Found A 1970 Gold Class Ring Detecting, Posted here 10/21, Tried to locate Owner

[Deleted member 140734]

I contacted the private HS registrar to identify the individual by their initials. They sent me the only contact info they had, a mail address. I tried to reach, but found out they had since passed away. I tried and spent hours trying to reunite!

 

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[Deleted member 140734]

Not a return of a lost item, but nonetheless a good deed with a metal detector. Last December, the County Girl Scout Camp asked me to find a lost water main shutoff valve in the woods on a main that they suspected was losing up to 500 gallons per month. I wanted to say no because I had no idea the Manticore was up for the task. Mains are typically buried 4 ft., and large iron pipes might just cause a signal overload. But I searched and finally got a signal. As it turns out, years ago the area had been regraded for a dirt road cut. Someone extended the valve key access, then drove over it with heavy equipment and reburied it. It was buried in soil and years of leaves. No cost favor.

 

[robertk]

I contacted the private HS registrar to identify the individual by their initials. They sent me the only contact info they had, a mail address. I tried to reach, but found out they had since passed away. I tried and spent hours trying to reunite!

Kudos to you for trying.

 

[cudamark]

I have a class ring like that too. The guy died, so did his wife, no children or known relatives......oh well.....

 

[SD51]

Great try! I have one too. A 1971 and turns out it's the high school class that Ken Burns (historian) attended. No luck on the return...

 

[invent4hir]

Consider looking up the deceased on the website fastpeoplesearch. It may list some relatives. Also, they may still appear in the voting record, and it may list their spouse at the same address. If neither works PM me the name, where they were from, date of their death, and I'll see if I can find their next of kin.

 

[cudamark]

Mine died in 1964, had no siblings, he and his wife (who had no siblings either and died in 1968) had no children. Any distant relative probably wouldn't appreciate the sentiment of the ring....probably only the melt value.

 

[invent4hir]

cudamark, agree. If they don't have a close living relative, then the monetary value of the ring would likely outweigh the sentimental.

 

[Deleted member 140734]

Ironically, this ring fits me perfectly and I wore it for some time.

 

[Gare]

SOME TIMES all you can do is say you TRIED!! On the other hand i would find the funeral director that handle the person and check with them for records of kin

 

[invent4hir]

Gare, excellent idea! Eastender, these days a lot of people won't give out personal info. So besides telling the funeral director the reason you are trying to reach the next of kin, I'd include a photo of the ring, plus the registrar's contact, so the funeral director can confirm your intention is legit. If they give you info on the next of kin and you hit a brick wall trying to reach them, I recommend posting their info here, so the TNet community can help.

 

[malenkai]

A good number of yearbooks are online. Year, school, and initials will get you there most of the time. One site is classmates.com, not the easiest site to use, and you will be spammed constantly, but it is free (at least it was the last time I located an owner). This has worked for me on more than on occasion.

Another story tho, I found a ring at a private school which I had permission to detect, the yearbook was not online, and the school refused to share the yearbook with me after I explained the situation. What a bizarre outcome. So, off to melt it went, unfortunately.

 

[invent4hir]

malenkai, year books of course! Bizarre that the private school refused. At least you did your part.