A coroner has concluded that three gold items found by different metal detectorists in the county are all treasure.
Gold penannular ring. Picture: British Museum Portable Antiquities Service
Craig Mackender, a heating engineer from near Bridgnorth, said:"I used to think it was a myth when they say that gold shines when you find it in the ground."Gold really does come up shiny, as if it had been in the ground for a day." Mr Mackender has been told that the ring had been part of the hilt of a sword and he thinks it might have been used as a ring on a finger."It was in really good condition and is rare because these kind of finds are usually found in hoards."
Being more than 10 per cent gold by weight and more than 300 years old it qualified as treasure and Mr Ellery formally concluded that it was. Its monetary value will be decided by a committee in London before it can be brought.One, an incomplete Roman gold amulet case found by a metal detectorist in the Condover area on September 11, 2022, was discovered to be the lost half of an item that was found close by in 2019.
“Although their use is uncertain, similar rings have been found decorating bracelets and other objects. These decorative rings are amongst the most common items of gold to survive from the British Bronze Age.” The precise purpose of the seventh century sword ring found by Mr Mackender is unclear and finds from the period are rare from the county, but a growing number of early medieval finds made by metal detectorists are starting to reveal glimpses of the areas Anglo-Saxons past.
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