A private metal detectorist searching in a forest near Borsum, Lower Saxony, uncovered one of the most significant Roman-era ...

A lucky treasure hunter has discovered a £23,000 hoard of silver coins with a metal detector he won in a raffle. Novice Mickey Richardson had only been using the metal detector for three months when ...

Talk about the find of a lifetime. A metal detector enthusiast in England has stumbled upon a treasure trove of silver coins believed to be 1,000 years old and worth about $60,000. Fifty-year-old Don ...

There’s something undeniably thrilling about the hunt for hidden treasures beneath our feet. From coins with centuries of history to curious everyday relics lost to time, metal detecting captures the ...

Rare coins can go for hundreds of pounds, if not more. Certain designs are worth more than others, while some could sell for double its face value. Now a group of people managed to find a huge stash ...

The coins — believed to be from the 980s — were discovered in a Danish cornfield last autumn Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on the People.com Morning Team. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

An amateur metal detectorist discovered a buried hoard of nearly 1,500 Roman coins near Bucharest, Romania. The coins, which spanned multiple eras, were buried in a ceramic container roughly 1,700 ...

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 ...

Nearly 300 silver coins believed to be more than 1,000 years old have been discovered near a Viking fortress site in northwestern Denmark, a museum said Thursday. The rare trove -- lying in two spots ...

The lucky treasure hunter says he knows what he is going to spend the money on A NOVICE treasure hunter who won a metal detector in a raffle unearthed a hoard of rare coins just three months later.