{"id":188237,"date":"2023-10-26T11:31:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T11:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=188237"},"modified":"2023-10-26T11:31:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T11:31:11","slug":"gold-brooch-lost-by-a-medieval-lord-in-a-sword-fight-is-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/gold-brooch-lost-by-a-medieval-lord-in-a-sword-fight-is-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold brooch &apos;lost by a medieval lord in a sword fight&apos; is found"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gold brooch worth \u00a310k which was &#8216;lost by a medieval lord in a sword fight&#8217; is found 800 years later by metal detectorist in a pea field<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gintaras Beimavicius, 53, found the gold brooch in a pea field in\u00a0Spalding, Lincs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Experts theorise it was lost by a medieval lord in a sword fight 800 years ago\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A gold brooch worth \u00a310,000 which could have been lost by a medieval lord in a sword fight has been found 800 years later &#8211; by a metal detectorist in a pea field.<\/p>\n<p>Gintaras Beimavicius found the 13th century jewel &#8211; the size of a five-pence coin &#8211; when exploring a harvested pea field for valuables in\u00a0Spalding, Lincs.<\/p>\n<p>The 53-year-old said he broke out into a &#8216;gold dance&#8217; and was seen flapping and waving his arms in the field where he found the brooch, which features a tiny white pearl secured by two clasped hands.<\/p>\n<p>Unidentified lettering and four inset flowers can be seen on the circumference of the piece which is in pristine and undamaged condition. There is also a sword-shaped pin through the middle of it.<\/p>\n<p>Experts believe there is only one finer example of this style of brooch that exists and that one is in the British Museum.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/11\/77026341-12674993-image-a-8_1698315149296.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Unidentified lettering and four inset flowers can be seen on the circumference of the piece which is in pristine and undamaged condition. There is also a sword-shaped pin through the middle of it and it features a tiny white pearl secured by two clasped hands<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/11\/77026343-12674993-image-a-9_1698315154201.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gintaras Beimavicius found the 13th century jewel &#8211; the size of a five-pence coin &#8211; when exploring a harvested pea field for valuables in Spalding, Lincs, in a rally by Digging History<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/11\/77026347-12674993-image-a-10_1698315156977.jpg\" height=\"937\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He said he broke out into a &#8216;gold dance&#8217; and was seen flapping and waving his arms in the field<\/p>\n<p>During medieval times there were very strict restrictions on who could wear gold so it is thought this brooch is likely to have belonged to a lord or high-ranking civic official.<\/p>\n<p>One theory is that it could have been lost by the owner during a bloody sword fight.<\/p>\n<p>The brooch is currently with the Lincolnshire finds liaison officer and is being assessed for the British Museum.<\/p>\n<p>They will decide if they want to keep it and pay Mr Beimavicius a reward or return it to him. He will have to split any money from the find 50\/50 with the landowner.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Beimavicius was taking part in a rally organised by metal detecting club Digging History UK when he made the stunning discovery in July.<\/p>\n<p>The excited metal detectorist, who is Lithuanian but lives in Grantham and started detecting five years ago, recalled the moment he made his &#8216;best ever find&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;It&#8217;s my real piece of art and is so beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When I dug out this beauty, my eyes couldn&#8217;t believe it. Straight away I understood this wasn&#8217;t a usual find.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/11\/77026349-12674993-image-a-11_1698315170651.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mr Beimavicius was taking part in a rally organised by metal detecting club Digging History UK<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/11\/77026377-12674993-image-a-12_1698315185542.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The brooch is currently with the Lincolnshire finds liaison officer and is being assessed<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/26\/11\/77026479-12674993-image-a-28_1698315417204.jpg\" height=\"888\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>During medieval times there were very strict restrictions on who could wear gold so it is thought this brooch is likely to have belonged to a lord or high-ranking civic official<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think it&#8217;s my lifetime find. I just think who was wearing this brooch in medieval times and how significant it was then and is now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I believe any museum worth their weight in gold would want such a beauty.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Julian Evan-Hart, editor of Treasure Hunting magazine, speculated who this brooch could have belonged to 800 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;There were restrictions on just who could wear gold back in those times so the brooch most likely belonged to a lord, high-ranking civic official or maybe a member of the King&#8217;s retinue or royal family.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE &#8211;\u00a0Amateur makes &#8216;gold find of the century&#8217; in a farmer&#8217;s field after buying a metal detector because his doctor told him to get more exercise\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;I have no idea how the brooch ended up in the field but it&#8217;s one the beauties of this great hobby &#8211; we can try and guess.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Was it a high-status individual riding a horse and who took a tumble and lost his brooch or was it stolen?<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Was it lost during a sword fight or did his falcon on his leather gauntlet lurch forward flapping its wings and pulling its jessies past the brooch ripping it off?<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Metal detecting has revealed several similar brooches over the decades but nonetheless this is still a very rare artefact &#8211; it is unique from the fact there may be similar but not identical examples.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Any such discovery like this is significant as it is such a high-status artefact&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Stokes is part of the management team at Digging History UK, the club Mr Beimavicius was with when he made the discovery.<\/p>\n<p>He explained the rarity of the find:\u00a0&#8216;The find is no doubt in the top two of this style of brooch in the UK, the only better one is in the British Museum and has four gems to it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The overall condition is unparalleled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There has been several similar brooches unearthed in the past but are all damaged in some way i.e.. bent or with the pin missing, but this piece is the only one to date to be unearthed complete including the gem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The find is extremely rare, the first of this quality and the fact it&#8217;s complete after being in land that&#8217;s been farmed for 700 years is incredible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Digging History UK is proud to be associated with the find.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12674993\/gold-brooch-discovered-lincolnshire-uk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold brooch worth \u00a310k which was &#8216;lost by a medieval lord in a sword fight&#8217; 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