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 ...

A 17th Century mourning ring discovered by a metal detectorist ... I never in my wildest dreams thought it was going to be a gold ring." Mr Woolmington has previously found Roman coins and ...

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 ...

Helen Smith of Hansons Auctioneers holds the 17th-century "mourning ring" found on pasture land in Dorset. (Hansons Auctioneers via SWNS) It has been given a guide price of between $739 to $985 but ...

Is it youth? Is it tactile? Invisible? For Wagner, the magic gold that is stolen from the bottom of the Rhine at the start of his four-opera “Ring” cycle, setting the plot in motion ...

Auctioneers said at first glance the ring appeared to be an ordinary 18-carat gold wedding band but was confirmed as a mourning ring upon closer inspection. Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons ...

Auctioneers said at first glance the ring appeared to be an ordinary 18-carat gold wedding band but was confirmed as a mourning ring upon closer inspection. Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons ...