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Pictured: Gintaras Beimavicius with the brooch.
An exquisite gold brooch thought to have been lost by a medieval lord in a sword fight has been discovered 800 years later by a metal detectorist.
Gintaras Beimavicius unearthed the 13th century jewel, which is worth over £10,000, during a search of a harvested pea field.