Is this your necklace? Sarasota man finds necklace, ashes on Siesta Beach

On a quest to find his friend’s wedding band on Siesta Beach, Shawn Rauch instead found a necklace engraved with “Mom” and filled with ashes on May 26.

Rauch, a metal detector enthusiast, said that when he finds something valuable, his first instinct is to track down the owner.

Rauch said many people tried to connect him with a woman in Philadelphia who lost a similar necklace, but she isn’t the owner.

“One guy claimed it was his, but after talking to him he was very obviously not the owner,” he said.

Rauch said the best way to contact him is at facebook.com/shawn.rauch.31.