Watch The Emotional Moment This Man Finds A Ring He'd Lost 39 Years Ago In His Garden | HuffPost Life

Watch The Emotional Moment This Man Finds Long Lost Ring In His Garden

Natasha Hinde— The Huffington Post UK

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When you lose a precious keepsake, it can grate on you for years and years.

When one man decided to sweep his garden with a metal detector, he never could've imagined he'd unearth his old class ring from 1973.

The ring had been lost nearly 40 years ago, not long after he'd graduated from high school.

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Showing the ring to the camera and wiping the dirt from it, he reveals: "Well, it's something I lost 39 years ago and it's the best find I've ever had.

"This is my class ring from 1973," he adds, saying that he'd worked really hard at school to get it.

"My Momma helped me," he admits, his voice choking up.

"Man that made my day," he said. "Made my whole week."

Vancouver Photo Reunites Long Lost Brothers

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Brothers Bruce Sauer, right, who lives in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and wears an eye patch because of Bell's Palsy, and his brother Bill Olsen, of Edmonton, Alta., sit for a photograph together in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday July 13, 2014. The Calgary-raised brothers lost contact and hadn't seen or heard from each other for 13 years when Bill saw a Canadian Press feature on residents of the Downtown Eastside last year and spotted a photo of Bruce. (credit:Darryl Dyck/CP)

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Up Next: Janice Rude And Prentiss Wilson: Long Lost Lovers Reunite

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This photo of the young couple was taken in Catalina, California. (credit:Courtesy of Janice Rude and Prentiss Willson)

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The pair got married at their alma mater, Occidental College in Los Angeles, on August 19, 2012. (credit:Courtesy of Janice Rude and Prentiss Willson)

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Up Next: Long Lost Love

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Larry in a sailor suit, 1956. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Portrait of Laura, 1956. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Larry at home, 1958. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Larry at the White House, 1959. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Laura in college, 1969. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Family wedding picture in front of the temple in Lauderhill, Florida. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Laura, Larry and Emily (Laura's step-daughter) on rocks in Dunedin, New Zealand in 2004. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Laura and Larry in front of their cruise ship on their way to Mexico in 2005. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Laura in Oak Park, Illinois in 2005. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Laura and Larry in front of Churchill Downs in 2006. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Laura on Kailua beach, Hawaii in 2007. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Laura and Larry hanging out on the porch the weekend of her son's wedding in Andes, New York in 2007. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Laura and Larry in Aruba in 2008. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Laura and Larry at Ms. Vy's cooking class in Hue, Vietnam in 2009. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Laura and Larry flirting at Bayon Temple in Siem Riep, Cambodia in 2009. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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Laura and Larry dancing at Laura's ex-husband's daughter's wedding in 2010. (credit:Photos courtesy of Laura Melon)

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