A rare ring, set with sapphire, emerald and garnets and once owned by a medieval bishop, is coming to auction on March 26 sale of jewelry, silver, and objets d’art at Noonans Mayfair, in London.

The ring, made in part from deep-blue stone, was likely owned by a high-status woman during the Middle Ages.

It sounds like a dream scenario for your average metal detectorist. Picture yourself in a field, searching for hidden treasures, when suddenly you spot something shiny. Could it be gold? For retired ...

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An extremely rare bejewelled ring that is believed to have belonged to a Medieval bishop is tipped to sell for £18,000 after being unearthed by a metal detectorist. Mark Sell was searching a muddy ...

A British man who unearthed an estimated 670-year-old medieval ring in the late 1970s recently rediscovered it hidden in storage boxes — and learned the forgotten treasure is reportedly worth ...

The archaeologist who discovered a medieval gold ring while digging less than three inches beneath the surface of Norway’s oldest town had quite the reaction. “‘S***, is that gold?’ was my first ...