Winter Hoard Ingot

“Cut gold, never coined — panic money.”

• Rarity: Legendary
• Metal: Gold
• Kind: Coins and medals
• Set: The Snowbound Cache

Where to find the Winter Hoard Ingot

The Winter Hoard Ingot 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 Snowbound Cache set

Hidden when the road closed, never collected when it opened.

The pieces of this set:

• Gold Spectacles Bridge · Epic
• Hearth Poker Tip · Uncommon
• Mitten Clip · Uncommon
• Shovel Rivet · Common
• Snuff Box Lid · Rare
• Tallow Lamp Hook · Common
• Winter Hoard Ingot · Legendary
• Wool Carder Tooth · Common

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 legendary artefacts

• Winter King Torque
• 1817 Sovereign
• Abbot's Ring
• Angel Coin Hoard Piece
• Apiarist Medal
• Aureus of Titus

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