mike Jits.

And Mike apparently takes the words “never give up” seriously.

According to Arias, Mike drove approximately two hours each way to reach the location and spent four days searching beneath the water.

During those searches, he used 11 tanks of air.

Then, early on August 12, the search finally produced the moment everyone had been hoping for.

Mike found the ring.

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Arias says the excitement in Mike’s voice was unmistakable when he discovered it. She could hear the energy in his voice and could see him shaking with excitement.

For Arias, the moment was almost impossible to put into words.

She says she felt speechless, incredibly lucky and blessed.

But finding the ring was only part of what makes Mike’s story so special.

His name may already be familiar to people who followed another Texas story last year.

Mike was the diver who volunteered during the devastating July 4th Hill Country floods, which claimed more than 100 lives, including children at Camp Mystic.

He traveled more than 100 miles to Hunt and repeatedly entered dangerous, debris-filled water to help during the aftermath.

He reportedly left behind his business, income and family for weeks while volunteering. He also lost thousands of dollars worth of personal equipment that he shared with others.

But he kept showing up.

When his previous volunteer work was highlighted, Mike explained his motivation simply:

“Everything that we’ve done was out of love.”

Those words seem to fit this story, too.

Last summer, Mike used his diving skills during one of the darkest moments Texas had experienced.

This summer, he used those same skills to help a couple recover something deeply personal and meaningful.

The ring may have been small, but for Arias and Dillon, it represented a promise.

And Mike was willing to spend four days searching for it when another diver had already come up empty.

Four days.

Eleven tanks of air.

Hours on the road.

All for a ring that wasn’t his.

Arias says she feels lucky and blessed to have found someone willing to keep searching when the odds seemed against them.

And perhaps Texas is lucky, too.

Because people like Mike remind us that extraordinary kindness does not always come with a spotlight.

Sometimes it looks like driving two hours each way, putting on a dive tank and going back into the water one more time.

The ring was lost. Mike refused to let the story end there. 💍🤿❤️

Give this Texas diver the recognition he deserves — and be honest:

After the first diver searched for hours without finding it, would you have believed that ring was ever coming back? 👏💍🙏