Man reunited with class ring he lost in the ocean 47 years ago

A diver recently reunited a man with his college ring – which he lost in the ocean 47 years ago!

Morgan Perigo retired from his class ring at Canada’s McMaster University in 1977 while on vacation with his family in Barbados. according to CNN.

When a large wave threatened to separate Perigo from his son, he held the boy tightly, but not so much his ring, which slipped into the water.

Fast forward more than four decades later and Perigo has diver Alex Davis to thank for finding the literal hidden gem.

Davis told CNN that he used a metal detector to search the ocean floor after his interest in finding lost items was sparked by Hurricane Beryl, which rolled across the island in the summer.

“So in areas where it looked like a beautiful sandy beach, suddenly you see all these rocks exposed,” Davis told the outlet. “With things like that in mind, I thought, are there any areas I want to go to now where it looks like a lot of sand has been excavated?”

He said he was searching in an area with coins from the ’70s and ’80s when his metal detector started beeping in a tone that meant he had found gold.

Under layers of dead coral, sand and rock, the diver unearthed a ring with a dark red stone, virtually untouched.

Engraved with the words “McMaster University 1965” and the initials “FMP,” Davis soon set out on another discovery: finding its owner.

A simple study at the University of Hamilton, Ontario, sparked a broader search.

The school’s alumni officer, Laura Escalante, was then able to match a name to the initials, according to a press release from the school.

All this ultimately provided Davis with a satisfactory answer.

The freediver then contacted Perigo, who told him how he lost the ring and that his birthday was coming up.

“It was like, ‘Oh my God, this story just can’t get any better,’” Davis told CNN. “Not only did we find it after 47 years at the bottom of the sea, but I also found it, you know, a week before his birthday.”

Davis sent the ring to Perigo, who received the memento again just in time for his big day.

“What a wonderful unexpected birthday present for the 83rd,” Perigo said, according to his alma mater.