No, he found it. However, he did learn who had lost it and did not return it them.
The ring is not a character it is not a person.
Frodo Baggins was the hobbit that ended up with the One Ring.
No, there is no indication in The Hobbit that The Ring was malevolent, although it is most definitely magical.
The Fellowship of the Ring , The Two Towers and The Return of the King .
Bilbo Baggins
The one ring
In The Hobbit the ring's only power is that it makes its bearer invisible.
Smegall is the one who wants the ring so badly.
Frodo carried the ring to Mordor.
he calls the ring; "the precious"
The discovery of 'The Ring' .
He hated him for taking the ring from him