{"id":3108,"date":"2019-11-01T08:22:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T12:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/?p=3108"},"modified":"2019-10-29T15:55:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T19:55:35","slug":"lost-and-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/2019\/11\/01\/lost-and-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost and Found"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This past Father\u2019s Day, Jason Grum set out for Chesterland, Ohio, early in the morning, on the hunt for hidden gems in the historic township. Armed with a metal detector, Grum stopped at the famed Silas Tanner House to swipe around the periphery. When his detector emitted a loud tone, he knew he had stumbled across an object far more valuable than a bottle cap. What he didn\u2019t know was he was about to unearth someone\u2019s long-lost family treasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The object had been buried approximately 8 inches in the ground. Grum cleaned off clumps of clay and tangles of roots before realizing what he\u2019d discovered. \u201cI could see gold shining through,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was an exhilarating find.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As Grum dusted off the object, details began to appear: It was a Colgate class ring from 1969 with a crimson gemstone at its center. Its band was etched with the Colgate Memorial Chapel on one side and Huntington Gymnasium on the other. The initials S.M.L. were engraved on the inside of the band. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI knew I had to return it to the family,\u201d Grum says. \u201cI said to myself, \u2018All the clues are here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he called Colgate to ask for help, Grum connected with alumni records assistant Sue Hodges, who searched the University\u2019s database for alumni with the initials S.M.L. Stephen M. Lowe \u201969<\/strong>, an Ohio native, ticked all the boxes. Lowe had died 10 years ago, but Hodges found his son, Scott. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grum called Scott, who verified that the ring was his father\u2019s. Scott believes that his dad, who was a history<\/a> major, was drawn to Chesterland due to its abundance of landmarks and its proximity to his hometown of Pepper Pike.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was in shock when I got the call,\u201d Scott says. \u201cMy dad had fond memories and great friends from his time at Colgate \u2014 but he never said anything about a class ring.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discovery of the ring on Father\u2019s Day adds a special layer of meaning for Scott. \u201cIt\u2019s an incredible piece of my dad that we can hold on to forever,\u201d he says.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With three daughters of his own, Grum believes in leading by example and paying it forward. \u201cThe world could use more humanity,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s about helping your fellow man and performing an act of kindness for someone you\u2019ve never met.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A surprising discovery with a metal detector led to a treasure hunt that reunited a son with memories of his father, Stephen Lowe \u201969.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1221,"featured_media":3110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"coauthors":[436],"class_list":["post-3108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alumni-updates"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/palXSH-O8","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/Lowe.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3108"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3120,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3108\/revisions\/3120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3108"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}