After he found a ring while exploring with a metal detector, a Virginia man hoped his Facebook post could help find the ring’s owner.

After he found a ring while exploring with a metal detector, a Virginia man hoped his Facebook post could help find the ring’s owner.

Kevin Cobb found the ring when he was searching the area around the home of his girlfriend’s grandmother, in Dinwiddie, Virginia, Friday, December 5, 2014. The ring was buried about eight inches underground according to a report from our sister station WTVR.

After he cleaned it off, Cobb posted a photo of the ring on Facebook. His post said “LEY 73” and the number 432 were on the ring. A circle, around the image of a sailor on the ring, is inscribed “Recruit Training Command Great Lakes Illinois.”