The neck ring is made up of four ropes of twisted silver strands joined together at each end.

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The items, found near Bedale in May, include a gold sword pommel, a unique silver neck ring and an armlet.

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In the Big Garden Birdwatch 2006, the ring-neck parakeet was among the 20 most-sighted birds in London, seen in all 33 boroughs and jumping from 19th place in 2005 to 15th.

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He figures the tag, one of two he wore around his neck, may have slipped off its ring when he was digging his foxhole.

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