"I obviously screamed in excitement and instantly started thinking whose ring it could be," the metal detectorist told ...

Metal detecting is a fun pastime ... a platinum wedding band without looking at the ID readout. Turns out, the ring registered in the throwaway range. Now thoroughly intrigued by the detector ...

“I asked him if he minded if I went out and went metal detecting. Every time I yelled at my buddy, I held up my hand, and when I was done, I had five knuckle-busting class rings on my han ...

which depicts the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus He said he unearthed the ring after hearing a faint sound on his metal detector and that when he told the landowner about it, they were "gobsmacked".