Ship-Burial Clasp

“Gold that was meant to sail into the dark.”

• Rarity: Legendary
• Metal: Gold
• Kind: Jewellery and dress fittings
• Set: The Saxon Shore

Where to find the Ship-Burial Clasp

The Ship-Burial Clasp 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 Saxon Shore set

Fort and foreshore mixed: coins of empire beside boat nails of the north.

The pieces of this set:

• Clinker Rivet · Uncommon
• Fort Brick Stamp · Common
• Gold Bracteate · Epic
• Oyster Shell Weight · Common
• Saxon Cross Pendant · Rare
• Ship-Burial Clasp · Legendary
• Shore Nail · Common
• Silver Sceatta · Uncommon

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

• Silk Road Seal
• Silvered Cauldron Plate
• Spring Queen Torque
• The Bishop's Ring
• The Chieftain's Torc
• The Jarl's Neck Ring

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