Saturday, December 18, 2010

Years Past, Pin Declared Tudor


"A tiny piece of treasure has delighted experts after it was left to gather dust at the home of the man who unearthed it six years ago.

The small silver pin was dug up by pensioner Len Fisher using his metal detector in 2004 and has just been declared a rare Tudor find.

The 500-year-old pin is the size of a five pence piece and elaborately decorated with circles.

Danielle Wootton, of Exeter's Royal Albert Memorial Museum, thinks it is worth hundreds of pounds and is getting experts in London to officially value it."

Read more HERE.

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