Wedding ring lost on Dutch farm during WWII, found 83 years later

A wedding ring that went missing on a Dutch farm during World War II has finally returned to its owner's family after 83 years. The ring belonged to Jo Nabuurs, who lost it while threshing grain behind his family farm in the village of Odiliapeel in the winter of 1942 or 1943.

He searched for it at the time but never managed to find it.Nabuurs had married in 1941, just a year or two before losing the ring. Despite his efforts to recover it, the ring remained buried on the farmland for decades.

He later passed away without getting it back.According to Dutch broadcaster NOS, now, more than eight decades later, a man searching the area with a metal detector has found the missing ring. He discovered it about 20 centimetres below the ground in Odiliapeel, a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant.The discovery eventually reached Jo Nabuurs' family through a relative who lives near their former home.