The power of social media and just two hours was all it took for Lynnette Schaefer to be reunited with her husband's wedding ring — eight years after he lost it.

In 2010 Jade Hutchison, then still a young child, was holidaying in Bermagui on the New South Wales South Coast with her mother, when they found a wedding band at the beach.

Unable to find the owner during their holiday, Jade took the ring back to her home in Sydney, still hoping to eventually find its owner one day.

"At the time I was only nine-years-old, so I didn't really think much of it," Jade, now 17, said.

"As I've gotten older I just thought it would be quite amazing to find the owner of the ring and return it."

A conversation with a friend a few weeks ago inspired her to renew the search for its owner.

Social media rallies to find the owner

Jade began joining community-based Facebook groups in the area and posting pictures of the ring in the groups to see if any locals recognised it.

Jade Hutchison, now 17, took to social media to find the ring's owner. ( Facebook )

"It was just crazy how in two hours I just stumbled across who owned the ring," she said.

It turned out that South Coast woman Lynette Schaefer's husband Paul had lost his wedding ring eight years ago.

In her response to Jade's Facebook post, Ms Schaefer said she and her husband had never stopped looking for the ring when they went for a walk on the beach.

But she said it did not initially click that the ring belonged to her husband when she saw the post

"When I first saw it [the post] I thought that somebody else had lost a ring, because it's been such a long time," she said.

"And then I saw the date and I went 'oh wow that's my wedding anniversary!' and then my heart started racing and I was like 'oh my god, it could be my husband's!'"

Jade said she was equally excited.

"Straight away the photo that she posted looked pretty similar, I freaked out, I had my boyfriend next to me and I was 'like oh my gosh, I think I've found the owner!'," she said.

Ring returned in time for 25th anniversary

Ms Schaefer and her husband in 2010 when his wedding ring was lost on a beach at Bermagui. ( Facebook )

Ms Schaefer said she was grateful to have the ring returned in time for her 25th wedding anniversary.

"It's going to be our silver anniversary this year so it's made it very, very special," she said.

She said they had never got around to replacing the ring, partly because of the cost.

"We were lucky that somebody like Jade found it. Somebody that's obviously realised it was special and held onto it and made an effort to find the owner because things

like that don't happen very often," she said.

"We're so grateful."

The two women will meet in Sydney on Sunday, where the ring will be reunited with its rightful owner.