Glad you liked it!
I don't see anything wrong with wishing you could find a lost SS ring. That'd be some Inidiana Jones-type stuff! (Mainly cause you'd have to try not blowing yourself up on 60+ year-old explosive devices while you looked.)
Eh, they cover the dead they find, and ditto with anything dangerous, don't see how she's a ghoul. That's really fascinating stuff, and I think I'd be right there digging, too.
Great info on the bunkers, and I loved the Chernobyl website.. that's the same woman? Didn't seem like it, though it's been a while since I've read the Chernobyl rides site.