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Husband reunited with ring
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f they keep it up, the Fraser Valley Treasure Hunters are going to have to start wearing superhero capes and masks. The growing group of local folks who love to go around with their metal detectors finding lost items recently reunited a Greendale man with his recently deceased wife’s lost wedding ring.
Treasure hunters brought in to find lost wedding ring that grieving family thought was gone forever The ring went missing three years ago while Jacqueline Toop was gardening in her yard in Greendale. Jacqueline and her husband Richard looked hard for the valuable ring, but it was never found. Jacqueline unexpectedly passed away in 2012 and the ring was, pre-
sumably, lost forever. The couple’s daughter Sarah later made a connection with a member of the Fraser Valley Treasure Hunters who said the club would love to come see if they could find the ring. Mark Lewis of the group told the Times that the “hunt” was planned for
more than a year. Because the property was small, only six hunters were allowed to participate, a group chosen by raffle among the 63 members. On March 8, they headed to the Toops. They broke up the yard into See THE RING, Page 6
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Richard Toop was “gobsmacked” after treasure hunters found his wife’s lost wedding ring.
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