Two gloved hands hold the pendant, showing the front of the heart-shaped locket.
This pendant is thought to be associated with Henry VIII. An amateur detectorist discovered the locket by chance in a field in England.
  • An amateur metal detectorist found a gold necklace linked to Henry VIII and his first wife.
  • The locket is engraved with "H" and "K", the initials of the Tudor king and Katherine of Aragon.
  • A nonsensical engraving, "Tous Iors," could have been a pun between the king and his wife.

An intricate 500-year-old gold pendant, recently unearthed on an English farm, may provide evidence of King Henry VIII's romantic side. 

The heart-shaped locket is engraved with "H" and "K", the initials of the Tudor king and his first wife Katherine of Aragon.