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  • Metal detector finds silver ring for a bloodthirsty god[UK]

    05/23/2008 2:04:37 PM PDT · by BGHater · 13 replies · 496+ views
    Leighton Buzzard Observer ^ | 23 May 2008 | Mick King
    PART of a Romano/British ring found by a Leighton metal detectorist in fields near Hockliffe has been declared treaure. The ring, which has provided archaeologists with the missing link to a bloodthirsty ancient Celtic warrior god, was unearthed by Greg Dyer of Churchill Road in September 2005. At an inquest last Tuesday, Beds coroner David Morris told the court that the piece of ring, thought to be from the third century AD, contains 2.98 grammes of silver. The piece of jewellery, inscribed with the words 'Deo Tota Felix' is currently in the British Museum waiting to be valued. In a...