Experts used digital analysis to confirm the historical significance of the armor, and consider it an “extremely rare” find. An inconspicuous piece of curved metal discovered in the Czech Republic by an amateur metal detectorist has proven a fascinating find. After two years of high-tech analysis, experts have come to believe that the bronze object was once armor used in the Trojan War 3,200 years ago. The metal detectorist initially discovered a whole collection of artifacts in 2023—including a spearhead, sickle, needle, and fragments of copper—all likely purposely buried together in a sacrificial ritual. To preserve the sheet of metal, experts used the 3D scan to digitally unfold the piece.