What to do if you find gold rings....

[troutmasterfunk]

 

[dingdong]

Yep! Fine,but honesty IS still the BEST policy

[dances with badgers]

All gold is my property and should be given to me an anyone who dont comply will be tickled with a live goose to one inch of their life and all their legs go funny

[outlaw]

Its quite worrying the number of detectorists that find all these valuable rings along beaches and dont think what grief it may have brought to the person who has lost them. I agree with chef geoff anything of value found on a beach should be handed in and only when all avenues have been tried to locate the owner have failed, the item is usually handed back.

You read all the time on  forums of rings being found and howmuch money they make when sold.

[dingdong]

Go with that Outlaw,100%,good post mate👍

[Resurgam]

Amen bro! 

[Val Beechey]

I had first hand experience of the distress it causes when a ring is lost.  The poor lady in question was so upset she couldn't stop sobbing.
I was asked for help and did what I could but at that time I hadn't been detecting long and had just bought my first decent machine.  Needless to say I didn't find it.  I phoned a couple who detect locally to ask for help and was promised they and anyone else they could recruit would meet me the next morning.  They didn't show up. 
I'm almost sure the ring was found the following year by a detectorist. It was valued at £7,500. Apart from the fact it was an Engagement ring no wonder she was so upset.

I don't know what happened to it after the valuation.

[dingdong]

Bloomin eck Val,that was one hell of a ring!!now wonder she was so upset,
Sad story,!! Don't talk to me about life!!

[Resurgam]

                I have spoken with a couple of detectorists who said that it was a case of finders keepers. Not my policy, I must add.

[Chef Geoff]

"Finders Keepers" is a primary school playground law and that's where it belongs as do those who live by it

[Mike]

interesting post , as to handing in found rings / jewellary etc to the police or council thats a fair shout , however there are countless rings/ jewellary lost on beaches , if a person contacts lost property asking " has a ring been handed in "  , yes actually lots says the person behind the counter yellow coloured metal ring , silver coloured ring blah blah , now if the said ring/s are plain ordinary rings how is the guy behind the counter or the claiment going to know which ring is who's , oh it fits it must be mine , oh its gold thats mine etc etc , umm no , theres no proof who lost what / who owns what , so as has been said previously unless its got your name inscribed on the ring / jewellary you have a 99.99% chance of getting it back in the future .


its  always sad ( unless the person has lobbed the item into the sea on purpose lol ) when a ring or jewellary is lost but unfortunately its almost impossible to track down the owner of " ordinary items "

[dingdong]

Some very,very interesting points raised there Mike 👍

[Resurgam]

                      Last year, whilst detecting on Rhyl beach, a young woman with a child approached me and asked if I had found a ladies ring. Ah ha, says I, "how many stones are set in the ring"? I hadn't found a ring nor had she lost one. Just a big try-on! 

[outlaw]

At the end of the day, its more a question of doing the right thing and hopefully portraying oneself as a responsible detectorist. Most valuable rings that are lost in most cases would have been reported locally and would remain on record.

[Jonnietaz]

I wonder how meny people who claim on the insurance, give the money back, or a reward when they get the ring back ?.