BOSTON -- A 3-year-old Franklin boy who was digging in the dirt in his yard found a woman's wedding rings she lost 33 years ago.

"I was just sitting there watching the kids play in the dirt -- like they usually do -- and Ryan walks up to me and says, 'Mommy I found your ring.' He gives it to me and I was like, 'Oh Ryan, thank you.' He gives it to me, and I didn't think anything of it, thought it was maybe costume jewelry. And he was like, 'Do you want the other one?' I was like, 'Yeah, sure,'" Luna Baima said.

The rings 3-year-old Ryan Baima, of Franklin, dug up were lost 33 years ago by his home's original owner, retired school teacher Joan Mulligan.

After some detective work, Ryan's mother delivered the good news over the phone Sunday night.

"She said, 'I think I have something that belongs to you.' And immediately it flashed through my mind that's what it was. I couldn't believe it," Mulligan said.

The rings were originally lost on the other side of the yard from where they were discovered, and in the past couple of weeks eight to 10 truckloads of dirt have been removed from the yard.

Mulligan lost the rings when she was gardening.

"I gave him $50 in multiple bills and he was in the house throwing it up in the air and going, 'Woo!" Mulligan said.

Mulligan said she will have her long lost rings repaired in time for her 50th wedding anniversary this August.