The Disappearing Wedding Band

I briefly lost my wedding ring tonight while I was taking the garbage out. I had collected all the garbage and brought it out to the can next the house to bring to the curb. The can had about 6 inches of snow on the lid (which hinges), so I lifted the lid up and banged it a little hoping all the snow would slide back off the lid and dropped the 3 bags of garbage in. When I let go of the lid it slammed shut and showered me with snow. After jumping up and down screaming obscenities (the neighbors must love me), I brushed the snow off my body and flung both arms out the get the snow off each sleeve. Along with the snow on my left sleeve, my wedding band went flying off my finger and landed somewhere in the snow! It would have been a great magic trick if I had meant to do it. After more jumping up and down and yelling a few more choice words, I ran inside to get a flashlight and look for a small hole in the snow. It took a few minutes but I located the hole much farther away than I thought it could possibly be. The ring had sunk all the way through the 3 inches on the driveway down the pavement. It's a good thing I found it then because I'll probably will have to blow the driveway tomorrow after work and then I would have never find it.