87-Year-Old Wife Reunites With Wedding Ring She Lost in the 1960s With the Help of Neighbor

In November 2021, Donald McPhee, 57, visited his elderly neighbor, Peggy MacSween, 87, whom he considers his second mother. Mcphee knew MacSween as he was a friend of her son, who died years ago. Mcphee's visit led to the finding of MacSween's wedding ring that she lost decades ago.

It took him three days of scouring a three-acre land and 90 holes before finally finding the treasure.

A visit that led to a gold discovery

According to Epoch Times, Mcphee was probably one of MacSween's son's best friends. As Mcphee and MacSween were sharing memories and old photographs, Mcphee, who owns Nunton House Hostel on the island of Benbecula, mentioned that he has a "fantastic' hobby. He told her he was a metal detector enthusiast.

MacSween joked that he should try to look for her lost wedding ring, which she lost in a potato patch 50 years ago. Mcphee accepted the challenge, although he was unsure that he would find the ring. 

When MacSween told him that she lost her ring on a piece of land about 6,000 square yards, or three acres, Mcphee knew it would not be as easy as he anticipated. He did not expect to find the ring.

He used his metal detection device for three days to scour the area. He found old coins, pull tabs, bits of tractors, and all sorts of stuff, but he could not find the ring.

Over the years, the area has become a popular drinking spot, resulting in many buried can ring sounding the detector on. Instead of scouting up and down a row on the third day, he decided to try another way.

According to him, metal detectorists usually end up having to dig as the lost objects tend to get buried. When his device sounded, he started to dig.

Digging is not a difficult task because he comes from a family of undertakers on the island, so he often digs graves. Digging small holes was an easier task for him, he said.

He finally found MacSween's ring a few inches below the ground.

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Reunited with the ring after several decades

When Mcphee handed the ring to her, she could not believe it at first as she had given up hope of ever seeing it after it slipped off her finger decades ago, The Week said. 

She recalled when she lost it years ago, and she searched for it but to no avail. Her husband, whom she married in July 1958, died a few years ago. He brought her a replacement ring while they were on a holiday which she still has, but it was a nine-carat one. The original ring was 18-carat.

Mcphee said that the ring was immaculate, and when she put it on her finger, it still fits perfectly, The Guardian wrote.

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