A British man who found a massive cache of ancient Roman gold and silver coins while hunting with a metal detector has a lot more modern currency in his pocket after the treasure was auctioned off for ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Whether you’ve lost a ring outdoors or have a hankering to go treasure hunting on your beach day, a metal ...

Sept. 26 (UPI) --A British auctioneer is preparing to sell off a cache of 99 coins that were minted about 1,000 years ago and were recently discovered by a man with a metal detector. Don Crawley said ...

Thom Parham is on a mission to uncover parts of Florida’s buried past. The 64-year-old history teacher and conventional archeologist in Keystone Heights has his sights on finding Seminole War Fort No.

So, you've binged a few treasure-hunting shows and now you're wondering if your own old detector in the garage can find you a pirate chest. One of the first questions that may pop up in your head ...

A hobbyist with a metal detector struck both gold and silver when he uncovered an important cache of ancient Celtic coins in a cornfield in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht. "It's exciting, like ...

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 ...

A trio of metal detectorists ventured into a forest in Poland for what they expected to be a standard search for leftovers from World War II. Some buttons. Other discarded items. Maybe a few coins.

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 ...

Editor's Note: December 12, 2025: We've checked to make sure that our recommendations are still available and competitively priced. We’re preparing for a new round of metal detector testing, which ...