A Saskatchewan man’s search for the owner of a ring he found 27 years ago is over.

Terry Elliott, a retired RCMP officer, first found the wedding ring while he was on vacation in the Bahamas in 1992. He assumed the couple who lost the ring were probably on their honeymoon.

In the years since, he has searched for the ring’s owners, thinking they might live in Edmonton, as it had a marking that said it was made there.

He had a few other clues. Engraved in the ring, were the names “Leah and Darrin,” as well as the couple’s anniversary, Nov. 30, 1991.

Over the years, he posted ads in numerous local newspapers in Alberta and Saskatchewan in the hope the ring’s owners might see them, but with no luck.

Elliott never gave up on his pursuit to find the couple, but it wasn’t until he recently posted his story and a photo of the ring on Facebook that he got anywhere. The post was subsequently shared more than 24,000 times and a number of internet sleuths made it their mission to find Leah and Darrin.

“If you cannot forward this to your friends, please screenshot it and get it out there,” Elliott wrote in his post. “They just celebrated their 27th anniversary (hopefully), so it would be nice to get the ring back to them.”

It turned out that the owner of the ring, Dr. Darrin Reznick, lives in New Jersey. When he heard about Elliott’s search, he contacted him to let him know he didn’t want the ring.

He told Elliott he had lost it when he was snorkeling in the Bahamas, but was no longer interested in retrieving the ring as he and his wife had since gotten divorced.

Elliott refused to keep the ring, but the two agreed he would sell it and donate the proceeds to research for pancreatic cancer (which Reznick’s mother, Nancy died from).

“Darrin has been inundated with calls and messages from well meaning cyber sleuths, but the response is overwhelming,” Elliott wrote on Facebook Thursday. “Thanks to all of you for your assistance in locating the rightful owner, but it is time to close the case. For those of you that like a happy ending, how about donating five bucks to pancreatic cancer research in Nancy’s name.”