A metal detectorist has reunited a man with his diamond wedding ring after uncovering it on a sandy beach.

Stephane Seguin lost the ring while swimming on a trip to St Augustine, Florida.

The 40-year-old saw detectorist Joseph Cook out searched the sands and asked him to keep an eye-out for his ring.

“When I lost the ring in the sea it felt like falling in a dream,” said Mr. Stephane, a tinsmith from Quebec City.

“We spent every day looking and then we finally saw Joseph