Last month, a guy was pleased when he discovered a diamond ring worth $40,000 on a Florida beach, and he quickly became a metal detector angel.

Joseph Cook discovered the ring buried in the sand at St Augustine’s Hammock Beach and instantly shared a video of himself digging it up to his social media channels in search of people who may have lost rings.

‘No way, guy,’ the 37-year-old is heard shouting in shock. Take a peek at that bad boy. That’s genuine, people.’‘This is the largest diamond I’ve ever discovered on the beach.’

When he went to the jewelers, they allegedly told him the valuable gem set in a platinum band was worth $40,000, according to reports.

‘It was unbelievable.’

Two weeks later, Joseph began receiving calls from an unknown number.He originally disregarded them, but then realized they might be the ring’s owners.

He joined a video chat with a couple from Jacksonville who had suffered a similar loss.
’The wife exclaimed, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe it,’ and burst into tears.’

Joseph returned the ring to its owners near the same beach in St. Johns County three weeks after discovering it.

‘It felt great,’ he recalled. ‘I’ve returned $60,000 in merchandise this year, but nothing like this before.’

He claimed he wasn’t upset about having to return it, and he’s hunting for the owners of other rings he’s found in the past.

He even wears a necklace with roughly 25 rings on it in the hopes of returning them to their rightful owners.

‘Karma is always beneficial. Every time I return an item, I find something better, so I’m glad I was able to return it.