In 1929, a child named Traian Simion uncovered the helmet by chance on the territory of the village of Poiana Coţofeneşti (now called Poiana Vărbilău), Prahova County, Romania, in the location called "Vârful Fundăturii".
A gold ceremonial helm (5th century BC) was discovered at Poiana-Coţofeneşti in 1929.