Hikers answer plea to find wedding ring lost on mountaintop

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - A man's quest to find his wedding ring on a 4,000-foot snow-covered mountain in New Hampshire has been completed by a couple of hikers - and a metal detector.

WMUR-TV reports Bill Giguere, of Massachusetts, recently lost the gold band on Mount Hancock. Giguere, who had been wearing it for three years, put out a plea to a hiking group for help.

Tom Gately saw the post but had doubts about finding the ring along the 10-mile loop trail Giguere hiked.

Giguere said the most likely spot was at a lookout where he changed gloves.

Gately and fellow hiker Brendan Cheever set out with a metal detector.

Cheever says that 'œit beeped and he's, like, '~I think I found it,' and everybody's, like, '~What?' and he just started scratching in the snow. There it was!'ť

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This story has been updated to correct that Cheever said 'œIt beeped ...'ť instead of Gately.