Just landed! Gold excavated funerary pre-colonial mouth cover from Samar. 10th to 15th century
Made of around 18k+ of gold. Our ancestors covers the facial orifices in gold as to prevent evil spirits from entering the body of the deceased. Other funerary offerings are also buried, like porcelains, earthenware, and daggers. All of which depends on the social status of the person.
You can still see some soil remnants.
The porcelain is a great tool in assessing the possible date of burial as different patterns from each dynasty is represented in the design and shape.
These artifacts are usually accidently found by locals when they are tilling their lands. Frequent cases of discovery after storms is common, as have been documented in Palawan, and Bicol(there are a lot of KMJS's episodes of those accidental gold finds).
Also most gold discoveries just end up in the melting pot to be reused for new jewelry by the finders and buyers.