The Mole Hill Ring - Metal Detecting

This is my story about my hobby of metal detecting its a great hobby if you are into History, I go detecting with a small group of friends most weekends&we are know as The Time Explorers. Some of our group have their treasure finds in the British Museum in London&the Time Explorer are very proud to be in a DVD made by Mapletree Studios called Exploring the Explorer where you can see us making our best find of 2004 that is now in the Dorset country Museum for all to enjoy young&old a like. This short film you are about to see is about a sad story set in Victorian times, metal detecting is not just about finding Gold&silver treasure its finding out about the past as you will see. As the Director spoke, a cold shiver ran down my spine; - The ring was in fact a Victorian Mourning Ring, which was worn by Louisa's Mother following Her death. The large insets in the central heart and tiny holes around the ring would have held tiny Sea Pearls to represent tears. The surrounding inserts around the sides of the ring, giving it a hollow effect, would have held a woven lock of Louisa's hair. The story was unfolding itself. Louisa was the only child of Thomas and Louisa (Mothers name also) Dunn. They were a wealthy family living at 1 York Gate Regents Park London. This was a very prosperous area with servants, a butler and a footman. Thomas followed in his Fathers footsteps and was a partner and a solicitor in a Law practice named Wordsworth and Dunn of Threadneedle Street London. He retired from the firm the same year his Daughter was born, 1854. Thomas was also a Landowner and after retiring this was his source of income. Following the death of his wife, he moved to 1 Princes Gardens in London and began life as a widower. Mother Louisa was born Louisa Turner in Bister Oxfordshire in 1825. Before marrying Thomas she lived at St. Leonards Shoreditch London with her father John Lamming-Turner a Clerk of the Holy Orders. Louisa was 27 when she married Thomas Dunn at Marylebone Church on 30th October1852. They moved to Regents Park and after two years of marriage Louisa gave birth to their only child, Louisa. Sadly the Mother died between the ages of 46 - 56. Revealing Secrets are trying to find any burial records. Louisa, it was discovered, died of Scarletina (Scarlet Fever) on 10th December 1863 aged nine years old at 32 Bedford Square Brighton. We know this was a lodging house and it may be possible that Louisa was taken there for the Sea air to aid her recovery. During the Victorian Period it was a common retreat to the coast to convalesce. The sea air was considered good and clean for the health. Unfortunately Louisa was not to recover. Scarletina was an acute infectious disease, which was once a common and dangerous illness, and if not treated with penicillin would lead to kidney problems and fatality. I could imagine how devastated this young woman must have been after losing her only child and then to suffer the loss of such a precious ring, her last link with her daughter. How it got there we still don't know. Could she of