Optical illusions are a fun way to exercise our brains, if not also confuse and entice others. Recently, a woman posted a picture from her time at the beach, asking viewers to locate her lost engagement ring.

A Baffling Image of Lost Engagement Ring

A Reddit user recently asked viewers to find her lost engagement ring amid cream, grey, and brown rocks, leaves, and shells from her trip to the beach. The post has more than 1,600 comments, many from baffled Redditors unable to locate the lost engagement ring. “It’s the worst when you know it’s dead centre and still don’t see it.” One user said. Meanwhile, another jokingly said: “You know what? No… Find your own wedding ring!”

While a final person had been tricked multiple times. “I saw 3 things that looked like rings, came here to guess, then saw the hint and realised I was wrong with the first three things.” They wrote.

Helping Find the Lost Engagement Ring

Still, some users were quick to locate the lost engagement ring, offering advice to others regarding how to find it.

“Little piece of advice – always start with the middle in these pictures.” One helpful user shared.

“Find the small horizontal stick in the centre. It’s a little left and down from that.” Added another person

“Well it turns out that the ring does actually feature in the image, and to find it, you’re going to have to get your mega zoom on.” Explained a third Redditor. “It can be located by zooming in on the picture around the centre, and despite most rocks being the same colour, it is found next to a cream rock with a leaf underneath it.”

“If a chessboard grid was in the picture, the object would be at 6B or 5B ish.” Said a final person.

Another Perspective Entirely

Although some couldn’t find the lost engagement ring, and others could, some users had a different take on the image, finding other hidden objects as well.

One person said: “No ring but I do see a snake, a toy army man, a socket and a baby moose.”

They wrote: “Found it, but also something else that could be a tiny piece of jewellery, or something, or nothing.” Questioned a second person.

Reddit Brain Teasers

Reddit has an entire SubReddit for people to trick one another. Here are a few optical illusions that don’t feature a lost engagement ring. Another optical illusion that is stumping people seems to be elusive and “shy” according to one Redditor. Although it appears to be an easy illusion to solve, the longer you look the harder it is to pinpoint the curve’s location.

“The curves are hidden in the colouration of the buildings. they only pop off in your peripherals because you see less colour so the grey and green look more similar and you don’t see as much detail so the gaps aren’t noticeable.” One person helpfully pointed out.

“I found it! It’s right th…. Wait a minute….There it is….there it isn’t. Oh that’s…..not it either. Oh nerts!” Another jokingly shared.

Confusing Circles

One User Wrote: Once you see them, you can’t unsee them. “Brilliant! I easily stared at this for a minute before noticing how it worked.”

However, another was unable to see the circles. “This is the second time I have seen this and I still cannot see them. Ugh.” They wrote.

Meanwhile, the OP offered some advice. “Try looking in between the squares, where the vertical lines are,” KingBanana explained.

Optical illusions range in difficulty and the image of the lost engagement ring seems to confuse viewers. Unsurprisingly, it’s not the only optical illusion that has successfully stumped people. There’s a whole exciting world full of images that exercise and intrigue the mind.