Discovering ancient treasure resulted in a major payday for the lucky finder. A 34-year-old archaeologist named George Ridgway found a collection of more than 680 gold and silver coins with his metal ...

NEW YORK — A man using a metal detector discovered a centuries-old Dutch coin on the southern coast of Poland earlier this week, museum officials announced. The coin, a golden ducat, is from the ...

Professor Tom Licence from the University of East Anglia has made an incredible discovery: the largest known hoard of Iron Age gold coins, found in a field near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The 18 gold ...

Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls in what ...

At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls in what was described as the ...

James’ find features Chinese characters, but they aren’t a fluke. At that time, Japanese monetary design was largely ...

A Norwegian out walking on doctors’ advice unearthed rare 6th-century gold jewelry using a newly bought metal detector, a discovery archaeologists said on Thursday was Norway’s “gold find of the ...

Erlend Bore was told by his doctor that he needed to get outside more. Bore bought a metal detector earlier this year as a hobby and stumbled across an archeological marvel. He discovered gold pearls, ...

At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls someone might have worn as showy ...