[Child of the 7th Age]

Kuruharan -- I feel that if a Man or Wizard or Elf had found the Ring, he or she would have been tempted to use it for some "major" schemes, perhaps ostensibly for the good. These major schemes would surely have come to the attention of Sauron. I didn't mean to explicitly limit this finding to Galadriel, Gandalf, or Aragorn. Simply that the races they represent would have likely used the ring in a different way than Gollum did. Gollum's use of the Ring actually protected and hid it a very long time from Sauron.

sharon, the 7th age hobbit