Found
Gold-tone ring with small sapphire
Northern Panhandle
Found
listing
Posted
6 months
ago
Description
I found a gold-tone ring this afternoon around 3:40pm near the Market Street entrance to Heritage Port in downtown Wheeling, right in the heart of the Northern Panhandle. It's a slender bezel-set sapphire ring, about a size 6, with a couple of micro scratches from wear and a faint wavy pattern along the outside edge. Inside the band there's a tiny engraving 'J.S.' that could help the owner identify it. It felt important to post—if it's yours, drop me a line here and we can arrange to reunite you with it.
Approximate found location
Northern Panhandle
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