The object that father-and-son metal detectives Jason and James Hyatt discovered on that day was about eight inches below the surface, as Jason Hyatt went on to tell the BBC. After clearing dirt away from the object, they knew they had something special. An image of the Virgin Mary with a cross was later identified as carved on the locket. Also on the object were design elements that could represent the wounds of Christ, according to experts.
At one time, the pendant opened up in the back but that mechanism no longer worked when it was found by the Hyatts. With possible buried treasure from antiquity on their hands, the Hyatts reported the find to the British Museum for authentication, per British law. The object was period correct, as declared by experts. The British museum later stated, "Devotion to the blood and wounds of Christ was one of the hallmarks of late medieval piety."
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