“Unraveling Time: A Hidden Medieval Treasure Unearthed by a Metal Detectorist Fetches $24,000 at Auction!”
A Chance Discovery In Norfolk, England
According to a statement from Noonans Mayfair, the ring was discovered by chance in King Row, Shipdham in Norfolk, when Mark Sell decided to go for a long afternoon stroll with a friend and his XP Deus metal detector. Sell had only used the metal detector a couple of times before, and he had never found anything significant. So he was intrigued when his device began to faintly ping a couple of hours into their walk.
As the sky began to darken, Sell began to dig into the Earth. Nine inches down, he came across a gem-set golden ring caked in mud.
“I was amazed to see a thin line of gold in the clod of mud that I had dug up, and as I wiped away the mud, I could see the bezel of a medieval gold jewelled ring,” Sell recalled. “I could also see that the ring was complete with all of the original jewels still in place and was in pristine condition.”
Noonans MayfairMark Sell found the gem-set ring entirely by chance while walking with his metal detector in 2019.
The ring is set with a sapphire, surrounded by emeralds as well as garnets or rubies, and has been dated to the late 12th century or early 13th century. Though both the Norwich Castle Museum and the British Museum were interested in the ring, the auction house Noonans Mayfair took over its sale. They estimated that it would sell for between $19,000 and $23,000.
Now, it has sold for about $24,000. So who did the ring once belong to?
The History Of The King Row Ring
After examining the ring, experts at Noonans Mayfair came to believe that the artifact had once belonged to a medieval bishop.
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