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 ...

A pastime in a farmer’s field led to the discovery of Norman-era coins valued at more than $5 million. By Ali Watkins The group huddled together in the farmer’s field, staring at the dozen or so ...

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 ...

The trove included around silver coins, jewelry, and other artifacts. Courtesy of Manx National Heritage via Facebook In April, retired police officer and metal detecting enthusiast Kath Giles ...

Treasure hunter with a metal detector stumbles on a stash of silver coins in Romania The more than 1,000 silver coins date back to the Roman empire and have turned bluish-green with age. The coins are ...

Father-and-son duo Sławomir and Szymon Milewski discovered the coins while searching for an ancient road. Polish “Husaria” Treasure Hunters Association While wandering a Polish forest, a ...

Raoul Vlad Suta was using his metal detector in Romania when he discovered nearly 5,000 coins dating to the Middle Ages, according to a Facebook post. Screengrab from Facebook Raoul Vlad Suta is an ...

A 800-year-old cache of gold jewelry and silver coins was discovered in northern Germany. And where there’s newly unearthed gold, there’s quite likely an amateur metal detectorist who located it.

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 ...