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A Houston County graduate has been reunited with his long-lost class ring, thanks to a metal detector and a little investigative work.
Pittsford, New York, resident Sandor Bors found the ring and delivered it to James Hill, who attended school in Perry in the 1960s but now lives in Rochester, New York, on Oct. 31.
Bors, a retired New York state trooper, has been metal detecting as a hobby for about three years. He said he has found collectible coins, jewelry and relics from the past, but his discovery Oct. 23 was the best yet. While at Mendon Ponds Park, southeast of Rochester, his detector responded along a driveway near a picnic shelter.
“An iffy signal came across my machine ... one of those that can easily be disregarded as junk,” he said in an email. “But for some strange gut feeling, I decided to dig.”
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