Signet of Office

“Authority in a ring.”

• Rarity: Epic
• Metal: Gold
• Kind: Rings
• Set: King's Messenger

Where to find the Signet of Office

The Signet of Office 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 King's Messenger set

A courier's pouch emptied into a ditch when the road went wrong.

The pieces of this set:

• Dispatch Tube Cap · Uncommon
• Letters Patent Seal · Legendary
• Messenger Spur · Common
• Royal Cipher Button · Uncommon
• Saddle Ring · Common
• Seal Wax Tin · Common
• Signet of Office · Epic
• Whistle Chain · Rare

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.

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• Spark Pendant
• Talon of the Aquila
• Transmutation Token
• Umpire's Counter
• Vernal Torc Terminal
• Victory Appliqué

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