Detector finds ring lost in lake ... and its owner

Earl Johnson is a detectorist.

Through the years, using his metal detecting equipment, he has found several thousand dollars worth of scrap gold and silver jewelry, hundreds of dollars worth of coins and, as you might expect, pounds and pounds of trash.

But the ring he found in four feet of water at Greers Ferry Lake sent him on a hunt of another kind.

The detecting trip had been a surprise getaway planned by his wife, Terri. They’d spend a night in Heber Springs, giving Earl a day of detecting.

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