Gold Noble

“A third of a pound of silver's worth. Nobody on this road should have had one.”

• Rarity: Epic
• Metal: Gold
• Kind: Coins and medals
• Set: The Pilgrim Road

Where to find the Gold Noble

The Gold Noble is one of the epic 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 epic 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 Pilgrim Road set

Four centuries of travellers, and everything that fell out of their bags.

The pieces of this set:

• Buckle Plate · Common
• Gold Noble · Epic
• Lead Ampulla · Uncommon
• Pilgrim Badge · Common
• Reliquary Cross · Rare
• Seal Matrix · Uncommon
• Short Cross Penny · Common
• The Bishop's Ring · Legendary

About coins and medals

Coins are the most common precious find for real detectorists, and the most telling: a coin carries a ruler, a mint or a date, so it can place a whole site in time. Gold coins were rarely lost by accident — they were hidden, hoarded or buried, which is why a single gold piece in a field usually means a story. Medals and medallions were struck to mark victories, reigns, harvests and celebrations, and were kept as keepsakes long after the event.

More epic artefacts

• Gold in Quartz
• Gold Posy Ring
• Gold Spectacles Bridge
• Gold Star Ornament
• Gold Sun Wheel
• Gold-Inlaid Level

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