A metal detectorist has discovered a gold mourning ring dating from the 18th Century "gleaming in the sunshine".

Malcom Weale, 53, unearthed the ring in a field near Thetford, in Norfolk, in August.

The piece of jewellery, linked to an ancestor of Gawdy Hall Estate in Harleston, is believed to have been created in memory of Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy, the 3rd Baronet of Harling, who died in a hunting accident in 1723, aged 56.

Police are investigating an incident of illegal metal detecting at the historic Lydford Castle and Saxon Town site in Devon.

The unauthorised activity, known as nighthawking, involved the digging of multiple holes at the protected 13th Century site, a scheduled monument managed by English Heritage.

The site features a 13th Century tower on a mound, built as a prison which became notorious for harsh punishments, a Norman earthwork castle and Saxon town defences

A sandstone carving, believed to be a representation of the Roman goddess of victory, has been discovered near Hadrian's Wall.

It was uncovered by volunteers in a reused pile of rubble above infantry barracks at the Vindolanda Roman settlement in Hexham, Northumberland.

Victory, known in Latin as Victoria, was revered by the ancient Romans during times of war and was often credited for battlefield success.

Jim and Dilys Quinlan, from Merseyside, were in their 21st year of volunteering at the site when they made the discovery.

A coin missing from a stolen Viking hoard has been discovered for sale in Croydon, London.

George Powell and Layton Davies, from Wales, dug up more than 300 silver coins and gold jewellery in a Herefordshire field in 2015.

If the metal detectorists had declared the hoard, they could have been millionaires, but instead they sold it for profit and were sent to prison.

Ten years since the treasure was discovered, more than 230 coins are still missing and police investigations are ongoing.

        

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A "one-of-a-kind" cache of 933 Iron Age gold coins whose finder was convicted of attempted theft is to go on permanent display close to where it was discovered.

The Great Baddow Hoard, which was found in 2020, is a "nationally significant" find because it is Britain's largest recorded Iron Age gold coin hoard, according to experts.

It was declared treasure by a coroner and has been acquired by the Museum of Chelmsford, Essex, after receiving a £250,000 National Lottery Heritage Fund grant.

Curator Claire Willetts said it "could have been intended as a tribute payment to Roman general Julius Caesar".