Australian who found a diamond ring 14 YEARS ago finally hands it in to police because the trinket has given them 'bad luck ever since'

• The diamond ring was found in Stanley, a town on Tasmania's north-west coast
• Package included mysterious note that said ring had brought them bad luck 
• Smithton Police Station has urged the ring's original owner to claim the trinket

A superstitious Australian who found a diamond ring 14 years ago has finally handed in the trinket after being 'cursed with bad luck ever since'.

The ring was posted to the Smithton Police Station in Stanley on the north-west coast of Tasmania last week. 

The precious piece of jewellery with a large round diamond came with a mysterious note from an anonymous author.

'I found this ring on Alexander Terrace in 2007,' the note read. 

'I have had bad luck ever since. I'm sorry.'

Smithton Police urged the owner of the ring to come forward to claim the trinket, which they said had caused some 'strange things' to happen in the station. 

'Well be Gol-lum no longer,' the police Facebook post on Sunday joked. 

'We'd like to return this precious ring to its one true owner, because quite frankly some strange things have been happening around here since it arrived.' 

The bizarre package quickly sparked residents' imaginations with many sharing their theories in the comments.

'Spooky. Wonder where they found it and under what circumstances. I hope the real owner comes forward and fills in the gaps,' one user wrote. 

'It looks like my mothers ring, but she is in Hobart. Spooky that I've seen this post, because I haven't seen my mother or that ring in a decade or so,' another wrote. 

Other commentators speculated if the original owner threw the ring away in an effort to banish the trinkets' curse.

'Are you sure the owner lost it and didn't throw it away?' a user commented. 

'I probably would have got rid of it after one year of bad luck, not waited 14 years,' another guessed.