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Homeless man: Diamond ring isn't mine, so who does it belong to?

Mike Secaur found a diamond ring in some change a lady driving by gave him as he stood at an intersection in Pontiac, Michigan.

A homeless man who has lived on the streets around Pontiac, Michigan, for nearly two years is trying to track down a woman he thinks accidentally gave him a gold ring with small diamonds when she handed him a handful of change.

Michael Secaur said he was standing on a corner asking for spare change when a woman in a vehicle handed him money -- and the ring.

"My first thought was to go pawn it but I'd only get about $20 to $50," Secaur said. "It's probably worth more to the woman who had it."

He said he would recognize the woman if he saw her again.

Secaur, a former kitchen manager, said he had a wife, three children, two cars and a house before losing everything to divorce and what he described as minor legal problems.

Read The Oakland Press report (with video) here.

Full post as published by the 13th juror on February 26, 2011 (boomark / email).