Cub Scout uniform washes ashore in Ponte Vedra Beach after Irma, owner found

A Jacksonville woman said she has located the owner of a Cub Scout uniform she found on the beach after Hurricane Irma.

Nikki Presley said she and her husband were picking up debris near Guana Preserve off A1A Sept. 16 when her husband saw familiar beads in the sand.

Dustin, an Eagle Scout, recognized them as Progress Toward Ranks beads. He brushed away the sand to reveal a uniform.

The uniform has a patch on the left sleeve that reads “Arrowhead Council, Illinois," with the number 121 below it.

Presley posted photos of it on social media to try to find its owner.

The photo was sent to Boy Scouts of America's National Service Center and posted on a scouting blog.

According to the blog post, the uniform could be decades old based on the Arrowhead Council patch. The council no longer exists after it merged with another council in 1991.

Other clues on the uniform included an Honor Unit patch on the right sleeve and a Catholic religious medal on the left pocket. A friend of Pat Gegg, who is stationed at NAS Jax, saw the post on the scouting blog and told his friend about it.

“Once I saw the Arrowhead Council and I saw the Parvuli Dei [Catholic religious emblem], I said, ‘that’s mine,’” Gegg said.

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