Marking the largest coin hoard from Emperor Hadrian's era ever found, a metal detector hobbyist unearthed 934 Roman silver ...

A Finnish metal detectorist has uncovered what is believed to be the country's largest known Viking Age silver coin hoard after finding thousands of ancient coins near the village centre of Sysmä.

Bill Wyman, the former bassist of the Rolling Stones, unearthed a medieval jug on his estate while metal detecting. His ...

A man who discovered Roman silver coins in a field realized he had stumbled upon something bigger when his metal detector kept signaling.

It’s one of the biggest hoards of its kind ever found in Germany, worth roughly six years of a Roman soldier’s savings.

Metal detecting for lost treasures — found loads of coins and other interesting finds. Gear used: Minelab Vanquish 540 and ...

The coins, found near Wesseling, south of Cologne, were uncovered by Oliver Riedl, according to The Associated Press (AP).

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 He had only found 2,700 coins in 10 years with his metal detector. Photo Illustration by Eric Faison/The Daily Beast/Getty Images A treasure hunter who found ...

Having only ever found a silver coin while metal detecting, Idris Thomas was shocked to strike gold.

Most people who take up metal detecting as a weekend hobby expect to dig up the usual haul: bottle caps, rusted ring pulls, and the occasional lost coin from someone's pocket that same summer. So when ...