Actually found a man's diamond ring off a trail near Chena Hot Springs, near Fairbanks. It was buried most of the way in the dirt, I just saw a semi circular object and pried it out with my knife. Initials engraved inside were barely legible. There was all kinds of crud caked on it and it looked to have been there for quite awhile. Took it home and cleaned it up. After cleaning, the initials were no clearer and really couldn't make them out. We checked with the folks that ran the Hot Springs resort at the time and gave them our phone # in case someone had reported losing a ring. That was close to 25 years ago and my Dad still has that ring ( I think). I do wish we could have found the owner, but it could have been anyone, from years back. In fact the crud we scraped off it could have been old bear crap and the owner may have been lunch for all we know.