White's user Andrew Southwell has discovered a rare silver ring dating as far back as the 12th century using his XLT.

Andrew from Staffordshire found the rare silver and jasper ring whilst detecting some farm fields in his native Staffordshire. The ring is engraved with the words 'Secreti Sigllum' - meaning 'secret seal' - and is inset with a third century jasper stone, with a carving of the Roman god Jupiter.

It would have been used as a wax seal. It is currently in the hands of experts at the British Museum in London and could be worth many thousands of pounds.

"It is a stunning find", says Andy, It has probably been lying in the ground for 900 years. It is a very exciting find".
Sealed inside the ring jewellery repairers also discovered a small piece of cloth, said to be a holy relic, and which once could have belonged to a saint's robe.
"I had not been metal detecting for about a month," Andy said. "It was the first field I went onto. I turned the XLT on, walked about eight feet and got a decent signal".
"The ring was buried about eight inches down. It had been damaged, and I did not realise how rare it was."
"I have been doing the fields for two years now, and the ring is probably worth five times more than everything else I have ever found".