Mysterious ring saga comes full circle

THE ring that caused a social media frenzy will be handed over to its rightful owners at the end of this month. The gold men’s wedding band was lost along a Durban beach, more than 20 years ago.

La Lucia detectorist, Donald Ensor stumbled across the ring during one of his routine beach detector sessions. Noticing that the ring was engraved with two wedding dates, the enthusiastic metal detectorist took to his Facebook page, in the hopes of tracking down the owners. According to Ensor, the band was engraved with the names of two couples (Tom and Lyn and Brent and Peggy). The ring also has a 1960 wedding date on the inside. 

Ensor’s post was shared 4 000 times, attracting hundreds of comments. According to Ensor, he was contacted by a woman on Facebook, saying that the ring belonged to a relative of hers.

“She asked for my contact number and handed it to Brent, whose name appears on the ring. He phoned me and was excited that the ring was found,” he said. Brent was able to correctly identify the exact dates engraved on the ring.

Brent told Ensor that the ring was lost more than 20 years ago during a fishing trip in Durban. It was given to him by his mother, when his father passed away. “Brent said when the ring fell into the water, he just figured it was gone,” Ensor said.

Ensor said he was grateful to the thousands of people who shared the initial post.

“It is because of them the ring will be returned to the rightful owners. I am very excited that the ring will be reunited with Brent,” Ensor said.