Detectorist Discovers Gold Mourning Ring with Skull Engraving in UK Field

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Detectorist Discovers Gold Mourning Ring with Skull Engraving in UK Field
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An amateur detectorist in Norfolk, UK, discovered an 18th-century gold mourning ring engraved with a skull and inscribed with the death details of Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy, suggesting it was a memorial piece linked to British nobility, and now studied by experts at the British Museum.

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