The rare Tudor ring, which has a ruby and an emerald in a flower-shaped form, was found by Lee Rossiter in Green Hammerton on 19 April last year.
Mr Rossiter only took up metal detecting 18 months before the discovery.
“When I first found the ring, I couldn’t believe my eyes,” he said.
“Until then I had only found the odd silver coin, but this looked like a proper piece of jewellery, which seemed to be made of gold.” MORE (bbc.co.uk)