Owner of 1971 class ring found

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Last fall while hunting a scout camp with Kimsdad and Des Plaines Silver Bob, I found a 10K gold 1971 class ring
from one of the local high schools that was buried under an old tree.



In December, I was able to look at a 1971 yearbook from that school and found a name that matched the
initials inscribed on the ring. I "Googled" the student's name and was able to get a phone number so I
made the call. At first, the ring's owner thought I was trying to sell him something but after asking him if
he attended the high school on the ring, he became more curious. I then asked if he still had his high
school class ring and he replied: "I lost it right after my parents bought it for me. . . it was gold and had
a green stone with the school's logo on it." When I told him I had found it, there was dead silence on the
phone. . . he then said "I'm speechless." I sent it back to him just in time for Christmas. . . he said that he
wanted to give it to his teenage son.

In a way, I was sad to see the ring go. . . it was the first gold ring I ever found. . . but still very happy
that I was able to track down it's owner.

There's sort of an interesting "twist" to this story because during my last hunt in 2008, I found my SECOND
gold class ring about 10-days after I returned my first one back to it's owner. Here's a picture that one. . . more
research is in the works. . . I have a full name inscribed on this one



Thanks for looking!
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[Detectingfreak]

very nice job!!! Looks like you are doing great in terms of rings!!!

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Wow, WTG !!

Keep @ it and HH!!

[Lowbatts]

Great going Mark,
Congrats!

You made someone's day a whole lot brighter.

[warsawdaddy]

You did just what I thought a man of your character would do.Great find and terrific job in research and a great act of honesty.

[DPBOB]

Way To Go Buddy!!!!!!!!!


Super Fantastic

Now That's what this Hobby is About !!!!!!!!!

[MalteseFalcon]

You RULE!

That is surely a demonstration of integrity, and will reflect highly on our hobby. Karma will not come around to bite you in the butt, but may kiss your butt instead lol.

[kimsdad]

Nice job, Mark!!

Looks like you have some wintertime research cut out for you with that second ring. I hope you get to find a "keeper" gold ring soon!!
Neil

[crazyjarhead]

WTG on that!! I was just strting out last year and found my first class ring from 1986. It was an easy return as the town is small. It's a good feeling when you do that

[DrJoePrime]

Great Return!

I really like reading these kind of stories. I congratulate you on your integrity.

It's sad when a "cold" call out of the blue disturbs some people. I had that experience trying to return a WW2 dog tag. The elderly wife just figured I was scamming her and hung up with a "I don't want it." But we gotta try.

HH Joe