Thanks to metal detectorists, there's been a record-breaking number of archeological finds and treasure discoveries in ...

A County Durham metal detectorist has uncovered a rare medieval silver coin now confirmed as a nationally important.

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We set out to metal detect a Mississippi plantation house dating back to 1850, and things got strange fast. From relics and silver coins to eerie moments under the floorboards, this adventure turned ...

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 ...

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.