[SCA-AE] Lost and Found items in Barony of Endless Hills

[Ireland-delfs, Orilee]

We had a similar one reported in the RIT alumni magazine (if I remember
correctly) - gentleman lost his RIT class ring during a camping trip out
west - it slipped off his finger in a river.  Many years later, someone
actually found the ring and contacted the school to see about returning
it to it's owner.  Again, school info, year of graduation, and the
person's initials on the ring helped to locate the owner.

Makes me hopeful that some day my IC class ring, lost by my cat in my
first apartment, may find it's way home to me : )

Orianna 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: sca-aethelmearc-bounces at lists.andrew.cmu.edu 
>[mailto:sca-aethelmearc-bounces at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On 
>Behalf Of David Salley
>Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 10:13 AM
>To: discussion at aethelmearc.org
>Subject: RE: [SCA-AE] Lost and Found items in Barony of Endless Hills
>
>
>> It seems that this is the case all over. It's a shame that 
>people loose
>> items or leave them behind and don't claim them right away. 
>I know that when
>> I lost a ring last September, I combed the site myself and 
>then asked around
>> to see it if was found. Turned out it fell off my finger in 
>my own car. I
>> found that after 6 months went by, while finally cleaning 
>out under the
>> seats, and I had given up hope of finding it. 
>
>There was a similar item in the paper recently.  It seems a 
>soldier lost his
>West Point ring in 1999.  He sold his red sports car.  The new 
>owner sold it
>again a few years later to a 24 yo woman.  The woman owned a 
>ferret.  The 
>ferret got loose from his cage and found the shiny under the 
>seat.  The 
>woman sold it to a pawn shop.  The pawn shop owner got 
>suspicious of a 24 yo
>woman with a West Point ring dated 1980's and called the 
>police to report
>stolen goods.  The police were able to find the original owner 
>because they
>had the year, initials and SSN on the inside of the ring.  The 
>soldier is 
>currently in Iraq, but they contacted him.  He asked his wife 
>to pay the pawn
>shop owner and he's delighted to have his West Point ring back 
>after loosing
>it half a decade ago!
>
>-- Dagonell
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