David Board, a British metal detector user, discovered a diamond-set wedding ring that he believed was from the 14th Century. CNN.
According to the outlet, Lady Joan Brook received the gold ring from Sir Thomas Brook in exchange for her 1388 wedding.
On the inside of the ring, there is an inscribed in medieval French that can be translated to English as: “As I hold your faith, hold mine,”You can find the outlet here.
Nigel Mills, a consultant on coins and antiquities at Noonans Auction House, is selling the ring. “almost perfect condition,” according to the outlet.
The jewelry has a golden hoop of two entwined bands to symbolize marital union and an inverted diamond set into it, according to the Noonans site.
Board, new to metal detection at the time, initially thought the discovery was trash, according to SWNS.
“I was searching [on a field] and found a few old coins,”Board informed the outlet.
“A lot of silver paper, the kind from sweet wrappers. I was walking back to the car when I got a signal, dug the hole, saw a bit of gold, and I thought, ‘Oh, not another bit of wrapping paper,’ and then found the ring.”
CNN reports that Board initially thought the find was scrap and placed it in his pocket.
After he returned home, he cleaned the mud from his car and told SWNS that he had realized there was more to it.
Board told CNN, “It was only after I got home and washed off that it became a lot better than what we thought.”