Henry Viii Necklace (formerly Neckless)

[mcjtom]

In the news: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/31/metal-detectorist-tudor-gold-pendant-henry-viii-katherine-of-aragon-warwickshire

[Bootscrape]

Wow..... that’s mind boggling. I would have had a heart attack.😛

[rvpopeye]

So , THAT's where I lost it !🥸

Wow , inspirational . Guess he just paid for that detector.! Whatever it was ? (EDIT   XP-ORX just read next post !)

A lot of metal detectors were recently sold in that neighborhood no doubt...

 

 

[Rick N. MI]

That's incredible. That would be overwhelming to see digging it up. I wonder what it will be valued at.

[GB_Amateur]

I found the following from the article rather interesting:

Discovered before the start of the pandemic, the pendant was unveiled at the launch of the annual reports of Treasure Act for 2020 and the Portable Antiquities Scheme for 2021. A total of 45,581 archaeological finds were recorded in that period, of which 1,085 are classed as treasure – 96% were found by detectorists, most on cultivated land.

BTW, the thread title alarmed me -- at first I thought he must have played too much rugby.  Then I realized he probably wanted to minimize the chance of being beheaded -- a fate he saved for a couple of his wives (fortunately not Katherine who is thought to have died from cancer).