Recently, a diver recovered a man’s college ring, which he lost in the ocean 47 years ago!

Morgan Perigo parted ways with her 1965 class ring from Canada’s McMaster University in 1977 while on vacation with her family in Barbados. according to CNN.

When a large wave threatened to separate Perigo from his son, he held on tightly to the boy but not so tightly to his ring, which slipped into the water.

Fast forward more than four decades later, Perigo has diver Alex Davis to thank for finding the literally hidden gem.

Davis told CNN he was using a metal detector to search the ocean floor after Hurricane Beryl shook his interest in finding lost items. rolled over the island in the summer.

“So in areas where it was like a beautiful sandy beach, suddenly you can see all these exposed rocks,” Davis told the outlet. “With that in mind, I thought, right, are there some areas I want to go to now where it looks like a lot of sand has been removed?”

He said he was searching in an area that had coins from the 1970s and 1980s when his metal detector began beeping at a tone that meant he had found gold.

Under layers of dead coral, sand and rock, the diver unearthed a ring with a dark red stone, practically intact.

Engraved with the words “McMaster University 1965” and the initials “FMP,” Davis soon embarked on another discovery: finding the owner.

A simple inquiry to the university in Hamilton, Ontario, triggered a broader search.

Later, the school’s director of alumni, Laura Escalante, was able to match a name with the initials, according to a news release from the school.

All of which finally gave Davis a satisfactory answer.

The freediver then contacted Perigo, who told him how he lost the ring and that his birthday was approaching.

“It was like, ‘Oh my God, this story can’t get any better,'” Davis told CNN. “Not only did we find him after 47 years at the bottom of the sea, but I also found him, you know, a week before his birthday.”

Davis sent the ring to Perigo, who received the keepsake once again, just in time for her big day.

“What a wonderful and unexpected 83rd birthday gift,” Perigo said, according to his alma mater.