Sandog
Bronze Member
Today I was privileged to find and return to an extremely overjoyed owner the ring pictured here.
At my church I hand out 200-300 seat cushions each Sunday. I was tipped off on Thursday that another church member had lost his MLB Championship ring the previous Sunday, and by a slim chance it may have slipped off when he returned some cushions at the end of the service. Today my wife and I went very early to church in order to have time to do a thorough search. I even took along my Garrett pinpointer to check the boxes after emptying them. We took out cushions one by one from the tall boxes and then I scanned the bottom flaps. On box number six when I took out the next to last cushion I heard something drop to the bottom of the box. Lo and behold, there it was. Could not miss that thing. That is a huge, chunky piece of bling! I stashed it very carefully and waited for he and his wife to arrive. When they did I slipped it on, it fit completely over my wedding band, and went to great him. We shook hands, said hello, exchanged a few words, and then held up my hand and asked if was missing anything. Fortunately I thought to have someone video the whole thing. When he finally saw the ring it was a priceless reaction. First amazement and then some tears of joy as he grabbed me around the neck in big hug. I don't think I have ever seen someone so happy. Sorry I can't attach the video until I see if I can blur the faces. I know some of you know that wonderful feeling of restoring s precious ring, or other item to someone. Hard to describe. He and I were both blessed.
When I viewed the video I believe I saw at least one other championship ring. When things calmed down he said I want to do something for you. I said okay, just autograph a ball for me. He said okay and not only will i do that but I'm going to give you a ball signed by a close friend of mine, Sandy Koufax. That's for real. I have seen photos of the two together on the net.
At my church I hand out 200-300 seat cushions each Sunday. I was tipped off on Thursday that another church member had lost his MLB Championship ring the previous Sunday, and by a slim chance it may have slipped off when he returned some cushions at the end of the service. Today my wife and I went very early to church in order to have time to do a thorough search. I even took along my Garrett pinpointer to check the boxes after emptying them. We took out cushions one by one from the tall boxes and then I scanned the bottom flaps. On box number six when I took out the next to last cushion I heard something drop to the bottom of the box. Lo and behold, there it was. Could not miss that thing. That is a huge, chunky piece of bling! I stashed it very carefully and waited for he and his wife to arrive. When they did I slipped it on, it fit completely over my wedding band, and went to great him. We shook hands, said hello, exchanged a few words, and then held up my hand and asked if was missing anything. Fortunately I thought to have someone video the whole thing. When he finally saw the ring it was a priceless reaction. First amazement and then some tears of joy as he grabbed me around the neck in big hug. I don't think I have ever seen someone so happy. Sorry I can't attach the video until I see if I can blur the faces. I know some of you know that wonderful feeling of restoring s precious ring, or other item to someone. Hard to describe. He and I were both blessed.
When I viewed the video I believe I saw at least one other championship ring. When things calmed down he said I want to do something for you. I said okay, just autograph a ball for me. He said okay and not only will i do that but I'm going to give you a ball signed by a close friend of mine, Sandy Koufax. That's for real. I have seen photos of the two together on the net.
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