The Potato Field - Day 3 - Hammered & 16th-17th C GOLD RING.......

[CRUSADER]

Thankfully we had the rain I was hoping for & although it was meant to rain all day it didn't.
We had a quick 30 minutes hunt on a nearby field & gave that one up as a bad option. We then returned to gridding the Potato Field. It was a slow start & we soon had to move as the weeds were too high. I moved us to an area I liked, on our 1st day scouting, & on that first run Cru'dad bangs out a hammered. Great we are back in the game. (Keeping a streak alive)
By lunchtime our good finds were a little light & we thought it was going to be a lesser day.....Until I decided to wander a little past the last flag turn-a-round point whilst waiting for Cru'dad to catch me up. (Normally I just finish his runs for him) As I was trying to work out if this end was worth doing I didn't do a straight line (Because we might be going back over it) & I just fumbled onto the GOLD RING.
(5 hour hunt)

2 Scrappies
17th C Token
18th C Navy Button
Medieval Horse Pendant
Spanish 8 Maravedis (Counter-marked 1630 on rev)
Hammered of Ed I Bury St Edmund's mint (Only my 3rd of this mint)
What I believe to be a late 16th - early 17th C 22ct Gold Seal Ring with some kind of early hallmark/makers mark. This must be very high status, as using the 3 Lions would require Royal Approval. It will be handed in as treasure very soon.

UPDATED
It's now been handed over to the FLO. They will email the British Museum to either treat as a Treasure case or 'if' less than 300 years old, it will go down the PAS route.

 

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[Steve in PA]

Killer ring

 

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[basque-man]

Thats a ring!!! If it could only talk and tell its story!!!!

 

[Bruce R]

The Potato Field - Day 3 - Hammered & 16th-17th C GOLD RING.......

So what if you pulled that ring out of the ground and just stuck it on yer pinkey an kept mum about it ? If I had the government sticking its nose in my business like that I’d never bother buying a detector.

 

[CRUSADER]

So what if you pulled that ring out of the ground and just stuck it on yer pinkey an kept mum about it ? If I had the government sticking its nose in my business like that I’d never bother buying a detector.

Well, in which case you might not have a collection like mine then. Because without my rep, I'll'ed have no land to search, so you do the maths. All those that think they are beating the system or the land-owners are kidding themselves.

 

[CRUSADER]

Early days, but my researcher friend states;

''The mullet (star) will mean that the arms were for the third son of the family''

 

[Dirtwisher]

you have such awesome history to dig and recover. We are spoiled here as for the most part in most areas, we get to keep our finds. it does sound like a royal pain in the butt in what you have to do and go thru with finds like these. So you are totally at the mercy of the museum and the land owners. in one way, I understand the reasons for this but it still has to be challenging to give up some of the spectacular finds that you find.

For the privilege of hunting dirt like that I would gladly deal with those kinds of hassles LOL! Talk about a good problem to have!

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Reading your posts and seeing your finds
Is like a history lesson. , every time I see them I’m in awe
Keep pounding those spots
You’ve got s big audience and we love to read your stories
And see your finds
Thank you for sharing. E/c hunter hh gl

 

[orange_sweetheart]

EXCELLENT!!!

 

[CRUSADER]

All I want for Christmas is a day in a potato field [emoji4]! Nice finds and a nice long hunt! Congratulations CRUSADER!

That was very funny. Land-Mag & I had a good laugh at that yesterday!

 

[Brendan75]

Hi, wow, those are amazing finds, Congrats

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Great looking finds as always Cru!
Congrats on your Hammered ofEd I Bury St Edmund's mint and that beautiful gold ring!

Hope you and your father are doing well,
Dave

 

[Javadroid]

Always enjoy Crusader's finds and posts. Like most everyone else, I'd love to get to the point where my finds were considered museum worthy! Thanks again for the inspiration and education, and congrats Crusader!

 

[CRUSADER]

THANKS EVERYONE.

I went out today but we probably only have 1 days worth of hunting left on the very weedy field. (I'll post soon)

 

[birdman]

That's absolutely incredible.

 

[Steve in PA]

That ring is a fantastic find. Love the hammered piece too.

 

[gheenoe78]

My banner vote is going in as well. Just a fascinating and incredibly personal find. Would love to be able to see the person who lost it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[wwwtimmcp]

that ring is gorgeous, crusader. very nice find

 

[CRUSADER]

UPDATE;

They have finally agreed with my date line & started the Treasure process;

''Verdict on the ring is that it does need to go through treasure. I still haven’t heard back from BLANK but the BM have directed me to the following for comparison:
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/616168

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/755761 ''

 

[Plumbata]

Congrats on the confirmed treasure!

I was wondering if any experts on heraldry have been looking into that coat of arms? The ring had activated my curiosity but all I could determine was that the star means that the owner of the ring was the 3rd to hold the title and arms (I think, heh). It would be awesome if the item could be linked with a specific person, and I'd be very interested in any updates regarding original ownership.