Larry the metal detector starts off most of his days waist-deep in water searching for his next treasure.

"There's no telling what's in the ground," the 51-year-old said.

But there's one that he found on Aug. 5 that has him and his partner, Pam, stumped -- and they're asking the same question over and over: How did a 3-year-old Jersey City grammar school class ring end up in a lake in Cleburne, Texas, population 29,377.

The couple, who asked that their last names not be used for this story, was metal-detecting in Cleburne Lake when he came across a class ring that read, "Charles J. Watters P.S. 24," the school located on Virginia Avenue in Jersey City.

Now Larry and Pam, as they do with all the class rings and person items they find, are looking to reunite the School 24 Class of 2015 student with his or her class ring. The student would likely be a rising senior in high school.

Pam said that even before she went to search the school name on the internet, she figured it was from New Jersey or maybe New York. "The 'P.S.' with a number seems to be a New York-New Jersey thing," she says.

Pam then reached out to The Jersey Journal for help in getting into the hands of its rightful owner.

The class ring is silver and has a yellow stone with the name of School 24 wrapped around it. It's the third school ring the couple found this year alone.

The first ring that was found belonged to a man named Josh who called it a "miracle," according to Pam, because he was reunited with it the day of his father's funeral – the person he dedicated the ring to.

The second belonged to a woman named Megan who dedicated it to her mother, who died in 2016.

"In a perfect world," Larry said, "things always come back to you."

Larry, who's retired, started his metal-detecting hobby 20 years ago and was influenced by his uncle, who was a surveyor and owned a metal detector. Since then, Larry has found vintage axe heads, coins, and rings.

While Larry walks through the water, enjoying the "thrill of the hunt," Pam handles the detective work. She hops on Facebook pages, posting a description and location of the item that was found.

"It's more to see the joy on people's faces," Pam said of returning found items.

"That's the way the good Lord made it ...," Larry added. "To be able to bring more joy to the world."

The two says that they plan to continue metal-detecting with "Precious" – the name of Larry's Minelab Excalibur II metal detector.

"Too many people watch TV," Pam said. "This allows us to get close to nature."

The owner of the ring or anyone with information may contact Pam at (817) 202-5161.