A recent Saturday morning spent ocean kayaking with his daughter off the Fifth Street beach in Surf City deflated Danny Holloway’s Island state-of-mind when he realized his wedding ring was missing.   

“I heard something fall out (of the kayak),” he said, recalling the moment he and another family member flipped over the kayak to dump the water. “I thought it was seashell.” 

On the way back to their house, Holloway said his finger began to feel “weird, like I didn’t have my ring on. I have always worn the ring; it’s going on 11 years.” 

Holloway said he backtracked to the beach and began searching the area where he believed he had heard something fall…