My first class ring, a real beauty.

[Rustic]

There used to be a toboggan run on a hill behind a town in my area, with a wooden chute for the sleds and everything. It was torn down and quickly began to overgrow back in the 70's. Now it is woods and prickers and few clues remain that it was once a winter fun land...

Last evening I went up there to poke around with my detector and was stoked to pull this beautiful class ring out. It's in excellent condition, which is a miracle, since the area where I found it was littered with bonfire debris, old beer cans and bottle tops. I'm surprised it escaped being melted under some hot bonfire.

Anyway, I got home and had no trouble at all determining whose ring it was back in 1973, (online yearbooks) and I sent him an email within 45 minutes of getting the ring home.

Now I haven't heard back from him yet, but I'm hopeful he'll reply soon. This ring will bring back memories for him, I'm sure, as he was the kind of guy who was involved in everything in high school according to his yearbook description. And the ring must have been lost soon after he bought it, because it's in really good, barely scratched condition.

I will definitely update here if the man contacts me back, but in any case I wanted to show you all this beautiful ring.
Best of luck to all,
Cynthia

 

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[tomhighland]

Great save. Good luck on the return.

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Whoa...it IS like new! Let's hope he gets back with you for a nice return, I'm sure he will appreciate it very much! Good find, great save...I've yet to pull a class ring, but have enough trash piled up to prove I'm trying...kudos...ddf

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great find, and very nice that you could contact the owner already.

 

[Tuberale]

Nice find, Rustic! Hope you can return it. Keep in mind he would have been 17-18-19 at the time...

 

[SD51]

Amazing find, Congrats! The karma you get for returning the ring will amaze you. Now go back to that spot and watch the silver come to the surface!

 

[pl8man]

Beautiful ring !

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the ring and good luck with return

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Hello Rustic,

Congratualtions on the beautiful ring recovery!

I wish you well on the return...

Doc

 

[Terry Soloman]

Great Find - Congrats!

 

[sutphin]

NICE RING FIND .

 

[Dr. Witty]

I agree with SD51, the karma you get back will be huge. I was able to return 2 wedding rings this year and not only does it feel great to do it, it puts us all in a better light. Fantastic ring find, keep us posted!

 

[bill from lachine]

Cynthia,

Great looking ring....good luck on the return.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[billpa]

Great find.Good luck on the return.

 

[KyDigNQueen]

What a pretty ring! Nice find and really looking forward to hearing the story of reuniting it with the owner. Great job finding him so quick!

 

[wkrp43]

Indeed a beauty...keep us posted

 

[Evolution]

That's a nice one. The only class ring I ever found was a '57 and I was able to locate the owner and return it. Hopefully he will get back to you and you'll be able to get it back to him. Nice find.

 

[McKinney_5900]

What did it VDI?

 

[ScubaDetector]

Very nice ring and congrats on the find. Hope the owner appreciates your effort. One thing you might not be aware of. He could have been sent to Nam.

 

[Rustic]

What did it VDI?

Hi McKinney, my machine doesn't have vdi on it, but it was a strong repeating signal so I dug, I remember thinking it might just be another can, but I was happily surprised. The ring is marked as 10 k gold, so that's nice...