Made one of my better finds for the year

[CASPER-2]

Found the owner to class ring I found a few years ago
Made return to woman at her 50th class reunion last night
she graduated in 1967 and lost her ring that Summer
took more than the usual research to find her - searched thru like 100 links -ended up finding her mothers obituary (which had her maiden name)
but that led to dead ends but it mentioned her husband as her mothers son in law with her married name - I could not find her with her
married name anywhere but found her husband - who luckily is a big deal in a lot of circles and was able to eventually able to contact
her thru him - we both agreed it would be cool to make return at her reunion which was last night - she was so happy of course
I must have gotten about 50 hugs - one for each year lost - she works part time for the town paper and they are doing an article
and among her husbands accolades - he writes a sportsmen's column for a large news paper (he is a big game hunter and fisherman among other things )
and wants to do a story not only on the return - but on the hobby in general.

 

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[1HappyHunter]

Great return! Congrats on all the hard work glad to see it paid off

 

[releventchair]

Fantastic!
Provenance all over the place.

 

[Prairie Prowler]

Congrats super job!!

 

[FLORIDA KEYS PIRATE]

Good job ! Love the shirt.


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[redcobra8u]

Nice story Casper!

 

[Tpmetal]

Awesome story Casper. Thanks for bringing good PR to the hobby. You rock.
Edit: can we get a honorable mention on this?

 

[Harold in Fla.]

WTG Casper, Great return.

 

[DJWEHAGE]

Always nice to see a great return!

 

[Mudflap]

Nice going Casper! You look like you are carrying a loaded double barrel CZ-21 in you left hand! Grin....

 

[WaterWalker]

Don't you just love it, returning a ring or other personal item is even better the the moment it is found.
Can't wait to read the media stories. Please be sure to post them.
Thanks for all you are and have done for the hobby.
WaterWalker

 

[islamoradamark]

wow that is a great return and a really good adventure in the story thanks

 

[Phishfindr]

Well done Sir. Well done indeed!

 

[slider66]

Casper congrats to you. You can't ask for a better memory or time. It's great to see she made your day and you made hers. It took a lot of research to make the return. [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]


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[Greybear]

Found the owner to class ring I found a few years ago
Made return to woman at her 50th class reunion last night
she graduated in 1967 and lost her ring that Summer
took more than the usual research to find her - searched thru like 100 links -ended up finding her mothers obituary (which had her maiden name)
but that led to dead ends but it mentioned her husband as her mothers son in law with her married name - I could not find her with her
married name anywhere but found her husband - who luckily is a big deal in a lot of circles and was able to eventually able to contact
her thru him - we both agreed it would be cool to make return at her reunion which was last night - she was so happy of course
I must have gotten about 50 hugs - one for each year lost - she works part time for the town paper and they are doing an article
and among her husbands accolades - he writes a sportsmen's column for a large news paper (he is a big game hunter and fisherman among other things )
and wants to do a story not only on the return - but on the hobby in general.
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Great story! It one of the things I love about this hobby


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[CASPER-2]

close up of the ring

other keepers from that day - the large signet was first find that day - was a whisper and down real deep
was in waist deep water as tide was going out - I was shocked cause it was not far out - in a spot that is
loaded with sinkers - The class ring was last target of that day - sun was just below the horizon
and was heading back in at twilight. It was about chest deep just after low and was also a whisper signal in all metal-
again was a nice surprise - specially to end that day

 

[sprailroad]

Awesome story Casper. Thanks for bringing good PR to the hobby. You rock.
Edit: can we get a honorable mention on this?

He did put in a lot of time and effort into it. Check off the "One of the good guys" box next to his name.

 

[CASPER-2]

He did put in a lot of time and effort into it. Check off the "One of the good guys" box next to his name.

I tried to find her after finding - after finding her in year book - lots of dead ends
with a guy - you can look up his name usually and find him or his obituary if an older ring
woman get married and most times you cant find their married name - and if they've gotten married
multiple times - forget about it
I went thru a lot of links - read abunch of obituaries from around the town and when I almost gave up - read one that mentioned a daughter
with same first name - but that did not give her married name till I read the rest and found son in law mentioned in it
still not give me her after searching married name - had to search her husband and finally contacted him to get to her
was not one of my quickest returns

 

[Underwonder]

That is a heartwarming story and you are an ambassador for the metal detecting community! Congratulations on the detecting and detective work!

I was surprised to see your Indian Head from an ocean find...and what was the larger coin in upper left? looks like a copper?

Happy hunting and making the world a better place!

 

[CASPER-2]

That is a heartwarming story and you are an ambassador for the metal detecting community! Congratulations on the detecting and detective work!

I was surprised to see your Indian Head from an ocean find...and what was the larger coin in upper left? looks like a copper?

Happy hunting and making the world a better place!

That was a Franklin half - that beach was a site of a mid 1800s wharf - Ive have found 2 large cents, a 2 cent piece and around 10 IH pennies among other older coins there
not a large spot but they still swim there - Ive gotten a fair amount of 20th century silver coins from there for the size of it