:usaflag: Another Class Ring Returned!! :detecting:

[Cupajo]

My daughter and family came for Sunday Dinner a couple of days ago and I brought out my small stash of rings for everyone to look at.

One of the rings was a tarnished senior ring two years old from a school twenty or so miles away. It was of some strange alloy that salt water tarnished quickly and I didn't really think the owner would much care if she got it back or not.

My youngest daughter said she wanted to locate the owner and return it if possible. This AM she called to let me know she had found the owner and was thrilled at having done so. I just wanted to publicly state how proud I am of her taking the time as I should have done to make a stranger happy.

The school and owner sent along their thanks via my girl for my efforts in recovering the ring.

Good luck and happy hunting friends,

CJ

PS Thirty nine rings returned and counting!!

 

[gear box]

Nice going Cupajo! I'm impressed with the 39 ring's you've returned. And you're not in jail for doing it. Quarterslaughter, you got the wrong attitude.
HH Cupajo, Gary

 

[quarterslaughter]

atleast my attitude wont have me looking through bars!

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Good one on returning the ring have done a few return myself.
I know of a few guys that have the attitude of not returning rings
all that does is bring negative attitude from the public towards detectorist.
Like going to parks with a big shovel digging big holes and not covering them
afterwards, also leaving the dug up trash at the site

 

[dixiedigger57]

i returned a class ring to an 86 yr old lady. beat that one! lost during WW2. figure how long that was lost! and being a retired cop, i know the law, and yes there are some jerks for cops. i work for defense lawyers now, and yes there are some scumbags. but right wins in the end hopefully. the law in Georgia reads "Known or should have known" regarding to stolen property. the metal that tarnished is one of the cheaper metals, designed to be affordable, and not to be pawned. gold too high. silver not for everyone, so alternative metals. return it, its the right thing to do. even if there are no thanks, take the high road. i dug out a ring for a couple in a "to the ground" house fire, with other jewelry. i returned a nice engagement ring to a couple, i knew they lost weeks earlier. an easy grand. but i can look at my ugly mug in the mirror when i shave. a ring with a name is returnable. set a good example... dont be a bad one. this hobby is under fire enough.

 

[Cupajo]

Living in this small community on the Connecticut Shore for over forty years has been a rare opportunity for me to enjoy metal detecting as a hobby. Any jewelry I have recovered that I could return to the rightful owner has been returned at no charge with one exception (The expensive diamond ring was recovered from a ceptic tank!).

Over the years I have become the "go to guy" locally, when rings etc have been lost. Last year I recovered three lost rings in a two week period, one from dry sand and two from the water. At the end of the season last year, for the first time, I asked for a token fee of $10 or $20 to cover the cost of batteries, but that would never be a consideration if the owner could not afford it.

Some of these jewels have been lost for many years by the time I found out about them and I have two I am searching for now that are interesting in that one was lost in the early 1940s and the other is a large diamond ring worth a fortune.

I searched for and recovered one ring that was lost for over forty years (I checked every find for three years before I recovered this one. The owner got a nice article with pictures printed in the Hartford Courant the Nations oldest newspaper.) and recovered another valued at over $7,000.00!

I have been thrilled to return every one I could and will continue to do so for that reason and because it is the right thing to do. The legal aspects of returning these valuables has never been a consideration.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting Friends,

CJ

 

[oldcoon]

 

[edjcox]