A metal detectorist has called finding two Bronze Age hoards in the Scottish borders within two years "quite extraordinary".

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.

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The massive silver discovery contains more than twice as many coins as Finland’s previous record-holding Viking Age hoard — and no one knows who buried it ...

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

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 ...

A toddler in the UK stumbled upon a Tudor-era treasure: a golden pendant while playing with his dad’s metal detector in a quiet Essex field. The relic, now housed in the British Museum, turned out to ...

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

Metal detectorist Mariusz Stepien has twice struck it incredibly lucky as his passion unlocks more detail on Scotland’s ...

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The collection of Viking Age coins found by a metal detectorist scouring his hometown Lahti City Museums A metal detectorist in southern Finland has unearthed the country’s largest hoard of Late Iron ...