One man stumbled across an interesting find on a Florida beach but decided not to keep it. Joseph Cook was combing through Hammock Beach in St. Augustine, Florida, with his trusty metal detector when the device started peeping. He thought he had found a nickel, but he dug up a gorgeous engagement ring instead. Then he decided he would take action!

Cook’s Interest in the Engagement Ring

When Cook dug up the ring, he was dumbfounded but immediately took it to a local jewelry shop for an appraisal. He was told the ring’s estimated cost was around $40,000, so you can imagine the decision he had to make. He chose a more honorable road – he decided to post about his find on social media and see if he would find the owners of the jewel. It took him more than two weeks to hunt down the owner of the precious piece of jewelry!

The Search That Paid Off

Joseph Cook started posting images of the discovered engagement ring on social media and asking local jewelry stores if anyone had come looking for the lost jewelry. Soon after, he started receiving a phone call from an unknown number. He thought about it and figured it might be someone with information about the ring. When he decided to pick up the phone – sure enough – it was a couple from Jacksonville to which the ring belonged.

The woman he spoke to started crying on FaceTime – she was so happy that he had found her engagement ring. Cook met the happy couple near Hammock beach about three weeks after he delivered the good news to them and gave the ring back. He says that he wasn’t disappointed to give the rare find back. He explains that karma is real, which was a proven point when, shortly after, he found yet another ring. He posted about it on social media with the caption Karma is Real.

The easiest approach to maintain your lawn tractor operating properly is to adhere to the maintenance recommendations in the tractor’s manual. However, owner’s manuals rarely offer advice and practical knowledge that come from experience; they typically merely provide a general description of what to do and when to do it. To speed up and simplify lawn tractor maintenance and tubeless tire repair, seasoned mechanics revealed which measures are the most crucial.

#1. Blowing the Tractor’s Mower Deck

You might believe that the pulleys and belts on a mower deck are shielded from dirt, grass clippings, and other debris by the belt guards on top of the mower deck. However, the exact opposite is true. Debris is sucked in by the rotating belts and pulleys and trapped inside by the guards. Then it starts to spin around, tearing up your belts and grinding away at the pulley surfaces. Every replacement belt you put on will be swiftly consumed by a worn-out pulley. Simply blow the deck off with an air compressor or leaf blower after every third or fourth mowing to avoid needing to buy a pricey belt and pulley replacements.

#2. Choosing the Right Oil

Your lawn tractor needs routine oil changes, just like your car does. You can disregard the recommendation for a particular brand of oil in your owner’s manual. To pick the optimum kind of oil for your mower, pay attention to the suggested viscosity (such as 10W- 30). Look for a “winter weight” oil recommendation in the instructions if you use your tractor to clear snow. Never, ever, replace the oil alone without replacing the oil filter. Wipe up any oil that’s spilled onto the engine to avoid a buildup of sludge. Take the used oil in bottles to the local oil recycling facility for disposal.

#3. Cleaning the Air Filters

Most likely, you’re already aware of the significance of changing the air filter as frequently as the owner’s handbook advises. But between changes, it’s also a good idea to clean the filter. When cleaning a foam prefilter on your tractor, just use soap and water; never use a solvent or other cleaner. Blow out the pleated paper filter using a gentle air compressor blast. Remember that this doesn’t replace routine filter replacements. Replace the filter with a fresh one as needed, even if it appears clean.

#4. Good Greasing

Greasing is not particularly complicated, yet many tractor owners get it wrong. The biggest error is choosing the incorrect grease. Use the brand-indifferent variety, whether it be polyurea, lithium with molybdenum disulfide, or plain lithium, that the manufacturer has advised. Every time you change the oil, grease all the fittings. To find them all, consult your owner’s manual. Your mower deck and other accessories can have grease fittings as well. It’s much simpler to access the fittings using a flexible hose.