Leeds Bleeding Heart Seal

"Was this precious golden love token lost by a forlorn Leeds lass when Shakespeare was still alive and kicking?

Or perhaps the ‘bleeding heart’ slipped out of a lovesick English Civil War soldier’s pocket and dropped in the mud, where it lay undisturbed for generations.

More than 300 years later, the perfectly preserved 17th century romantic keepsake set a rookie treasure hunter’s heart fluttering after his metal detector beeped as he swept pastureland in Allerton Bywater."

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