Three pieces of jewelry that are believed to be around 2,500 years of age was found in December on a farmland inside the parish of Leekfrith, in the Staffordshire Moorlands. The collection, which has been named the Leekfrith Iron Age Torcs could be the oldest Iron Age gold ever discovered in Britain.

According to Mail Online, the treasure was discovered by Mark Hambleton, a treasure seeker who uses a metal detector and went back after taking the advice of his late father, together with Joe Kania. The four torcs, three necklaces, and one bracelet were discovered separately around one meter apart and covered just underneath the surface.

The discovered treasure is not a long way from the greatest gold store ever found in the UK, and it is worth £3.285million. A formal valuation will now happen yet a fund-raising campaign is expected to be launched within weeks went for securing the gems for permanent public display.

However, BBC News reported that the area is almost 50 miles away from where the £3m Anglo-Saxon Staffordshire Hoard was found by a metal detector enthusiast in 2009. The inquest heard the torc's gold substance was no less than 80 percent, with each piece weighing between 31g (1oz) and 230g (8oz).

A formal valuation will now occur at the British Museum. To proclaimed a treasure, an item must be more than 300 years of age or having a valuable metal substance that is greater than 10 percent. The experts said that the new found treasure was probably made in Europe, perhaps Germany or France.

It is unknown why the items were buried, but rather it could have been for protection, as an offering to the gods, or as an act of recognition after the owner died. The two pieces, a necklace, and bracelet are made of twisted gold wire, while the other two have a molded finials, on the trumpet and the bracelet will also have a stunning feature Celtic decorations.

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