Gold And Diamond Tudor Ring Found

Published on 08/03/12

Norwich jeweller Damon Pye, who runs The Repair Shop in Bagleys Court in Norwich city centre, stumbled across the buried treasure in a field, but is keeping the exact location secret.

Mr Pye, 62, who has been metal detecting for 25 years, said: “I was walking across the field and got an ordinary signal – it could have been a cartridge cap.”

The grandfather used a spade to burrow down and found the gold ring.

“It looked like something out of a Christmas cracker,” he said. “But as soon as I picked it up I realised it was gold. I kept quiet for about half-an-hour. My wife Denise was there and we are very competitive.

“I searched the area over and over again.

“We have found some wonderful things over the years – Roman coins, medieval coins – but this is the first gold ring I have ever found.”