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Cool find today

Posted on 4/23/24 at 3:21 pm
Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 3:21 pm
There is an old store building built in the 1940’s on one of our farms. Was planting a field behind the store and noticed a marble sticking out of the dirt. When I bent down to pick it up there was part of a ring showing beside it and I pulled it out of the ground. It was a class ring from 1959. The year my dad graduated. After cleaning the inside out I realized it had my father’s initials inside! Pretty crazy I was the one to find it all these years later. He started dating my mother when he went to college and she said he did not have a class ring then. I remember my dad talking about hanging out at that store a lot when he was younger. I can’t believe it was not crushed as much heavy equipment that I have driven over that exact area.






Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
11276 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 3:27 pm to
legit CSB


Posted by Jack Daniel
In the bottle
Member since Feb 2013
25441 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 4:13 pm to
That’s really cool
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
30172 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 4:27 pm to
Even if you’re working in that area A LOT, that kind of thing is not “bound to happen” so easily.

Posted by KemoSabe65
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Member since Mar 2018
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Posted on 4/23/24 at 4:53 pm to
Buy a lottree ticket quick
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
8357 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 4:58 pm to
What a find, and great pics as usual.
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 4:59 pm
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
27923 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 5:37 pm to
That's crazy man. Congratulations!
I lost my class ring playing football in our own backyard and never did find it.
What about the marble though?
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 5:40 pm
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
27923 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 5:49 pm to
I bet a good metal detector could find some cool stuff around those old store locations in Madison County.
Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
9399 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 6:00 pm to
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What about the marble though?


It was a keeper.

Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
27923 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 6:10 pm to
Oh yeah. I bet that will polish up nice.
Posted by Got Blaze
Youngsville
Member since Dec 2013
8735 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 6:17 pm to
Very cool brother
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166238 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 6:29 pm to
Ring been in dirt for (edited to 64) years and you randomly find it uncovered laying there?
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 6:50 pm
Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
9399 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 6:34 pm to
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Ring been in dirt for 74 years and you randomly find it uncovered laying there?


Closer to 65 years but yea, that about sums it up. Was mostly covered by dirt. I know it is hard to believe.
Posted by WeagleEagle
Folsom Prison
Member since Sep 2011
1916 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 6:38 pm to
Wow
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166238 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 6:49 pm to
My bad, I did bad math.
Posted by footswitch
New Market
Member since Apr 2015
3908 posts
Posted on 4/23/24 at 11:26 pm to
I’m a 1981 Hazel Green grad. That’s an amazing find.
What old store was it?
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
27923 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 12:53 am to
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What old store was it?

I wanted to ask the same thing, but didn't want to pry.
I'm going to take a wild guess that it's out around Madison Crossroads.
I say that, because a photo that he posted once, looked like it was made in that area.
When he answers tomorrow, I'll probably have missed by 20 miles and it's out around Plevna or someplace
This post was edited on 4/24/24 at 1:08 am
Posted by Bama and Beer
Baldwin Co, AL
Member since Oct 2010
80888 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 4:52 am to
That is incredibly awesome
This post was edited on 4/24/24 at 6:10 am
Posted by Kato
Sec 102
Member since Nov 2006
2772 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 6:32 am to
That’s providential! Crazy it didn’t sink lower after all those years.
Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
9399 posts
Posted on 4/24/24 at 6:48 am to
quote:

I’m a 1981 Hazel Green grad. That’s an amazing find. What old store was it?


It was off Bobo Section Rd.
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