Swamped

You try pushing under the sand with the broom in hopes of lifting the ring. But as you push in, the sand seems unusually thick.

You get down and try brushing the sand away by hand. It seems... strangely heavy, for sand. It still doesn't take much effort to move, but it feels more like you're pushing small rocks away.

Maybe that's why the ring was so hard to move. You clear as much sand as you can without actually putting your finger in the ring - you don't know what would happen if you did, but you know what happens in folktales to the sort of person who thinks it's a good idea to put on strange rings and you're not taking any chances.

And once the last grain is cleared, you find you can lift the ring - barely. It feels as heavy as a boulder.

You don't think you're going to be able to move the ring very far. What should you do?