Really? In the many years I've been doing it, I've had only one person try to milk me for details. I make the ad very vague as to what it looks like. Just basic info on where it was found. THEY'RE the one who has to come up with a detailed description.
That was the first thing they did wrong.....telling someone at the time that they found a ring. Second, if your going to play 20 questions with someone and give out info about the ring, you're asking for trouble. If someone approaches you and asks what you found, I'd recommend that you just say: "not much, a little change and lots of junk". If someone asks if you found THEIR ring, ask them to give a detailed description without giving them ANY hints. If what they lost doesn't match what you found, ask them if they'd like you to search for the lost ring and get all the particulars about the ring and where, when, etc.I read a thread similar to this where peeps beach hunting found rings and the were people trying to claim the ring, who didn't loose it by the way, the story was quiet informative on how to deal with these so called claimers, if the ring has an inscription ask them to tell you what it says, they SHOULD be able to recite it exactly, if it doesn't have an inscription then still ask them to recite the inscription. If there was none, tell them so, and prove that they are full of it. If they answer correctly they may still give you a finders fee or at least a big thank you! I would happily return a ring to its rightful owner, but they had better have there ducks in a line.
Not something I would be bragging about.
