Michael Hamtil, left, uses his wedding ring to frame Jason Simpkins who led a scuba dive at Cave Spring on the Current River to find Hamtil’s ring that was lost on a Labor Day weekend float trip. Tim Simpkins uses scuba gear to search for Michael Hamtil’s lost wedding ring on the bottom of the Current River at Cave Spring, in the Missouri Ozarks, on Saturday, Sept. Hamtil jumped into the river at this spot…
The view from inside Cave Spring on the Current River in the Missouri Ozarks. Michael Hamtil was floating the river with his wife Lara, daughter Josephine, and son Theo on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026 when they jumped into the cold,…
The fateful jump which caused Michael Hamtil’s wedding ring to be lost in the Current River at Cave Spring, as he floated the Current River in the Missouri Ozarks with his son Theo, right, daughter Josephine, and wife Lara on… Jason Simpkins holds Michael Hamtil’s wedding ring after Simpkins’ brother Tim used scuba gear and an underwater metal detector to find Hamtil’s wedding ring in 4 inches of sediment on the bottom of the Current River at Cave Spring, in… Scuba diver Tim Simpkins emerges from the Current River holding Michael Hamtil’s wedding ring after finding it on the river bottom at Cave Spring, in the Missouri Ozarks, on Saturday, Sept.
Hamtil jumped into the river at this… Lara Solt and Theo Hamtil, spouse and son of Michael Hamtil, float the Current River in the Missouri Ozarks on Labor Day weekend, Sunday, Sept. A short time later, Michael lost his wedding ring when he and Theo…
Tim Simpkins, right, holds Michael Hamtil’s wedding ring next to his brother, Jason Simpkins, after Tim used scuba gear and an underwater metal detector to find Hamtil’s wedding ring buried in sediment on the bottom of the Current River at…
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