On a dreary day in October 2023, a pair of metal detectorists gathered at a field in the Netherlands. They’d found a few old coins at the site previously and suspected more finds might turn up ...

Two metal detectorists stumbled across a cache of coins dating back to Biblical times in a one-of-a-kind discovery, according to European officials. The Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands ...

Metal detectorists and archaeologists unearthed over 400 of ancient British, Roman and African coins linked to a military conquest, photos show. Photo from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the ...

Ancient Roman gold and silver coins were found in 2019 by a metal detectorist in Suffolk. Years later, the coins made an impressive showing at auction, earning the finder thousands.

Hailing from the third or fourth century CE, the miniature lock is 0.43 by 0.47 inches (1.1 by 1.2 centimeters). It’s “smaller than the one-euro coin but so much more valuable,” said Georg ...

Metal detectorists searching a snowy forest in Poland for World War II artifacts uncovered an older and rarer weapon, photos show. Photo from the Inventum Association A pair of metal detectorists ...

On the hunt with high-tech treasure hunters 03:59. Metal detectorists in Poland helped discover a large cache of ancient Roman coins, Polish officials announced.

Builders were stunned when they stumbled across one of the largest hoards of Roman coins ever found in Britain — worth more than £100,000 (about $126,000). A total of 1,368 Iron Age and Roman ...

Metal detectorists and archaeologists unearthed over 400 of ancient British, Roman and African coins linked to a military conquest, photos show. Photo from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the ...

More than 30,000 ancient coins found off the coast of Italy 00:50. 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 ...

Metal detectorists also uncovered ancient Roman pins, knives and tools as well as dozens of medieval coins, officials said. Experts were surprised by the age and quantity of these artifacts.