Once upon an Infinium! 2 Sweethearts, 2 Rings, 2 Schools, 38 Years, 1 day

[WaterWalker]

I have to say this will never happen again at least to me unless I win the lotto, get hit by lightning, and get stung by a swarm of killer bees all on the same day!

This metal detecting story starts with a detecting friend showing me there is more than the usual place to search for gold on a beach. Searching with my Garrett Infinium in this new environment back on a cold day in March 2012 I was rewarded with not one but two class rings. At home I added them to the carabineer of rings I had been trying to return without much success. Well I have not been the most punctual detectorist when it comes to doing return research but a year and a half later I had reduced the number of rings on the carabineer to four.

October 30th was a cold rainy day and my Honey-Do list was at a point when I decided to give the remaining four rings a chance to get back to their owner. School phone numbers were dialed and the appropriate school personnel were contacted. They were given the information on their school

 

[Orion42]

Good job!

John

 

[Wandering Yoda]

Man WaterWalker, that is a really cool story!! And a whole lotta' good karma piled up!!

 

[Dancer]

Sometimes there are just no words. Great story!

 

[DiggerODirt]

What are the chances of those 2 rings staying together all those years in the Ocean??? What luck!
WTG on the return!

HH,

 

[WaterWalker]

The find was in the ocean, south shore of Cape Cod, exactly where Gail said she had lost them, to the best of her recollection.

I was amazed over the entire event. I have seen 8-10 feet of sand come and go over the past 5 years. For the two rings to stay within 10 feet of each other for 36 years, I would not give any odds on it happening again. IT WAS MEANT TO BE. And I will not argue against it.

I hope you watched the video...

 

[John-Edmonton]

And it always helps when people ask what we are doing to answer looking for someones lost ring. Let the truth be known, we are not all graveyard robbers.

 

[mudpuppy]

Great ring return WW!

Something I've been wondering about regarding class rings...do you guys think the majority are lost within the first year of wearing one? Maybe even the first few months? After that they are put in a drawer?

Seems most all the modern rings are some sort of amalgamated nickel chrome composition, and the 1970's era + or - 10yrs vintage are gold...

trying to pattern areas to hunt is all...
Mud

 

[fongu]

Well done on finding and returning the rings. Hope I have time to watch the video and read the article later. I was supposed to go dirt fishing this am, but something came up. Maybe tomorrow. HH: WW.

 

[WaterWalker]

I found and returned one ring that the owner had only worn for less than a week. Lost it in a river while tubing. (a high school ring)
I found and returned one ring that had only been on another person for less than an hour. Lost while swimming at his birthday party.
Other rings I have found (usually college rings) have been very well worn and not by the ocean.
Most of the class ring are in amazing shape, even a 1911 hefty one. I were it on occasion, with pride and in honor of the deceased owner.
I could not locate his children as hard as I tried and the academy had no interest in it as they already had several 1911 rings.
I am trying to have it displayed in a museum but no reply as for interest yet. I love returning rings!

 

[Leslie(nova scotia)]

n/t

 

[dirt doctor]

The find was in the ocean, south shore of Cape Cod, exactly where Gail said she had lost them, to the best of her recollection.

I was amazed over the entire event. I have seen 8-10 feet of sand come and go over the past 5 years. For the two rings to stay within 10 feet of each other for 36 years, I would not give any odds on it happening again. IT WAS MEANT TO BE. And I will not argue against it.

I hope you watched the video...

No doubt about it Walter it sure was meant to be . I watched the video and enjoyed it very much . I salute you Sir .