Samhain Torc

“Twisted dark gold for the thin night.”

• Rarity: Legendary
• Metal: Gold
• Kind: Jewellery and dress fittings
• Set: All Hallows Ground

Where to find the Samhain Torc

The Samhain 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 All Hallows Ground set

The week the living leave gifts and the ground keeps them.

The pieces of this set:

• Candle Snuffer Tip · Common
• Cross Nail · Uncommon
• Lantern Lead Came · Common
• Mourning Ring · Rare
• Samhain Reliquary Cross · Epic
• Samhain Torc · Legendary
• Skull Bead · Uncommon
• Soul Cake Mould Fragment · Common

About jewellery and dress fittings

Brooches, fibulae, pendants, torcs and amulets were both fashion and function: they fastened clothes, showed status and, often, were believed to protect the wearer. The torc, a rigid twisted neck ring, was a mark of high rank among Iron Age peoples. Fibulae — ancient safety-pin brooches — changed style so often that archaeologists use them to date the sites they are found on.

More legendary artefacts

• Ship-Burial Clasp
• Silk Road Seal
• Silvered Cauldron Plate
• Spring Queen Torque
• The Bishop's Ring
• The Chieftain's Torc

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