A Montana woman said her grandson found the wedding ring she lost in her garden eight years ago and surprised her with it for her birthday.

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Norma Welker of Shelby said she lost the ring while arranging flowers in her backyard garden eight years ago and this year she asked her grandson to till the soil so she could plant grass, the Great Falls Tribune reported Thursday.

Grandson Nick Welker said he found the ring in the yard and went first to his parents, who confirmed it was Norma Welker's lost wedding ring.

The family said they had the ring cleaned and presented it to Welker at her 80th birthday party.

"I really couldn't believe it," Norma Welker said. "It just seemed like it was so impossible."

Nick Welker said he previously reunited a lost wedding ring with its owner while he was a senior at Shelby High School in 2004 and found a teacher's lost ring in the parking lot.