I'm on a quest

[d-2]

I metal detect because I like to, not because I am out to make a living at it. That being said I sell every wedding band I find unless there is a name and a date in it that I can research. I tried returning one once by putting an ad in our local paper. More people called and asked about it than you can imagine so I quit. No one was able to describe it so I quit posting ads. SurfnTurf, if you are out there for the money you should have picked another hobby. Sometimes I wonder about people then someone posts something like you did and I cease to wonder about them anymore. The look on the nephews face as it brought back memories of his Aunt was worth more than the gold melt would have been when I returned the 1925 class ring to him...d2

 

[Me&MyBoy]

The laws are against us.

Attitudes like yours don't exactly advance our cause...

 

[patbick9]

I found the owner-sort of

Well the principal of the school emailed me and he knows the person that the ring belongs to. He has forwarded my email to the mother of the girl and I am just waiting for them to contact me so that I can get the ring back to them. It feels nice to do a good deed. Maybe "the powers that be" will smile down on me and let me find a nice big fat juicy diamond ring next time.

 

[d-2]

You did good and I am proud of ya'...d2

 

[surfnturf]

Put yourself in the persons shoes. If it was my class ring, it would hold sentimental value and I would like to get it back. There is alot of info on this ring that is specific to the person. Her initials are etched inside the ring, her name is marked around the stone of the ring. There is special marking depicting what type of club she belonged to at the school, not to mention the color of the stone. If I was considering putting it on Craigs list, anyone responding would have to know all of this information before I would give it up. I have emailed the school on Friday. To date, I have had no luck finding the person. If I don't hear back from them, the ring is mine. Besides, how much do you think I could get for this ring. If it was a diamond ring, that would be different.

Not to be argumentative Miss, however your last post is self defeating. If the ring were a $20,000.00 diamond weddind band that had significant value, this post would not be here, you would have sold it and sorry to the loser of the ring. However, since it is only a $75.00 scrap value class ring, you want to do the feel good thing of returning it? Am I correct? We, as a group of people that have the gumption to spend the enormous time and resources that we do on our hobby do not owe it to the people that lost the object to track them down.
What you are saying is that a class ring has more sentimental value than a wedding ring. I loved high school, but I love my wife more. Our wedding rings would have much more sentimental value than a class ring.
Again, I am not here to start a fight, just to say, you found it, you keep it.

 

[surfnturf]

Attitudes like yours don't exactly advance our cause...

Probably not. However, try to hunt in South Florida on the public beaches and spend 40% of your time fending off these 'people' that do not own the condo assocation you are hunting, but are renters for a week at a time. They hobble up with the oxygen bottles and hoses, tell you that you are a bum and tell you to leave, when the condo assocation has already given you permission to hunt the property.
I am happy that you have no problems such as this in Texas.
When you want to hunt a South Florida beach, watch for the oxygen hoses.

 

[firstbigestmost]

Well the principal of the school emailed me and he knows the person that the ring belongs to. He has forwarded my email to the mother of the girl and I am just waiting for them to contact me so that I can get the ring back to them. It feels nice to do a good deed. Maybe "the powers that be" will smile down on me and let me find a nice big fat juicy diamond ring next time.

Cool, hopefully the original owners will appreciate your effort and keep the good feelings going. WTG and keep us posted.

 

[patbick9]

Not to be argumentative Miss, however your last post is self defeating. If the ring were a $20,000.00 diamond weddind band that had significant value, this post would not be here, you would have sold it and sorry to the loser of the ring. However, since it is only a $75.00 scrap value class ring, you want to do the feel good thing of returning it? Am I correct? We, as a group of people that have the gumption to spend the enormous time and resources that we do on our hobby do not owe it to the people that lost the object to track them down.
What you are saying is that a class ring has more sentimental value than a wedding ring. I loved high school, but I love my wife more. Our wedding rings would have much more sentimental value than a class ring.
Again, I am not here to start a fight, just to say, you found it, you keep it.

I am an honest person. If I found a wedding ring and that too had some markings that would allow me to find the owner, I would do it again. No matter the cost. I don't want to argue with you either, but it seems to me that you don't get much enjoyment out of metal detecting, so why do you do it?

 

[zeemang]

Well i think you did the right thing, good luck!

 

[patbick9]

finale

Well, the ring is on it's way to the rightful owner. She knew every little detail about it. She said she lost it two weeks ago when she was working a local carnival that was in Sea Bright. She was very grateful. I was glad to find it for her.

 

[PI-Tim]

Glad you found the owner. There is another site called Classringfinder for future reference. I found one about 4 or 5 years ago and have it listed on that site. Maybe one day the owner will look on there. I have it ready to return if they ever claim it. Someone suggested leaving it with the school, personally I wouldn't do that. You don't know who to trust. Nice job on returning it.

 

[BORGATABILL]

Well, the ring is on it's way to the rightful owner. She knew every little detail about it. She said she lost it two weeks ago when she was working a local carnival that was in Sea Bright. She was very grateful. I was glad to find it for her.

Nice going! Dont explain yourself for trying to find the owner of the ring to people who seem to be GRUMPY OLD FARTS. Sucks when someone can put you on the defensive for doing a good deed. Its nice to get the most enjoyment out of our hobby. HH

 

[Number9]

I found a girl's gold high school ring on the beach in Hawaii in 1971.
That was good... but the bad part was, the initials was worn and couldn't be read.
So, a positive ID couldn't be made.

In my opinion... If ANY ring can be returned to the owner without question of true ownership... it should be done! Sorry... price doesn't matter!

I would hate to know, that I was the type person that had to justify keeping a ring(anything) that could be returned to the true owner by saying...

"I have a large investment in equipment, time, and trouble, so I'll keep it...
even if the true owner could be found!"

In my book, this is greed without question or argument!!

 

[patbick9]

thanks to everyone for their support. HH

 

[Deb in Texas]

Kudos for you!

I think it is wonderful that you found the girl and the ring was sent. At least 99% of us think you did the right thing. Thanks for keeping us updated.