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Sorry--this is NOT about THAT One Ring. It's about The one ring that I found, that I'd like to get back to its owner.
Last week, I found a woman's ring, out in the parking lot of a store near where I live. Since I have little interest in jewelry, I really couldn't tell if it was a $50 department store ring or something more expensive.
So, last night, I asked some friends at church who wear better jewelry. They couldn't tell either but suggested taking it to a jeweler. D'OH! Why didn't *I* think of that??
It turns out, it is a fairly expensive ring--not thousands of dollars, but hundreds anyway. So, maybe someone's engagement ring or a ring with some other special significance.
I already asked at the store if anyone had called looking for any lost jewelry items; nobody had. The store manager graciously offered to KEEP the ring and contact the authorities, with the promise they'd try to track down the owner--and that, if they couldn't, after 30 days, I could claim ownership. Meh. I don't care about claiming ownership, I care about finding the RIGHT owner--and somehow I doubt the "authorities" would spend much time and effort on that task.
Unless the ring was stolen and then dropped, what would they do to locate the owner? I mean, you don't typically call the police to report things you simply LOST somewhere.
So. Now I have to figure out how to reunite this ring with its owner.
Step 1--Look for any "lost item" listing in the local paper, etc.
Step 2--Maybe post my own "found" listing.
Step 3--Share the information with friends on FB and see if we can spread it enough to find the owner. This is only likely to work IF the owner is someone local--if they were visiting here from Michigan, it's kind of unlikely I'll be able to find them.
I don't intend to share any specifics--not the actual store where I found it (just the area of town), and certainly not what the ring looks like. That'll be the task of those who want to try to lay claim to it, especially the description part.
Any other ideas for how to make this lost ring story have a happy ending?
Last week, I found a woman's ring, out in the parking lot of a store near where I live. Since I have little interest in jewelry, I really couldn't tell if it was a $50 department store ring or something more expensive.
So, last night, I asked some friends at church who wear better jewelry. They couldn't tell either but suggested taking it to a jeweler. D'OH! Why didn't *I* think of that??
It turns out, it is a fairly expensive ring--not thousands of dollars, but hundreds anyway. So, maybe someone's engagement ring or a ring with some other special significance.
I already asked at the store if anyone had called looking for any lost jewelry items; nobody had. The store manager graciously offered to KEEP the ring and contact the authorities, with the promise they'd try to track down the owner--and that, if they couldn't, after 30 days, I could claim ownership. Meh. I don't care about claiming ownership, I care about finding the RIGHT owner--and somehow I doubt the "authorities" would spend much time and effort on that task.
Unless the ring was stolen and then dropped, what would they do to locate the owner? I mean, you don't typically call the police to report things you simply LOST somewhere.
So. Now I have to figure out how to reunite this ring with its owner.
Step 1--Look for any "lost item" listing in the local paper, etc.
Step 2--Maybe post my own "found" listing.
Step 3--Share the information with friends on FB and see if we can spread it enough to find the owner. This is only likely to work IF the owner is someone local--if they were visiting here from Michigan, it's kind of unlikely I'll be able to find them.
I don't intend to share any specifics--not the actual store where I found it (just the area of town), and certainly not what the ring looks like. That'll be the task of those who want to try to lay claim to it, especially the description part.
Any other ideas for how to make this lost ring story have a happy ending?