Lost my ring, handed in, pub denying so.

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So, 3 weeks ago on a rare night out I lost a ring (was just a tad tispy!). I phoned the pub, taxi etc the next morning but no joy.
Put an insurance claim in which is currently being processed.
Last night my DD found a FB post with a photo of my ring and a caption saying it had been handed into the bar the following afternoon of my visit.
I phoned the bar, and the manager (he said he hadn't been there long) looked, spoke to staff who said they knew nothing about it but there was another manager he could message and he'd ask them to phone me back.
Since then I've received a reply from the lady who handed it in with a description of the staff member and possible name.
If it doesn't reappear do I have any recourse? I'm sure the police won't be interested.
The ring is worth about £1,000.
AIBU to think I'll get it back?

Slightly different, but I lost a pair of glasses in a restaurant. I KNEW I'd left them there, as I had worn them to read the menu, and the restaurant was literally next door to hotel. I had to go back three times before the staff showed much interest in looking for them, but on the 3rd occasion a staff member piped up "oh yes, I saw those, they are in a drawer over there" ... so I would suggest you persist, and make sure plenty of staff at the pub see you and hear you, because it's possible they don't have much of a system for lost property. Good luck!

Thank you.

101 for non emergency police lovely 111 is for NHS, it's easy to get them mixed up

I won't be at all surprised if, when you show the Facebook post and explain that your next stop is the police, the ring will quickly be "found"? Especially when you tell them the lady who handed it in knows who she have it to

Thank you for that lol 😳

I really do hope so. I'll update more when I've been in 😬

It could well have been stolen but also could be that like so many places they don't have a specific place or system of logging and storing found items. You are depending on there being one central place it could have been put when handed in, and even if there is one someone chucks it in a random drawer meaning to bring it up to that office or wherever later but forgets, or if they realise it's a very expensive item they put it somewhere 'safer' but not everyone answering the phone or at the bar knows they did that.
I dropped my bank card in Primark and on checking for it the next day they had recorded in their lost/found log, I'd imagine a lot of things get accidentally left there from kids comforter to bank cards or jewellery, so they have a good system for nothing a description of what was found/by who/time of day and some identifying details eg the name on the card, but it wasn't where it should have been kept. After 2 more visits they then rang me to say it had turned up somewhere random in payroll office, I don't think anyone was trying to steal it, it just was mislaid.
Definitely go back and mention about police being involved, that ll wake them up enough to at least messege all staff about it so if it's been a mistake it can be cleared up and if not they can deal with police.

I thought ‘theft by finding’ was a thing?. The police may take it up.

Hopefully the person who found it has just put it somewhere and not told anyone, it's quite common. If they have pocketed it they may get a scare if you talk about the police and make it clear you have a description of the staff member. Theft by finding is indeed a criminal offence.

This happened to my step daughter’s diamond tennis bracelet. But the lovely woman who found it took a photo of the person she handed it in to without them knowing as well as a photo of the bracelet.

When my stepdaughter and her husband went in to get it back they didn’t mention the photo of the individual, just the photo of the bracelet and the chap in charge was quite adamant that none of his staff had seen the bracelet and was quite sniffy about it until he was confronted by the photo of himself and crumbled!

He tried to bluster his way out of it by saying he had forgotten and then it was extremely painful for him to admit that he had taken it home for safe keeping but would have it the next day.

Clearly he had given it to his wife or girlfriend and that must have been an awkward conversation having to take it back from them!

He had it the next day and was exceedingly smarmy offering them a bottle of plonk!

Report to the police even if they do nothing.

I recently left a piece of jewellery at a well known budget hotel, I called them about half an hour later and they said it wasn't there. I debated going back later that day, the receptionist insisted it wasn't in the safe and had not been handed in, she told me she had spoken to housekeeping but they didn’t have it, she became really defensive. I told her I knew I left it there and I wasn't leaving until it was found, again she said it wasn't there so I told her its fine, I'm calling the police. The receptionist and the housekeeping supervisor was gone for no more than 2 minutes and guess what.....they miraculously found it in the laundry! Which was of course very strange as I had left it on tge dressing table! Given the hotel has over 100 rooms, I was surprised it was found so quickly and amongst all that dirty laundry...... I complained to Head Office but they were not interested.

This.

I would see what the pub say but let them know you will be reporting it to the police as theft and provide them with the crime reference number to pass on to the member of staff who was given the ring.

In that case if the item is recovered and the insurance has paid out then technically the item belongs to the company. Of course you would want the ring back so you could repay whatever the insurance has paid to you.

They haven't paid out yet just offered an amount verbally which I've agreed.

Placemarking for update!

You need to report it to the police for insurance company anyway so add all
thsi extra stuff and tell the pub you are contacting the police with a description of the person at the pub - they may suddenly “find” it in

I think 101 is a baddie holding their hands up and 111 is that you are ill. It’s the way I remember them

😂I love that! I think I will use that in future.

Thank you for giving me hope. I'll keep on at them as you suggest.

Didn't think about going round pawnbrokers and jewellers.

This will stick with me now lol, thanks.

I promise I'll come back to update 😁

Another great idea, asking for the crime number to be passed on to the staff member.

I believe it is