Amazing historic Gold Ring found in the UK (DeepTech VGG)

Matthew Shaw
DeepTech Vista Gold Gain

“Hi guys ‘n’ girls. Today was that day...a good friend and I eagerly walked out onto our new permission! The first signal was coke, but I thought dig ‘em all and get a feel for the site. Within half an hour, the most beautiful, gold medieval iconographical finger ring lay at the bottom of a 7-8 inch deep hole. Centuries old, but looks like it’s never been worn. Any help on who it depicts would be appreciated. The Virgin Mary? St. Catherine? 1400-1600s? Hundreds of acres of pasture, but there it lay. It’s stunning and I’m very grateful. It’s what it’s all about....right?!

Now for the Treasure Act process.....will I....or won’t I get to keep....!”

Wow what a wonderful find.

a superb discovery !
the engraving is very beautiful

it's the last vista, in 30 kilos ?

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Detector used : Fisher Aquamanta /

Pulsepower Goldscan 5c / Aquastar / Goldquest SSV3 / Nexus Coronado / Vista Gold

WoW!

Outstanding find Zig-man

BEAUTIFUL!!

Superb find.
It looks like St Michael slaying the Dragon, to me.

Has to be one of the best finds of a lifetime. CONGRATS !!!

Beautiful engraving. I see a staff with a cross at the top. Looks like a woman.

If they take the ring does the museum pay you for the value of it?

Here's a close up.
1 jpeg by Rick Covert, on Flickr

Rick

Very sweet ring find!

HH
Mike

First off the Treasure Valuation Committee will place a price on its worth as history, if one of a kind or very important for one reason or another then they will place a price upon according to its status, after that it is for museums raise the cash to buy at the price stated.
It' can either work out to be a fair situation or an unfair situation for the finder, many people have been unhappy with the valuations placed in the past.

I place a link below for more information

[en.m.wikipedia.org]

Find of a lifetime Ziggy - well dug

[www.earthscan.co.nz]

very nice!

FIRST RULE: Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!

Great Britain has an excellent system of handling metal detecting as a hobby and a a valuable source of undiscovered cultural history. No. Other country that I know of are so open to the contributions of detectorists while respecting the common law rights of property owners and arrangements that they make with detectorists.

Perfect? No, nothing is.

Rick Kempf
Gold Canyon AZ- where there is no gold

Ziggy,

Wow! What a gorgeous ring! You didn't find it correct? Matthew was the finder?

From where I'm sitting, it could be 'St.Margaret of Antioch", aka 'Saint Marina'
Possibly 13th Century - around 1222ad, where she was hailed a saint in Oxford.
250 churches in the UK are dedicated to her.
Feast Day - July 17

Even though iconographical rings of this type have been found in the past, this example has rarity value possibly worth £3000 to a valuation committee?

Ahhh! Des has got it.
I saw the dragon/wyvern lying on its back, head pointing up, the cross/sword shoved down its beak, and figured it had to be Saint/Archangel Michael, despite looking feminine. But I forgot it's not just guys that slay dragons [ the Devil], everyone's had a go at it in mythology. Including Saint Margaret.
[sanctoral.com]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/09/2018 01:27PM by Pimento.

Ziggy,

Congratulations on recovering a beautiful, historic gold ring.

Hundreds of acres? You're gonna need some help

No no no, I wish I did find it, a UK Detectorist called Mathew is the lucky one

Any Updates Zigster???

Not yet Des, soon as I know I will post ok

Pimento, great info/link. Thanks and again Congrats Ziggy.

Dang thats nice!!!

Imagine the thrill!!!!!!!!

Tell Matthew Big time congrats for me!!

Keith

“I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own”
-Nikola Tesla

DeepTech hitting the magazines hard this month with triple gold finds, it's truly great to see folks doing well with our machines and the feedback we constantly get is amazing, keep up the great work folks as it's truly appreciated,