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In an Instagram video the day before, she had worn a red and silver pendant of the archangel Michael, his wings spread out in triumph, a shield in one hand and a sword in another.

The Archangel Michael is the patron saint of police officers, so I wanted to ask Jurado if her pendant was a sly dig at her antagonists.

I pulled Jurado aside for a quick interview and immediately asked about the archangel Michael pendant.

The late 5th to early 6th Century pendant was created at a time when Anglo-Saxons were pagans, which was "slightly ironic", said coin expert Adrian Marsden.

He also suggested the pendant could have been part of a burial, rather than having been lost, indicating it came from the owner's grave which was ploughed up over the centuries until it finally rose close enough to the surface for the detectorist to find.