After getting a Georgian mourning ring, I fell down a rabbit hole looking at others. Some of the more haunting: one that says “ Be ye also ready ” and another with a miniature of an urn surrounded by ...
Anthony Woolmington discovered the 333-year-old piece of jewelry while scanning soft pasture land near Shillingstone, Dorset in 2021. The experienced detectorist originally thought he'd found a more ...
This eccentric emporium is a delightful mishmash of the curious and the captivating, a place where history meets mystery with a dash of whimsy thrown in for good measure. As you approach the ...
A 17th Century mourning ring discovered by a metal detectorist in Dorset is to go under the hammer. Anthony Woolmington, who has been metal detecting for eight years, found the ring on a farm near ...
After being confirmed by antiques experts to be a mourning ring from 1692, Anthony is now set to cash in on his remarkable find. Anthony said: "I found the ring on what I think may have been an ...
A rare 17th-century funeral ring found in a countryside field by a metal detectorist could sell for thousands of pounds at auction. Anthony Woolmington discovered the 333-year-old piece of jewelry ...