Aug. 9, 2012— -- The class ring that a Ripon, Calif. high school student gave to her ... but ordered a replacement ring soon after. "I had his ring, and I wore it all the time," she said.

The almost 80-year-old Stamford High School class ring that had likely been lost for decades is now in familiar hands, but it had to travel through a couple of other hands before getting there.

Ben Venu high school class of 1955 with its gleaming red ruby center. This decades old ring looks good as new. Good Lord. It, its better mine. Mine has been laying up on the dress. This one hasn't ...