AN American man has told of his shock after a ring he lost 56 years ago was found by a metal detectorist on a beach in Scotland. Bruce Walker, 76, had not seen the gold ring which he received for graduating from high school since loaning it to a friend in Dallas, Texas, in 1968. 3 Bruce Walker hadn't seen his ring since 1968 3 56 years later it washed up on Scottish shores 3 He received it after graduating from high school in Texas in 1966 However it was discovered more than 4,500 miles away by amateur treasure hunter Andrew Craft when he was searching for Viking gold on the beach in Kirkcaldy, Fife.
The graduation ring is marked Nacogdoches High School with 1966 inscribed on it along with the initials 'RBW'. Mr Craft emailed the high school's alumni association who then put him in touch with Mr Walker whose full name is Robert Bruce Walker. By chance the retired television executive visited Scotland during a cruise in September with his wife Kathryn and he was reunited with the ring when the ship berthed in Greenock, Inverclyde.
READ MORE ON THE SCOTTISH SUN ICE STORM Storm Bert 'danger to life' warning with heavy snow, freezing rain & 70mph wind SUNTA CAUSE 'Every kid needs love', HopScotch co-founder on making dreams come true It is not known how the ring came to be in Scotland although one theory is it may have been dropped in the sea in the US and made its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Mr Walker, of Beaumont, Texas, said: "I received a call from one of my high school se.
