The Chieftain's Torc

“Twisted gold, heavy as a wrist. You were born into this or you took it.”

• Rarity: Legendary
• Metal: Gold
• Kind: Rings
• Set: The Oppidum Ditch

Where to find the The Chieftain's Torc

The The Chieftain's Torc is one of the legendary artefacts buried in FieldHunters, a free online metal detecting game. Hunters sweep a shared field with a metal detector, follow the signal and dig — and legendary pieces like this one are among the rarest things that come out of the ground. There is no way to buy it: it has to be dug up.

The The Oppidum Ditch set

Everything a hill fort dropped, lost or threw away over three centuries.

The pieces of this set:

• Boar Standard Finial · Rare
• Druid's Crescent · Epic
• Gaulish Stater · Uncommon
• Iron Currency Bar · Common
• La Tène Brooch · Uncommon
• Loom Weight · Common
• Potin Blank · Common
• The Chieftain's Torc · Legendary

About rings

Rings are among the most personal objects that survive in the ground. Signet rings carried a seal that pressed a mark into wax, so they worked as a signature as much as jewellery. Viking-age rings and arm-rings doubled as wealth you could wear: silver and gold were cut, weighed and traded, and a ring could be payment as easily as an ornament.

More legendary artefacts

• The Jarl's Neck Ring
• The Legate's Seal
• The Victor's Circlet
• The Vintner's Torc
• Votive Sword Tip
• Winter Hoard Ingot

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