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A medieval gold ring discovered by two metal detectorists is expected to sell for £10,000 at auction when it goes under the hammer today.
Friends Aaron Pizzey, 30, and James Race, 39, found the rare item in a ploughed field near Stoke Ash in Suffolk, in April 2024.
The pair of metal detectorists made their discovery despite almost giving up due to a faulty headset, which Mr Pizzey said he was about to 'throw into a hedge in frustration'.
They had searched two fields to no avail on April Fool's Day in 2024 and reluctantly decided to try and search a third one.
Mr Pizzey said: 'That morning had proved fruitless on the first two fields we had searched, so we tried one more field.'
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we → see → field
'I had a faulty headset and was about to throw it into the hedge when Jim said: 'It's a good omen, you'll find gold.''
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you → have → gold
His intuition proved to be correct as just 30 seconds later, Mr Pizzey's detector gave a cracking signal, indicating something was underneath his feet.
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Aaron Pizzey, 30, and 39-year-old James Race, who discovered a gold ring while metal detecting on April Fool's Day in 2024
The medieval gold seal ring is excpected to fetch around £10,000 at auction today
He added: 'Digging down I saw in a clod of earth the colour of gold.
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''Gold!' I shouted to Jim who ignored me thinking it was a joke.
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'Then he saw me waving and holding the seal [ring] with a big grin on my face.
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me → see → face
The two friends have not disclosed the precise location of the find, but declared the item to the local finds liaison officer.
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friends → disclose → officer
Engineering lecturer Mr Pizzey and product development engineer Mr Race, will split the proceeds from the sale with the landowner who allowed them to search.
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They said the money would be spent on a new metal detector as well as some home renovations.
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Nigel Mills, a consultant to Noonans Mayfair, said the ring may have belonged to a medieval English princess.
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He said: 'The seal ring has a Medieval carnelian intaglio engraved with the image of a Griffin walking to the left, set in the centre of the gold oval bezel, which has a flat border inscribed in lombardic script "GRIFFVnMATILIELEMATILIOVR" which may translate as "griffin Matilda the maternal countess."
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which → say → Matilda
'This could suggest the ring belonged to Matilda of Lancaster who became countess of Ulster.
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who → suggest → Ulster
In 1347-8 she became a canoness of the Augustinian Campsey Priory just 20 miles from where the ring was found.'
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Matilda of Lancaster was a great-granddaughter of King Henry III and also had French royal ancestry.
However, Noonans said the connection with Matilda of Lancaster is a possibility rather than a confirmed attribution.
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The ring will be auctioned today as part of the Jewellery, Watches, Silver and Objects of Vertu auction.
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