DFX FINDS GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

goldencoin · Dec 29, 2006

Hello Everyone!!!

I was MD'ing a rinky-dink school in the middle of nowhere, i got a few coins and then a nice nickle signal (you know where this is going

) and out pops a gold ring! After cleaning it up a bit, i realized it was a class ring. 1976, with 2 initials- K and then O. Do you think i will be able to return it....any tips?

HH
-GC (who will sleep happy tonight)

mlw67 · Jan 7, 2007

Right on GC! I just found this on the banner. Congrats!!

stefen · Jan 8, 2007

Since the emphasis was on the C, and the initials contained HS, then assume that the school name started with a C and the HS stands for High School.

Skrimpy · Jan 8, 2007

stefen said:
Since the emphasis was on the C, and the initials contained HS, then assume that the school name started with a C and the HS stands for High School.

Thats my guess

cheffer · Jan 20, 2007

sharp!

Salvager · Jan 22, 2007

Nice find!!!

Skrimpy · Feb 4, 2007

Any updates on this ring? Did you figure out what school it came from or who the owner was?

Skrimpy · Feb 4, 2007

Mainedigger said:
GC...VERY nice find...CONGRATS...try the reunion wbsites for the school and ask the moderator, or you can try this site...http://www.classringfinder.com.

Anyone thought of using this as a research tool? There are a few on there that seem pretty findable to me! They list where they think they lost them. Might become sort of a "Ringfinding" celebrity if you find and return enough of them. I would hope that anyone using it would return them anyway. I bet that is quite a feeling returning one.

Moonshadow · Feb 4, 2007

Very nice find! Good luck with your research!

HH,
Moon

goldencoin · Feb 4, 2007

I decided not to return it because after thinking about it, there is no way i'm gonna find this person. They are probably long gone...I'm sure a lot of people don't return rings.

Plus the ring won't come off my finger

HH
-GC

Skrimpy · Feb 4, 2007

"...no way i'm gonna find this person."

That's too bad. You would be surprised how easy it is to track down people if you know what sources to look at. Even if they are gone. If you have a good candidate highschool just go in on a school day and hit the librarian up at the place for an old year book. If they don't have one I am sure you can find one at a local library or historical/genealogical society. Match up the initials and then get out a phone book and start calling. You can check and see if the person is gone by checking the SSDI on rootsweb and to find relatives look up an obit using the SSDI information to find out what towns they live in and then get out the phone book again. If I were closer to you I might even do it for you if you wanted but I am too far away.

Eddy1H · Feb 4, 2007

very nice ring and there is nothing like seeing gold at the end of your coil
Nice find congrats
Eddy

bongo1962 · Feb 4, 2007

What a bummer, as the former owner of a worthless pot metal classring, I would pay its weight in gold to have it back. Reconsider fellow Michigander, your digging karma may recover ten fold for such a fine act.

goldencoin · Feb 4, 2007

it's not even in the best shape....it's cracked up too....

HH
-GC

goldencoin · Feb 10, 2007

New Info:

I checked the company out, Josten, and they have a warenty that says they will replace a lost ring four years after purchase. Since i found it at the school, i can assume they lost it at school and they must have lost it in those 4 years.

So, another reason for not returning it is that they almost certainly have a new one.

HH
-GC