diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index 6fa301d740718a4e5df06ee2b89d0a0d4321ccc6..be0560879d9b842821accefa2d9b920709e4be75 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def find(*arguments)
         case scope
           when :all   then find_every(options)
           when :first then find_every(options).first
-          when Symbol then get(scope, options)
+          when Symbol then instantiate_collection(get(scope, options))
           else             find_single(scope, options)
         end
       end
@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ def exists?(id, options = {})
         # Find every resource.
         def find_every(options)
           prefix_options, query_options = split_options(options)
-          collection = connection.get(collection_path(prefix_options, query_options)) || []
+          instantiate_collection(connection.get(collection_path(prefix_options, query_options)) || [])
+        end
+        
+        def instantiate_collection(collection, prefix_options = {})
           collection.collect! do |element|
             returning new(element) do |resource|
               resource.prefix_options = prefix_options
diff --git a/activeresource/test/base/custom_methods_test.rb b/activeresource/test/base/custom_methods_test.rb
index b937fe8f9ee8fe3762ce3577b00fc90d7f1447f7..3648e0484d9b82ad849258bb3035628c60cd7909 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/base/custom_methods_test.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/base/custom_methods_test.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,6 @@ def test_custom_new_element_method
   end
   
   def test_find_custom_resources
-    assert_equal [{ "id" => 1, "name" => 'Matz' }], Person.find(:managers)
+    assert_equal 'Matz', Person.find(:managers).first.name
   end
 end
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