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Ring lost for 21 years turns up inside fish
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-12-04 08:53

BUNA, Texas -- A class ring lost for decades in an East Texas lake is back with its owner after turning up in a fish caught the day after Thanksgiving.


In this photo provided by the Richardson family, Joe Richardson's class ring is shown Friday, Nov. 28, 2008 in Beuna, Texas. Richardson says he lost the ring about two weeks after his 1987 graduation from Universal Technical Institute in Houston. A fisherman found the ring inside his catch and tracked Richardson down with help from the Internet. [Agencies] 

Joe Richardson of Buna told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he wishes he knew "how many fish it's been in."

Richardson was fishing at Lake Sam Rayburn about two weeks after his 1987 graduation from Universal Technical Institute in Houston when he lost the ring.

The 41-year-old mechanic says on Nov. 28 he received a call from a fisherman who had reeled in a more than 8-pound bass from the lake.

The ring that had been in the fish had "Joe Richardson" etched in the band.

Richardson says the fisherman did an Internet search and made several calls before reaching him and returning the ring.

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