It dates to around 400–250 BCE and is probably the earliest [[[British Iron Age|Iron Age]] gold work ever discovered in Britain.

Piecing together how these objects came to be carefully buried in a Staffordshire field will give us an invaluable insight into life in Iron Age Britain.The torcs were found by Mark Hambleton and Joe Kania at around noon on 11 December 2016,[6] in a field in Leekfrith that the two men were searching using metal detectors.

They had no fixed plans as they surveyed the field, having started metal detecting as a hobby 18 months before, although Hambleton had gone metal-detecting with his father when he was young.

[2] The metal detectorists reported the find to a Portable Antiquities Scheme officer based at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery the next day.

[6] The find was publicly announced on 28 February 2017 at a press conference at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Hanley.

[5] Prior to undergoing valuation, the torcs were placed on public display at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery from 1 March to 2 April 2017.