Jan. 21 (UPI) — A class ring missing for decades was returned to a Nebraska family after being found buried on a New Jersey beach by a treasure hunter with a metal detector.
Andrew Ciffer unearthed the ring while beach combing in Belmar, and decided to find the owner, identified only by the initials “B.W.” on the ring.
He linked the ring to Crete High School in Nebraska, nearly 1,300 miles from Belmar. He contacted the Crete Public Library for help, and they reached out to the Crete Public Schools Foundation to solve the mystery.
“B.W.” was identified as Barbara Wielage, a member of the class of 1966…