An amateur metal detectorist in the United Kingdom has unearthed a “remarkable” 3,000-year-old gold clasp that would’ve been used to fasten clothing during the Late Bronze Age (1000 to 800 B.C.).

Jonathan Needham discovered the artifact while metal detecting in Staffordshire, a county in central England, according to a statement from The British Museum.

“Straight away people said it was 3,000-year-old gold and at that point we were able to celebrate,” Needham told BBC News. “We were punching the roof at what we had found.”