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Five views of the same gold ring lying on a surface. It is a plain band except for a small enamelled decoration on the outside, showing a stylised image of a skull. With the band is writing.

Museum hopes to acquire 'rackety' baronet's ring

The mourning ring was made in memory of Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy, who died in a hunting accident.

Nikon camera, covered in mud and grass

Discovery of lost camera sparks appeal for owner

Appeal is launched to locate mystery family after 'remarkable' find on footpath.

A close up of a Tudor brass showing Sir Clement Higham. He is in armour and has his hand held up in prayer. He has a hair covering his ears and a pointed but short beard.

Hawk tag find linked to man who burned heretics

Sir Clement Heigham persecuted East Anglian Protestants in Mary Tudor's reign, says historian.

A gold Roman coin being held up in front of the face of a man who has a grey moustache and is wearing a white glove.

Rare Roman coin fetches nearly £5,000 at auction

76-year-old Ron Walters found the coin with his metal detector in a field near Dudley last year.

Birmingham & Black Country

A silver medieval shield-shaped seal matrix from its front. It has writing around its edge and in its middle are three brooch-shape designs, two above the third.

Call for historians to solve medieval seal mystery

It is rare to find a seal with a place name in the "very village" it came from, says an expert.

Police mugshot of Layton Davies, with short cropped blonde hair and clean shaven face, staring straight at the camera. And a police mugshot of George Powell, with dark brown short hair, a goatee and a tattoo on his neck, looking away from the camera.

How two friends found £3m treasure and ended up in jail

How recklessness and greed led the finders of one of Britain's rarest treasure troves to jail.

A chunky gold ring with a black circular pattern repeated three times on its side.

Feel the weight of history with hoard replicas

The public may handle reproductions of Viking treasure during special sessions at a museum.

Hereford & Worcester

Detectorist finds hoard of Roman silver coins

The loss might have been the equivalent of "a few hundred quid" to its owner, says a coin expert.

A collection of coins from the 15th Century in silver and gold with faces on some of them

Metal detectorists unearth 15th Century coin hoard

The find of Scottish and English coins was made in the Cappercleuch area of the Scottish Borders.