Terryberry Class ring dated 1954

[Jim 2.0]

Sunday May 31st I found what appears to be a ladies class ring. It shows a date of 1954 and nothing else on the face of the ring. Inside it's stamped "Terryberry 10k" . It also has 3 letter initials * * *. There is no school name, and the top gold "crest" if you will, is not discernible. It may be worn smooth ?

I would like to try and return it to it's owner, but I don't know where to start!

I found it on one of my local soccer park fields. It was only about 3" deep, and registered a steady 44 vdi on my cortez. (Thats why I decided to dig!)

1954 just happens to be my birth year!!! So that makes this (high school?) graduate 17 to 18 years older than me! I,m thinking maybe it was worn by a daughter or granddaughter?

Any ideas on how to find the owner?

 

[Moonshadow]

You'll get plenty of good advice here.....You may just have yourself a keeper there! Nice find!

HH,
Moon

 

[RPG]

That's very nice. Hope you can find out who the owner is/was.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice find. I hope you can bring back some sweet memories for some lucky ladie. She would be in her 70's if she is still alive. Good luck and keep us informed

 

[jgas]

I believe there is a search place called classringerfinder or something to that effect. Goodluck and I hope you get that ring back to the owner. Keep us posted. jgas

 

[allen]

great looking ring
hope you find the owner
if not, just keep it

 

[Detectingfreak]

Very nice 1954 class ring! I hope it gets returned to the owner!

 

[mlayers]

First how many high schools are there in your town.
Second check the year and the initials to each school
If you find a match you can contact the school and tell them why you are looking for her. They should have a record of her even if she has gotten married and they will contact her with you name and number so she can cantact you. Wish you luck....Matt

 

[Bob S]

Nice Find WTG

 

[Likely Guy]

Like Matt (mlayers) said, if your town is not too large, often old high school year books are donated to the local library or archives. The initials should put you on the right track.

 

[Likely Guy]

As an aside, the terryberry company still exists.

www.terryberry.com

Maybe they could line up the ring motif with a local high school. If their records go back that far, that is.

 

[ffordre4]

IF ITS LIKE MY HS RING THE NAME ON THE INSIDE IS THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY KEEP RECORDS, ITS A START TO POSSIBLY FINDING A NAME OF THE PERSON WITH THE INITIALS.

R FORD

 

[briankb70]

she's a beauty

 

[Monty]

i believe contacting the manufacturer is a grand idea. I did that with a class ring I found and they gave me the name of the purchaser. I got in touch with him and he denied having a class ring! Right city, right high school, only one in class with those initials, so? The only thing I can figure is maybe he lost it somewhere he wasn't supposed to be? I had to keep it unfortunately. Monty