I found a college class ring from 1958. I've tried to find the owner but can't. Should I keep it?

I found it lying by a sidewalk in some grass several years ago. I tried a "found" flyer after I found it but didn't get any *correct* response. I've also tried the alumni association and have also tried to find someone online related to the school in question with the same initials. Unfortunately, that's all I have - initials. I'd be happy to return it to the person to whom it belongs or his family, but have no idea where else to look. I have had no luck with the alumni association, either.





I've had the ring for a couple of years now trying to find the owner. Given that the ring is 50 yrs old and I've tried and can't find the owner, is it ok to have it melted down and made into a ring for myself, or to sell it? It's a heavy man's ring made of gold with a very pretty ruby.





What do you think?

I found a college class ring from 1958. I've tried to find the owner but can't. Should I keep it?
Hmmm...just wondering, what did you consider as the "correct" answer? :)


I'd say keep it, you've had a it for a couple of years, tried to find the owner with no response - it's all yours. Kinda breaks my heart to hear you say you want to melt it down though, feels like all those years the person worked gets melted also- however it probably won't stop me from doing the same thing too :)





Go ahead and make yourself a ring (or sell it and buy something else)
Reply:call the college, and let them help you find the student with the matching name and date of graduation maybe that way u can get in contact with him/her..


and why wud u wana keep it? it doesnt have ur name on it .
Reply:Isn't that gfrustrating? I get into situations like that too. And one reads stories in R. Digest about the glad reunions.


I suspect that the high school may not be local to you.





How about putting some sort of picture on EBay -- not to sell, but to see if owner might be looking for that or something else? The more I think, the less good an idea that sounds.


My mom's ring from 1942 hads her initials on.


No visible school name, and a very eroded face of Will Rogers (Tulsa, OK). Soft gold, I think -- actually, inside band says Josten 10K.


If I didn't know what school it was from, I wouldn't know.


How about checking with a few of the top ring companies, the ones in existence so long ago?


http://search.yahoo.com/search?search=hi...





Or one of those school-reunion sites?


A real ruby? Sounds nice. And at some point, you are indeed the new owner.
Reply:you've tried, you've looked after it, you deserve it





do what you want :) its yours now
Reply:I think I'd keep trying to find the owner if only to solve the mystery.
Reply:You deserve it for finding it, and well, you tried to find the owner. So, It's ok to make a ring for yourself.
Reply:I think it's safe to say it's yours now.
Reply:I would call the college and make them aware tht you have a 1958 ring, and the person's initials are XXX. Then, give your contact info (name, # and email).





This way, you have done everything to try and get the original owner. Its possible that the owner of the ring is dead. Class of 1958, that would mean that the owner would be at least 72 years old.





Technically, it doesn't belong to you, and I would not melt it down.

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