The owner of a ring, that I found 30 years ago, has been finally reunited with his 1968 High School ring.
It was found close to first base on a baseball diamond behind a old grade school. One of the problems
with finding owner was the middle initial in Script could have been three different letters. And there were 1900
kids in that class.
Two people helped in this project. the first was a classmate who provided names of people from the
correct yearbook. The second was someone very good at finding people's location today with current
phone numbers. Many thanks to both of you!
We met on Sunday, on the original ball field and I showed him exactly where his ring was found. He
could not believe that someone would go to all the trouble I did to find him. He thought the ring
had long been melted down for scrap gold value. He was very happy and gave me a nice reward. As it
turns out, his daughter actually lost the ring, because she was taking the ring and wearing it at the time.
He was amazed that anyone was still this honest. I just laughed and said, 'sure, you just never
hear about them on mainstream news.'
The original ring cost him $27. Today the same exact company sells that white gold ring for between
$365 - $465.
The whole area is under construction and they are tearing down the school and building townhouses
on that plot of ground. I have no idea if the ballpark will go or stay.
After false starts, assuming wrong middle initial, and many dead ends and no responses returned -
a 46 year old ring was finally back in it's proper owners hands. He was a very nice person and well
worth the trouble that it actually took to find him. It was a happy ending!
p.s. I intend to contact local newspaper to see if they want to cover the story. I don't know what their policy is regarding photos
(exclusive rights) and all that fine print.
It was found close to first base on a baseball diamond behind a old grade school. One of the problems
with finding owner was the middle initial in Script could have been three different letters. And there were 1900
kids in that class.
Two people helped in this project. the first was a classmate who provided names of people from the
correct yearbook. The second was someone very good at finding people's location today with current
phone numbers. Many thanks to both of you!
We met on Sunday, on the original ball field and I showed him exactly where his ring was found. He
could not believe that someone would go to all the trouble I did to find him. He thought the ring
had long been melted down for scrap gold value. He was very happy and gave me a nice reward. As it
turns out, his daughter actually lost the ring, because she was taking the ring and wearing it at the time.
He was amazed that anyone was still this honest. I just laughed and said, 'sure, you just never
hear about them on mainstream news.'
The original ring cost him $27. Today the same exact company sells that white gold ring for between
$365 - $465.
The whole area is under construction and they are tearing down the school and building townhouses
on that plot of ground. I have no idea if the ballpark will go or stay.
After false starts, assuming wrong middle initial, and many dead ends and no responses returned -
a 46 year old ring was finally back in it's proper owners hands. He was a very nice person and well
worth the trouble that it actually took to find him. It was a happy ending!
p.s. I intend to contact local newspaper to see if they want to cover the story. I don't know what their policy is regarding photos
(exclusive rights) and all that fine print.
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Your persistence has paid off and is inspiring me to try again to locate the owner of a 1967 Class ring that I found in the late 1970s. I gave up trying to locate the owner after several unsuccessful attempts.
