Sarge Hill lost his beloved high school class ring nearly 50 years ago, but on Tuesday morning, he had it returned. Hill graduated from Eastern Hills High School in Fort Worth in 1961 and from Texas Wesleyan University in 1965. During his years on campus, he's misplaced the ring and thought it was lost forever.
But last month, as Consultant Markus Hogue's crew set up a new irrigation system on Texas Wesleyan University's campus, they saw something in the dirt.
"[I] cleaned it off, and realized it was a ring," Hogue said.
It was a class ring with the initials "SNH" inscribed along with the school and the year. Consultant Markus Hogue spent months trying to track down the owner of the ring, looking for clues in old yearbooks and on social media.
Finally, he found the rightful owner: Sage Hill. The two met this week to give Hill his class ring — and when he tried it on, it still fit!
"This is like buried pirate treasure," Hill said ABC8. "It's been buried for over a half-century."
"Certainly, never in my wildest dreams, thought I would ever see this ring again," Hill said. "It's just a chance of a lifetime."
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