Illuminator's Pin

“Held vellum while gold leaf went down.”

• Rarity: Epic
• Metal: Gold
• Kind: Jewellery and dress fittings
• Set: The Monastery Garden

Where to find the Illuminator's Pin

The Illuminator's Pin 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 Monastery Garden set

Herbs, ink, and vows — all of them left metal behind.

The pieces of this set:

• Abbot's Ring · Legendary
• Book Clasp · Uncommon
• Crozier Tip · Rare
• Herb Knife Tip · Common
• Illuminator's Pin · Epic
• Ink Pot Rim · Common
• Pilgrim Ampulla · Uncommon
• Quill Knife · 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.

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• Lapis Lazuli Pendant
• Latitude Ring
• Lunula Fragment
• May Queen Pin
• Merchant Mark Ring

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