We are a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week shop, so we get some unusual calls,” says Ira Hansen, owner of Ira Hansen & Sons Plumbing & Heating in Sparks, Nevada.One late-night call stands out as particularly memorable, when a woman said she might have accidentally washed a gold chain down the bathroom drain. Her tears quickly revealed this wasn’t any old piece of jewelry. This one happened to be valued at about $10,000.“As I recall, it was a family heirloom,” Hansen says.“I think she got it through her grandmother. So not only was there a financial value to it, but there was a
