An unusual medieval gold seal with a gemstone engraved with an elephant carrying a castle on its back has been added to a museum's collection. Discovered by a metal detectorist near King's Lynn, ...

Malcolm Weale was in a farmer’s field with his metal detector when he unearthed a tiny and dirt-covered object ...

Archaeologist Helen Geake, who serves as a “finds liaison officer” for the antiquities program, said that it was likely made in England – “English craftsmen were by far the best in Europe ...

County finds liaison officer Helen Geake said: "We couldn't make head nor tale of it, but Malcom Jones suggested it was a rhyming couplet in French." Andrew Williams/Norfolk County Council It ...

The seal matrix dates to between 1250 and 1350, a period covered by the reigns of Henry III, Edward I, Edward II and Edward III [Andrew Williams/Norfolk County Council] ...

Archaeologist Helen Geake, who serves as a "finds liaison officer" for the antiquities program, said that it was likely made in England — "English craftsmen were by far the best in Europe ...

When Malcolm Weale saw the tiny, dirt-covered object he’d unearthed in an English field, he knew it was something special.

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