Gold pedant of Henry VIII And Catherine of Aragon discovered by metal detectorist

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While on a walk on his friend’s property in Warwickshire, England, Charlie Clarke’s metal detector, which he had bought only six months prior, began to emit “unusually loud” bleeping. About one foot into the ground Clarke unearthed a treasure: a 500-year-old heart-shaped pendant decorated with symbols connected to Henry VIII and his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.

On one side, the pendant was decorated with Catherine of Aragon’s emblem, the pomegranate bush. Interlaced with the bush, there is a double-headed rose, a symbol used by the House of Tudor since the late 1400s. On the reverse, the letters H and K were written in ornate script and tied together by a ribbon.

Specialists and researchers have been shocked by Clarke’s discovery. An expert in Birmingham to whom Clarke brought the pendant after finding it in 2019 was described as “shaking when she held it, her jaw was on the floor.”

Rachel King, curator of Renaissance Europe for the British Museum, told the Times that researchers at the museum could hardly believe the pendant was real.

While the pendant has been authenticated, why it was made and how it wound up buried in a field in Warwickshire are not yet understood by experts. According to King, there are no portraits from the era of people wearing a similar pendant. She speculates that perhaps the pendant could have been the prize for a jousting tournament. 

 She said it was “hastily crafted.”

Source- https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pendant-henry-viii-catherine-of-aragon-found-england-metal-detector-1234656505/

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Different close up:

[Better Day 5,766]

Theft!!! Give them reparations!!1!!11!!!1

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1 minute ago, Midnights Mayhem said:

Theft!!! Give them reparations!!1!!11!!!1

If the pedant was from 1960s then it would really have been theft so... 

[Better Day 5,766]

1 minute ago, FfFfFfFF said:

If the pedant was from 1960s then it would really have been theft so... 

this was someone’s!!1!2!1!2!2!2 G1vE I! Back!!1!1!1!!21

[Celloo Deng 56,331]

oh wow, what an interesting find  I'm reading the Wolf Hall series atm and it's making me a Tudor nerd, so this is cool to see

[Pennywise 36,080]

The British finding something from their own history for a change 

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5 minutes ago, Pennywise said:

The British finding something from their own history for a change 

We have an extremely rich history. 

[River 127,556]

Harry says that this pendant has been attacking his wife since their wedding night

[Celloo Deng 56,331]

8 minutes ago, Pennywise said:

The British finding something from their own history for a change 

inb4 the materials were looted 

[Helxig 45,367]

This is insane! The likelihood of this happening is so incredibly miniscule! It's like something out of a work of fiction. That's bragging rights for life right there

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20 minutes ago, Pennywise said:

The British finding something from their own history for a change 

10th century Anglo-Saxon peasants after inexplicably discovering mummies and other Egyptian artefacts in their backyards:

[Dennis 8,391]

She is one of the few queens I like actually. Her story is so sad. I remember watching The Tudors and I just felt bad for all what she'd gone through with the marriage, humiliation etc. The actress in that role did a fantastic job.
 

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I love British history especially Welsh history where my Mom's family migrated from. This pendant must be 500+ years old, its crazy to think it was probably a very treasured item when first created and had an exciting story attached to it, only for it to be completely lost to time. None of us are really relevant are we

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4 hours ago, Midnights Mayhem said:

We have an extremely rich history. 

I know, we're just asking where does the... richness, come from