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Further to the discovery of the plates, from the article at Temple Study, some additional details about the plates found include:

There are 70 or so “books” or codices in this collection, each between 5-15 leaves made from lead, and bound with lead rings.

The leaves are about the size of a credit card.
Some experts and suggesting the books may have been made by early Christians in the years just following the crucifixion.

There is uncertainty whether they are of Jewish or Christian origin, but several say there is evidence of Christian origin in the signs and symbols used in the books.

Some purported symbols include a cross, a tomb, and the city of Jerusalem. A menorah is also seen as representing the holy of holies of the temple in Jerusalem, and the presence of God.

One of the only lines of texts yet to be translated from the books says “I shall walk uprightly,” a line from the Book of Revelation? (I’m unsure what reference they are referring to).

It’s been shown in the past that such a line is a kind of “worthiness” requirement for those who would ascend to the temple in ancient times (from Psalms 15).