A few months ago, I got a call about looking for a ring in the water of Bangs Lake in Wauconda, IL. The catch was that the ring has been lost since the 1970’s. Long story short on that ring but I still have not found it yet. What I did find was a class ring from the class of 1967 and luckily the ring had initials on the inside and all the details of the school were visible. The school was contacted and the yearbook was found and the alumni program had contact info for the owner of the ring.
The story of the ring in a nutshell. Guy gives ring to girlfriend in 1968 as a promise of a life together before he got drafted into the army where he served until his discharge in 1970. Girl goes to beach for the day and loses ring in the water in 1968 and spent several hours trying to look through sand and mud in the water but was unable to locate it and had to give up. Guy gets back from service, gets a stable job, they get married and are still married to this day. I was able to meet up with them and get the ring back that they never thought they would see again after 55 years.
I love that story! Amazing it was still there and no one found it before you after all those years…Way to go!!!