When I told my preacher I found a 1925 Mercury dime he joked with me that he had lost a dime that year and I joked right back that if it had his name on it he could have it. We had a good laugh. Any jewelry I find is mine unless it's a class ring or has a name engraved on it. Then, I would try to find the rightful owner. I read in a book or magazine article about someone dirt fishing on the beach and this little girl asked him what he found in his scoop and he said it was a gold ring. A few minutes later this little girl and her mother and a police officer approached him and the mother told him she had lost a gold ring just before he got there. Suspecting she was lying in an attempt to claim the ring he found he calmly asked her if it was an 18K ring and she said it sure was. I guess this isn't your ring, because it's 14K. The police officer walked away and seeing she couldn't claim his ring, she and her little girl left also. I never say anything about what I find except a few coins and show them the trash in my finds bag. I take photos and post them when I get home. But, if you post these items on the lists mentioned above or turn them in, they probably end up in the hands of less than honest people who take advantage of your trying to do a good deed. If someone described a certain piece of jewelry they lost and asked me to try and find it and it matched their discription, that would be different. Good deeds benefit us and our hobby, but if you get taken by someone who is dishonest, it just benefits the crooks. Be careful out there.
I drove 150 miles over to my folks place to check out a little beach, and by dang! The guy had been there the week before and posted rings on the craigslist there! 
I sure hope he takes up golf this year!
