A familiar ring

[McCDig]

1967 - I enter Baltimore Polytechnic Institute as a 9th grade freshman
1971 - Graduated
Move forward to September 2016 and I attend a BPI alumni luncheon for Dad's class of 1946.
....and today, November 5th, our Club has an organized hunt at Druid Hill Park in Baltimore. Hunt's over and my friend, John, takes me to one of his "hot spots" there and what do I find at the base of a tree but a graduation ring from Poly, my alma mater!

I've contacted the principal in hope that the school will be able to mediate the return to its owner; his name is inscribed on the ring.

What happened to my Poly ring? I sold it in the 80's when we thought $800 an ounce for gold was a good return on a ring I wasn't wearing.

BTW, John did pretty well at Druid, several wheats and two IHCs. I didn't score an Indian today but found three wheats '15, '18, and '26.....and a rare fractional dollar.

 

[kingskid1611]

That is a nice fractional bill.......

 

[btjbtj]

Wow, what are the odds of that?! Congrats on your awesome finds. -Lisa & John

 

[McCDig]

Thx Kingskid1611! Looks like 15 cents worth to me.

 

[McCDig]

Thx Lisa and John! I'm awaiting the rest of the story. Thanks for checking out the post!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats and good luck with the return

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice ring recovery, sure hope you can find the owner.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Art! Found my wife's college ring at her Dad's place back in '85. That was my first class ring found. This is my second.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Professor! Hard to part with a chunk of silver, but it ain't mine!

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Beautiful ring McD! That unit looks slightly more..ornate than a high school class ring, and I'm sure whoever lost it was crushed! Kudos for researching the whereabouts of owner for a possible return, good luck with that. Ddf

 

[McCDig]

Thx Ddf! Enjoying Alison Krauss & Union Station while catching up on posts and other computer stuff. happy huntin'!

 

[deershed]

Good story and Good Luck on the return!!

 

[McCDig]

Thx deershed! Haven't found many rings, but this is the first with a potential for a return.

 

[against the wind]

Very cool story and good luck with the return.

 

[McCDig]

Thx ATW! Went on the Jenkins website and they the sterling rings to Baltimore high school graduates for $225-$245.

 

[Chizzy]

Great background story prior to the ring find, McCDig!! Good luck with the return to its' owner.
Curious......what did the fractional dollar ring up as??

 

[McCDig]

Thx Chizzy! I looked at it, saw the "1", and knew right away what it was.

 

[tomhighland]

Congratulations on a very nice day. Good luck on the return.

 

[OBN]

NIce Big Silver!! Good Luck on the return, Hats off to you!!

 

[McCDig]

Thx OBN! At our Club hunt yesterday a few of us were discussing precious metal finds and I mentioned your finds from the water and your running totals for the year. You're closing in on another great year of finds!