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Gold ring considered to be linked with the English Gunpowder Plot heads to auction
A historic gold ring from the English countryside will go under the hammer this month — and experts believe it may be linked to one of the most infamous conspiracies in British history. The piece of jewelry was uncovered by metal detectorist Andrew Rose, who found it six inches in the ground in Bushwood, Warwickshire, about 20 miles southeast of Birmingham. The artifact features an inner inscription reading “Your Frende in Deede,” a message thought to symbolize loyalty. The 16th-century band may be tied to the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, an attempt by English Catholics to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King ... (full story)