Jerry Purchell advises that he was on vacation up in the area of Morehead City, NC @ Atlantic Beach, home to Cherry Point USMC. While hunting the beach he found a Marine's wedding band and returned it to him. Congratulations, Jerry.

Mike Brown finds 1954 Naval Academy ring assisted by Jim Thobe in identification
Mike and Jim had been hunting in the water at a beach that was washed out.  That is, the sand had pulled out, exposing the heavy items below.  In one week’s time, we recovered about 1,000 lead fishing weights.  Many of them so old they had turned a light grey or the black on them came off on your fingers.  We also recovered change, keys, sunglasses, jewelry, and an assortment of odd items.  On low tides we hunted further and further from shore.  Then Mike, who is 6’-6” tall decided on one of the very low tides to go out neck deep.  It was in that area that he found a 1954 Naval Academy ring.  The ring was 14k and weighed just shy of an ounce, having a gold value of almost $700.  Regardless of the value, Mike had a strong feeling that he needed to return the ring if at all possible.

Karen contacted the USNA Alumni Association for Mike and told them that a 1954 Naval Academy ring with the inscription Lt. Stephen Jordan had been found in the Gulf of Mexico.  She was told that he had died in 2000, but that his widow, Anne Jordan, was alive and they would contact her.  Anne emailed Karen the day she was notified and said that the timing was amazing since Steve had died exactly 10 years ago to the day (June 17th).  She also said that although they had replaced the lost ring, it would be great to have the ring since Steve had two sons and each one could have one of his father’s Navy rings.

Anne also said that she lived in Annapolis, not far from the Academy, since Steve’s last tour was in Washington D.C. and he commuted from Annapolis.  She said that Steve had been an aviator with two tours in Vietnam.